Definition of "providence" []

• Care or preparation in advance; foresight. (noun)
• Prudent management; economy. (noun)
• The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction: "Some sought the key to history in the working of divine providence” ( William Ebenstein). (noun)
• God. (noun)

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• "And his providence is a continued creation, Ps. cxix."
• "He that gave us our being, by a constant renewed act upholds us in our being, and his providence is a continued creation."
• "He has the command of all the creatures that he has made (v. 16); his providence is a continued creation."