John Quincy Adams, the 6th president and son of the second, wrote in 1811 that such "divine providence" decreed that "the whole continent of North America" is willed by the Almighty "to be peopled by one nation.
It must be remembered that even though the actions of free creatures do not escape providence, such creatures are still an enhancement to creation, in that their nature reflects more closely what we suppose to be God's own nature.
This is of interest because the idea of providence as such is far from foreign to the religious thinking of the New Testament.
At the same time, magnanimity must avoid contempt for the mysterious workings of fate or divine providence, since such overweening pride leads to self-destruction.
Since we have such limited knowledge of providence and of God's design, we should turn our attention to that which we can have knowledge of: our nature insofar as it bears on our moral governance and conduct.
However, historian Kenneth R. Bartlett notes that, in contrast to his Renaissance-era successors, "his reliance on such elements as divine providence links Villani closely with the medieval vernacular chronicle tradition".
The questionnaire included variables such as age, gender, providence of origin, occupation, alcohol use, and prior hepatitis B testing and vaccination history.
So aim high: why bother with second-rate ingredients, gimmicky gadgets and rushed preparation when providence has ordained such enjoyable alternatives?
1600), who considered Aristotelianism compatible with Christian dogmas such as creation and divine providence, were particularly fond of searching for ways to syncretize theology with natural philosophy.
Such determinism would exclude God's providence, making belief in the Biblical God illogical.
