2+2 Vert,' r. anE.tpofitión tafore the Book of o s. Chap. 36 Perfe6ti®n, they (hall perfe6t, not barely wear our their dayes. A godly man hath nor fo much coniiirned as perfe&ed the dayes of his life, when he is come to and hath.ended the tali day of his life. Theyfhall fpend their dayes In profperity, or in goad ( faith the Original ) born, i. e, in omni jueun- Profperity is a good thing, a good bled-in. of Cod. They (hall, dta;e fpend their dayes in "'good, we tranflate it in the 2 r Chapter v. r 5. in wealth. Wealthan is agood blefling of God to thole that are good, and profperity takes that in ; profperity is a large word comprehending all good, health and wealth, honour and peace : what-ever we can imagine to render our lives comforta- ble comes under thenameof Profperity,Theyf sallfpend their dayes in profperity, or in good ; this reward they ¡hall have from the Lord who ferve him. Is not this good wages ? The carnal rida man pleafed hinsfelf and Paid, ( Lake 12. r g.) Soul, tale thine ,. cafe, thou haft goods laid up for many yeares. The godly do not pleafe themfelvee,, that they have goods laid np for many years in their ownStock, in their Lands,in their Houfes,in their Purfes, in their Shops, but they pleafe themfelves that they have good laidup for many years, yea, for eternity, in the Pr onarfes of God. They who ferve him, they ¡hall fpend their dayes ingood, they flaall have good for every day,and fofinish their dayes withgood; yet this is not all, 'They fhallJpend their dayes in profperity, Andtheir years in Pleafares, In the former words he promifed dayes of Good, here years of Pleafure ; as if he had fail, they I?aall enjoy their profperity tong, they (hail not only have Dayes but Years filled up with ir. One year centaines manydayes, howmany dayes of pleafure are there in years of pleafure I Our life is meafuredby days to thew the (i,ortnefs of it ; the longe{t meafure of it is by years; They (hallfiend their years trn,v3a Jn Pleafuues, or (as we may read'it), in froeetneffes, in plea= kitiucundro. fantneffes, i-n deliciocifoleffes,ìn beauties. roc F""6*. The word is ufed (2Sam. I. 23.) to thew the fovelinefs of taresn, Ssoneoa, d pulzt- - Tonathan andSaul; they we e a pleafant pair, a couple ofgoodly öituclinen,, perfons. They fhab fpend their dayes irspleafantnefs, or it pleafares. Further,
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