"But why cannot our good works be the whole or part of our righteousness before God?" "… all creatures are so in His hand, that without His will they cannot so much as move."Ħ2. "The almighty and everywhere present power of God, whereby, as it were by His hand, He upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea, and all things come, not by chance, but by His fatherly hand."Ģ8. "What dost thou mean by the providence of God?" "… the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (who of nothing made heaven and earth, with all that is in them who likewise upholds and governs the same by His eternal counsel and providence) is, for the sake of Christ His Son, my God and my Father on whom I rely so entirely, that I have no doubt but He will provide me with all things necessary for soul and body and further, that He will make whatever evils He sends upon me, in this valley of tears, turn out to my advantage for He is able to do it, being Almighty God, and willing, being a faithful Father." "Indeed we are, except we are regenerated by the Spirit of God."Ģ6. "Are we then so corrupt that we are wholly incapable of doing any good, and inclined to all wickedness?"
"our nature is become so corrupt, that we are all conceived and born in sin."Ĩ. "I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbor."ħ. "That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ who, with His precious blood, hath fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by His Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto Him."ĥ. "What is thy only comfort in life and death?"
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