á5o Chap 2t. a in expofrrion irpor, thè `f1ockof } o B. Wirf. i. thy felfebecaufe ofthe wicked man, andhe nil e nviou at the evi11 doer : he more then intimates that the bell amen are roadie to- envie and fret when they profper. And eyther he or Afap!o sels us how he found it working upon bis ownheart ( Pfrl.73, 3 ) I was enviotra at the1oolifh, when Ifaw the profperitie of the wicked. And he flayd riot here, but was over-borne by the n, ength of this temptation, to make a very unbecoming and dangerous conclufion (veri. 13.) Verily I have cleanfedmy heart in vaine, and wafted my hands in innocency; for all the day longhave I been plagesed andch.aflned every morning. He indeed corrals himfelfe. veer(' 14. If fay I willfpeakthus, behsld I should rendagainfl the generation ofthy children ; and when, he thought to know this ( that is, to fee the reafonoftt ), it was too painfts11fir him, till he wènt into the Sanctuary God,( that id,, till he confulted with God) then be underftood the end of rh fe men. , rill we look to that reckoning which lyeth beyond. shis li±e, we get no refolution ofthis doub', We may anfwer this Q;:_arre further ( Why the wickedpro, !Per in this life ?) two wayes. Fifl, Negatively. Secondly, Affirmatively. 'ifyou ask, Wherefore doe thewicked' profper ? I anfwer ; Firn, Negatively ; and I . (hall give you a five=- foldnegation. Era, It is not becaufe God loves their perlons, or bares them (as fuch) anygoodwill. Secondly, It is not becaufe Godapproves their wayes, or likes their doings. Thirdly, It is not becaufe God intends them good,or bath a purple to bellow further b`leflìngs upon them. Fourthly, It is not becaufe God Itannot pull them downs, lay them low,and cut them offihe can weaken the flrongeft,and' caufe the greaten to fall before him, he can crufb them as the naoath. Fifthly It is not because he dares not deale with them, or is alfraid to provoke their power. Some Princes of the world have been forced to let force wicked men alone , to live long and grow mightie in power, they durf'r not provoke them, they knewnot what .fires they,might airre againn themfelves. The
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