8.1 It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, according[1] to the covenant made between them both, to be the…
Paragraph 2 Moreover, man having brought himself under the curse of the law by his fall, it pleased the Lord to make a covenant of grace,2 wherein He freely offers unto…
Paragraph 2 Moreover, man having brought himself under the curse of the law by his fall, it pleased the Lord to make a covenant of grace,2 wherein He freely offers unto…
Paragraph 1 The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience to Him as their creator, yet they could never have attained…
Paragraph 2 Our first parents, by this sin, fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and we in them whereby death came upon all:3 all becoming dead in sin,4 and…
6.1 Although God created man upright and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatened death upon the breach…
Paragraph 5 The most wise, righteous, and gracious God does often times leave for a season His own children to manifold temptations and the corruptions of their own hearts, to…
5.4 The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in His providence, that His determinate counsel extends itself even to the first fall, and…
Chapter 5.1-3: Of Divine Providence 5.1 God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things, a…