The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 5.1

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God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things,⁠¹⁠ from the greatest even to the least,⁠²⁠ by His most wise and holy providence, to the end for the which they were created, according unto His infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will; to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness, and mercy.⁠³⁠

expand_more [1] Hebrews 1:3; Job 38:11; Isaiah 46:10–11; Psalm 135:6

expand_more [2] Matthew 10:29–31

expand_more [3] Ephesians 1

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By God's providence, he:

Governs no creature or thing

Governs all creatures and things

Has infallible foreknowledge

Has infinite goodness and mercy

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