Chain of Principles. 401 createdbeings. 2. That it reacheth to Exerc. i. all humane affairs. 3. That it is efpe- cially feen in filch affairs as concern the Church. And 4. That althoughGod be not the au.thour of fin, yet his pro- vidence is an ac`tour in it. Unto theta when I thall have added an anfwer to objeaions and from each propofition an inference, the whole will be com- pletely handled. The firf propofition,which I am to begin with, is, Divine providence ex- tends it felt toall created Beings. Well may we ftrike in with the Levites in that form of acknowledging God wherein they went before the people, laying , Thou even thou art Lord alone. Ncheui.9, 6, Thou hail made heaven, the heaven of head `dens with all their bofl , the earth, and all things that are therein, thePeas and all that is therein ; and thou prefervefl them all. David bringeth it down a little lower, Thy judgements are a great deep, 0 Lord, PCal' 36. C. thouprefervefl man and beafl. Job lower yet, What (hall I do unto thee, 0 thou pre- Job ,. zoo F ff z ferver
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