Of Providence.
All things, both good and evil, sweet and bitter, are under Gods Providence; the Lord our God doth govern them all. The disposal of all things are in his hand, and their process and originals depend upon his decree. He knows all things before they come to pass, and all things flow by his or∣dering. Nothing is done by his Worshippers, which he hath not decreed and anteverted by his prescience. He knows all that he has made, making to erre whom he will, by lea∣ving them in his just judgment, and direct∣ing whom he pleaseth, and of his mercy help∣ing them. All things are brought to an easie end according to his fore-knowledge and foresight, whether it be Calamitous or happy. And it were no ordinary impiety to imagine that any thing can be done in his Kingdome against his will; or that any emolument can happen to any one which he doth not grant: or that there is any other Creator of any thing besides him, who is the Lord of his Creatures, the Lord of their Works, and the orderer of their Motions and Counsels.