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If wee are not able to See how this or that can stand with the Righteousness of him that Governs the world, Shall we Say that the Almighty will pervert Judgemt or that he that governs the Earth hateth Right! Shall we Condemn him that is most Just? but wheras tis Objected _when is Providence_, & how shall men Live on Earth If the Divell may be permited to use Such powr. I demand wher was Providence when Satan had power to Cause Sons of Beliall to Lye and Swear away the Life of inocent Nalboth, Saying Such Crimes to his Charg as he was nevr guilty of. And what an hour of Darkness was it! and how far was the powr of Hell permitted to prevail when Christ the Son of God was accused and Hangd for a Crime that hee was never guilty of. That was the Strangest Providence that ever happened Since the world began! and yet in the Issue the most glorious. we must therefore distinguish between what does Ordinarily come to pass by the providence of God ^and [underlined: things that are Extraordinary.] It is not an usuall thing for a Nalbeth to have his Life taken from him by false accusations; or for an [Athanasius underlined] or a [Suscinate underlined] be Charged and perhaps brought before Courts of Judicature. for Crimes of which they were altogether inocent but if we therefore Conclude that Such a thing as this Can nevr hapen in this world we Shall offend against the generation of the Just. It is not Ordinary for Divels to be permitted to reveal the Secret Sins of men. Yet this has been done