Chap. 20. n sin expoftion upan the 71ook of j o a. Verf. r S. yr; s Thirdly, F rom theweakneffe ofthe ftomack Some are not able to retaine, no not a little, and that good food,becaufe their flomackes are ill. Fourthly, From a fecret antipathy, or averfeneffe to that which is eaten. The vomit in the Text is not cawed any of thefe wayes. A wicked man dotti not vomit from the averfe- neft: of his fpirit to his fin, he liketh it well enough, nor from the weakneffe ofhis fpirit to fin, he is mighty to a$ and digeft the worft of fins ; nor doth he vomit becaufe of the fowleneffe ofhis fpirit, that never troubles him, the foiuler any mansfpi- °rit is, the :mire retentive it is offin ; nor doth it proceed from his felines of fin ; for how full foever he is,yet he is hungry Rill, and faith not it is enough. Whence is it-then that he vomiteth ? I anfwer, by diftinguifhing againe ofa two -fold vomiting. Firft,Free and naturali :'Secondly, forcedor artificial]. Somevomit alone, others have vomits given them; force 'vomit by the ftrengthofmedicines,others vomitby the ftrength ofnature. The wicked man doth not vomit uphis ill gotten goods naturally but violently, not freely but forcedly. The gaine offraud and oppreflionmay be laid to be vomited up two wayes. Firft, By repentance ; Secondly, by expence. Repentance ingenerali is called by the ancients, Thevomit of the;oule, and that is applicable to any fpeciall repentance. And repentance upon this fpeciall account of unlawful] gaine (as alfi repentance upon what account foever may be) is two fold. Pirft, There is a repentance riling from godly forrow; thus repenting Zacbeus vomited uphis ill gotten goods. For when Chrift was come to his houle , ZacheusfloodandPaid unto the Loral, the halfe ofmy goods Igive to the poore, and if 1have taken any thingfrom any man byfa1feáccufation,I refiere himfourefold (Luk, 19. 8.) This gracious vomit his foule received by the power of the Spirit of God, provoking him to repentance ; and happy it is for them that have fwallowed downe riches unduely, ifthe Lordgive them this repentance ofgodly forrow tovomit them backe againe. Secondly , There is a vomiting of riches by a repentance V u u which
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