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A42546
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The eye and wheel of providence, or, A treatise proving that there is a divine providence ... by W. Gearing ...
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Gearing, William.
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1662
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Wing G435; ESTC R7567
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scriptura_fw-la utitur_fw-la hoc_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n bona_fw-la fortuna_fw-la nòn_n hìnc_fw-la imaginari_fw-la licet_fw-la fortunam_fw-la numen_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la accipi_fw-la pro_fw-la rebus_fw-la fortuitis_fw-la quae_fw-la fortuitò_fw-la videntur_fw-la accidere_fw-la etsi_fw-la aliae_fw-la earum_fw-la causae_fw-la occultae_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la dantur_fw-la vel_fw-la fortè_fw-la haec_fw-la verba_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d retinebat_fw-la lea_n jacobi_n uxorex_fw-la antiqua_fw-la forma_fw-la loquendi_fw-la apud_fw-la gentes_fw-la usurpata_fw-la august_n quaest_n de_fw-fr genes_n 91._o fortune_n be_v a_o word_n without_o substance_n beget_v by_o a_o fond_a conceit_n bring_v forth_o with_o fade_a breath_n no_o soon_o come_v but_o go_v that_o which_o be_v fortune_n to_o the_o servant_n be_v none_o to_o the_o master_n that_o which_o be_v fortune_n to_o the_o child_n be_v none_o to_o the_o father_n that_o which_o be_v fortune_n to_o 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and_o take_v it_o away_o from_o the_o same_o person_n as_o job_n confess_v job_n 1.21_o sometime_o he_o give_v rain_n and_o shower_n and_o fruitful_a season_n act._n 14.17_o and_o at_o other_o time_n he_o withholdeth_a the_o rain_n cause_v it_o to_o rain_v upon_o one_o city_n and_o not_o upon_o another_o amos_n 4._o the_o lord_n likewise_o set_v up_o and_o pull_v down_o he_o advance_v and_o abase_v promotion_n come_v not_o from_o the_o east_n nor_o from_o the_o west_n nor_o from_o the_o north_n nor_o from_o the_o south_n but_o god_n be_v the_o judge_n he_o put_v down_o one_o and_o set_v up_o another_o psal_n 75_o 6_o 7._o all_o which_o be_v notable_a declaration_n of_o god_n providence_n 2._o god_n goodness_n do_v further_a manifest_v his_o providence_n the_o lord_n be_v true_o good_a and_o the_o chief_a good_a and_o no_o evil_n as_o evil_a come_v from_o he_o his_o goodness_n be_v like_o a_o ocean_n you_o read_v of_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o goodness_n rom._n 2.4_o the_o whole_a 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