AE 1135 - The Operation of Divine Providence

AE 1135:4

. . . it is important to make known
that the Divine providence operates
every particular thing pertaining to man,
and even in the most minute particulars,
for his eternal salvation;
for the salvation of man
was the end of the creation of heaven and of earth.
This end was
that out of the human race
a heaven might be formed,
in which God could dwell as in His own very home,
consequently the salvation of man
is the all in all of the Divine providence.
But the Divine providence proceeds so secretly
that man can see scarcely a trace of it,
and yet it is active
in the most minute particulars relating to him
from infancy to old age in the world,
and afterwards to eternity,
and in each one of these
it is the eternal that is regarded.
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'man' is used to indicate humanity/people