Question 27

What dost thou mean by the providence of God?

The almighty and everywhere present power of God;⁸⁰⁸⁰    Acts 17:25–28; Jer. 23:23, 24; Isa. 29:15, 16; Ezek. 8:12. whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs⁸¹⁸¹    Heb. 1:3. heaven, earth, and all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought,⁸²⁸²    Jer. 5:24; Acts 14:17. fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness,⁸³⁸³    John 9:3. riches and poverty,⁸⁴⁸⁴    Prov. 22:2. yea, and all things come, not by chance, but be his fatherly hand.⁸⁵⁸⁵    Matt. 10:20; Prov. 16:33.