plain: _And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose_. So that if God be for the Elect, who can be against them? 4. That God doth govern all things most freely is clear, because he is omnipotent and supream, and there is no power that can either impede, or constrain him, _For he hath done whatsoever he would, both in Heaven and Earth_. And the Apostle saith; _I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth._ For _who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?_ [Sidenote: Gen. 37. 18, 19, 20, 26, 27.] [Sidenote: _Id._ 45. 5. & 50. 20.] [Sidenote: Prov. 21. 1.] [Sidenote: Exod. 7. 3.] [Sidenote: _Id._ 9. 16, 17.] [Sidenote: Rom. 9. 17.] [Sidenote: Psal. 105. 25.] [Sidenote: Rom. 8. 14.] [Sidenote: Matth. 4. 1.] [Sidenote: Mark 1. 12.] [Sidenote: Luke 4. 1.] [Sidenote: Gen. 9. 27.] [Sidenote: 2 Sam. 24. 1.] [Sidenote: 1 Chron. 21. 1.] [Sidenote: 1 Kings 22. 22.] [Sidenote: Judges 9. 23, 56, 57.] [Sidenote: Psal. 81. 11, 12.] [Sidenote: Acts 14. 16.] [Sidenote: Rom. 1. 24.] [Sidenote: Gen. 20. 6.] 4. The several ways that God useth in governing the creatures in the world whether good or bad, may be comprised in these four ways. 1. He ruleth and ordereth them, by bending, inclining and turning of their wills and intentions, to serve and fullfil his decree and pleasure. So when the Brethren of _Joseph_ were fully resolved to murther him, God by the means of _Reuben_ and _Judah_, so wrought upon their minds and wills, that they were contented to sell him to the Ismaelites, that so the determinate counsel of God might be fulfilled; for though they intended it for evil, that he might never return to his Father, nor to have his dream fulfilled that they might bow down before him, yet God intended it for good, and so brought it to pass. And this he did not by changing or taking away their natures, nor by putting a coactive power upon their wills; but by inclining and bending them to his own purpose, so that the act was the act of their own wills, but the moving of their wills to spare his life was from the Lord: for as he that made the eye must needs see, so he that made the will must needs have a power to move, incline and turn it. And therefore the Father said well, _Certum est, nos velle cum velimus, sed Deus facit, ut velimus bonum_. And it is apparent that the hearts of all men are in the hands of the Lord, and he turneth and inclineth them according to his will and purpose, as saith _Solomon_, _The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will_. Upon which the note of _Tremellius_ and _Junius_ is this: _Est quidem animus omnium hominum gubernaculum, quo velut naves in mediis aquis reguntur corpora & actiones nostræ: tamen ne ipsorum quidem regum animus ex seipso