A treatise of divine providence I. In general, II. In particular, as relating to…

Secondly. 2. The means whereby God acts, discover a providence, He acts

I. By small means. The considerable actions in the World have usually very small beginnings. As of a few letters, how many Thousand words are made, of Ten figures, how many Thousand Numbers? And a point is the beginning of all Geometry. A little stone flung into a pond, makes a little circle, then a greater, till it enlargeth it self to both the sides. So from small beginnings, God doth cause an efflux through the whole World.

I. By small means. The considerable actions in the World have usually very small beginnings. As of a few letters, how many Thousand words are made, of Ten figures, how many Thousand Numbers? And a point is the beginning of all Geometry. A little stone flung into a pond, makes a little circle, then a greater, till it inlargeth it self to both the sides. So from small beginnings, God doth cause an efflux through the whole World.

1. He useth small means in his ordinary works. The common works of nature spring from small beginnings. Great Plants are formed from small seeds. The ⟨p. 50⟩Clouds which water the great Garden of the World, are but a Collection of Vapours. The noblest operations of the Soul are wrought in an Organ, viz. the Brain, composed of coagulated Phlegm. Who would imagine that Saul in seeking his Fathers Asses, should find a Kingdom?