DP 2 - The Lord's government of what is created from the Lord's Divine love and wisdom is what we call Divine providence.

Divine Providence
DP 2
. . . the government of the Lord's Divine love and wisdom
is what we call Divine providence.
But because we discussed creation there,
(in Divine Love and Wisdom)
and not the preservation of the state of things subsequent to creation,
which is what the Lord's government is,
therefore we are now going to take this up here.
In this chapter, however,
we will discuss the preservation of the union
of Divine love and Divine wisdom, or of Divine good and Divine truth,
in subjects that have been created . . ..