Paragraph 5.2

Of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

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 ordereth them to fall out according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.⁠3

The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

5.2

Although in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly,⁠1 yet by the same providence he ordereth them to fall out, according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.⁠2