That which we commonly call _Good Fortune_, is properly, _Providence_,
and when Matters succeed Better with us by Accident, then we could
pretend to, by Skill; We ought to Ascribe it to the Divine Goodness, as a
Blessing upon Industry. It is Every man’s Duty to Labour in his Calling,
and not to Despond, for any Miscarriages or Disappointments, that were
not in his own power to Prevent. Faith, Hope, and Patience, Overcome
All things, and Virtue can never fail of a Reward in the Conclusion.
What was it but This Constancy and Resignation, that kept the Hearts
of the Poor Cavaliers from Breaking, in the Tedious Interval of that
Bloudy Revolution from Forty to Sixty; ’till at last, the Banish’d, and
Persecuted Son of a Royal Martyr, was in God’s Good time brought back
again and Plac’d upon the Throne of his Ancestors, which Crown’d the
Sufferings of All his Loyal Subjects. The Fisherman’s waiting in his
Calling, bids us Persevere in our Duties, and the Lucky Hit he had in the
Conclusion, tells us that Honest Endeavours will not fail of a Reward.