5 80 Thefufl cndant Funeral. 22. 2s. zÿ. Revel. 2. 21. Pfal. 240. e4 . 24. Mat 1.19. Dan. 5. s; Numb. 28.27. 25. and the righteoufnefs of the belt men will notfpread abroad without (blinking ftretch fo longwithout tyring, apply it felffo exa6tly to eachcircumftance without ; tome fwervingtherein. Efpecially when all the fruits of the inferiour officers em- ployed under him, are chargeable on the righteous mans account, the matter of whofe caufe may juftfy peri(h, by Gods j uli anger on the unjuft managery'rhere- of. YeaGod, withoutthe leaff blemith to hisJuftice,may fuf er the righteous tetn- porallytoperifb whis righseoufner., becaufe in the midftof their fufferings his mercy fupports them with the inward comfort of a clear confcience. In the timeofperfe- cution, a woman beingbig with child,was imprifonedand condemned to die,which the night before her execution, was (Icannot fay brought tubed) delivered ofa child, when her pain (wanting the helpofa midwife) mutt be prefu%ped exceeding great ; The Jaylor hearing her cry out in her pangs: Ifyou cry(faidhe) today, I:. willmakeyou fhriakworfe to morrow, whenyouare to be burnt at aflake. The wo- man replied ; 2otfo, to morrow mypain willbe abated : for to day tfuffer as an of. fender, for the punifhment jufily im ofed by sodon ow fex, for our difobedience and breach ofhis law ; but to morrow I(hall dieforthe teflimony.of the truth,inthe defence of Godsgloryandhis trueAilsgion. Thus it is ftrange to fee, what alacritya good caule infufeth into a righteous man, deriving comfort into his heart by infenfible conveyances, fo that he embraceth even death it Pelf with a fmiling countenance, feeding his foul on the continual feaft ofa clear confcience. Befides this, it clears divine ]uftice, and comforts the righteous man peef(hing temporally inhis righteoufnefs, that his caufe [hallbe heard over again, and rejudged in another world. If one conceivehimfelf wronged in theHundred,or any inferi_ our Court, he may by a certiorari, or an acceda' adcuriam, remove it to the Kings Bench or CommonPleas, as he is advifed heft forhis own advantage. If he appre- hendeth himfelf injured in there Courts, he may with a writ ofError remove it, to have it argued byall theJudges, in the Exchequer chamber. If therealto he con.. ceiveth himfelf to find no juftice, he may with an tnjunilion, out of the Chancery flop their proceedings. But if in the Chancery hareputeth himfelfagrieved, he may thence appeal to the Godofheavenandearth, who in another world, will vin- e dicate his right, and feverely puni(h fuch as have wilfully offered wrong untohim. And fo much to affect Gods juftice in fuffering the righteous man to perijh in his righteoufnefs. Now on theother fide, God may without any prejudice to his juftice, fuller wicked men for a time to thrive in this world, andnot fuddenty farprife themwith puuiíhtnenr, fo giving them afpace to repent, if they would but make ufe thereof. Indeed David faith, Evilfhall huntthe violent =an to overthrow him ; But God is afair hunter ; hemight in the rigour ofhis juftice knock wicked men downas he finds them fitting in theirforms: But Godwill givethem afair law, they (hall for a time run ; yea (port themfelves beforehis judgments,ere they are ?leafed to over- take them. Knowalto, to the farther clearingof his juftice, that wicked men,notwithftand- ing their thriving inbadnefs for a time, are partly punilhed in this world, with a confiant corrofive ofa guilty confcience, which they carry about them. The Probationer- Difciple faid to oarSaviour, i.2(ler, Twill followtheewhitberfoever thougoof what is promifed by him,is performed by aguilty confcience,that Squire of thee body, alwayes officious to attend a malefa&or. Fait, and / will follow thee, and thy empty body (hallnot be fo full of wind, as thy mind ofdifmal apprehen- frons: feaft, and l willfollow thee ; and as the handon the wall, bring in the fad rec- koning, for thy large hill offare; flay athome, and/ willfollow thee ; or elfe meet thee inthe waywithmy naked fword, as the Angel did Balaam: Wake, and Iwill follow thee : fleep, and 1willfollowthee, andaffright thee with hideous fancies, and terrible dreams, as Idid Kiog7Qchard the third, the night beforehis death. I have read ofone,who undertook in few dayes to makea fat(heep lean; and yet was toallow him a daily and large provifion of meat, loft and eafie lodging, with fecurity from all danger, that nothing thould hurt him. This he effeefed,byputting' him
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