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Chap. 7. our welfare, which were found out for our ruine. You commend that Physitian who successefully mixes his Treacle with a Viper. And why should you resent it in God, if with this Plaister of Calamities, he shall intermixe something that is hurtfull, without any damage of yours. For he doth certainly decoct and evaporate all the adhering poyson, by the secret fire of his Providence. Lastly, this magnifyes his power and glory; to which all things are by himself of Necessity referr'd. For what can more lively express his power than this? That he not only overcomes those Enemies that wrastle with him; but also overcomes them in such a manner, as brings them over to himself, and causes them to take Armes in the pursuance of his Victories: Which every day comes to pass, when the will of God is done by evill Men, though not of them; since he so manages all those things which Rh