The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…

1. God rules and governs all Creatures and Events; He is King of Kings, 1 Tim. 6. 15. his kingdom ruleth over all, Psal. 103. 19. [Greek or Hebrew], Wisd. 14. 3. he steers the Ship of the World and all the passengers in it; [Greek or Hebrew], Wisd. 12. 18. he orders the great House of the World and all the Families of Creatures therein. All the hosts of the Universe are ruled by him: the spiritual World is ruled by him, the holy Angels are still a doing of his Will; sometimes they are guarding the godly, sometimes destroying the wicked; sometimes transporting souls to heaven, sometimes striving with Devils; but they are always beholding God's face, Matth. 18. 10. waiting for his imperial Command as their perpetual rule. These have a great share in turning about the Wheels of the World; when these stand still, the Wheels stand also, when these go, the Wheels go too; but these go not one step of their own heads, but whither the Spirit of God goes, they go, Ezek. 1. 12. and when they go, they go straight on to the period of their work, and then they return, Ver. 14. that is, to the face of God for a new Commission, and till that come, they let down their wings, Ver. 24. listening to his voice, and ⟨p. 155⟩adoring at his footstool; all that they do is subordinated to his pleasure. Nay, not only the good Angels, but the Devils (will they, nill they) are subject unto him. They lost their obediential Wings in their fall, and since that, he never trusts them to go without their Chains. Hence, without his divine sufferance, these, though Princes of the Air, cannot raise a storm, though Gods of the World, cannot enter into a Swine, though Rulers of darkness, cannot inject a temptation; indeed they would undermine the Fathers Election, cheat Christ of his purchased Possession, and murder all the new Creatures made by the holy Spirit; but they cannot get off their Chains, and when their Chains are a little loosened, yet their actings fall under Providence. An evil Spirit troubled Saul, but 'twas from the Lord as a righteous Judge,