God's Decrees and Works
God's eternal decrees, creation, and providence
Questions 12–20
Q12. What are the decrees of God?
God's decrees are the wise, free, and holy acts of the counsel of his will, whereby, from all eternity, he …
Q13. What hath God especially decreed concerning angels and men?
God, by an eternal and immutable decree, out of his mere love, for the praise of his glorious grace, to …
Q14. How doth God execute his decrees?
God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and …
Q15. What is the work of creation?
The work of creation is that wherein God did in the beginning, by the word of his power, make of …
Q16. How did God create angels?
God created all the angels spirits, immortal, holy, excelling in knowledge, mighty in power, to execute his commandments, and to …
Q17. How did God create man?
After God had made all other creatures, he created man male and female; formed the body of the man of …
Q18. What are God's works of providence?
God's works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures; ordering them, and …
Q19. What is God's providence towards the angels?
God by his providence permitted some of the angels, wilfully and irrecoverably, to fall into sin and damnation, limiting and …
Q20. What was the providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created?
The providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created, was the placing him in paradise, …