Gods Providence.
Providentia Dei.
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Mens States
are not to be attributed
to _Fortune_ or _Chance_,
or the _Influence of the Stars_,
Humanæ Sortes
non tribuendæ sunt
_Fortunæ_ aut _Casui_,
aut _Influxui Siderum_,
(_Comets_, 1. indeed
are wont to portend no good)
but to the provident
_Eye of God_, 2.
(_Cometæ_, 1. quidem
solent nihil boni portendere)
sed provido
_Dei Oculo_, 2.
and to his _governing Hand_, 3.
even our _Sights_,
or _Oversights_,
or even our _Faults_.
& ejusdem _Manui rectrici_, 3.
etiam nostræ _Prudentiæ_,
vel _Imprudentiæ_,
vel etiam _Noxæ_.
_God_ hath his _Ministers_
and _Angels_, 4.
who accompany a _Man_, 5.
from his birth,
as _Guardians_,
against wicked _Spirits_,
_Deus_ habet _Ministros_ suos,
& _Angelos_, 4.
qui associant se _Homini_, 5.
à nativitate ejus,
ut _Custodes_,
contra malignos _Spiritus_,
or the _Devil_, 6.
who every minute
layeth wait for him,
to tempt
and vex him.
seu _Diabolum_, 6.
qui minutatim
struit insidias ei,
ad tentandum
vel vexandum.
Wo to the mad
_Wizzards_ and _Witches_
who give themselves to the _Devil_,
(being inclosed in a _Circle_, 7.
calling upon him
with Charms)
Væ dementibus
_Magis_ & _Lamiis_
qui Cacodæmoni se dedunt
(inclusi _Circulo_, 7.
eum advocantes
Incantamentis)
they dally with him,
and fall from God!
for they shall receive
their reward with him.
cum eo colludunt
& à Deo deficiunt!
nam cum illo
mercedem accipient.