andperpetual/ Cjuicle.- ~ When the true Chrifiian lookes about him ~ in the World, and fees the wicked fpreading tbemfelves like ' greene Bay-trees, in .yorldl)' plentie, and pleafines; Sathan here thrufis in, and-labours to caft into his minde a confideration of his owneworth; and that, bow in refpeet · of the wicked, he far re more, and rather~ deferves the fruitio'n and enjoyment of the creatures, and benefits an,tcomfort·s of this life: becallfe all wicked: men arc but ufurpers, and intruders; ·himfelfe being a true owner 1 by the fight of ChriO: lefus, Lord of the who!e E~rrh ; And that, whereas h~ ftands for the glory, ferv-ice, cau– fes, and children of God; the wicked labour for nothing more , than the difgrace and ruine of goodneffe, and the tipnolding and enlargement of the Kingdome_of Sathan. From fuch con– ceits as thefe, mix~d with fpirituall, bee ealily drawes him on to fretting and repining at the profperitie of the wicked men, and puts him . into one of David1 firs, and pangs, Pf~/·73• t~. P{d.n.u; L9e ( fayth bee) thtfe are the wicked-, JCt pr,0JPer they alway ,, and encreaft ;, riches : Certainely; I ha~£Je cleanfrd my heart in vaine, and wafbed myhands · -in innocencie. Or, at leaft, brings him to que1'ftion with·God; as it is, /~r. I~. 0 Lord, if I zu.n.r,&; tliJPu;e 1t1it~ thee, thou art righteDus .; yet let mee talke 'With thee, of thy Judt,ements : where[1re doth ' ' .the way .of the ·wicked projper l why Are a!! they in 1l'ealth, that reheUioufly tr~tnf..~rejfe?. Thou haff plawted them, 1111d they have taken rent; they grow, and hring forth fruit. " ( k 3) . ~ 3 yvpen
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