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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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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⟩O Wheel, concerning it: it is, Oh! how Turnable a Thing! Very memorable & significant, is the Story of Sesostrys, the King of Egypt; who being a Captive, was ordered, with other Captive-princes, to draw the Chariot of the Conqueror that made him so: In doing of this, he looked so long and hard upon one of the Wheels, that the Conqueror demanded the cause of his Looking; whereto he replied, Sir, I am observing that in the Turn of the Wheel, what is undermost just now, by and by is uppermost: and this Reflection had a very mortifying Operation upon the Great man, to whom it was offered. So do things Turn in the World!
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 Dayes. 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,