What advantage is it to us to know that God has created, and by his providence does still uphold all things? That we may be patient in adversity; [86] thankful in prosperity; [87] and that in all things, which may hereafter befall us, we place our firm trust in our faithful God and Father, [88] that nothing shall separate us from his love; [89] since all creatures are so in his hand, that without his will they cannot so much as move. [90] Footnotes: [86] Rom. 5:3; James 1:3; Ps. 39:9; Job 1:21, 22. [87] Deut. 8:10; 1:Thess. 5:18. [88] Ps. 55:22; Rom. 5:4. [89] Rom. 8:38, 39. [90] Job 1:12; Job 2:6; Acts 17:25, 28; Prov. 21:1. |
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