Tfiat allworldy thitgt are hut metrevaxifies. 27i- meth good,andworth dcfiring, both in refpeél ofhis abun- dance, andgreat varietieofthem, andhislong, fecureand peaceable time,whereinhe did inioy then ; and that with- out the mixtureofthofeinnumerable troubles, with which other men are vexed and molefled. And fomuch for the teflimonies which ferue to (hew the 4.Sea.6. worlds vanitie, vnto which innumerable others might bee Thatthcfe added out ofwritings,bothdiuineand heathenifh;butthefe worldly things beingfufñcient Iwill come to the reafons, whichalfoproue a.eofnogreat it. Andfirfl the vanitie and worthlefnefreofthe world and extellencìe, fee- worldly things in comparifon ofthofe which are fpirituall á, ontrm bra and heauenly,mayhereby appeare,in thatthey arebut Godsgifts. common gifts which hegiueth in his infinitbounrie,as well to his enemies,asvnto hisfriends; to thofe who negleéd all dutie,and.rebellagainfl him, aswell as to his children and fcruants,wholoueand fearehim. Yea,commonly theLord befloweth thefe worldly things in great abundance upon thewicked,whereas for the molt part hegiucththem to the godlyand righteous,whom ne chiefly loutth,but with a fpa. ringhand,and fomuch onely asmay (true for their neceffa- tie vfe.'And this Dauid obferned, whereas he faith; that his wicked aduerfaries were inclrfrdin rhe,rolbxefat, that they Pfala7.ro.rq. had plentie notoncly for themfelues,butfor their children. Yea fo great was the profpericieof wicked men,and fo (harp his owne punifhmeursand chaflifemens,that whenhecon- fidered ofit, his feet were almoflgone, and hisjlepsbadwell PG1m.73.2, ;mereApt, being readie topreferre theelate ofthevngodly, before the blef(è&f oudition of the childrenofGod. And thus the Church in theLamentationscomplaineth, that her aduerfaries were the chiefe, and that her enemies profj'ered; Latnen.r.s. whereasfhewas affltEíed, andherchildren ledinto captiuitte. But ofthis I haue fpoken more fullywhen I generally intreated ofprofperitie, and thereforewill for the generall,addeno more teflimonies norexamples. Onely let vsconfider the truth hereofin thófe three in- 4Sea7. fiances of honours , riches and pleafures. And firfl for That Godhr honours wee (hall find, that God hath more bount fiilly alt nellj.ponetJ imparted them vnto .the wicked and reprobatc,then unto w)rkedàapóis T the the godly.
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