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THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD.
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1 Pet. 5;7.—Casting all your care upon him: for he careth for you.—Matt. 6;26.—Ps. 55;22.—Luke 12;22.—1 Tim. 4;10.

Rom. 8;28.—And we know that all things work together for the good to them that love God.—Heb. 12;9-11.—2 Cor. 4;17.

Ps. 103;13.—Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.—Matt. 7;11.—Isa. 49;15, 16.—Ps. 115;3.—Ps. 136;5.

10. LORD’S DAY.

27. What dost thou mean by the Providence of God?

The almighty, and every where present power of God (Acts 17;28); whereby, as it were, by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures (Heb. 1;3); so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea all things (Acts 14;17), come not by chance, but by his fatherly hand (Matt. 10;29, 30).

Acts 17;28.—In him we live, and move and have our being.—Ps. 139;7-10.—Isa. 40;26.—Acts 17;27.

Heb. 1;3.—Upholding all things by the word of his power.—Isa. 40;12.—Acts 17;26.—Acts 17;27.

Acts 14;17.—He left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.—Ps. 104; 13-15.—Jer. 5;24.—Ps. 145;15-16.—Gen. 8;22.—Ps. 74;16, 17.

Matt. 10;29; 30.—Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs