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The Larger Catechiſm Woman of the Rib of the Mann endowed them with living, reaſonable and immortal Souls n; made them after his own Image o, in Knowledge P, Righ- teouſneſs and Holineſs q; having the Law of God written in their Hearts r, and lower to fulfil its with Dominion over the Creatures t; yet ſubject to fall v. k Gen. 1. 27. 1 Gen. li.7. m Gen. ii. 22. Gent. ii. 7. with Job xxxv. 11, and Eccl. xii, 7, and Mat. X. 23, and Luke xxlii. 43. Geni. 27. pol. 19. 4 Epb. iv. 24 Rom. ii. 14. 15. fecl vii. 29. t Gen. 1. 28. Gem iii. 6. Eccl, vil. 29. Q. What are God's Work of Providence? A. God's Works of Providence are, his moſt holy w, wife x, and powerful preſerving y and governing all his creatures z, ordering them in all their Actions to his own Glory b. w Pſal. cxlv, 17. x Pſal. civ. 14. u. sxvili. 29. y Heb. I. 3. Pſal. ciii. 19. a Max 29, 30, 31. Gen. xlv. 7. 6 Rom. xi. 36. io. Ixiii. 14 Q. What is Gady Providence towards the Angels? 4. God, by his Providence, permitted ſome of the Angels wilfully and irrecoverably to fall into Sin and Damnation c limiting and ordering that, and all their Sins, to his own Glory d; and eſtabliſhed the reſt in Holineſs and Happiness, employing them all, at his Pleaſure, in the Adminiſtrations of his Power, Mercy and Juſtice g. c Jude ver. 6. 2 Pet. li. 4. Heb. ii. 16. Fohn vill. 44. d Job i. 12. Mar. viii. 31. e I Tim. Y. 21. Mark viii. 38. Heb. xii. 22.f Pſal. civ.4 g 2 Kings xix. 35. Heb. i. 14 Q. What war the Providence of God towards Main the Eſtate in which he was created? A. The Providence of God towards Man, in the Eſtate in which he was created, was, the placing him in