20 C x A P.I. AnExpolitionvponthefecond V B R.5, apprehend; nor haue by obedience kept their reflipu- lation. That were they not all more then phrcneticke, home mad, neuer would wicked men infult. ouer calamities of Gods children ; they being the looking- elaff, wherein they may fee refplendcnt their owne blacker fate. But again( this expoítion are thefe Reafons. a. Its not Paid, their per forts or fulferings evidence the rigour or feueritie, but the iu.fiice of Gods judgement. 2. Nor in truth arc the affli &ions of Gods children, in propertie of fpeech, pence vindií e orfatiJf llorix ; But fatherly ciao- rings, trials, preuetitions, reduccments, &c. ;. Affli1i- ons fpoken of, are fpecially perfecutions, which no man thinkespunifhmentsfor finne, but troubles for righteouf- nefí'e. 4. In explication of proceedings in this iuft iudge- ment of God, reference there is as well to the glorious re- . compence of the iufi, as to the vengeance of the wicked. Thus I conceive : Ephinzez wel fupplied by Mailer Beta and oar tranfla- tors Gy Afber; which is: that is, which afflie`tions or tole- rance ofeuils, is a manifcft token of the infl iudgement of God. And looke to what follower, you will eafily appre- hend ment, the generall iudgement to come : here called xotr'i:Eoxv,the iuft iudgement ofGod,as clfewhere in one terme, j'aaioxçtcíaT7 ea : where alto is fubioyned expref- fìon of particular proceedings, referenced as well to good as bad. Confer locum. Rom.2.5,6. &c. That iuft Iudgement I here vnderftand , the Act of Gods diftributiue Inftice, difpenlañ recompence ac- cording to the qualitie of euery mans perfon and de- meanour. weft. Why called Gods iuft Judgement ? Is there not Iufticein the prefent Gouernment of the world? in the profperitie of the wicked, afflit ied eflate of the righ- teous ? Re. God forbid. But what if we apprehend the Epi- thite giuen to the ]zit ludgement, i. with an k;ox,, ? 2. or in regard of the almoll no mixture of merc.e with Iuflice then
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