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of
Ecclef.9.t.infwered.
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delights
and plentie
ofall things,
Jacob
like
a
poore pilgrime
went into
a fl:an
ge
countrie,hauing
no
other
riches
but
his
clothes
on
his
back
andhis
flaffe
in
his
hand,&
when he was
-
corne
amongíl
his
friends he
indured
tedious labours,& ma-
ny
miferies;
audio
Dag,
d
was perfecutcd,w
hilefi
Sai
f
did
fit
on the throne;yea our SauiourChrifl himfelfe was
arraigned
at
the barre and
condemned, whileft
Pilate and
the
chiefe
Priefls
and
Phariues
fate in
the
feate
ofiuflice,
ouerfwaying
,
all
at their
ovvne
pleafures
:
and
yet at the
fame
time,
Jacob
was
beloued,
Efsu hated
;
Dauid
chofen
of
God,
Saul
reie-
¿led;
our Sauiour
Chrifl the dearefonne
ofhis
heauenly
fa..-
thcr,and
the
enemies
the inflruments and
limmes
of
Satan...
So
that
it
is
moil
true
that
Salomon
fpeaketh,namely,no
man
can haue
aflìtrance
of
Gods
loue
&
fauour
by thefe
outward
benefits
bellowed
both
vpon
the
godly
and wicked
;
neither
by
his aduerfities
&affliótions
can
gather that
the Lord ha-
teth him
:
for thefe befall
all
indifferently,
as
it
pleafeth
God'
to punifh
the
reprobate,or
to
chaflife his
owne children.
But
though
we
can
gather
no
found
argument
from thefe
outward things
ofGods
loue, yet
it followeth not
thatthere
is
no
other
meanes
to
affure
vs
hereof: for
by
the
fame
reafon
wee may
conclude
that
man
is
no
better
than brute beafls,
and
that
there
is
no
irnmortalitie
of
the
foule,
becaufe
it
is
faid,Ecclef.3.
i9. that
the
condition ofthe
children
of
men
Eccltf.73.r9.
and
the
condition
of
beafls
is
the
fame.
But
as
the Wifeman
fpeaketh
there
oftheir
outward mortalitic alone,and not ab-
folutely
ih all refpeéis;
and
therefore
he
faith
that
they
are
a-
like to
fee
to, that
is,
in
outward appearance,verf.i
8.
and ex-
plaineth
himfelfe in the words
following;
for
(faith hee)
as
one
dieth
foo
dieth
the other
:fo
he
doth not
meane here
fir
-
plie-that there
is
no affurance
ofGods
loue,
but
onely
in
re--
fpe6t
ofthefe
otrward
things,
and
therefore
he
addeth,
that
in
thefe
outward
refpe61s
all
things
come
alike
to
all,and the
:
fame
condition
is
to
the
iufl
and the
wicked...
Though
then
there
is
no
afiurance
of
Gods
loue
to
be ga
thered out
ofour
worldly eflate, yet it
cannot hencebe
con-
chided
that
ther,2fOre
there
is
no meanes
whereby
we
maybe
of aired
hereof:
for
the
Lord
Bath
giuen
unto.
vs
his
word
and
mcriifull