Tbe Belgic Confession, Article XIII (2)

According To His Holy Will According To His Holy Will Basic to the truth of God's providence is the truth of God's eternal counsel. Indeed, the doctrine of divine providence can neither be understood nor maintained and defended over against Deistic and Pantheistic denials of it, except on the basis of the doctrine of God's eternal and sovereign counsel. It is important that we understand this from the outseit, and understand too that our Confession clearly teaches this. Simply stated, the...