Sermons preached

There is nothing so Mean, but it is under God's Providence. Mat. 10. 29, 30. Not a Sparrow lights to the Ground without your Heavenly Father. A mighty Support unto Christians in their Affliction.

There is nothing so bad, but the Lord can turn it to good. Gen. 50. 20. Ye thought it for Evil, but God meant it for Good.

There is nothing which happeneth from wicked Men to his Children, but the Lord hath a hand in it. Job 1. 23. The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken, &c. It is Chrysostom's Gloss upon that Place, He doth not say, the Thief, the Sabean, the Chaldean, hath taken; no, but the Lord hath taken, the same God that gave it. If it come from Satan, God hath a hand in it; for many of Job's Troubles and Afflictions, especially upon his Body, came immediately from Satan; and yet he saith, (Job 6. 4.) The Arrows of the Almighty stuck fast in me. They were the Arrows of the Almighty, ⟨p. 280⟩though shot out of Satan's Bow. This certainly is implied, that God hath a Will, Hand, and Providence, in all those things which are most contrary to us. The Will of the Lord is to be seen.

There is nothing which happeneth from wicked Men to his Children, but the Lord hath a hand in it. Iob 1. 23. The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken, &c. It is Chrysostom's Gloss upon that Place, He doth not say, the Thief, the Sabean, the Chaldean, hath taken; no, but the Lord hath taken, the same God that gave it. If it come from Satan, God hath a hand in it; for many of Iob's Troubles and Afflictions, especially upon his Body, came immediately from Satan; and yet he saith, (