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48 Reafons matting vs to cont emus 11:aridly profperitie, Luk.6.verfzt. So our Sauiour pronounceth them blefîcdrhat hunger now, to z6. for they /hall befatisficd, and that weepenow ,for they ¡halllaugh, and that areperfecuted r,ow, for they fha(l richly be rewarded in heauen: But ccntraria^ifé he denounceth a woe again.FI thofe that be rich,becau% they hatte receiued their confolarion ; and to thofe that are full, for they (hall hunger; and to thofe that laugh, for they (halt waile and weepe: and elfewhere he telleth his Dif- Iohn r 6.2o. ciples, that they fhall weepe andlament, and the world fhall re- zr.zz. ioyce, that they fhould forrow,but their forrowesfhould be turned into fach io1, as fhould neuer be taken from them. And the Apo. file telleth vs, that it is a righteous thing with Cod, to recom- pence tribulation to filch wicked worldlings as trouble his fer- z.ThefCt.6.7. wants; but to them that are troubled, rell with theSaints, when the Lord lefiufhallfhew himfeife from heauen with his mightie eAngels. And who can doubt but that the Iudge of heauen and earth wil iudgc righteousiudgement ?Wish thisagreeth the faying ofa Father, who bringeth in a worldling,deman. ding, whether a man might inioy refiheere, and refi in hea- Chryfofl.de .uen; and maketh this anfwere :Thúisimpofble,Oman, and Lazaro, Conc. in the number of theft things which thou vainly hopelf.It cannot 3. Tor.zPag be, it cannot be, fay, that he who bath lined infloth andfecuri- 1359. tie, andbath continually f jient, enen all his dayes in worldly de- lights, and bath improuidently and negligently paed histime, thatfach an one fhauld attain that honor and glorie which is re- frued in heauen. To this purpofe it is that the Scripture allot - teth to euery one their portion, both the wicked and the godly;the wicked do receiue theirs in this life,euen the plea - lures and profperitie of the world, but the godly theirs in the life to come, when hauing finifhed their race, they fhall receiue the crowne ofglorie. So the Pfalmifi faith, that Pfa1.17.14.15". themen ofthe worldhaue their portion is, this life, whofe bellies Codfilleth with his hid treafures: their children haue enough, and legate the mil of their fubSlance for their children. But 1 (faith he) willbehold tby face in righteonfnes,and when I aware, I fhall be fatis fledwith thy Image. And our Sauiourdefcribing the flare of men both heere and in the life to come, in the perfonsof Dents and Lai artu, diuideth to either his owne portion; to Dines, and with him to all pompousworldlings, cofily