An appeal to thy conscience as thou wilt answer it at the great and…An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and…

There are two strong reasons expressed in holy Writ to confirm this. The first is, because the Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water: h• turneth it whithersoever he will, Prov. 21. 1. The latter is, because all affliction is from him, and he does limit it according to his divine pleasure. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground, Job 5. 6. To me belongeth vengeance and recompense, saith the Lord, their foot shall slide in due time. I, even I am he, and ⟨p. 28⟩there is no God with me, I kill and I make alive: I wound and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand, Deut. 31. 35. 39. I make peace, and create evil, Isa. 45. 7. Shall there be evil in a City, and the Lord hath not done it? Amos 3. 6. Yet will I not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, Jer. 30. 11. and Chap 46. 28. It is therefore most agreeable to reason, that in times of oppression under unjust Kings, we should fly unto God▪ since he only sendeth, limiteth, and can free us from bondage and afflictions.

There are two strong reasons expressed in holy Writ to confirm this. The first is, because the Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water: h• turneth it whithersoever he will, Prov. 21. 1. The latter is, because all affl•ction is from him, and he does limit it according to his divine pleasure. Affliction commeth not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground, Job 5. 6. To me belongeth vengeance and recompence, saith the Lord, their foot shall slide in due time. I, even I am he, and