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THE SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT (FOUR ARTICLES)

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We next consider the effects of the Divine government in particular; concerning which four points of inquiry arise:

(1) Whether creatures need to be kept in existence by God?

(2) Whether they are immediately preserved by God?

(3) Whether God can reduce anything to nothingness?

(4) Whether anything is reduced to nothingness?

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