Heidelberg Catechism.
will provide me with all things necessary for body and soul; and further, that whatever evil He sends upon me in this vale of tears He will turn to my good; for He is able to do it, being Almighty God, and willing also, being a faithful Father.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Eph. 1, 3.
In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is. Exod. 20, 11.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. Ps. 23, 1. 2.
Our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased. Ps. 115, 3.
Ps. 104, 2, 3. Eph. 1, 5, 6. Isa. 49, 15. 16.
QUESTION 27.
What dost thou understand by the Providence of God?
ANSWER.
The almighty everywhere present power of God, whereby, as it were by His hand, He still upholds heaven and earth, with all creatures; and so governs them, that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea, all things, come not by chance, but by His fatherly hand.
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