/ ' (29) , I · en to C tOt~t~n; yet be not difcouraged ; though your ' way be .an unli'kely, and unpromifing w'ay,thDugh. '. -– you be led a.bout forwards, and backwards, yet (till you are making on : though the Ieffer Wheels be never fo crofs ,and contrary ip. their motions,. yet the great Whe~l is Rill . moving Right on to y-our bleffed and hoped end. God intends your good, - your fpiritual good here, your eternal good here– afcer : and believe it now, for he will.let you fee ic . hereafcer, that thofe very things which mo!t thrca.- ten your mifcarriage, and a total abottion of your ·hopes ar~ made all to concur to the bring i ngth~in about, and to your mo-re fuli and fpeedy poffeffion ofthem. ' , ) Note farther here tWo Things. · I. All thh1gs work; not rhey {hall work, d,e fa– ~uro, ~ut de pnefenti, they do' work ; as the Apofile fays, The Myflery efIniquity ; [owe may fay, The My.ftery ~fthe S~tints Redemption doth a/read] worl(; the work is already on the wheel, and every wheel ,is in its motion for you : not oncly your Brethren; the · St!tints and Angels, who all are pra-ying for your peace,and fecking your good, but yo11r Ene~ies al['J, the Drago·n,wit~ all his Annies,are at ·work for youj all the Councils of this wor Id ,a re aIreadyf1Hing upon . the very matter: God hath,call''d them .together fot ' this purpofe,the Pope,with.all his· Conclave; the Je- ; fuits, Priejls,_MonkJ, andFriars, with all their Co– Vtnts; yea, the De11il,with all' his Conclt4ve ofHe!!, are all:lt work for the good of Sainu. lt1 s true, ~hey nTean nor, nor intend any fuch thing, their defi?,ns are ag{linfl: you ; they count, they are working f6r themfelves ~ as 'tis faid concerning the A(Syrimt, !fa. 1 o, '6,7.\ 9od fent hin-1 forth upon a 'Defign of' , . ' bis· I
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