186 . Chap. 5. ,iln Expofition upon the Book of J QB. Vetf. allo I havefeen the foolifh taking root ; yea,but I can anfwer quick- ly and remove this objediou :it doth not at all weaken my former affLition, grounded upon that experience, for as I have Peen bins Sake roat,jo, fuddenly I curfe-d hit habitation, his children arefar fromfafeiy, &c. He tlourifheth, but he withers quickly, he takes root; but he is loon puld upby the roots. 1 have Peen] Experience it the miffrifrof truth. Truth is called the daughter of time, becaufe experience bringeth forth many truths , and the word of God is made vifible in the works ofGod. I have Peen (faithhe) This truthbath run into my eye. In experien- ces the promifes of God (land forth,and in experieuces,the threat- nings of God (land forth,and thew themfelves all the experien . ces that' we have in the world, are only fomany exemplifications ofthe truths contained in the promifes or threatnings ofthe word. l?'itt The foolifh] I (hall not flay to open that term, for we met with Lavembami,e it in the former verfe, wrath' flsyeth the foolifh one, Ouly in a Hatay qui! O word, this foolifh man is one, who adds without counfel, and va ,o0, whole will is too hard'for his underflanding. Ne hath no reafon nullamquef , fbr what he doth; but becaufe he hath a mind to do it. A foo- raiionum habet lifh man is a wicked man, and here the foolifh man is a wicked tifr quia ira man at cafe, a wicked man in his fuilnefs and aboundance ofout- venrt to men- ward comforts : A fool is ever wolf, when be is at cafe. And as rem, Col. he more abounds in comforts, fo, he abounds more fin. All mercies are to him but fuel for his folly, and meat and -drink for his madnefi. That rich man who pleafed hirnfclf fo in his world- ly fuccefs is cal''d a fool, Thoufool, thisnight pall thyfoul be tá kenfrom thee,and then whofe jhall all theJe things be which thou pol]zffeJ1-? (Luke 12. 2o.)All wicked mec are ñ)oTiflr, and wick- ed rich men have ever the greateff flock of folly. And they are . therefore more 'fbolifla then others, becaufe they think themfelves wirer than all. IF= aman can get riches, if his root be well fetled` in the earth,and'hisbranches fpread fairlyout,heaccounteth him- fell very wife, and fodo many others account him too, A thriv- ing firmer is a foolifh and an unprofperous man, tut he that plots bow to thrive byfin, is the mojt foolifh man-in the world, and therefore in all his profperitymoll unprofperous. As the foolifh Make root, fo, that by which they take root is oftentimes their folly Takïng root? Wicked men under the outward curie are cow- pared to trees not taking,root, Ifà. 4e. 24.. He bringeth the Prin- Ct3'
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