I D(}El•r. All things are inGodshand1 All tbingt are in (jodJ' hand.r. ----- God is All.fojficient,toreffpre ail th;r;;othem, when they loofe them for his fake, when other menarenotfo per(waded:t~ · cyhaveanewjudg. mentofthings,rbey have a otherjudgement of · ·heavenly things,&0feanh y, they fee another vanity in the Creatures,and another All foffici– cy in codthan other men fee,orthantheythem-· felues ever faw before: And this is the reafon they are'ableto do that which other menarenot able to doe. And therefore the way to have the ufe ofall this knowlcdge,istofeeke to God, to befeech him to enlighten you, that he would dr:clarethis to you,that he would leadeyouinto this truth,&when he hath taught you,you lhall be ableto know all this, and to know it to pur- . pofe;So much for this point. As we told you,thereare hetetaefetwo Con- ' clufions: _ Firft, That the ja(l,ttndthewife,andtheir workes · areinthehana'sofGod. And fecondly,That allthings come alike toall wewill take the firfi:as it lies, and deliver to you thef.1mepoinr,whichis this; That all things,all men,all their wayes,all the Creatures,with the feverall workes ofthem,are in the handsofGod:for itis thus methodically fetdowne; Thewifearein the hands of God, andi:heirworkes,and fo are the wicked, & their workes,and fo are all theCreatures in his hands with all theeffeds that proceedefrom them: This then is the point: . That aUthiPgs4rein Godshands. No
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