A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…

But¹ ⟨p. 546⟩herein is rather magnified the Power of his Providence,² and the great Wisdom of his Power, that notwithstanding every man worketh according³ to the inclination of his own heart, and that even Rebelliously against him; yet out of so many different, so repugnant, so contrary intents, he is able to raise his own Glory (the▪ End whether we will or no, of all our Actions) and even when his Will is most resisted, most powerful to fulfil it. For as sundry times Gods Revealed Will is broken, even by those, whose greatest desires and endeavours are to keep it: so always his Secret Will is performed. Eve• by the free and Self-moving Operations of those who set themselves stubbornly to oppose it. There is not▪ then any Supreme Destiny, Extrinsically moving, or Necessarily binding any Inferiors to particular Actions; but there is only a Divine Providence, which can, as out of the Concurrence of differing and casual Causes (which we call Fortune) so likewise out of the Intrinsical Operation of all Inferior Agents (which we call Nature) produce one main and Supreme End, without straining or violating the proper Motions of any.

But¹ ⟨p. 546⟩herein is rather magnified the Power of his Providence,² and the great Wisedome of his Power, that notwithstanding every man worketh according³ to the inclination of his owne heart, and that even Rebelliously against him; yet out of so many different, so repugnant, so contrary intents, hee is able to raise his owne Glory (the End whether we will or no, of all our Actions) and even when his Will is most resisted, most powerfull to fulfill it. For as sundry times Gods Revealed Will is broken, even by those, whose greatest desires and endeavours are to keep it: so alwaies his Secret Will is performed. Eve by the free and Selfe-moving Operations of those who set themselves stubbonly to oppose it. There is not then any Supreame Destiny, Extrisically moving, or Necessarily binding any Inferiours to particular Actions; but there is only a Divine Providence, which can, as out of the Concurrence of differing and casuall Causes (which we call Fortune) so likewise out of the Intrinsicall Operation of all Inferiour Agents (which we call Nature) produce one maine and Supreame End, without strayning or violating the proper Motions of any.