The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 5.2

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Although in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly;⁠¹⁠ so that there is not anything befalls any by chance, or without His providence;⁠²⁠ yet by the same providence He ordered them to fall out according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.⁠³⁠

expand_more [1] Acts 2:23

expand_more [2] Proverbs 16:33

expand_more [3] Genesis 8:22

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Though God foreknows all things, some things befall:

By chance

According to the nature of second causes

Without God’s providence

Without God’s decree

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