Paragraph 5.2

Although in relation to the foreknowledge and Decree of God, the first Cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly; so that there is not any thing, befalls any^a by chance or without his Providence; yet by the same Providence he ordereth them to fall out according to the nature of second Causes, either^b necessarily, freely, or contingently.^c

1. a. Acts 2:23

   Acts 2:23

   ^2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

   ^2:23 He was delivered up by God's set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

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2. b. Proverbs 16:33

   Proverbs 16:33

   ^16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

   ^16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

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3. c. Genesis 8:22

   Genesis 8:22

   ^8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

   ^8:22 As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease."

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