CXLIX.

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.