The Mischief that we Meditate to Others, falls commonly upon our Own
Heads, and Ends in a Judgment, as well as a Disappointment. Take it
Another Way, and it may serve to Mind us how Happily People are Diverted
Many Times from the Execution of a Malicious Design, by the Grace and
Goodness of a Preventing Providence. A Pistol’s not taking Fire may
save the Life of a Good Man; and the Innocent _Pigeon_ had Dy’d, if the
Spiteful _Snake_ had not Broken the _Fowler’s_ Aim: That is to say; Good
may be drawn out of Evil, and a Body’s Life may be Sav’d without having
any Obligation to his Preserver.