his permissive, not conditional agency, 354

his decrees, how classified, 355

his decrees referred to in Scripture and supported by reason, 355-359

can preserve from sin without violation of moral agency, 366

his works, or the execution of his decrees, 371-464

not a demiurge working on eternal matter, 391

his supreme end in creation, his own glory, 397-402

“his own sake,” the fundamental reason of activity in, 399

his self expression not selfishness, but benevolence, 400

the only Being who can rightly live for himself, 401