{"query": "Belgic Art. 13: The Doctrine of Divine Providence", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_8864eb6fc421", "title": "Belgic Art. 13: The Doctrine of Divine Providence", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that the same good God, after he had created all things, did not forsake them or give them up to fortune or chance, but rules and governs them according to his holy will, so that nothing ha"}, {"id": "card_n_4a57da5c8e6b", "title": "Boethius, Consolation §boe_05_04: Then said she: 'This debate about providence is an old one, and is vigorously...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Then said she: 'This debate about providence is an old one, and is vigorously discussed by Cicero in his \"Divination\"; thou also hast long and earnestly pondered the problem, yet no one has had dilige"}, {"id": "card_n_e5c0cda9157a", "title": "Belgic Art. 34: Holy Baptism", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe and confess that Jesus Christ, in whom the law is fulfilled, has by his shed blood put an end to every other shedding of blood. Therefore he has instituted in its place the sacrament of bap"}, {"id": "card_n_1ac5299c16f9", "title": "Belgic Art. 7: The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that those Holy Scriptures fully contain the will of God, and that whatsoever man ought to believe unto salvation is sufficiently taught therein. It is unlawful to teach or to receive as bi"}, {"id": "card_n_5a42ae2a80a8", "title": "Belgic Art. 9: The Proof of the Foregoing Article of the Trinity from the Testimonies of Holy Scripture", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "All this we know from the testimonies of Holy Writ as well as from the operations of the Persons. Old Testament passages name the three; New Testament passages confirm the three; baptism is administer"}, {"id": "card_n_9cf408db924a", "title": "Belgic Art. 2: By What Means God Is Made Known", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We know God by two means: first, by the creation, preservation, and government of the universe — which is before our eyes as a beautiful book; second, more clearly and fully by his holy and divine Wor"}, {"id": "card_n_cc9fa5350d27", "title": "Belgic Art. 4: Canonical Books of the Holy Scripture", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We confess that the Word of God is contained in the books of the Old and New Testament. The 66 books are the canon."}, {"id": "card_n_13002c646fe4", "title": "Belgic Art. 29: The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs from the False Church", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that we ought diligently and circumspectly to discern from the Word of God which is the true Church, since all sects in the world assume to themselves the name. The marks: pure preaching of"}, {"id": "card_n_4994665cec8a", "title": "Belgic Art. 31: The Ministers, Elders, and Deacons", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that the ministers of God's Word, the elders, and the deacons ought to be chosen to their respective offices by a lawful election of the Church, with calling upon the name of the Lord, and "}, {"id": "card_n_d064b0d2110e", "title": "Easton: Shushan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. It is "}, {"id": "card_c_9aa30a5482d3", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence ↔ Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence cites Acts: Acts 17:25-28."}, {"id": "card_c_c37ff37b7fae", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence ↔ Hebrews", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence cites Hebrews: Heb 1:3."}, {"id": "card_c_d5a68dab9236", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence ↔ Psalms", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence cites Psalms: Ps 135:6."}, {"id": "card_c_f74190ae33c4", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence ↔ Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence cites Matthew: Matt 10:29-31."}, {"id": "card_c_fb07b55d9844", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence ↔ Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 5: Of Divine Providence cites Job: Job 38-41."}, {"id": "card_n_d598a2d34ecb", "title": "Belgic Art. 24: Man's Sanctification and Good Works", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that this true faith, being wrought in man by the hearing of the Word of God and the operation of the Holy Ghost, regenerates and makes him a new man, causing him to live a new life and fre"}, {"id": "card_n_a66872a4a2b2", "title": "Belgic Art. 15: Original Sin", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that, through the disobedience of Adam, original sin is extended to all mankind; which is a corruption of the whole nature."}, {"id": "card_n_32bdaed09c82", "title": "Easton: Trinity", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A word not found in Scripture, but used to express the doctrine of the unity of God as subsisting in three distinct Persons. This word is derived from the Gr. trias, first used by Theophilus (A.D. 168"}, {"id": "card_n_e4a081bb7fed", "title": "Belgic Art. 3: The Written Word of God", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We confess that this Word of God did not come by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Afterward God, from a special care which he has for us and our salvati"}, {"id": "card_n_e3621858d56d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_xvii: Whatsoever proceeds from the gods immediately, that any man will grant totall...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whatsoever proceeds from the gods immediately, that any man will grant totally depends from their divine providence. As for those things that are commonly said to happen by fortune, even those must be"}]}