Excerpt from The Cordiall of Mr. David Ienkins, or His Reply to H. P. Barrester of Lincolnes-Inne, Answered Or extraordiriaiily and' immediately. T in this age (which knowes of no Oracles, oriniracles remaining) God does n0t immediately, and otherwife then by the fame rovidence (as rules in other humane aff'aires) either gefigne the perfons, or difiinguifh the Prerogative of any Kings or Form tates. God is not {aid more properly to promote to the Crowne ofengland Edward the fourth, then Hex ry the fixthg nor to make a King of France more um limitable then a King of England: Thefe things are left to men, 'the fame providence of God attending them, as attends other matters. Yea, the Scripture is mdfi cleare in this, that when God by immediate and extraordinary orders from heaven did interpofe in defigning Saul to the Throne of Ifmel, yet hedid it by lottery, and did it {0, that Sfaul might be {aid eleeted, and conflirutedby the people, as well as defigned by And indeed fince all Princes, whe ther hereditary, -or elective, whether more abfolute, or more conditionate, Whether inthroned by jufi Ti tle, or by tortion, and meere force have Commifli ons equally from Heaven: How can we thinke that immediately alike in all? Fince em is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.