Slowly working my way through A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life;
I was recently blown away by the tenth chapter, which is entitled “The
Puritans on Providence.” I was already tired enough to go to bed, when I
decided to read another chapter in this massive volume, so I wondered
if there was any practical wisdom in my decision to open any book.
However; I found myself being renewed in strength after reading just a
few pages, which propelled me to finish the chapter. It was exactly what
I needed.
In today’s post, I will attempt to summarize 15 pages of theology into 1500 words.
Puritan Definitions and Teaching on Providence
Puritan Arthur Dent (1553-1607) wrote, ‘For every one of us, when we
do confess God to be almighty, do acknowledge that he by his providence
rules everything.’
The Heidelberg Catechism asks to what advantage it is to know that
God rules and upholds all things and then answers this way: “That we may
be patient in adversity; thankful in prosperity; and that in all
things, which may hereafter befall us, we place our firm trust in our
faithful God and Father, that nothing shall separate us from His love;
since all creatures are so in His hand, that without His will they
cannot so much as move.”
William Ames (1576-1633) deduced the following lessons from Romans
11:36, “For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom
be glory forever. Amen.” Continue at Paul Tautges
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