Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we meet with either to good or ill luck and fortune. There are many events in the world which men look upon as mere accidents, yet all these come by the counsel and appointment of Heaven.
The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick (ed. 1848)