God’s providence as solace of believers
What a beautiful section this is! Calvin sums it up by reassuring us that, "because God has chosen the church to be his dwelling place, there is no doubt that he shows by singular proofs his fatherly care in ruling it."
Calvin, J. (2011). Institutes of the Christian Religion & 2. (F. L. Battles, Trans., J. T. McNeill, Ed.) (Vol. 1, p. 219). Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
Institutes of the Christian Religion I, xvii, 6Institutes of the Christian Religion
e(b)But these calumnies, or rather ravings of distracted men, will be easily dispersed by pious and holy meditation on providence, which the rule of piety dictates to us, so that from this we may receive the best and sweetest fruit. bTherefore the Christian heart, since it has been thoroughly persuaded that all things happen by God’s plan, and that nothing takes place by chance, will ever look to him as the principal cause of things, yet will give attention