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WCF Westminster Confession of Faith
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5.1
Of Providence
… things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible fore-knowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own …
 5.2
Of Providence
… first Cause, all things come to pass immutably, and infallibly: yet, by the same providence, He ordereth them to fall out, according to the nature of second causes, either …
 5.3
Of Providence
God in His ordinary providence maketh use of means, yet is free to work without, above, and against them …
 5.4
Of Providence
… power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God so far manifest themselves in His providence, that it extendeth itself even to the first fall, and all other sins of …
 5.7
Of Providence
As the providence of God doth in general reach to all creatures, so after a most special …
 5.5
Of Providence
The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth oftentimes leave for a season His own children to manifold temptations, and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise …
 5.6
Of Providence
As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous Judge, for former sins, doth blind and harden, from them He not only withholdeth His grace, …
 1.1
Of the Holy Scripture
Although the light of nature and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave …
 1.8
Of the Holy Scripture
… to the nations), being immediately inspired by God, and, by His singular care and providence kept pure in all ages, are therefore authentical; so as, in all controversies of …
 12.1
Of Adoption
All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption: by which they are taken …
 21.6
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
… carelessly or wilfully to be neglected, or forsaken, when God, by His Word or providence, calls thereunto.
 23.3
Of the Civil Magistrate
The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven: yet he …
Also in the Atlas Divines, cruxes, schools, and heads of doctrine
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Heads of doctrine
Revelation (General and Special)
God's self-disclosure through the works of creation and providence (general revelation) and through his prophetic and apostolic Word (special revelation). WCF I.1 teaches …
The Eternal Decree
… infralapsarian readings. The decree is unconditioned by foreseen creaturely action and is executed through providence.
Providence
… preserving and governing all his creatures and all their actions. WCF V covers ordinary providence, the concourse of secondary causes, God's permission of sin, and the special providence toward …
Divines
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele 1582–1662
Patriarch of the Independent peers; Providence Island and Saybrook colony patron.
Edward Corbet d. 1658
Merton then Magdalen Oxford; parliamentary visitor.
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick 1587–1658
Lord High Admiral of the Parliament’s fleet; senior New England patron.