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A42546 The eye and wheel of providence, or, A treatise proving that there is a divine providence ... by W. Gearing ... Gearing, William. 1662 (1662) Wing G435; ESTC R7567 152,154 376

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when_o they_o repent_v not_o the_o truth_n be_v god_n never_o alter_v his_o eternal_a counsel_n but_o always_o perform_v whatsoever_o he_o purpose_v 2._o deus_fw-la mutat_fw-la sententiam_fw-la consilium_fw-la gregor_n lib._n 20._o mor._n 2._o both_o for_o substance_n and_o circumstance_n but_o it_o please_v he_o to_o use_v such_o phrase_n stoop_v to_o our_o capacity_n and_o express_v himself_o in_o such_o word_n and_o term_n as_o we_o best_o understand_v thus_o when_o a_o judgement_n be_v denounce_v and_o not_o execute_v it_o be_v call_v repentance_n be_v indeed_o but_o the_o effect_n thereof_o and_o indeed_o there_o never_o be_v a_o intendment_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v execute_v for_o in_o the_o threaten_n against_o niniveh_n there_o be_v this_o secret_a condition_n include_v though_o not_o express_v viz._n that_o niniveh_n shall_v be_v destroy_v within_o the_o time_n limit_v unless_o they_o repent_v which_o they_o do_v the_o threaten_a fell_a and_o the_o city_n stand_v of_o this_o nature_n be_v that_o speech_n of_o god_n to_o abimelech_n thou_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man_n 5._o god_n be_v not_o changeable_a nor_o can_v he_o change_v for_o his_o nature_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o mutation_n but_o the_o order_n of_o thing_n may_v alter_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o his_o divine_a providence_n hieron_n in_o dan._n 5._o viz._n unless_o he_o restore_v abraham_n wife_n again_o gen._n 20.3_o item_n that_o of_o isaiah_n to_o hezekiah_n isa_n 38.1_o thou_o shall_v die_v and_o not_o live_v that_o be_v in_o course_n of_o nature_n thou_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man_n yet_o the_o text_n tell_v we_o that_o after_o he_o have_v pray_v to_o god_n and_o weep_v such_o be_v the_o power_n of_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n as_o he_o lengthen_v his_o life_n and_o add_v to_o his_o day_n fifteen_o year_n v._o 5._o whence_o it_o appear_v that_o these_o speech_n be_v not_o absolute_a but_o conditional_a and_o so_o be_v this_o threaten_n of_o niniveh_n chap._n xxviii_o divers_a 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causas_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la junius_n &_o tremel_n in_o luk._n 10._o chance_n or_o occurrence_n come_v to_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n that_o be_v some_o occurrence_n inject_v by_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n and_o when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o priest_n come_v by_o chance_n that_o way_n luk._n 10.31_o the_o meaning_n be_v by_o chance_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n who_o know_v and_o govern_v all_o thing_n but_o of_o the_o priest_n who_o foresee_v no_o such_o thing_n and_o so_o chance_n may_v be_v admit_v in_o respect_n of_o we_o who_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o cause_n of_o thing_n so_o ruth_n ruth_n r._n barnard_n on_o ruth_n though_o she_o go_v at_o unaware_o make_v choice_n of_o no_o place_n yet_o she_o light_v well_o by_o god_n providence_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o unlawful_a to_o speak_v thus_o according_a to_o man_n it_o happen_v it_o chance_v or_o it_o be_v my_o hap_n so_o that_o we_o understand_v thereby_o that_o which_o happen_v beyond_o our_o purpose_n and_o expectation_n but_o yet_o guide_v by_o god_n hand_n and_o providence_n as_o a_o learned_a man_n have_v observe_v and_o also_o that_o we_o know_v and_o hold_v no_o mere_a chance_n as_o the_o heathen_a have_v imagine_v without_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n acknowledge_v therein_o as_o the_o idolatrous_a priest_n and_o diviner_n of_o the_o philistine_n once_o speak_v 1_o sam._n 6.9_o always_o except_v in_o manifest_a case_n where_o the_o apparent_a hand_n of_o god_n be_v see_v 6._o quae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la praeter_fw-la naturam_fw-la nòn_n fortuitò_fw-la sed_fw-la casu_fw-la fieri_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la arist_n physic_n 2._o ca._n 6._o for_o that_o be_v the_o error_n of_o the_o philistine_n what_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n can_v more_o happen_v by_o chance_n then_o that_o when_o abraham_n will_v have_v sacrifice_v his_o son_n isaac_n a_o ram_n in_o that_o solitary_a place_n shall_v be_v behind_o he_o catch_v in_o a_o thicket_n by_o the_o horn_n gen._n 22.13_o 6._o herus_fw-la è_fw-la domesticis_fw-la dvos_fw-la herilis_fw-la consilij_fw-la ignaros_fw-la diversis_fw-la viis_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la locum_fw-la omnino_fw-la mittit_fw-la hic_fw-la alterum_fw-la alteri_fw-la occurrere_fw-la casus_fw-la est_fw-la nòn_n domino_fw-la sed_fw-la seruis_fw-la ita_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la reperiri_fw-la à_fw-la paupere_fw-la fossore_fw-la casus_fw-la est_fw-la quidem_fw-la illi_fw-la pauperculo_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la opes_fw-la illì_n ideò_fw-la recondi_fw-la voluit_fw-la ut_fw-la eas_fw-la hic_fw-la ipse_fw-la mercenarius_fw-la eo_fw-la loci_fw-la fossurus_fw-la reperirer_n &_o ditesceret_fw-la nòn_n casu_fw-la sed_fw-la paterna_fw-la dei_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la drexel_n de_fw-fr conform_a volunt_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 6._o yet_o this_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o the_o singular_a providence_n of_o god_n and_o when_o isaac_n say_v before_o to_o his_o father_n behold_v the_o fire_n and_o the_o wood_n but_o where_o be_v the_o lamb_n for_o a_o buont_n offer_v abraham_n answer_v my_o son_n god_n will_v provide_v himself_o a_o lamb_n for_o a_o burn_v offer_v vers_n 8._o it_o may_v be_v think_v likewise_o that_o to_o have_v happen_v by_o chance_n that_o the_o daughter_n of_o pharaoh_n shall_v come_v down_o to_o wash_v herself_o at_o the_o same_o bank_n of_o the_o river_n where_o the_o little_a ark_n float_v wherein_o moses_n be_v but_o hereby_o god_n providence_n order_v it_o that_o moses_n shall_v be_v preserve_v that_o in_o after_o time_n he_o may_v conduct_v his_o choose_a people_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n it_o may_v likewise_o have_v be_v attribute_v to_o chance_n that_o saul_n shall_v come_v into_o the_o cave_n on_o the_o side_n whereof_o david_n and_o his_o man_n lay_v hide_v but_o god_n providence_n so_o order_v it_o that_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o righteousness_n and_o innocency_n of_o david_n and_o the_o unrighteousness_n of_o saul_n may_v be_v the_o more_o manifest_v unto_o all_o that_o be_v present_a chap._n xxix_o objection_n second_o answer_v in_o five_o