90 Chap, r 5. An Expofttion upon the Boob of J O B. Verf 20. excellent conclufion, That wicked men take morepains to go to Hell and eternal deftrut2ion, thangodly men do in the way to eter- nal life andfalvation.Awicked man cannot go to Hell with eafe be goes with pain to eternal pains. Thofe ways of fin which have moil: pleafure in them have much vexation in them ( Pro. 23. 29.) Who bath wo, who bath forrow, who bath wounds without caufe ? The anfwer is at hand in the next words, They that tarry long at the Wine, they, that go tofeekthe mixt Wine: The Wine is f>veet, but it bites like a Serpent, anditings like an Adder, Verle 32. The voluptuous man drinks largerdraughts of forrow than he doth of Wine; and while the Adulterer goes to the Harlots houle, be goes as a fool to theflocks, or as an Ox to the (laughter (Prov.7.) As pleafu,e i5 the Epicures God, fo gain is the covetous mans God, yet to get it, he pierceth himfelf through with many '_farrows, and falls into a fnare (a ,Tim 6.) Further, as a fitful converfation among men, fo a fuperfCitious fervice of the true God, and the ferving of falle Gods is full of trouble. The falfe worfhipper travelletb inpain all bis days: Allfalfe xvaafhip loath a tang ofbafenefs and flavery in it ; they that wor- Ihip the Devil, in what a wretched itrvitude do they live ? In Popery, what vexatious penances do they put upon their blinded Votaries ? The Gofpel is noble, and the fervice of it ingenuous, as well as pure or fpiritual; Chrift hath not cal- led us to drudgery, but to liberty : They are molt free, wboferve himmoft. What pain the Jews travelled in when they Apoilatizd from God to Idols, Tophet, and the valley of Hlnnon, where they offered their Children in the fire to Moloch, are abundant witnefs: Did God put them to fuch pain in his fervice ? God called them to offer their Beafls in Sacrifice to him : but they offer their Children in Sacrifice to that abominable Idol. ,Wicked men live under a hard task mafter. Nowbetides all thefe outward pains which eitherare con- comitants, or confequents of wickednefs : There is an in. ward pain far worfe than thefe. Inward pain arifeth fometimesupon the difappointment of his hopes. A wicked man is exceedingly pained with labour in the attaining of his end, but he is much more pained with grief, when he cannot attain his : end f, he .,hangs, between hope and fear,. while
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