, )on· ·MILtrAtvr. 11 3 ' True, Satanbegg'J., and begg'd his thame,·no le~ ,;· ,,Twas granted; lliaUwe·envy his f1.1ccefs? We beg, and our requeft's ( perchance ) not granted i. God laiew, perhaps, it were worfe had ;thanwaated.: · ..Can God and Btliat both joyn in ~>ne will ; The one to ask, the other to fultil ? ,Soone~ fi1~ll Stygiandarknefs blend with lighr_s~ TheFro{\: with Fire, footler day with Nighr. True, God arid Satanwill'd the felf-fame Will, But God intended Good ; and S~ran, Ill : That Will produc'd ~ feyeral c;ooClufion ; He aim'·d at Mam; and God at hisconfufion: He that drewLight from our the depth o£ Shade, Alki made of nothing, whatfoe'r he tmid<!; ·Canout offeerning Evll, bring good events ; God worketh Gooa, though by ill Inficumems. As in aClock, one motion dorh convey ~nd carry divers wheels a feveral way: Yet all together, by tl1e great Wheels fb'rce; D.irea the hand unto Ns proper coutfe : Even fo, that fatred Will, although it ufe Means feeming contrary ; yet all tonduce Toone effeCt, and in afre~ confent They bring to pafs he~vens/ high decreed intenr; Takes God.delight in human<: weaknef~1 then ? What glGry reaps he, ffo~ affiitted men ? • ~·~~.·~~ The Spirit gone; can flelh and blood indure? . ; · , ·God burns l1li Gold, to ma~e his Gold more pu~~ .-: Ev_en s.s a Nurfe whofe Childs in'lperfett pace Canhardly lead hisfoet from Flace t? place, Leaves her fond kiffin~; fets himdown, to go, .~or does uphold him for a fiep or two'; But when the firrds that he begins ro fall; ShdtoJds him up, and kifles !1im Nithal: . • Se SJcd from man fometime' withdraws his l1an4· ., f.. while, tu 'te.achhis infant-faith tu fiand i: .• I
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