Chapter 4. Showing That the Worst Things Work for Good to the Godly

2. The worst things work for good to the Godly. Mistake me not, I do not say of their own nature they are good, for they are a fruit of the curse; but though they are naturally evil, yet they are morally good, the wise over-ruling hand of God disposing and sanctifying. As the Elements, though of contrary qualities, yet God hath so tempered them, that they all work in an harmonious manner, for the good of the Universe. Or as in a Watch, the wheels seem to move contrary one to another, but all carry on the motion of the Watch, and help to make the Alarm strike: So things that seem to move cross to the Godly, yet by the wonderful Providence of God work for their good. Among these worst things, there are four sad evils work for good to them that love God.