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goodnefs of God. And, In that part of the work, I hope, I (hall 

 be able to (how, that all thofe evils are abfolutely neceflary, unlefs 

 the order of nature, and the whole fyftem of man, had been altered; 

 but, that the providence of God has fo ordered matters, that good 

 fhould arife out of evil, which is the greateft work of wifdom; fo 

 that man, after all his fufferings in this life, or in another, fhall at 

 laft enjoy all the happinefs of which his nature is capable. And thus, 

 I hope, 



I may aflert eternal Providence, 

 And juftify the ways of God to men. 



Milton's Par. Lojl. 



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