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So 70 Pfal.36.6. qevpreantded the Rauens tofatdithee theles Behold, thei Fowles of the Ayrejthey awwot, nor f reapeanagersoir Weanenly Father fecdethahem: Againe, Are wot two Sparrowes fold for a farthing Sand qwe.ofthem flasllwotfall. od theiground without your Father'syeu all the hayres afjyour beet arenumbreds And St.Purer,Caitall your careion bin» forbe careth for you: Aad bisindgengntsare wyiterfaith Davaps\ Lie Jer.23:24, \ Godthersfore,. whois‘epery-whereiprefent ; who filleth the Heanens and the Earth; syhofe eyes are upduthe Righteens, and hiecountenance againft them that doc euill, was therefore by Orphens-called.oraluninfivitws, aminfinite eye, bcholding all things, and-cannot thereforebe efteemedas an idle lookeron, as if he hadtransferred his powerto anyother : forit is contrary to his owne Word: Gloriam meam alteri non dabo : I will not gine myglory toanother, Noman commandeth inthe Kings prefence, but by the Kings 10 direction ; but God is euery-where prefent ,' and King of kings. The example of Gods vninerfall Prouidencd is fectre in his creatures. The Father prouidéth forhis childten: beaftsand birds andall liuings for theif yongue ones.' If' Prowidence bee found th fecondFachers,'mucthmoreia the firk and Viiierfall pandif there bee a naturallouine caré in men, and beafts, much morein God, who hath formed this nature ; and whole Cuar.t, Gly. The artzorartificiall OrgamofGod :and:Cvsanvsy Dinini preceptrinfirsmsentingd The ina Sranent ofthe diuineprecept : we may then with better'reafon reieét chat kinde of Tdoiz2 try,or Godoffooles,called rortuneor' Chance):a Goddefle,thenioft reuerenced, and the moftireuiled ofall other, but not ancient ; for Homer niaieth her the Daueheos of OceanusjaS Paufanias witneflerhinhis Meffeniacks: The Greekes calli heey elit, Ae ifying 2 relatitielbeing, or betiding, fo as before Homersitime this great: Lady was {carct heard ofsand Hefrodws;who hath taught the bisth and beginning ofalbthefe:counterfeir gods hath not aword ofFortwne\y.ccafterward fhe grew fo:bveat and omMbipotent; as PO Seney-o1. Kings and Kihgdomess to Beggars and: Cottages, fhe‘ordered-allthings, refitting the" go wiledoméofthe wifelt,bymaking the Poffefforthereofmiferable: valuing the FollyoF.) 74. perentithe moft foolith by making theirfucceffe prof{perous:;: infomuch ‘asthe a@ions of mens Poliorc-ies aidito:be but the {ports of Fortune,andthe variable accidents happening inmens "1° ee" & 2 . = I} : often chances hominunludusfortune Cf: Thes of his Fortune, Te e ther) paftimes: " of which BIRParvaCa p1vs,Hita Cee tet cia cpgh "Pee coed 4 ‘rd "is of manai rheplay of Eortiune os becaufeitiofpa mes Zn aro guided byWisi¢£0 haue collpseiaeinierbgaabituccelic conheiielbythe bel iegcmeat: conducted, therefore vpon Zor/une, hadFortune the fameextérnall figure with Sapience swhereof disenduss : ly apts Dinine lout wasithe begining, and istliebond of the Vaniiuerfall': zor dininus rerun Longifsime 2 Sapientia Fors difsidet, omnis off principium1vintuli oninerf faith PLATO.) Amor Dei'c/} nodide perpetuns, want mapaias partiamg, ¢atlwtaculum,acviiner[e machinefandamentum.The loke of Goa istheperpétnall knotsand linke or chaine ofthe world, and the insmoueable pillar of20 Tob.tp.t.c.gs Godis loue. gnlyibe the caufe ofallcan ll,andfuftaine all; fo. as toloue abfolute powers wievery-wheke pretenceonlyprouidefora 210 perfect goodnefle ;to pute and dinine « this attributeitranfcendent hability of Prouidenceis only proper and belonging. ~ ; + bassiir fies} o7 ay? 2 iP §.X1V. 95) (OARS | Of Predestination, Ow,forRredeftination, wee candifference itno otherwife from Prouidence Nee Prefoience than inthis, that Prefcience onely fore-feeth : Beonid rai + fore-feeth.é& careth-for, and hath ref;ped toall creatures,euen Sexe the b - NCE a6 brighteft Angels ofHeauen,:to the:vaworthiett Wormes of the Bah andi Péedettinario: L ombl.xdift. Bi tt (as itis vfed {pecially by. Digines)is onely.of men, and yet not of all tomenb re om ing, but of theirfaluation properly, inthecommon v{e of Diuines, or edition és fomehaue vfed it. Yet Peter Lombard, Thomas, Bernenfis Theolocus Sobers take th word Predeftination more ftriétly t , and for'a preparation Ag felicity dilees ofthe Fa. thers owe it morelargely fometimes': among whomSt. Auguffine {peaking of two Citw * ? ; hernai > Ords,Quarum eft una guepradefinata eft in nde Probl, ues,.and > dep.d. Mugletget,tide "QPCCK Deovalteracternum uppliciam fubire curs Dia bolo; whereof one ts tome' prediftinated to Dei Cal.in cap.9.ad } OmMUAT, Pp reignefor ener yearn, j 4 ; with Godbut the other istov ndergoe sbtihpedlcintatetadetmris euerlafting torment with 46 CVn magn, f. ere ae ONIVS MARCELLvs,deffinare eft preparare sand of the ame opinion are many Proteftant-writers,; as Caluin, Beda, Bucnanus, Daneus, and fuch in cap, % |i lm sand sie asforthé: like asforrh¢e e nd Kom. L.de I - renssl.3.de Beeen veffels of honour,& fomeof difhonour, I will 4 ( } r t mani : manifoldqueftions hereofarifing,I leaue them ‘tothe Diginesand ¢c,Maga, > me Perey auth 5 «Qui faltié Dei rationem non videt infirmitatemfuam CAN/PXETADSCHIRON Videat, rationem vider s Hee that feeth no reafonin the aélions of God, b <aujtseration of is omneinfirmity perceiueth the reafon of bis blindneffe:Andagaine th < RNa aa ett effecanfeperef; iniuflaele non pote/t; Hidden the canfesth spb aj tone Pee SX YV. Of Fortune: andof the reafon offome things that feeme tN» " tobe by fortune, and again? Reafow Avy, Seeing Deftiny.or Neceffity is fuboc xe . ~ a etek Sheed tublequent to Gods Prouidence, and fee- AMA iF OMI ACHEE. 2 apa a PI Nests Nature 1s pathing, but Son 5 thanis before fpoken, and that as fatocalleth ir, Deiartem, vel artificiolum Dei Ores msi The art, or artificiall Organ of God:and Cy SAN VS3Dinini precepts inflrunsentun: : : prace firunse 5 Tee E(chilus - Sedmulta per fcit ramen fimillima : From Wifedome Fortune differs farre, ewerypartthireofandthe Bafioandfoundationofthe vawieyfall. God therefore who could wer.8. of the Fiftory ofthe World, ae _- tia) periituny And yetin workes moft like they are. : oe But I will: forbeare to bee curious > Which (as itis commonly vnderftood)ig nothing elfe buta powerimaginary , intothac whichthe fucceffe of humane actions and endeuours were for their variety alcribéd ; for when 4 manifeft caufe could not be given, then wasit attributed to fortune,as ifthere were no caufe ofthofethings,of whic moft men areignorant;contrary tothis truc'ground df Pi aro: Nihil eff ortum fub Soles, cuins caufalegitima non pracefferit ,Nething ener caméto pajfe under the Sunne, of which there wis nota'tuf? preceding 'canfe. Bat Aagisinas hath herein anfwered in one diftinion, whatfocuer may be obieéted ; for many things there are (faithhee) which hap- 3@ pen » befides the intention of the Inferior, but not befides the intention of the Superior s Pra- terintentionem Inferiorts, fed non preter intentionemSuperioris,(to wit, the ordinance of God;) andtherefore (faithMELANCHTO N) Quod Pocte fortunam,pos Deum appellamus Te facimus Fors Whom the Poets call Fortune, wee know tobe God. Andthat this is true, the Scri plure.in 7s Poems ces many places tcacheth vs; as in the Law of Murder,#He that /miteth a man,and he dye.fball sero.s66. . aye the déath ; andifamanbath not laid waite, but God hath offered him intohis hands, them Exodat.12,13, wvill sppoint.shee a place whither hee fball flee. Now; where the Scé#ipture hath thefé Words; Ged hathoffered himinto his hands , we fay »1fhe hurt him by Chance: andin'ver/s: eybons: thethe nineteank Sito theHhatlioning i Ke Deuteronomy ereby' nineteenth, where flipping ofotansh an‘Axewe fromthe helue,wherebyan- soe laine, was the worke of God himfelfe, we in our phrafe attribute this - ~ c Dasa tune :: andin if the-Proverbes >. Px, 49 dent to Cl Ince creenth ance or For 9The lot isis cap into y thee fixteenth, oy [ir% theA yerss) lap, but thie whole difpofition thereof is of the Lord : fo as that which feemeth moft cafiiall and fubiectto Fortune,is yet difpofed by the ordinance of God, as‘all things elfe ; and ty et ch 4 +f pt ‘ = ‘ hereof the witer fort,and the beft learned of° the Philofophets werenot ignorant , 'as a witneffeth for them} gathering the opinionof Ariftorleand his Settators; with thofe Ot Plato, and the Academsicks;co this effect, That the fame power which they called animsim mundi; The foule of the world, was no other than that' intcomprehentfible wiledome, which we exprefie by thename of God, gouerning euery beingafwell int heawen as in carth ; towhich wifdomeand powerthey fometime gaue the title of Necic.ac quefll.x, © ceflity or Fate; becaufe it bindeth by ineuitable ordinance: fometime, the ftyle ofFor- 5 tune, becanfé of manyeffects thereappearvnto vs no certaine caufes.To thiseffect {pea- keth S.Augufline in his queftions vpon Gemefis the firft Booke :.the fame hath Seneca in Senctlealoys For what/oewer (faith hee) thou calleff God,be it Nature,Fate,or Fortune, all are but one and hisfourth ofgesefits: which was alfo thedo@rine ofthe stoicksjof which Sec hewas': MereAiffarenced bydiners termesaccrding asheoferhsandexereiforbiperidie . R . But it m tybeobiected ‘ Phat if f ortune and aes ¢ were a - p: 163 Of good andeuill in men, but an idle voice, wherby we expre €finec - 0 f om itthen, that fo many worthyand wife men depend vpon fo many vnworthy and emp- ty-headedfooles - that riches and honour are roe-tota > giuen to external! men, and without ker" B 3 32 nell 2 |