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[ousnes?] & Providence of God in Governing huiman affairs thus to Suffer men to be Imposed on. It must be acknowledged that the Divine provid. has taken care that [illegible] greatest part of mankind. Shall not be Left under unavoidable Deception, so as to be always abused by the mischievous agents of Hell in the Objects of Pain sence never the [illegible] not for sinfull & silly morals, to [illegible] prefer I be ruler to the most high in his government of the world -- or to direct him how far he may permit Satan to use his power. I am apt to think [lined through: there is some] there are some amongst us, who, if they had liv'd in Job's days and seen the Divel tormenting of him and heard his complaints of being scar'd with dreams and [underlined: terrified with night visions] they would have Joyn'd with his uncharitable friends in confusing him as a most guilty person. But we should consider that the most High God does sometime deal with men in a way of Absolute Love - [rainty?] performing the thing [illegible] is appointed for them and many such things are with him. If He does not destroy the perfect as the wicked and [underlined: Laugh at the tryall of the Inocent] Job. g. 22. 23. Who shall enter into his Councells? Who has given him a charge over the Earth! or who hath disposed the whole world! Men are not able to give an account of his ordinary workes, much less of his Secret Counsell and I ask dispensations of his providence. They doe but darken Counsel, by words without knowledge whenever they undertake it