4,4444447,, 606 Chap. 20. An Expoftion upon the Boob of J o a. Verl, 29. a moment, workfor oe (not by way ofinerite, but ofpreparati- on ) a farmore exceeding andeternall weight ofglor`y: fo we may fay, the prefent profperitie ofa wicked man is his curie, be- caufe it works for him,a far more exceedingand eternal weight of mifery. Laftly, (to {hut up the poynt) as we may fay of b_lievers, that outward profperitie is their portion, and the heritage ap- poynted to them by God, bécaufe they alwayes Hand under thofe promifes ofoutwa rd profperitie ( Match. 6. 3 3.) Seehe ye firfi the Kingdom of god, and the righteoufnefe thereofand all other things /hall be minifiired untojeu. (a Tim.4.8.)Godlineffe is profitable for all thingo, having the promifes ofthis life, andof that which is to come.Upon thofe and the likeScripterepromifes (I fay) we may conclude that profperitie in this life is the portion ofevery godly man ( becaufe they are the heires of thofe promifes which concerne the good things of this life, as well as thofe which concerne eternall life ) though it pleafe God in his wifdome to exercife themunder outward wants, and to keepe them in heavineffe through manifold temptations all their dayes, So it is a truth, that in this life mifery is the portion ofwicked men, becaufe they alwayes $andunder all the threatningswhich are written in the booke ofGod. Though it p'.eafeth God for the reafons before remem- bred, or for anyother reafon lockt up in his own bofome, to give them a richportion in outwardbleflings,and tocaufe their cup to overflow with the fading dying comforts ofthis prefent life. Thus farre Zophar hath fpoken, and he fpeakes no more. lob gives anfwec in the next Chapter, with which poílìbly he was fatisfied and fo joyned in opinion with him, or gravel'd, and fo had no more tofay againft him, or fo deeply offended, that he eyther would not, or faw it bootleffe to, fay any more.
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