A sermon of Gods providence Very godly and profitableA sermon of Gods prouidence Very godly and profitable

meaning God: by the •ew places you may see it sufficient proved, that GOD hath a provide• care of every particular creature, v• on whom he hath not bestowed the […] liberty of choice, whether they ha•• not life, or have life & sense and w•• reason. Now as for those creatures […] whom God hath given that gift of fr•• choice, which I said were Angels an• m•n, some do think, that God in tru•• hath a special provident care ou•• man whom he made after his own […] image and likeness: but not over other creatures: which opinion how false […] is you may easily gather out of that […] have already written. Others do mak• ⟨p. 17⟩this to be the difference between man […] man, that God taketh a special care of •he godly, but casteth away all care of •he wicked: but the word of God doth manifestly overthrow this opinion: In the 5. of Matthew. Christ our Saviour teacheth us, that our heavenly Father maketh the Sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth reign on the just and unjust. And Paul in his first Epistle to Timothy the 4. chapter, saith •hat God is Saviour of all men specially of those that believe: whereof I gather •hat God hath a special care of those •hat are his, but yet not so, as that he •aveth y• wicked to be ruled by chance •nd fortune: for if God have a care of •hose things & creatures y• the wicked oesse, as of their cattle, grass, and orne and such like: surely he provideth also for them, the owners & matters of thse creatures: neither can he […] provident and careful for the god but he must also govern and rule e wicked according to the pleasure of […] divine power. For as a Prince nd General of an Army is not only careful for the Troupes and