The Almighty Power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in his providence, that it extendeth itself even to the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men, and that not by a bare permission, but such as hath joined with it a most wise and powerful bounding, and otherwise ordering and governing of them, in a manifold dispensation, to his own holy ends; yet so, as the sinfulness thereof proceedeth only from the creature, and not from God; who being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin.
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 5.4
The Almighty Power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in his providence, that it extendeth itself even to the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men, and that not by a bare permission, but such as hath joined with it a most wise and powerful bounding, and otherwise ordering and governing of them, in a manifold dispensation, to his own holy ends; yet so, as the sinfulness thereof proceedeth only from the creature, and not from God; who being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin.
The almighty power, unsearchable wisdome, and infinit goodnesse of God so farre manifest themselves in his Providence, that it extendeth it selfe even to the first Fall, and all other sinnes of Angels and Men; and that not by a bare permission, but such as hath joyned with it a most wise and powerfull bounding, and otherwise ordering, and governing of them, in a manifold dispensation, to his owne holy ends: yet so, as the sinfulnesse thereof proceedeth onely from the creature, and not from God, who being most holy and righteous, neither is, nor can be the Author or Approver of sin.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 5.4
The Almighty Power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in his providence, that it extendeth itself even to the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men, and that not by a bare permission, but such as hath joined with it a most wise and powerful bounding, and otherwise ordering and governing of them, in a manifold dispensation, to his own holy ends; yet so, as the sinfulness thereof proceedeth only from the creature, and not from God; who being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin.
Doth God uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all Creatures, their Actions, and all things from the greatest, even to the least? Yes. Doth the Almighty Power, unsearchable wisdom…
This section treats of the relation which God’s holy providence bears to the appearance of evil in the world. The Westminster divines take advantage of every opportunity to renew…
