Lord’s Day 10, Chapter 1: The Idea of God’s Providence (2)

The word providence is not a very accurate term to express what it is meant to denote. From the term itself the idea cannot be deduced. In the sense in which it is used in this connection it does not occur in Scripture at all. Literally, according to its derivation, the word means foresight. And it has acquired the added meaning, which it now commonly has, of fulfilling a need, of making provision beforehand. We see that winter is coming, and we provide for it by filling our coal bin. So one...