456 TheVVifeMáns Verdi&, Wherein the wicktd are diuerfly call, andthe Righteouscleerclyacquitted from ahbpeleffe Death. P; sr. t4.35 The wicked fig!becalf tsway for his malice,but the Righteoushalt hope iabi'Dcatb, Eehauea rule given v$ in theScripture,not to lodgeofany man by his pre rentoutward ef Late :becaufe(asthePreacherfaith)All eEcdaaa. r thingscomeatiletoall:Nay for the moltpart, the wicked ofthe b Mime73.ç \ Lam" world are net plaguedwith othermen : So that hee which thall etfaye.a3. imflifeth ednean caufellcilycondemnsthetGinerationofGod schildrena` his Verdi& dPtat.7;. rs. Daaidtherefore hath giueh vs another rule, namely, to paffe by the prefent e pr37.37.3s outward condition offetch, asan infufñcient witneffe, and tosmoke theend a of both, becaeefeby theWire ofboth R man (hall truly vnderHand the elate of The díuiGger both.Now ifour care be to follow this direfiion,and to learn toknow by the examination oftheends, whether ofthe two is the better, tobe wiekrd,or to be Righteous, wecannot hauea truergla9e, wherein to behold both, then this fpeech ofthewifeiì Saleman;The wic edfha11becall away forhie malice:there ie the endofthewicked:bra theRghteeuehobble in hisdeath, there is thecencl,frcnofthe Rtghtcota.O f thefè two parts I willfpeake in order. Of whirlsparr, The fublanceof the firí part is, concerringapunif lmenttobee inlified tho t 4loé4in upona certaine mar ;forthe electing whereof,we are toexamine three things: ofrheTer, is t.Thenamecftheefender,Wicked. a. 7Armatureefbis ofmce,tAtakee. ;. The openedat equalitycfhiepumfiment ,Shalldocafiaway. large. the dame by which the offender is here delgned,isWi bed:aname very fit_ ly agreeing to euery man by narnre,For,when theLord lookeddowne. fromheaven vpou the childrenofmen, tefee if theremere any thatwouldvnderftandand ferkeafter f pfal.14. 5,3. God,they were allcorrapt,therewasnot one that didgood, na not one(. So that fo long as a man continucth a meere natural! man,that is,one who was a, he fit ll borne PfsLçt.ç. in enequityc,f goethon to drinkeinigaity like water h :Ht is very deferuedly entitled bIob.tç, ts, with this name,Awickedman. And there fore bywickrd, here wee muffunder- itCor.a.ry. land,theNataraflwan iwithout Chrifik, not beingyet ruined in the into his Ephei.a.r z, mindl,nor begottenagain Tinto aline hope m,by thewordeftintho. ff f e Ephet4.3 Now theoffence which makethhim liable to the enfuing punilhment, is ma. e1Pmx.3' l ice: which sn ordis not here tobertfirairedaccordin to the common vie ofit n r la 4 rP. in our language, to thefirmeof vncharitahienes alone, though even that/inalfo may bewellbrought within this compaffe :but it is hereof a larger extent,it is that is, fame which etexlounded)eJA ping accordi,ethe oabborne e eua 9.rg ofa mane owebears , making light of)thewords of the Curfeo a3nl /Tyre- It `4ai
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