An Orthodox Catechism

    The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), Zacharias Ursinus

    Question 27

    THE SECOND PART, OF MANS DELIVERIE

    1. What is the prouidence of God?

      The Almighty power of God euery where present, whereby hee doth as it were with his hand vphold & ; ; ; gouerne heauen & earth, with all the creatures therin: So that those thinges which growe in the earth, as likewise raine and drouth, fruitfulnes & barrainnes, meat & drink, ; health and siknesse, riches and pouertie, in a woord, all things come not rashly or by chance, but by his fatherly counsell and will.