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What was the providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created? A. The providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created, was the placing him in paradise, appointing him to dress it, giving him liberty to eat of the fruit

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What is God’s providence towards the angels? A. God by his providence permitted some of the angels, willfully and irrecoverably, to fall into sin and damnation, limiting and ordering that, and all their sins, to his own glory; and established the rest in holiness and happiness; employing them all, at

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This week, Tony and Jesse discuss the first chapter of Reformed Preaching by Joel Beeke in their first every Book Cast.

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What are God’s works of providence? A. God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures; ordering them, and all their actions, to his own glory. Genesis 45:7 7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth,

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Of the Creation of Man We confess and acknowledge this our God to have created man (to wit, our first father Adam) to his own image and similitude, to whom he gave wisdom, lordship, justice, free will, and clear knowledge of himself; so that in the whole nature of man

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Tony and Jesse talk about what it means to guard your heart, and it's kind of a major bummer.

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Of God We confess and acknowledge one only God, to whom only we must cleave, whom only we must serve, whom only we must worship, and in whom only we must put our trust: who is eternal, infinite, immeasurable, incomprehensible, omnipotent, invisible; one in substance, and yet distinct in three

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How did God create man? A. After God had made all other creatures, he created man male and female; formed the body of the man of the dust of the ground, and the woman of the rib of the man, endued them with living, reasonable, and immortal souls; made them

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Jesse and Tony close out their Heresy Cast series by discussing Donatism and how easy it is to slip into a practical form of this ancient error.

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How did God create angels? A. God created all the angels spirits, immortal, holy, excelling in knowledge, mighty in power, to execute his commandments, and to praise his name, yet subject to change. 2 Samuel 14:17 17 And your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me

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