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If wee are not able to See how this or that can Stand with the Righteousnoss of him that Governes the world, Shall we Say that the Almighty will per vert Judgement or that he that governs the Earth [illegible] Right! Shall we Condemn him that is most Just! but wheras [illegible] Objected [illegible] is Providenced, & how shall men Live on Earth If the Divell may be permited to use Such power. I demand wher was Providence when Satan had power to Cause Sons of Beliall to Lye and Swear away the Life of inocent Naboth[i removed in self-correction] Saying Such Crimes to his Charg as he was now guilty of. And what an hour of Dark ness was it! and how far was the power of Hell per mitted to prevail when Christ the Son of God was accused and Hang'd for a Crime that hee was ne ver guilty of. That was the Strangest Providence that ever happened Since the world began! and yet in the Issue the most glorious. we must there- fore distinguish between what does ordinarily come to pass by the providence of God and [underlined: things that are Ex- traordinary.] It is not an usuall thing for a Naboth[i removed in self-correction] to have his Life taken from him by false accusations; or for an Athanasius or a [Suscinate? underlined] be Charged and perhaps brought before Courts of Judica- -ture. for Crimes of which they were altogether inocent but if we therefore Conclude that Such a thing as this Can mever hapen in the world we Shall offend a gainst the generation of the Just. It is not Or- dinary for Divels to be permitted to reveal the Secret Sins of men. Yet this has been done