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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But will you Remark one thing more in this Comparison? If you will, it shall be This;
That a Wheel sometimes makes a Noise in the Turning of it: as you know the Prophet speaks of, The Noise of the Rattling of the Wheels. And thus, When any Considerable Men, or Things, in the World are turned up-side down; a Noisy Report accompanies it. Yea, a Considerable part of the Earth, sometimes does ring with the Report of Important Accidents. When some sort of Persons do fall, Tis said, The Earth is moved, at the Noise of their Fall. And shall I say it? So does Heaven too. Eminent Men of God have so comforted themselves, If any Extraordinary Thing befall the Church of God in the ⟨p. 12⟩World, after that I am Dead and Gone, the News will doubtless come to Heaven after me. However, we read, in Isa. 17.12. Of the Multitude of many People, which make a Noise, like the Noise of the Seas. And when the World is like the Sea, Ebbing and Flowing, and Rolling to and again, that Multitude of many People, will make a Noise about it. But then,
II. It is the Glorious Lord Jesus Christ upon the Throne, by whom all the Changes of this World, are Ordered and Managed. Who is it that Cries unto the Wheels, O WHEEL? Tis He whom we may see, in Ezek. 1.26. The MAN above upon the Throne. Tis that God-Man, who Turns, who Checks, who Holds all the Wheels of Providence.
II. It is the Glorious Lord Jesus Christ upon the Throne, by whom all the Changes of this World, are Ordered and Managed. Who is it that Cryes unto the Wheels, O WHEEL? Tis He whom we may see, in