The Breastplate of Faith and Love

I will answer this, and so will have done with the point.

I will answer this, and so will haue done with the point.

First, I answer, it is true, that ill men ofttimes do prosper, and that good men many times do not succeed; I say, we will not deny it: for we see the Scripture is plentiful, Psal. 37.¹ Fear not the man that bringeth his enterprises to pass: where it is supposed that they do so.² In Jer. 12.1. Why do the wicked prosper? where the Prophet sets out in particular how they prosper; he saith, they grow and take root, they spring, and bring forth fruit. And you know what Solomon saith, who was a wise man, and looked through many events that fall out under the Sun:³ Eccles. 8.14. I have seen this vanity, (saith he) that where should have been Justice, there hath been wickedness, and it hath come unto the just as unto the wicked: I have seen the Battle hath not been to the strong, nor bread to the wise. And so he goes along, as you know well. He sets out in that Book plentifully, that evil men may prosper long, and ⟨p. 201⟩may exceedingly bring their enterprises to pass.

First, I answer, it is true, that ill men ofttimes doe prosper, and that good men many times doe not succeede; I say, we will not deny it: for wee see the Scripture is plentifull,