XII–XVI. Connections of permission; direction of sin by providence
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XII.Connected to permission in beginning, progress, and end are: foreknowledge, decree, ordination, direction, and determination.XVI.Direction is the divine providence by which the act of sin, though evil in itself, is directed by God toward good ends, whether toward an object or toward an end.Examples: Joseph sold by his brothers (Genesis 45:8); Job afflicted by Satan (Job 1-2); David and Absalom (2 Samuel 12; 15-16).God is said to do evils wrought by wicked humans and by Satan himself, because the chief parts in those actions by directing and determining were Gods, and because the power of harming effected no more than God determined.
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XII. Connexa permissioni in principio, progressu, et fine sunt: praescientia, decretum, ordinatio, directio, et determinatio. XVI. Directio est divina providentia qua actus peccati, licet a creatura malus, a Deo ordinatur ad fines bonos, sive in obiectum sive in finem. Exempla: Ioseph a fratribus venditus (Gen. 45:8); Iob a Satana afflictus (Iob 1-2); David et Absalom (2 Sam. 12; 15-16). Deus dicitur facere mala quae ab hominibus sceleratis et ab ipso Satana patrantur, quia partes potissimae in actionibus istis dirigendo et determinando Dei fuerunt, et quia nocendi potentia non amplius effecit quam Deus determinavit.