[ 940] God in wisdom ordering all things to work together for the good of his Children.
LOok upon the revolution of the Heavens,* 1.1 how every Planet moves in its pro∣per Orbe, their motions are not all alike but various, nay opposite each unto the other; Hence those different Conjunctions, Oppositions, and Aspects of the Planets; yet by the wheeling round of the Primum mobile, they are brought about to one determinate point: Or, do but observe well the wise and politique carriage of a provident Governour, who meeting with opposite factions in the State, while each man takes his own way, one seeking to undermine another; he serves his own ends of both, so wisely managing the good, so powerfully over-awing the bad, that all turns to the common good: Thus it is, that though many and sundry Agents are found in the world, whose course and scope, whose aims and ends, and actions, are not the same,* 1.2 yea divers; nay adverse, one thwarting and crossing the other; yet the over-ruling providence of God so swayes all subordinate and inferiour instr••ments; that in the midst of their mutuall jars, they conspire in a sacred harmony, as if they were entred into an holy league, or some sacred combination for the good of his chosen; where-ever the Enemies be in respect of their places, whosoever they be in regard of their persons,* 1.3 howsoever dis-joynted in regard of their affections, all their projects and practices tend and end in the good of his Elect.