Chap. 17. An Expofition upon the Bookof J Q;B. Verf48. 47$ they are only amazed at the dealings of God, they do not defpond, much let's blafpheme becaufe ofhis dealings. But when camal men fee thofe who have gone for righteous, or upright; under afHidions, theyrun into deflperate extreames. Fall, They defpife and flerghtthem.. Secondly; They judge them hypocrites. Thirdly, They look upon them as the moll miferable men in the world : 4f filled grace and innocence loath no beauty in a carnal eye. Fourthly, They judge hardly of God,who deales thus fe- verely with men', what ? Are thefe the fervants ofGod, and doth he ufe them thus?doth he recompence them thus for the paines which they have taken, and for the work which they have done him? Fifthly, They grow into an abhorrence of holinefs, and intoa diflafte ofReligion it fell. IfGod pay his Servants wages in fuch a coyn as this(fay they)let who fo will ferve him, we are not ambitious of his Livery. If this be the por- tionof Psofefors (as you call them) let who will prole& thus they are fcandalled and offended. It is floryed, that when AygolandKingof theMoores(who had long maintained war againft Charles the Great ,hoping to makea tairer agreement with him) had promifed to receive the Chriflian Faith, and be Baptized, he coming with a gallant retinue to the French Court, faw there a number ofpoor men fed and cloathed by the Emperours charity,and enquiring who they werc,ir was anfwered,`Ihat they were the Servants ofGod : What,faid'.he? Are the Emperours Servants .21y fo aáß rich and brave, and are the Servants of God fo poor and ;efZo farvrúrn fqualid?I had a purpofe to be baptized, but now I am refol - ï)elfla:u o ffn. ved never to ferve that God, who keepsand rewards-his. Ser- fus a chri(lí- vants nobetter. What this King fpake oat, many fpeak ín ne 6"e fie afiain{{it leiprofcfo their hearts : they will not ferve Chrift upon felf&denying Lampad. in and fuffering termes. Sleyd párt,3. As when the Crofs falls upon Hypocrites, they depart from the Faith, and ( withDemos) embrace this prefent world, they will not endure a florin for Chrifl, nor haz. zard their worldly poff ffions for all the promifes in the Gofpel ; fo when the godly fall uuder croffes and afflicti- ons for the Gofpcl, evil and prophañe men rejeft it, they will.
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