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A Declaration of the faith and order owned and practiced in the Congregational churches…
A Declaration of the faith and order owned and practiced in the Congregational churches in England agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers in their meeting at the Savoy, October 12, 1658.
London: printed by John Field, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
II.
Although in relation to the fore-knowledge and decree of God, the first Cause, all things come to pass immutably, and infallibly; yet by the same Providence he ordereth ⟨p. 11⟩them to fall out, according to the nature of second Causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.
Although in relation to the fore-knowledge and decree of God, the first Caufe, all things come to pass immutably, and infallibly; yet by the same Providence he ordereth ⟨p. 11⟩them to fall out, according to the nature of second Causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.
III.
God in his ordinary Providence maketh use of means, yet is free to work without, above, and against them at his pleasure.