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#### Confession of Faith
##### Chapter 5: Of Providence
As the providence of God doth, in general, reach to all creatures; so, after a most special manner, it taketh care of his church, and disposeth all things to the good thereof.[^fnref:wcf1]
[^fnref:wcf1]: <div class="esv"><h5>1 Timothy 4:10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p54004010.01-1">For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.</p> </div><h5>Amos 9:8-9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p30009008.01-2">Behold, the eyes of the Lord <span class="small-caps">God</span> are upon the sinful kingdom,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”<br /> <span class="declares-line"></span> declares the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p30009009.01-2">“For behold, I will command,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and shake the house of Israel among all the nations<br /> as one shakes with a sieve,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>but no pebble shall fall to the earth.</p> </div> </div><h5>Romans 8:28</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45008028.01-3">And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.</p> </div><h5>Isaiah 43:3-5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23043003.01-4">For I am the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.<br /> I give Egypt as your ransom,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>Cush and Seba in exchange for you.<br /> Because you are precious in my eyes,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and honored, and I love you,<br /> I give men in return for you,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>peoples in exchange for your life.<br /> Fear not, for I am with you;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>I will bring your offspring from the east,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and from the west I will gather you.</p> </div> </div><h5>Isaiah 43:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23043014.01-5">Thus says the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:<br /> “For your sake I send to Babylon<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and bring them all down as fugitives,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div> </div>