being king over them. Thus GOD often taketh the wise in their own craftiness; causing the mea|sures which they principally depend upon, for ac|complishing their ambitious designs, to produce events directly contrary to their views and expec|tations.BY their wrath, by their vindictive resentments, the haughty and ambitious, are sometimes preci|pitated into actions, for the gratification of their pride and revenge, which not only issue in their own ruin, but in the advancement of those whom they meant to destroy. Haman (of whom we have a particular account in the book of Esther) is an instance, in proof of this. In the fierceness of his wrath (the occasion of which, it may be presumed you are not ignorant of) Haman plotted the de|struction of Mordecai, and all the Jews in the king|dom of Ahasuerus; and had the address to obtain a decree from the king, for that purpose. But this infernal plot terminated in his own utter ruin, and led the way to Mordecai's promotion, affording, at the same time, an occasion for a signal display of the wisdom and goodness of Providence, in the deliverance of the Jews from the destruction that was just ready to fall upon them. This instance, with that of Pharaoh before mentioned, will suf|ficiently justify the following observation, viz. that,GREAT and important revolutions, in favour of the cause of righteousness and liberty, are some|times brought about, by means of the cruel and vindictive measures, which powerful oppressors 0