Ecde(S.x.G. It ifhard to . belee~'))e difp~n[arion .ofthings that we fee in the world:,. That there he righteou.i men, to w"hom it ii accor– ding to theworke ofthe wicked~& thert he wicked . men againe,towhvm it isdecarding to the worke of the righteom? Here you have this anf\ver made, Thatfm· a timeali things come aliketoalJ,rhereisthe fame .condition to the one,as totheother:The reafon ofwhich you fhalfee,when we come to thehan dUng ofthe words.Butin br!efe to open them to you,you fhall find, thatthis was the occafion ofthem.Inthe I6.verfe oftheformer Chapter faith the Wifeman, I have applyedmy heart unto ' wifedomc, andtobehold the 6uftnejfe that i5 done upon tht:earth,inwhich r h4d no refl, eitherday or nigh"t;I was fo intent upon them. Well,w~at is the conclu'fion.? Saith he, I found this, I \vas not ·.able to finde out the·reafon ofGod-s workes :I 6eheldthi worl:nof God, [hat man .canno~fi'nde , oitttheworkes that arewr{lught untler the Sunne, yea thotJgh awife man thinke to know it, 'he cannot .finde it: Thatis,when I fee howGod difpenferh things,! amnot able to fin de out the reafon:and not I oile1y>bu't no man is able t<> fin de it: no, faith he, though hee 1Jea wi.C:: man; no, although he fearch never [o diligently, hecan1 not find out the reafon of c;ods waies,the reafon ofhis providencc,ofhis difpenfing of profperi · ·rieto·rhe wid:ed, and adverGtie to the godly .. . 1 yet thofetwo Conclufions notwithfi:anding he - ~~· . 1 found,whic~ heexpreffeth in the firft verfe. ;~ '! Firfr~thatthejujf,a!ldthe wift,an.dtheirwYJrkeu, ane_ ----------~~-------------------------------:t
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