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De Moor X:6: The Means of Providence
Providence, because it is conversant with things already existing, does not exclude Means, of which God makes use, out of the Abundance of His goodness. It is obviously a Difference between Creation, which gives to Creatures their being, and presupposes the nothingness of the same, and between Providence, which is conversant with things already existing; because the former does not admit Means, but the latter does not at all exclude Means in subordination to itself in all it
Dr. Dilday
4 days ago3 min read


De Moor X:5: The Efficient of Providence, Part 2
[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] 2. We set God over against all Influx of the Stars, as if the care of Sublunary things were entrusted to these, which the Patrons of Mathematical Fate among the Gentiles main
Dr. Dilday
Sep 1410 min read


De Moor X:5: The Efficient of Providence, Part 1
[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Providence is a Work of God, α. On account of the most luminous testimonies of Sacred Scripture, in which, a. the Saints everywhere attribute this Work to God unto the glory
Dr. Dilday
Sep 104 min read


De Moor X:4: A Definition of Providence
[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] We think that Providence is rightly defined as an External Action of God, whereby He Preserves by the powerful command of His will all things Created by Himself with respect t
Dr. Dilday
Aug 311 min read


De Moor X:3: The Existence of Providence, Part 2
[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] All Atheists deny divine Providence; see STAPFER, Theologicæ polemicæ, tome 2, chapter VI, § 16: likewise the Deists; see in the same place, chapter VII, § 1-4, who are refut
Dr. Dilday
Aug 2710 min read


De Moor X:3: The Existence of Providence, Part 1
[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] The Existence of Providence, one may see admirably well demonstrated everywhere in Our Men, and the illustrious work of the Most Eminent NIEUWENTYT[1] especially aims at this,
Dr. Dilday
Aug 1814 min read


De Moor X:2: The Term, “Providence”
[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Cicero The Latin term for Providentiæ is from providendo/foreseeing, which word with its derivative is transferred from the sense of visus/sight to the intellect, the eye of t
Dr. Dilday
Aug 146 min read


De Moor X:1: Providence as Continued Creation
[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] PROVIDENCE is, as it were, a continued Creation. That is, here in Creation and Providence is the same Efficiency on the part of God, that is, the Efficacious Decree of the Wi
Dr. Dilday
Aug 63 min read


De Moor X: Outline of the Doctrine of Providence
CHAPTER X provides a treatment of PROVIDENCE, As a Corollary of Creation or Continued Creation, § 1. I. Nominal with its Etymology, Synonymy, and Homonymy, § 2. II. Real; in which Providence’s A. True Existence is proven, with Objections answered, § 3. B. Definition is set forth, § 4, which includes Providence’s א. Efficient Cause, α. Generally, a. Principal, which is a. Positively, God. b. Negatively, not 1. Fortune
Dr. Dilday
Aug 33 min read


De Moor X: Title Page
Bernardinus de Moor’s Didactico-Elenctic Theology That is, his Continuous Commentary on Johannes Marckius’ Didactico-Elenctic Compendium of Christian Theology Volume 10: Concerning the Actual Providence of God Translated by Dr. Steven Dilday Central, South Carolina From Reformation to Reformation Translations 2027
Dr. Dilday
Jul 311 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of God's Post-Fall Government
THESIS I: Hitherto the government of rational creatures before the fall. Now follows the government of the same after the fall: which...
Dr. Dilday
Jan 26, 20244 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of God's Post-Fall Government Outline
Thesis I: The Government of men after the fall consists in judging or ongoing ruling. Thesis II: The judgment of God consists in...
Dr. Dilday
Jan 25, 20241 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of Angels Outline
Thesis I: The event of the government of rational creatures before the fall concerns Angels or men. Thesis II: The event with respect...
Dr. Dilday
Aug 31, 20231 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of the Government of Rational Creatures
THESIS I: Hitherto the causes and adjuncts of divine providence . The sorts follow. Divine providence, or government, is distinguished...
Dr. Dilday
Aug 26, 20235 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of the Government of Rational Creatures Outline
Thesis I: Divine providence is distinguished by object. Thesis II: Irrational creatures are an object. Explanation: 1. All actions of...
Dr. Dilday
Aug 25, 20231 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of Providence, Part 3
THESIS XI: Hitherto the second degree of divine providence, namely, Government . The third now follows, which is ordination , whereby...
Dr. Dilday
Aug 15, 20239 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of Providence, Part 2
THESIS V: The form is the act divine and whole, whereby all things and each are preserved, governed, and directed to their ends. ...
Dr. Dilday
Jul 29, 202321 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of Providence, Part 1
Thesis I: Hitherto concerning creation . Government follows, which elsewhere is called actual providence , and is defined as a work of...
Dr. Dilday
Jun 23, 20239 min read


Wendelin's "Christian Theology": Doctrine of Providence Outline
Thesis I: The government of the creatures is defined. Explanation: * Providence pertains to the will of God Thesis II: The causes,...
Dr. Dilday
Jun 1, 20232 min read


De Moor's Preface to the Reader
Greetings. When in the latter part of Psalm 22 the Messiah joyfully gives a presentiment of the saving and super-abounding fruit, that, by His Sponsorial Merits and vicarious Passion, the people, given to Him by the Father to be redeemed to Himself, were going to carry off, which people were to be satisfied with the delights of the house of the Lord unto eternal life;[1] the Messiah signifies that in the enjoyment of these spiritual benefits, to be communicated to a world bro
Dr. Dilday
Feb 2, 201822 min read
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