( 36) Pro~nife ;for all thy fhame thou (hnlt have Jl)uMe: The double of thy Reproach- in Renown, the double· ofthy Tears in Triumphs, all thy bottled Tears lhall he rcturped in Flagons, of Joy, yea in ~ivers of ' Eternal Pleafu're. · ' · . By :ch~~ ·time Chriflians, y9u fee what Glory there is in this good word: 4/1things Jha!! ·work._t"gethtr for gfJ1d to them that love G()d. And that none may have the Fa'e to fay all -this is bu·t conceit ; I lhaiJ, in th.e next p~ace-,. bring iri clear, and undenia_ble Evi1 - dence, that it is certainly, and unqudHonably, fo ias, bathbeen fa id : And therefore kn:ow, · . 5. That all things do, and lhall certainly. wor~, for good to them th-at love Go·d.This{befides the Te.. fiirriony of this Scripture) I iliall make evident, from thefe three Prop,ofttions. · , ' I. There is aDivine Providence that governs the World. · · , · · z. Th'eDefign of Providence, is ·ehe .accomplith~ l!lCnt of the good :purpofe and promife ofGod. · · j ·: The Ptovider;,ce of God iball never fail ofac.. COinplifhing its end. · 1. There is a Divine Providence whicb gl')verns the Wo'rld: the E_picuredns ·, who deny Providence, & leave all on ehance and---Fortune, may .as well de.., I ny that there is a God, whic~ yet they · ~Je afham'd ,to ltand to. OfEpicuru.r himJ.elf it was faid, Q._aem 1 nihil pudendumpudet, pndet tamen Deum negare. .lt can be 110 way reconcileable fo ·the infinite Wifdom of God, w.ho made this Glorious Fabrick, wi ch the various Creatures .therein, either not to de~ terrnine them to their Ends, or elfe eo take no care for their accomplithing thofe Ends· they are deter– ~1l ined to. _The whole Current of Scripture is f~ · . . - - · plain
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