The End Goal of Providence

Outline of Chapter 5 – Of Divine Providence

I. A Summary Statement of this Doctrine (Paragraph 1).

a. The author of providence – ‘God the good Creator of all things'

b. The foundation of providence – ‘in his infinite power and wisdom'

c. The acts of providence – ‘doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern'

d. The objects of providence – ‘all Creatures, and things, from the greatest even to the least'

e. The nature of his providence – ‘by his most wise and holy providence'

f. The compatibility of providence with creation – ‘to the end for which they were Created'

g. The determining causes of providence – according to his infallible foreknowledge
and the free and immutable Councel of his own will'

h. The end goal of providence – ‘to the praise of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness and mercy'