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Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary
Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary. : Prefaced, with some observations upon the turns of divine Providence, now bringing of mighty changes, upon the world. : Whereto is added, the address of condolence [sic], made unto His Majesty, by the nonconformist ministers, on the decease of that illustrious queen.Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary. : Prefaced, with some observations upon the turns of divine Providence, now bringing of mighty changes, upon the world. : Whereto is added, the address of condolenee [sic], made unto His Majesty, by the nonconformist ministers, on the decease of that illustrious queen.
printed by B. Green for Samuel Philips, 1695
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Now the things which we will here observe, shall be all fetched from that Vision of the Prophet; and you shall join with me in making of these Remarks.
I. The World, with all the Persons, and all the Concerns of it, is liable to a continual Revolution; or, The State of the World, is fitly compared unto the Turn of a Wheel. Briefly, 'Tis a Changeable World; and I pray, what else would you have of a Sublunary One? Wherever you look upon any part of this World, you may hear the Son of God crying, O WHEEL, unto it; World, I will have thee to Wheel about▪
One thing wherein you may see the Comparison adjusted, is this;
A Wheel is a very Moveable and Voluble Thing; and oh! believe it, oh! expect it; So is the State of this World. It is judged by good Historians, that Pythagoras was acquainted with Ezekiel, and that from this Vision of the Wheels, he invented that Wheel of Fortune, with which many Impious People do play their Witch-tricks in our Days. This I will now say, That Condition of men in the World, which they no less Foolishly, than Frequently, call, Their Fortunes; We may cry, ⟨p. 8⟩