CH AP. 4. Of Prouidence. 87 sere4 them into the bands ofoylers,which f1ioyledthem,and game themunto their enemies; whitherfotuer they went forth, the handof I E H OV A H was againß them,forssill,and hee diftreffeel themexceedingly. Infinite arc the places ofScrip- ture to this purpofe. I E H o v A H k barb called for a Fa- k z.i(,ings 8.r. mine : Behold , 11 will raife tip againf them the Alede..i Efay 13.17. Look. in among the Gentiles, andbehold ; be amazed , and m Ab4c.1.136,7 wonder :for a warlq I work! inyour dayes, whichyou will not belecue , though it be told :for behold, I will raiseUpagainft2 them the Caldeans,a bitter andabailie Nation fearefulland terrible, fromwhom the isdgement of thii. People , and their carrying awayfhallcotne.Aud n prefently after,7hou,O I H- n Vents H ov A H,hafifeehim for iudgement (that is, for our cha- ilifetnent and corre&ion , as the words folio ,; ing make plaine) and, thou, O Rocie, haft founded him tocorrect, So the fame o Prophet teacheth that from him it is , that o Ahac.r.3. vngodly menprolper and flourifh ; when as it is ill with thofe that feare his Name. Why doesq thou makemee to fee inigsritie, and rnakeff me to beholdgricfe, and wafting , and defolation in my fight ? Fourthly, In all Gnfull and wicked A&ions, wherein hehath a ftroke, not as a bare permitter, but as a power- full Agent and Worker , not onely in the aéion but in the fault it felfe, and finne of the Anion, to gouerne it, and difpofe of it to his glorie, making fingular vfe there- of: far his P id he that erretb,andhe that leadeth into erronr. p ¡ob SoGod faith,Exodus 21./ will hardenPH Ax A o's heart. And in 9 E Z E C H I E L,FYhex a Prophet is deceiued, I JE- HOVAH q Eech.l4.g. baue deceiuedhim. Thus = c7Ylefes telleth the r Peut. 2,.3o. people Sr Ho N, King of Hesbon, would not fairer vs to page thorow his borders :for I E H o V A H thy God hadhar- denedhisfbirit, andmade his heart ovfiinette, that he might giuehim into thyhands. Our f Sauiour alto hath taught vs f Mat.6.13. topray, Leade vs not into temptation. And John i 2.40. He loathblinded their eyes ; and hardened their heart , left they /7oatsld fee, &c, So Efay 29.9,1o. They are drurke , but not G 4 with
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