A plain and familiar exposition of the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Proverbs…A plaine and familiar exposition of the eleuenth and twelfth chapters of the Prouerbes…

When the state of the ungodly which are not Gods chosen, changeth from prosperity to adversity; it seldom stayeth, till they be utterly destroyed, both themselves, & their houses; This word, are not, signifieth a slaughter and killing, as it is spoken of the murdering of the infants by Herod, Mat. 2. 18. Jer. 31. 15. But here is more understood, than the loss of natural life, and that is, the perdition of soul and body. And yet not the extinction of either: for the soul shall never vanish away, nor the body for ever: they shall not find so much mercy at Gods hands. Their being shall not cease, but their comfortable and well being. They shall be everlasting, everlastingly to bear the burden of Gods wrath, and to suffer the unsufferable torment of death and damnation. But the house of the righteous, that is, he, and those things which appertain unto him shall be preserved from being overthrown to ruin.

VVHen the state of the vngodly which are not Gods chosen, changeth from prosperitie to aduersitie; it seldome staieth, till they be vtterly destroyed, both themselues, & their houses; This word, are not, signifieth a slaughter and killing, as it is spoken of the murdering of the infants by Herod, Mat. 2. 18. Ier. 31. 15. But here is more vnderstood, than the losse of naturall life, and that is, the perdition of soule and bodie. And yet not the extinction of either: for the soule shall neuer vanish away, nor the bodie for euer: they shall not finde so much mercie at Gods hands. Their being shall not cease, but their comfortable and well being. They shall be euerlasting, euerlastinglie to beare the burden of Gods wrath, and to suffer the vnsufferable torment of death and damnation. But the house of the righteous, that is, he, and those things which appertaine vnto him shall bee preserued from being ouerthrowne to ruine.