598 Chip. 20. An Expotitian upon the Book of J o a. Vert, 29. to determine that which is his due,rohe is fitrong to fee the execution done. This is the heritage appointed him by thef eong,the?nightie, the powerful! God ;who will not abate any thing in the executionof what he loath /froken, anddeclared againfi him. pa' ríì iTto The Septuagint render this word,Jomewhat differently; xcae Seat. This is the heritageappointed him by the BiJliop or Overfeer,Which Ab epifcopo a is a periphrals ofGod,whobath the view and infpeuïion ofall, vifitatore Dei who is the victor General and fuperintendent of mankinde. baud dutío Qpg to Hereb intimating the provident and watchful! eyeofGod over perviglem cult. all the wayes ofmen, to proteft and reward the righteous, to fum in i pior, punifh and take revenge upon the wicked. qui ¡e cum la- Obfervehence, licit terepwant dg- niftcarevolar Theportionofa wickedman is decreed, andappointed by god. rent. Dew.; eft trar. The portion and heritage of the Saints is ofGods appoint- Dionyl ment. And as he doth it, fo they are willing he fhould doe ir, yea, it is their comfort that he doth, andwill doe it. They would not be their owne carvers, nor have the Petting out of their owne portion, eyther in rempotais or eternals ; It plea- tech them belt that all thould beof Gods appointment. Thus it is with wicked men too, whether they will orno. They would faine be their owne carvers, they wbutd have another porti- on, eyther for matter or meafure in this world then God aflignes them. Ube affigne their portion in good things (as he loth fometimes) yet they would have it larger then he gives, they would have more then heappoints, they are not fatisfied with his provifion. But when their portion is affigned in wrath and judgements, they cannot at all fubmit to that, yet they muff, for it is appointed them byGod. The portionofa wick- ed man may be confidered under a double notion. Sometime it is calledwages, fometimes, an inheritance. Wages is due to a fervant, an inheritance is due toChildren, or co a fon, under both thefe notions the portion ofa wicked man is Pet out in Scripture. It is wages for his fin-work; He is the fervant offin; and, The wages offin is death; all manner ofdeaths; fin paves all its fervants in Black-money. And as the wages, fo the inher tance of fin is death, the portionwhich wicked men receive as children, as childrenofwrath as children ofthe Devil' (io Chrift calls them, ?ob. 8.44.) is nothing elfe but death, their whole --
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