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2.
The
obie&iion
vrged
ottt
of
Ecclef.9.1.
an
fwered.
thenifelues
into
all finne
and
wickedneffe,
are
not
to doubt
but
that
they
are
worthie
of
Gods
anger
and
heauie
difpl
ea-
fure
;
why therefore
on the
otherfide
may
not
thofe
who
are
trulie conuerted
vnto
God,
and indued with
a
h
uch
e
faith
which worketh by loue,be
allured
ofGods
loue and
fauour,
feeing
hee
hath
affured
them
hereofin
his
word
?
Nay
in
the
fame
chapter verf.7.their corrupt
expofition
is
ouerthrowne;
for there he
biddeth
vs
to
eate
our breed
with
ioy,and to
drinks
our
wine
with a cheerefull
hart,
far
God
no*
accepter')
our
works.
Now,
though
God
did
indeede accept our works, yet
wee
could
not
be moued
to
ioy
and
cheerefulneffe
ofheart
here-
by,
vnleffe
alto we
might
be allured
ofhis
acceptation.
The
expofition
But let
vs
examine thefe
words
and
thew the
true
fenfe
of
ofEcclef.9.I.
them.There
are
two
expofitions
giuen,which
may
(land
with
the
analogie
offaith
and the
circumflances
of
the text.
For
fome vnderfland
thefe words
not
of
Gods
loue
or
hatred,
but
ofmans
loue
towards thofe things
he delires, and
ofhis
hatred
towards
thofe
things
hee flieth
;
and
then this
is
the
fenfe
of
the
place
;
Aman
knoweth not whether
thofe
things
which
he
loueth,
as
pleafures,
honours and
riches,
or
thofe
things
which hee hateth,namelie,croffes and
afflictions
(hall
happen vnto
him,becaufe
they
are
not
difpofed
by
his
owne
power,but
by
the prouidence
of
God
who
giueth thefe
out-
ward
things
indifferently
to
all
both
iufl
and
vniufl.So
that
if
the
words
are
thus
to be
vnderflood,
there
is
no
thew
ofrea-
fon in
the
Papifls expofition.
Secondlie,let it
bee
granted that it
is
to
be vnderflood
of
Gods
loue
towards
vs,yet
it
will
make
nothing
for
their
purer
pole
:
for then this
is
the
plaine
fenfe
of
the
words;
No
man
can
know whether
hee bee
loued or
hated
of
God
by thefe
common outward things which
happen alike
to al,and
in
re-
fpe&
whereof
there
is
the
fame
condition to
the
iva
and the
wicked,and to the
pure
andpolluted, to thofe
that
worfhip
God
and thofe
that
wor(hip him not
:
there
is
no iudge-
ment
that
can
bee giuen, either
of
our
felues
or others
in
re-
fpect
of
our
outward
(late, for fometime
the it'll
are
poorc,
the
vniull
rich,
the wicked aduanced to
honor,
and the
god
-
lie
a:Pii
ed add perfecuted. For example,
Efati
enjoyed
his
delights
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