42$' r;7e : An £xpofttion upon the Bookof J OB. Chap:3- the multitude of thycounfels, Ifai. 47. 13. Thou art wearied in the oreatneJs of thy way, Ifai. 57, 10. and that was but a way of trou bling the Church ; She wearieth her [elf with lyes , Ezek. 24. 12. The fins which wicked men comrñit only in and againfi them- felves, weary them; but they are molt wearied when they are perfecutors of others : It is obferved of_Antiochus Epiphanes that famous Troubler of the Church, (by him that hath written the Itinerary of the Saints) that he did undertakemore`troubIc- fom journeys, and went upon more hazardous defigns, meerly to trouble, and vex, and oppofe the . Church of theJews, then, ever anyof, his_predeceffors did about any other conqueíl or no- ble enterprize; that he travelled moremiles to do mifehíef, then (as the Author doth compare their journeys) any of the Saints did todo good ; and therefore he concludes the fioryof him s with this general truth concerning perfecutors , All fuck wicked men go with more trouble to eternal death , then the Saints doto eternal life : they toyl themfelves more, and fuller more,ta workout their- owndamnation, then,the godly do in working out their own fal-- vmtion : to be wicked in the height, is the height of trouble. Solomon faith, that a good inan is mercifulto his beaff, but a wicked man is unmerciful to himfelf, he will tire himfelf more then a good man frill tire his beaff. This is a certain truth, he that mill follow fin and ferve his own infix, (efpecially the lull of pride and op- árefíîon , whofoever ferveth thole lulls) ferveth .a hard maller, a.matler that will.make him toyl, and fweat, and weary himfel while he lives, and at the lafi pay himwith death. The work of fin is.bad enough , but (as to the firmer) the wagesof fin is worfe. The lalfthing I íhali note from it is this : Therelhewicked ceafe from troubling. There, where is that ? At the grave ; when they come to dye,they make an end of their troubling,not before : Ob- ferve then, Wickedmen will never ceafe troubling until they ceafe to:live. In thegrave they ceafe troubling,there they are at refi ; If theyJhould livean eternity in this world, they would trouble the world to et erni- ty. As a godlyman never gives over doing good, he will do good as long as he lives,though he fetches many a weary.lep ; -fi-r wick- ed men never giveoverdoing evil, until they fiep into the grave; And the Reafon of it is , becaufe it is their nature to do evil, ard`that whichmen do. naturally, they da alwaycs; .,they never give
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