244 `I he finfulneffeof Sinne. h.ing,tY.z'. z King. 1.3O Ezek.zg. i8, 19,2o. Efay 58.3. Mil. 3.14,1 S. lob z1.14,15. Ezck. 3 3. zo. Math, 6, 2. S. pof ible it is that they fhould in any fenfe pleafe G o D, Rom. 8. 8. whole ptare eyes can endure nothing which beat eth not, in fame, though moft remote degree,propor- tion to his molt holy nature, z Pct,), 4. But it may be objeóted, Doth God nfe to doe good to thole that hate him, and that even for the things which himfelfe hateth in them ? Doth not that worke pleafe him, which hee is pleafed to reward ? And we find the workes of wicked men in the Scripture rewarded. Ahab humbled himfelfe before God, and therfore God brought not the evill denounced upon him in his own dayes. lehte executed the command of God upon the houfè of Ahab, and God eitabltlhed the Throne of Ifrael upon him for foure generations. 2Ke_buchadnezzar caufed his armie to ferve a great fervice againft Tyrus, and the land of E- gypt was given him for wages, and for the labour where- with he ferved againft it. To this I answer, that this God Both not to juftifie or allow wicked mens actions, when they are in chew conformable to His Will ; but firft to Phew that his mer- cïe is over all his workes, when he is pleafed to recom- pence the actions which hee might juítlypunifh Se- condly, to thew that God will never be upbraided, for being any way behinde with men. Wicked men are apt to twit God with the unprofitableneffe of his fervice, and the unequalnefle of his wayes, to boaft that their worke bath beene more than their wages; and therefore utterly to ftop their mouthes, when hee thall proceed in judgement with them, he gives them fuch rewards as are moff futable to their owne delires (the hypocrites pray and give aimes to bee feene of men, and that reward which they defied they have) and fuch as are molt fute- able to their fervices ; As they bring,him unclean fervi- ces, fo hee rende treth unto them unfanflified rewards; as they give him fervices full of hypocrilie which doe not pleafe him, fo hee gives them benefits full of bitterneffe which
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