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Definition of Providences
1. providence [n] - See also: providence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Providences
Literary usage of Providences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on the Progress of Nations in Civilization, Productive Industry by Ezra Champion Seaman (1868)
"On the General and Special providences of God; and the use of Natu-ral Causes to
effect ... The general providences of God are generally understood to be, ..."
2. Principles of the Interior Or Hidden Life: Designed Particularly for the by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1858)
"Our first inquiry is, what we are to understand by the providences of God. ...
Saying nothing of extraordinary providences, we apprehend that there is no ..."
3. Chief of the Pilgrims: Or, the Life and Time of William Brewster, Ruling by Ashbel Steele (1857)
"In this view, we have marked with deep reverence the evident providences of God,
traced by discipline at every point, bringing good out of evil; providences ..."
4. The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth: In New England in 1620: Reprint by William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Robert Cushman, John Robinson (1849)
"This is God's order ; principles come first, providences next, persons last. ...
providences develope principles, principles make persons. ..."
5. The Boston Review (1861)
"ARTICLE V. ACCIDENTS OR providences, WHICH? IT is said that in his flight for
Mecca, Mohammed sought concealment and rest in a cave by the way-side. ..."
6. The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in New England, in 1620: Reprinted by George Barrell Cheever (1848)
"This is God's order ; principles come first, providences next, persons last. ...
Sometimes principles, providences, and persons all go to form other persons ..."
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