474. Chap. 20. An Expofition upon the Bosk.e of J OB. Yeti. 8. much as he imagineth more in what he hath then is or can be in it ( and fo he alwayes doth ) fo much he dreameth. Secondly, Note Theprofperitie ofa wickedman loath no tacky or eon¡flence in it. As a dceäme is not r611, fo it is not falling. Many things which are relit flay with us but a while, but thofe things which are not rrall', cannot be laid to flay with us at all. I have from other, Texts in this Booke met with this poynt before, and therefore I (hall not here flay upon it ; vet there remaines oneclau1emore of this fimilitude, which I ¡hall only touch to heighten the intendment of it, He /hall flie away as a dreamt. e/lnd 'Mall not befound. When the Lord would ¡hewhow fully and clearely he par; doneth fin, he faith (ver. 5o. 20.)In thofe dayes, the iniquitie of Vudah j7all be fought for, and there¡hall be none, and the fins of eodah, and they [hallnot befound, for I will pardon themwhom 1 referve. Now as when a fin is fo pardoned that it cannot be found it is an argument ofthe fulleft pardon ; fo when aman of his profperitie is fo fled and deflroyed that neither can be found., it is an argument of the fulleft dcftruc`lion. We may apply thefe words to both ; The wicked man his wealth and greatnes- thail fo flie away; that neyther of them !hall be found. We may . enquire as was faid in the former verfe ; Where is he ? and where is his ? and finde neither him nor his. What Teter laid to Simon Magus (Aíls 8. 20. ) is verfiied ofhire, his money, his honour, is perifhed with him ; or,as another Scripture fpeaketh, hismemorially is perifbedwith him. And as if Zophar thought it too little to give but one illuftration of this truth, he confirmes it by a fecund, which is yet ofneer cognation with that already opened, and therefore I (hall but name it. Tea he¡ball dechafed away as a vifion of the night. He (hall flue as a bird ( laid Zophar before) here he (hall be chafed as a beaft ; The former word irnplyetha voluntarie mo- tion, this a violent, Hé ¡hall be chafed away At
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