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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55305	The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire	Polhill, Edward, 1622-1694?; Owen, John, 1616-1683.; Seaman, Lazarus, d. 1675.	1695 (1695)	Wing P2754; ESTC R212920	238,280	559

Sam. 2. 3. seeing the thoughts afar off even from the high Arch of Eternity He hath Treasures of Wisdom such as cannot be told over Sapientiae ejus non est numerus Psal. 147. 6. and who should rule but the only wise If we cast our eyes on the millions of Creatures Angels above and Men below Stars in Heaven and living Creatures in Earth and Sea and all these pouring forth millions of Acts and falling under millions of Events that from the morning to the evening of the World surely nothing less than an infinite Understanding can comprehend all these and reach à fine usque ad finem Wisd. 8. 1. If we ponder the beautiful Timings harmonious Orders and sweet Compaginations of things The heavens hear the earth the earth hears the corn and the wine and the oil and these hear man Hos. 2. 21. Surely it must be an all-wise Artist who made these golden Chains and stands at the uppermost link ordering all I will hear the heavens saith he or else all the Creatures would turn a deaf ear to one another He guides every Wheel in Nature and when there is a wheel within a wheel never so much intricacy and crossness of motion yet the wheels are full of eyes Ezek. 1. 18. directing them to their journeys end and those Eyes are always open to perpetuate that direction St. Austin derides the Gods in the Roman Capitol Dii dormiebant Anseres vigilabant but divine Providence is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an Eye that never slumbers nor sleeps his waky Wisdom claims an universal Government over all But that which makes up his Imperial Crown is 5. His perfect Unity His sovereign Authority glorious Omnipresence almighty Power and infinite Wisdom are his Crown-jewels but that which completes and makes up all these into a Crown is his Unity he is Unus nay Unicus nay Unissimus his Singularity cannot bear a Compeer nor his Simplicity a Compound if there were either of these what would become of the Government of the World Suppose a Compeer then one Omnipresent might resist the other one Almighty counterwork the other and one All-wise counterplot the other Suppose a Compound then his Power might go one way his Wisdom another and his Presence might withdraw from both But now he being one God one in Singularity so that there is none else and one in Simplicity so that his Presence Power and Wisdom are but one Essence in him he and only he is worthy to govern all Omnis multitudo revocanda est ad unitatem and perfect Unity is no where to be found but in him alone Thus much for the first point but to go on 2. God rules all according to his Decree he works all things according to the counsel of his own will Eph. 1. 11. he doth whatsoever he pleaseth in Heaven and in earth Psal. 135. 6. That which escapes the pleasure of his Will must first fly out of the Sphere of Nature Now this I evince by these Reasons 1. All those rare Jewels of his Imperial Crown cemented in his perfect Unity do shew forth their lustre according to his Will because his Will put forth a World out of nothing therefore doth his sovereign Authority give Laws to it and his glorious Omnipresence fill and cherish it his infinite Wisdom ministers to the making of his gubernative Decree and his Almighty Power ministers to the executing of it There are infinite Orders and Congruities lying in Wisdom's breast but his Will chuses out of them all what it pleaseth and so makes up its decree there are infinite possibles within Powers Arms but his Power only exerts it self according to his Decree Wherefore it is plain that God governs all according to his Decree 2. The various ways of Government set forth the freedom of the Governour all things are not ruled in the same way Matter is ruled by Forms Bodies by Spirits inferiour Bodies by celestial the visible World by invisible Angels Angels and Spirits immediately by God himself Neither do the same things always keep the same track in Joshua's time the glorious Sun did make a stand in Daniel's time the Fire did not burn in Elisha's time the Iron swam as if it had forgot its Centre in Moses's time the floating Sea stood up as a Rock and the flinty Rock flowed as a Sea In Christ's time oh what excesses of Nature what actings by Prerogative what Epiphanies of Divine glory How many wonderful ways did the divine Will triumph over the Order of Nature evidently demonstrating that the supreme Order of all was in it self alone If the God of Nature did govern naturally all the Wheels would move one way and in one road wherefore the variety of Motions doth display the liberty of the first Mover or Governour 3. The Government of all things is no other than the efficacious Direction of them by congruous Means to their supreme End and that is done by the divine Will alone the End of all is the manifestation of his Glory and this his Will freely embraceth I say freely for the All-sufficient God was under no necessity to manifest himself the congruous Means are all of his own choice and that out of the infinite Mass of Wisdom in himself and the efficacious Direction of all by those Means to that End is according to his Decree God had designed preferment to Joseph but first he lay bleeding under the murderous intentions of his Brethren then he was sold as a slave to the Ishmaelites afterwards he was wretchedly accused by his Mistress rashly imprisoned by his Master and ungratefully forgotten by the chief Butler and yet after all these windings and turnings of Providence this is the worshipful Sheaf the Ruler over Egypt and the wise preserver of Jacob and all his posterity in the famine There are millions of Creatures which know not what an End means but a divine Intelligence conducts them thither millions of Events casual as to us but the divine Will hath fixed them millions of Acts free as to us but the divine Liberty is above them millions of Confusions dark as to us but the divine Decree orders them In all God is Alpha and Omega the first Mover and the last End the wise Contriver and sure Moderator of every thing for his own Glory according to the Counsel of his own Will O thou divine Will the tender Nurse and sweet Disposer of all thou bearest up the Pillars and turnest about the Wheels of the Universe the Guide of every Creature to its journeys end is thy wise Ordination and the safe conduct of it thither is thy gracious Preservation The swiftest Angel cannot fly out of thy Dominions and the poorest Worm hath a safe abode within them Thou hast an Eye in every Wheel an Order in every Ataxy and a Line in every Confusion without thee all Beings would moulder into Nothing congruous Means prove vain abortions and Natures Harmonies jangle into sad confusions Without thee the Breath