ONLY, not denoting literally what God actually effects by His power, but what by His providence He justly and wisely permits. 1. Some of these sorts of expressions denote only the general analogy or fitness of the thing to be done. 2. Some other expressions of this kind are only figurative acknowledgments of the universal superintendency of Providence over all events, without whose permission nothing happens in the world. 3. Some other expressions of this kind are only applications of prophecies