| ### QUESTION 104 ### THE SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We next consider the effects of the Divine government in particular; concerning which four points of inquiry arise: #### (1) Whether creatures need to be kept in existence by God? #### (2) Whether they are immediately preserved by God? #### (3) Whether God can reduce anything to nothingness? #### (4) Whether anything is reduced to nothingness? ####  |