Creation and the Promise

4“Behold, the God of hosts, who by his invisible and mighty power and by his great understanding created the world, and by his glorious counsel adorned his creation with beauty, and by his mighty word fixed the heaven and founded the earth upon the waters, and by his own wisdom and providence created his holy church, which also he blessed—behold, he is moving the heavens and the mountains and the hills and the seas, and all things become level for his elect, in order that he may give to them the promise which he promised with much glory and joy, if they keep the statutes of God which they received with great faith.”