qodJ' ·Jll-fuiJicienicLJ. - 487 -Are in ththands ofthe Lord.• That is,although I fee not the reafon why G~d doth it, .yetthis I find,it is theL@rdthat difpofeth all things,both ro men_, :and alttheirworkes;All the events that fall out,both good and evill, I finde this, that . - they are in rhehands ofGod. The fecond.thingtobefound is,That all things com- alike toa!I:Thereis t.hefa~u copdition to the goodand to theevill,to him thatJacrijiceth, andt·o .him that fdcrificethnot. Thcfebe the two things, that theWifeman profd rerh he found out, and from hence he garhererh two Confecraries. One is,Thatthere is no manable to know!ove,or t,Confea:ary hatred,/Jy all th.t,t is before him: Thatis, byall hefeeth donetohimfelfe,or byall that nefeeth Goddoe to other menihe is tlc:>t able to judgeby that; whoitis that God loves, or who itis he hates. · , A fecond Confectary from it,isexpreffed in ~ - Conrectary >rhe third verfe: faith he, This is ttn evil!I havt Ecclef.9- 3• :ftene under the Sunne,that there is one condition to all: That is,the fonnes ofmen, when they have feene this carriageofthings, this adminifl:ration and difpenfation ofgood and evill thus promif- · cuoufly,to.menofallforrs, Therfore faith he, ~TheheartJofmen arefull ofevi!l,&madne(jcis in their he;~ rtswhilethey live:That is,therforc they feeke not God,btit the creamre;t herforeth~y do not depend upon him, but feeke to fecondarie meanes:What is theilfue ofit~Therefire they g o downe to the dead: That is, they perifh for ever. Somuchbriefly forthe meaning.ofthe words~ • A a 2 Now
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