A20547:80
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…
A plain and familiar exposition of the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the eleuenth and twelfth chapters of the Prouerbes of Salomon
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Henry Sharpe, 1607London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Henrie Sharpe, 1607
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Thirdly the prerogative and privilege of Gods people would be much infringed, if wicked men should have hope with them in the life to come, for therein standeth the contrariety between them. The wicked, saith the Scripture, shall be cast away for his lewdness: but the righteous hath hope at his death, Prou. 14. 32. For the present it cometh to pass commonly, that bad men are full, and good men are hungry, the one sort do laugh, and the other wail and weep, as our Saviour testifieth, Luk. 6. 25. and therefore hereafter their conditions shall be changed on both ⟨p. 22⟩sides: the pleasure of the one shall be turned into pain, and the sorrows of the other into endless comforts. As it is said by the Apostle concerning the godly, that if in this life only they had hope, they were of all most miserable; so it may be spoken touching the godless, that if in the life to come also they had hope, they were of all men most happy.
Thirdly the prerogatiue and priuiledge of Gods people would be much infringed, if wicked men should haue hope with them in the life to come, for therein standeth the contrarietie between them. The wicked, saith the Scripture, shall bee cast away for his lewdnes: but the righteous hath hope at his death, Prou. 14. 32. For the present it commeth to passe commonly, that bad men are full, and good men are hungrie, the one sort doe laugh, and the other waile and weepe, as our Sauiour testifieth, Luk. 6. 25. and therefore hereafter their conditions shall bee changed on both ⟨p. 22⟩sides: the pleasure of the one shall bee turned into paine, and the sorrowes of the other into endlesse comforts. As it is said by the Apostle concerning the godlie, that if in this life onely they had hope, they were of all most miserable; so it may be spoken touching the godlesse, that if in the life to come also they had hope, they were of all men most happie.