88 Cháptig. An,Expofation upon.the Book of J Q..>;, Verf.ao, towards the birth of fotrie filthy Monfter.fin, which fin when it it finilbed, brings forth death : Somewhat he hath conceived, the Pfalmill tells us what ; He bath conceived mifchief , and be wouldbringforth igiquity. eunlJis diebuo The Vulgar Latine tranflates , ?be wicked man is lifted rep fua impiiefw, with pride all his days ; which is as much as to fay, He travel- polio. vulg. velleth with pain all his days ; for though fume fay , Pride feels no cold , yet there is nothing feels fo much pain as pride doth : And becaufè a wicked man is proud all his days, there- fore he travelleth with pain all his days. Hence Obferve . The lifeef a wicked man is a verypainfullife ; or thus, The pin ofa wicked mans life is thegreatefl pain: It is like the pain ofa woman in travel ; when the Holy Gholt would let forth great pain, he exprefl'eth it by thepainóf a woman in travel, But what kinde of pain is it, withwhich a wicked man tra veis> He hath two forts oÇ pain. Firft external : Secondly, internal. His external pain is of two forts : Fill, Such as God lays upon him , or calls him into ; for though many are the affliCfions of the righteous, from the hand ofGod,yet the righteous havenot all the afflifiions,wic- ed men have fome : They are not only beaten with fcou'rges, but fmitten with fcorpions; God rains down upon themfnares, fire and brimfone, andan borribletempef -; ebb is theportion ofmany oftheir cups, even in this life. Secondly, Such as a wicked man brings upon him himfelf; Mailer Broughtons reading aims at thefe pains , The wicked kills himfelf all his days. Awicked man is often very active, fometimes extremely malicious againft others , fo'malitious that he murders them ; and yet it may truly be Paid he on- ly kills himfelf all his days. The felf love of a wicked man deftroys him , and his very carneilnefs to avoid trouble , tumbles him into it : And this is clear , if we confider either the way which a wicked avian takes, or the end which ufually he comes unto ; his way is a very fadway: A Godly man is defcribed ( Pfal. z r 8. 2.) Eating the labor of his hands; that is the very work which he doth, feeds him ; and before he bath any reward for his work, he finds a reward in his work,
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