providence of god

In Second Macabees, the writer reckunts how soon before the persecutions preceding the Macabean revolt accoured, word came to the governor that the temple had much money within it, and he sent his treasurer Heliodorus with guards to take it. After demanding to be given it, the high priest...

When Jaddua was the high priest, an important Kuthean (i.e Samaritan) named Sanballat gave his daughter Nicaso as a wife to Jaddua's brother Manasseh. However, the leaders of the people, and eventually Jaddua himself, were uneasy with this marriage to a foreigner, and tried to get him to divorce...

Philadelphus was the king of Egypt, in the days that the Ptolemaic dynasty ruled over Egypt and Judea. When he, an avid book collector, heard of the scriptures, he desired to have them translated and added to his library. One of the king's friends, Aristeus, desired to free the many enslaved...

I just finished reading John Flavel's "The Mystery of Providence" (US link here). I very much recommend this book. It goes through the doctrine of Providence in a very edifying and helpful way, and really causes you to call God's providences towards you to remembrance. This book really changes...

It is a vile slighting of God not to observe what he manifests of himself in his providences. For in all providences, especially in some, he comes near to us. He does so in his judgments: ‘I will come near to you in judgment’ (Mal. 3:5). He comes near in mercies also: ‘The Lord is nigh unto all...

What is necessary truth in relationship to the Gospel? Byfield explains what central truths surround the Gospel in an easy to understand format. Great for family worship! Christian Truths Necessary for Salvation by Nicholas Byfield (1579–1622) (250 pages) Nicholas Byfield (1579–1622) was a...