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óoo, 7 e vncertainty of obtaining worldly things. prouedbydiuers-arguments; for it is written in the hearts of men by the finger ofGod,and reuealed by the light ofna- cure, that after this life there are ioyes prepared for the good. and vercuous,andpunifhmentsfor the wicked and vicious, which euen while we continue in the world, refrefheth the one with comfort in all their miferies, and affrighteth the o- ther withterrours and feares,inall their pleafures andprof- perity. Againe, the immortality ofthetonic being acknow- ledged by both diuine and heathen writers, it followeth hereupon that there is alto an euerlaíling life, wherein it im- mortally I iueth, either in ioy or miferie. Furthermore there is a naturalldefire imprinted in mans heart and mind, to in- ioy his hapt,ineffe and chide good, which neuer any man atta ned vn:o in this life _and therefore moll certainely iris referued for thofe who feeke it in the life to come. Orelfe this naturali delire f ioul d be in vaine,.as neuer attaining vn, to it end, Finally, if we know that there is a God, thenmull we alfo acknowledge that he is iufl,as being the chiefludge- afheaucn and earth; and confequentlythat he adminifireth righteous judgement, rewarding the godly and vertuous, and puni(hi ig the wicked and euiil doers; but this hee cloth not doe in this hfe,feeingfor the moll part,heere the wicked flourilh, and the righteous are afflidied;and therefore thefe rewards and punifliments are chiefly referuedfor the life to come. Arid this argument the Apofile vfeth : If ( faith he) in s Gor.i 5.59. this /tfe onely we haue hope in Chr f , ire are of all men roof/ mi- feralle: fromwhence, weemay affume,.that it will not (land will. Gods iuflice, that thole who faithfully false him, Mould be more m;f rable, then they who- oppofe and re bell aga;nfihim; and therefore ofneceffttyit foiloweth, that af- ter this life they who feare and ferue the Lord haue better hopes,andmore rich rewards refe rued torthem. Vntothefe reáfonswemay adde thofe teflimonies of truth irfclfeoInch can neuerdeceiue or faile. The Prophet `Dar:iel faith, that Dan.s1.1. thole who fleet'in thedull fhall awake,fumetoeuerlaflirQItfe,and lot+ et o fhvne and rerpetuall contempt. Our Sauiour Chri!f af- Mar.21.46 f ìrmetha' lo, that the * iclredfóia /loe into euerla'lingpasee,and Ioh.ro.i3. rhr rth, eorrJOtto ltfeeternadl :: and inanother place lie promi. feth