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Concerning God's Permiffion,

Pag. 71

The Difference between God's Government of

all Events, and Neceffity and Fate,

76

That the Exercife of a particular Providence,

confifts in the Government of all Events, 80

Oncerning the Sovereignty of

Chap. 4. C. Providence,

Concerning God's Abfolute Power,

84

86

That true Abfolute Power can do no wrong,

explained at large,

87

The Unfearchable Wisdom of Providence, 98

Infinite Wisdom can do no wrong,

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That the Wisdom of Providence must be as

unaccountable, as the Wisdom of the Crea-

105

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tion,

That the wife Government of the World, re-

quires fecret and hidden Methods of Pro-

vidence,

That we are ignorant of a great many Things,

without the Knowledge of which, it is im-

poffible to understand the Reasons of Provi-

dence,

In what Cafes the Unfearchable Wisdom of

God is a Reasonable Anfwer to the Diffi-

culties of Providence,

126

141

Chap. 5. THE Juftice and Righteousness

of Providence,

157

That the Justice of Providence does not con-

fift in hindring all Acts of Injuflice and

Violence,

158

God

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God may do that very jufly, which Men can-

not do without great Injustice, Pag. 159

What the Nature and Exercife of God's Fu-

fice requires,

162

What Acts of Justice the prefent Government

of this World requires,

168

The Account the Scripture gives us of God's

Fuftice and Righteousness,

173

HE Holinefs of Providence,

Chap. 6. TH

184

What the Holiness of Government requires, ib.

What the Holiness of God's Providence does

not require of him,

192

God is not the Cause and Author of Sin, 200

The Divine Prefcience does not deftroy the Li-

berty of Human Actions,

God decrees no Men's Sins,

204

208

Some Texts of Scripture confidered, which

feem to make God the Author of Sin,_210

Concerning God's hardening Pharaoh's Heart,

ibid.

Some other Texts confidered, which feem to

charge God with the Sins of Men,

.

Chap. 7.

229

HE Goodness of Providence,

THE

244

247

Mistakes concerning the Nature of God's

Goodness,

The Difference between Abfolute Goodness and

Fustice, and the Goodness and fuftice of

Difcipline,

That God exercifes all Acts of Goodness,which

a State of Trial and Difcipline will admit, 252

251

Ano-

Another Miftake concerning the Nature of

Good and Evil; and what Good and Evil

is in a State of Difcipline, Pag. 258

Another Miftake about the Nature of Govern-

ment; and what Goodness is required in the

Government of the World,

267

Two Objections against the Goodness of Provi-

dence answered. 1. From the many Mife-

ries which are in the World,

272

A Second Objection is, God's partial and un-

equal Care of bis Creatures,

304

Chap. 8. THE Wisdom of Providence,

307

The Wisdom of Providence confidered in fome

great Events recorded in Scripture, 309

The Deftruction of the World by Noah's Flood,

310

Concerning the Confufion of Languages, and

the Difperfion of Mankind over all the

Earth,

God's chufing Abraham and his Pofterity, for

bis Peculiar People,

327

332

Concerning the Removal of Jacob and his Fa-

mily into Egypt,

343

The Oppreffion of Ifrael in Egypt, 344

The Miracles wrought by Mofes in Egypt, 346

God's delivering the Law from Mount Sinai,

354

All that came out of Egypt, excepting Jofhua

and Caleb, died in the Wilderness, 357

The frequent Relapfes of Ifrael into Idolatry,

359

Concern-

Concerning the Captivities and Difperfions of

Ifrael, efpecially their Captivity in Babylon,

367

374

In what Senfe Chrift came in the Fulness of

Time,

TheDeftruction of Jerufalem by the Romans,377

The Wisdom of Providence in fome more com-

mon and ordinary Events,

That God rewards or punishes Men in their

Pofterity,

God's punishing Sin with Sin,

380

382

390

God's disappointing both our Hopes and Fears,

391

God's deferring the Deliverance of good Men,

and the Punishment of the Wicked, to the

utmoft Extremity,

Concerning fudden Changes and Revolutions,

392

394

The wife Mixture of Mercy and Judgment,395

Chap. 9.

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HE Duties we owe to Provi-

dence,

396

A particular Acknowledgment of Providence

in all Events,

397

400

Submiffion to the Providential Will of God, 399

Concerning Submiffion to God under Afflictions
and Sufferings,

Submiffion to the Will of God with respect to

our feveral States and Conditions of Life,407

Concerning Hope and Truft in the Divine Pro-

vidence,

420

Concerning the Duties of Prayer and Thanks-

giving,

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