Paragraph 5.2

Of the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

Although, in relation to the fore-knowledge and decree of God, the first Cause, all things come to pass immutably, and infallibly:⁠1 yet, by the same Providence, he orders them to fall out, according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.⁠2

The 1689 Baptist Confession

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 any⁠1 by chance, or without his Providence; yet by the same Providence he orders them to fall out according to the nature of second Causes, either⁠2 necessarily, freely, or contingently.⁠3