456 Chap. 20. An Expoftièn upon the Bookof Iò it. 'Verf.5, body doth with meatewell digeaed. This is the fenfe of the .place here ;What he hash labouredfor hefñall reflore, hefball trot pallor it downe; That is,it (hall not beconverted either to his perfonali benefit, or to the benefit of his family. As before,He 1:iïr non f ue. ./ball not fee, is, hefhall nct injoy, fonow,he'hall not ftrallow,is, tar dru. !erc. he /hall not thrive or waxe thong inflate by all his gettings. Gum mox w. Yet we are not to underfi:and theText,as ifthis were plainly perinde efi the lot ofevery wicked man but thus it is withmany,& thus in ac non abloor- force fence it is with every wicked man.For E Cher God doth burefit . Y Y not fuller him to hold that long,which he bath gotten unjuftly, or it doth him fo little good while he bath it, that he may be Paid not to .have had it ; The longeft contentsofthis life, areof fo short a'being, that they may be Paidnot to be at all. Hence obferve ; e4wicked man hash no true profit by all his laWear! The promife to the Godly is (Pfel. 128.2. ) Tsleffed is the man thatfeareth, he /hall eate of the labour cfhîr hands: He that feareth`God,ïtands under the influence ofthat fweet promife He /hallBate the labour of his hands. It is faydof Chrift in the Prophet (Ifa.53.11.) He/hallfee ofthe travaileof hisfcul,and /hall befatised. Chrift laboured hard andhe dideate the fruit of his labour;Hefaw and daily feethofthe travaileofhisToole; many beleeve and are faxed ; The fasting offoules is the fruit ofthe travayle of Chri{is foule. Thus in proportion a Godly man feeth ofthe travaile ofhis foule, and is fatisfied,he labours he takes muchpaires, in his place and calling, he bath many weary dayes, and force waking nights, but by the blelingof God, his labours are fruitful' ; He eats hislabour to the re- frefhing ofhimfelfe and family, and to the bearing up of his credit in the world; Theungodly (hall not finde it fo at all, or (ball not long finde itfo; he mule reftore his labour,and not nr1°117r'1 fwallow it downe. Keff iturio ksr ptrmutauo, e. lecording to lois;rtbfllance(hall his retitutionbe. AIa fernperfir, peralcyuodran. Theword which we tranflate ,-eftitution, lignifies any kinde bium train pro of It is rendred by recompence ( lob t 5. 31. ) Vanity 43'n 's ;Fugue /ball be his recomperce, or the change that he (hall have is from rafati ,f, 'Adas- bad to worfe, even into vanity fo tl:e word is ufed, Ruth. :tun , S 4.7° itvit.
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