Whoever be the instruments of any good to us, of whatever sort, we must look above them, and eye the hand and counsel of God in it, which is the first spring, and be duly thankful to God for it. And whatever evil of crosses or afflictions befalls us, we must look above the instruments of it to God.

The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick (ed. 1848)