5.5 至智、至公、至慈的上帝，常常让祂的儿女一时经历各种试探，和他们自己内心的败坏，其目的或是要因他们过去的罪恶而责罚他们，或是要向他们显露他们内心的诡诈和败坏所隐藏的力量，好使他们谦卑下来1；另外，也是为了要使他们更加与祂亲近，常常依靠祂来扶持，并且更加警醒地防备将来一切犯罪的机会；同时还有其他各种公义和圣洁的目的2。

5.5  The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth oftentimes leave, for a season, His own children to manifold temptations, and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or […]

5.3 上帝在祂通常的护理中使用各种工具1，但祂也可自由而行，照祂所喜悦的，不用工具2，超乎工具3，反乎工具4 。

5.3   God, in His ordinary providence, maketh use of means,1 yet is free to work without,2 above,3 and against them,4 at His pleasure.

5.2 虽然，就上帝（祂是始因）的预知和预旨而言，万事万物都毫不变更、绝无错谬的发生1 ，但是祂用同一护理，统管它们，根据诸次因的特征，使它们或是必然地，或是自由地，或是偶发地发 生2。

5.2   Although, in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first Cause, all things come to pass immutably, and infallibly;1 yet, by the same providence, He ordereth them to fall out, according to […]

5.1 God the great Creator of all things doth uphold,1 direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things,2 from the greatest even to the least,3 by His most wise and holy providence,4 according to His infallible foreknowledge,5 and the […]

4.2   上帝在造了其它一切受造物之后，就造人，有男有女1，有理性和不灭的灵魂2，按祂自己的形像赋予知识、公义和真圣洁3，并把上帝的律法写在他们心里4，使他们有能力遵行上帝的律法5；但是，上帝让他们有自由按自己的意志行事，而这意志又是可变的，因此便有干犯律法的可能性6。除这写在他们心里的律法以外，他们还领受了不可吃分别善恶树上的果子的禁令；他们遵守这命令时，就与上帝相交，以此为乐7，又对万物拥有治理的权柄8。

4.2  After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female,1 with reasonable and immortal souls,2 endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness, after His own image;3 having the law of God written in their […]

4.1  It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,1 for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power, wisdom, and goodness,2 in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the world, and all things […]

3.8  The doctrine of this high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care,1 that men, attending the will of God revealed in His Word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may, from the […]