A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties

And this is that security of which David speaketh: The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of ¹God before his eyes: For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found out to be hateful. And describing the prosperous estate of the wicked, he saith, That continuing in their corruption, and being covered with violence, as with a garment; They speak loftily, ²and set their mouths against the Heavens; saying, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? And Job discoursing of the same subject, namely, wicked men flourishing in worldly prosperity, saith, that their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon ³them. They take the Timbrel and Harp, and rejoice in the sound of the Organs; they spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have if we pray unto him?

And this is that securitie of which Dauid speaketh: The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no feare of ¹