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{"content":[{"abbv":"wcf","body":"As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous Judge, for former sins, doth blind and harden, from them he not only withholdeth his grace whereby they might have been enlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts; but sometimes also withdraweth the gifts which they had, and exposeth them to such objects as their corruption makes occasions of sin; and, withal, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan, whereby it comes to pass that they harden themselves, even under those means which God useth for the softening of others.","chapter":"5","citation":"WCF 5.6","long_citation":"Confession of Faith 5.6","name":"Confession of Faith","paragraph":"6","prooftexts":{},"section_title":"","title":"Chapter 5: Of Providence","type":"confession"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wcf","body":"As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous Judge, for former sins, doth blind and harden,<sup id='fnref:wcf1'><a href='#fn:wcf1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> from them he not only withholdeth his grace whereby they might have been enlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts;<sup id='fnref:wcf2'><a href='#fn:wcf2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> but sometimes also withdraweth the gifts which they had,<sup id='fnref:wcf3'><a href='#fn:wcf3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> and exposeth them to such objects as their corruption makes occasions of sin;<sup id='fnref:wcf4'><a href='#fn:wcf4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> and, withal, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan,<sup id='fnref:wcf5'><a href='#fn:wcf5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup> whereby it comes to pass that they harden themselves, even under those means which God useth for the softening of others.<sup id='fnref:wcf6'><a href='#fn:wcf6' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>6</a></sup>","chapter":"5","citation":"WCF 5.6","long_citation":"Confession of Faith 5.6","name":"Confession of Faith","paragraph":"6","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Romans 1:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45001024.01-1\">Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,</p>\n</div><h5>Romans 1:26</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45001026.01-2\">For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;</p>\n</div><h5>Romans 1:28</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45001028.01-3\">And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.</p>\n</div><h5>Romans 11:7-8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45011007.01-4\">What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, as it is written,</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p45011008.05-4\">“God gave them a spirit of stupor,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>eyes that would not see<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and ears that would not hear,<br />\ndown to this very day.” (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Deuteronomy 29:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p05029004.01-1\">But to this day the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Matthew 13:12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40013012.01-1\"><span class=\"woc\">For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.</span></p>\n</div><h5>Matthew 25:29</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40025029.01-2\"><span class=\"woc\">For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Deuteronomy 2:30</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p05002030.01-1\">But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day.</p>\n</div><h5>2 Kings 8:12-13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p12008012.01-2\">And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.” And Hazael said, “What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.” (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 81:11-12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19081011.01-1\">“But my people did not listen to my voice;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Israel would not submit to me.<br />\n So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to follow their own counsels.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p53002010.01-2\">and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","6":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Exodus 7:3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p02007003.01-1\">But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,</p>\n</div><h5>Exodus 8:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p02008015.01-2\">But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> had said.</p>\n</div><h5>Exodus 8:32</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p02008032.01-3\">But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.</p>\n</div><h5>2 Corinthians 2:15-16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p47002015.01-4\">For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?</p>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 8:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p23008014.01-5\">And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.</p>\n</div><h5>1 Peter 2:7-8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p60002007.01-6\">So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p60002007.16-6\">“The stone that the builders rejected<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>has become the cornerstone,”</p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p60002008.01-6\">and</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p60002008.02-6\">“A stone of stumbling,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and a rock of offense.”</p>\n</div>\n<p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p60002008.11-6\">They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.</p>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 6:9-10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p23006009.01-7\">And he said, “Go, and say to this people:</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23006009.10-7\">“‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;<br />\nkeep on seeing, but do not perceive.’<br />\n Make the heart of this people dull,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and their ears heavy,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and blind their eyes;<br />\nlest they see with their eyes,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and hear with their ears,<br />\nand understand with their hearts,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and turn and be healed.”</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Acts 28:26-27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p44028026.01-8\">“‘Go to this people, and say,<br />\nYou will indeed hear but never understand,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and you will indeed see but never perceive.<br />\n For this people's heart has grown dull,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and with their ears they can barely hear,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and their eyes they have closed;<br />\nlest they should see with their eyes<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and hear with their ears<br />\nand understand with their heart<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and turn, and I would heal them.’ (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>"},"section_title":"","title":"Chapter 5: Of Providence","type":"confession"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"mb-0 header\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Confession of Faith</h5>\n<h5 class=\"text-muted mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Chapter 5: Of Providence</h5>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">6.</span> As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous Judge, for former sins, doth blind and harden,<sup id=\"fnref:wcf1\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> from them he not only withholdeth his grace whereby they might have been enlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts;<sup id=\"fnref:wcf2\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> but sometimes also withdraweth the gifts which they had,<sup id=\"fnref:wcf3\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> and exposeth them to such objects as their corruption makes occasions of sin;<sup id=\"fnref:wcf4\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> and, withal, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan,<sup id=\"fnref:wcf5\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup> whereby it comes to pass that they harden themselves, even under those means which God useth for the softening of others.<sup id=\"fnref:wcf6\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf6\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">6</a></sup></p>\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 1:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45001024.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 1:26</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45001026.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 1:28</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45001028.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 11:7-8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45011007.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, as it is written,</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p45011008.05-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cGod gave them a spirit of stupor,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>eyes that would not see\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and ears that would not hear,\ndown to this very day.\u201d (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Deuteronomy 29:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p05029004.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But to this day the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 13:12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40013012.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.</span></p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 25:29</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40025029.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Deuteronomy 2:30</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p05002030.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Kings 8:12-13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p12008012.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And Hazael said, \u201cWhy does my lord weep?\u201d He answered, \u201cBecause I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.\u201d And Hazael said, \u201cWhat is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?\u201d Elisha answered, \u201cThe <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.\u201d (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 81:11-12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19081011.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cBut my people did not listen to my voice;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Israel would not submit to me.\n So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to follow their own counsels.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p53002010.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:6\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Exodus 7:3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p02007003.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Exodus 8:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p02008015.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> had said.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Exodus 8:32</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p02008032.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Corinthians 2:15-16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p47002015.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 8:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p23008014.01-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Peter 2:7-8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p60002007.01-6\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p60002007.16-6\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cThe stone that the builders rejected\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>has become the cornerstone,\u201d</p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p60002008.01-6\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">and</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p60002008.02-6\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cA stone of stumbling,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and a rock of offense.\u201d</p>\n</div>\n<p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p60002008.11-6\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 6:9-10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p23006009.01-7\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And he said, \u201cGo, and say to this people:</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23006009.10-7\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201c\u2018Keep on hearing, but do not understand;\nkeep on seeing, but do not perceive.\u2019\n Make the heart of this people dull,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and their ears heavy,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and blind their eyes;\nlest they see with their eyes,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and hear with their ears,\nand understand with their hearts,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and turn and be healed.\u201d</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Acts 28:26-27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p44028026.01-8\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201c\u2018Go to this people, and say,\nYou will indeed hear but never understand,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and you will indeed see but never perceive.\n For this people's heart has grown dull,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and with their ears they can barely hear,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and their eyes they have closed;\nlest they should see with their eyes\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and hear with their ears\nand understand with their heart\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and turn, and I would heal them.\u2019 (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"Of providence, part 6"}