Of Divine Providence
| Paras | |
| 1 | I. The summary statement of the doctrine |
| A. The Author of providence: "the good Creator" | |
| B. The foundation of providence: "his infinite power and wisdom" | |
| C. The essence of providence: "uphold, direct, dispose and govern" | |
| D. The objects of providence: "all creatures and things, from the greatest even to the least" | |
| E. The nature of providence: "by his most wise and holy providence" | |
| F. The compatibility of providence (with His creation): "to the end for which they were created" | |
| G. The determining causes of God's providence: | |
| 1. God's mind: "his infallible foreknowledge" | |
| 2. God's will: "and the free and immutable counsel of his own will" | |
| H. The goal of providence: "to the praise of the glory...." | |
| 2-7 | II. The major concerns about the doctrine |
| 2-3 | A. The relation of providence to the use of means |
| 2(a) | 1. A concession |
| 2(b) | 2. An assertion |
| 3 | 3. A qualification |
| 4-6 | B. The relation of providence to the fact of sin |
| 4 | 1. Sin is general |
| 5 | 2. Sin in his children |
| 6 | 3. Sin in the ungodly |
| 7 | C. The relation of providence to the care of the church |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p88-89. Used by permission.