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| Concerning what is not in our hands.
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Chapter
XXVIII.—Concerning what is not in our
hands.
Of things that are not in our hands some have
their beginning or cause in those that are in our power, that is to
say, the recompenses of our actions both in the present and in the age
to come, but all the rest are dependent on the divine will. For
the origin of all things is from God, but their destruction has been
introduced by our wickedness for our punishment or benefit. For
God did not create death, neither does He take delight in the
destruction of living things1886
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death is the work rather of man, that is, its origin is in Adam’s
transgression, in like manner as all other punishments. But all
other things must be referred to God. For our birth is to be
referred to His creative power; and our continuance to His conservative
power; and our government and safety to His providential power; and the
eternal enjoyment of good things by those who preserve the laws of
nature in which we are formed is to be ascribed to His goodness.
But since some deny the existence of Providence, let us further devote
a few words to the discussion of Providence.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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