That Gon iJ. l J8 r ' ----~- ------------------------------- \ with him,and wropght ~isworkes for him,_ when ), he did fit fl:ill; amd when his hand was not upon ~ Saul,then he fent the Philiflines tovex him,and to - ~ ' end hisdayes: and firft he gave JJavid the King- \ dome of Iz,dah ; a,nd then afterwards Abnerand , f !fhbofbeth fell out about a word,which occalioned I th.e~edath ofondeoftlk1emff;anhd thehn alftho cdame dt~o 1 wtcKe men)an too o t e ot ers ea ;an 10 . ~ ' ... thewhole Kingdome ofIfr~tel came quietly into his hand . So alfo in EjJhers time, take all the wheeles together,and you fl1all fee an excellent aCl: ofGods provid.ence,when the Church was rea– die to be dcfiroyed,when the ilecke was upon the blocke,and the Sword drawn our,ready to fhike; that very night the King fbould not fleepe, but a Booke muft be Brought, aod rather Chronictes than any orher,and that place (hould beopened, where he tboufd finde Mordecai his revealing of ~he treafon againfi him; whereupon the Decree mu!l: be revoked, and the Church.delivered : I fay, take all-thefe i:ogether)and we £ball plainely . fee, that in this flrange admini{hation ·of things, there is frill a Providence, and there ar.e eyes in the wheeies,and a fpirit to guide them. If there be fuch a God that made the Heaven and the Earth; what is the reafon >then, that wee fee things are brought to paffe by natural caufes? Ifthere be a caufe for fuch a thing)theeffca doth follow; when there is no caufe, then the etfe{t doth not: as, a wi(emalil doth bring a thing to paife,but the foolilh mifcarries in it; we fee the diligent hand maketh rich, and hee that labours nor,
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