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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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the Angels are the Servants ⟨p. 17⟩of the Lord Jesus Christ in the doing of them. Oh! Those Chariots of our God, even Thousands of Angels; The Lord is among them, as in the Holy Place: And when our dear Lord shall give the word, great will be the Company of them that publish it: If our Lord say, O WHEEL, Turn so, or so, there are Angels at hand, for the jogging of it.
IV. All the Quarters, yea, and all the Ages of the World, have all their Changes Governed by the Lord, whose Kingdom Ruleth over all. It is said, Behold, There were Four Wheels! How so? Truly, A Wheel for Europe, a Wheel for Asia, a Wheel for Africa, and a Wheel for America likewise; even poor America too, is not forgotten, or neglected, by the Providence of the Lord. We are assured, in Prov. 15.3. The Eyes of the Lord, are in every place, Beholding the Evil and the Good. Whether the Changes do befall the Evil or the Good, it is the Wheel of the Lord in every place, that produces all. And America it self, tho' it have seemed as if it had been intended for an Eternal Rendezvous of Devils, until some late Symptoms of the contrary, yet the Changes that come upon America too, are by the Providence of God. It is not yet known, whether America have any part in Johns Vision of the Revelation; but I am sure it has in Ezekiels Vision ⟨p. 18⟩of Providence. Yea, probably there is a signal Wheel of Providence to be Turned yet in America, with respect unto the Kingdom of God. O WHEEL; Thou hast mighty Turns to make in these Regions! But Oh! Let us consider all the Prosperity, and all the Adversity, happening, even to the Remotest Ends of the Earth, as not coming by Hap alone, but by the Watchful Providence of Him that performs all things for us. And as no Quarters of the World, so neither are any Ages of it, unconcerned in the Wheels of Providence. There are as many Wheels, as there are to be Universal Empires before the Coming of the Lord, at the Time of the End: A Wheel for the Assyrian, a Wheel for the Persian, a Wheel for the Grecian, and a Wheel for the Roman. The Providence of our Lord will reach the Circumstances of all Things, in all the Ages and Empires of the World; until the Kingdoms of this World, shall become the Kingdoms of the Lord.