SECT. X. That God governs the universe.

THAT the world is governed by the providence of God, is evident from hence; that not only men, who are endued with understanding, but birds, and both wild and tame beasts, (who are led by instinct, which serves them instead of understanding), take care of, and provide for, their young. Which perfection, as it is a branch of goodness, ought not to be excluded from God: and so much the rather, because he is all-wise, and all-powerful, and cannot but know every thing that is done, or is to be done, and with the greatest facility direct and govern them: to which we may add, what was before hinted concerning the motion of particular things, contrary to their own nature, to promote the good of the whole.