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Question How doth God execute his decrees?
Answer God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

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Doth God execute his own decrees?
Yes.

My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure,
Isaiah 45:10

Doth God execute his decrees in the works of creation?
Yes.

For thy pleasure they are and were created,
Revelation 4:11

Was creation the first external work wherein God began to execute his decrees?
Yes.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,
Genesis 1:1

Doth God also execute his decrees in the works of providence?
Yes.

He doth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth,
Daniel 4:35


Doth God make use of good angels for the execution of his decrees?
Yes.

They do his commandments,
Psalm 103:20

And of evil angels?
Yes.

I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all the prophets, and he said, go forth and do
1 Kings 22:22

And of men?
Yes.

That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,
Isaiah 44:28

And of inferior creatures?
Yes.

I will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt,
Isaiah 7:18

But does God sometimes work without instruments?
Yes.

Mine own arm brought salvation,
Isaiah 63:5


Are God’s works inextricable?
Yes.

For no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end,
Ecclesiastes 3:11

Can they be amended?
No.

Whatsoever God doth—nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it,
Ecclesiastes 3:14

Ought they to be studied?
Yes.

They are sought of them that have pleasure therein,
Psalm 111:2

And should we learn of God, first to determine, and then to do?
Yes.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee,
Job 22:28

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Question How doth God execute his decrees?
Answer God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will. 1
[1] Ephesians 1:11