Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things

First, Negative, Then] not on a sudden, or (at least) not at this present. This life is no time to receive rewards, the rain and Sun pleasure both the good and bad, nay, oftentimes the bad fare best, and Gods own children are most fiercely fined in the furnace of affliction,¹ The earth is given into the hands of the wicked, saith Job: but, if any man will follow me, he must take up his cross, saith our Saviour. Joy, and pleasure, and happiness attend the ungodly, while Gods poor servants run through the thicket of briers and brambles to the kingdom of heaven: but shall not the Judge of all the world do right? ²a time shall come when both these must have their change; Mark the upright and behold the just, for the end of that man is peace, but the transgressors shall be destroyed together, and the end of the wicked shall be cut off: Psal. 37.38.³ The effect of things is best known to us in some issue of time, and then shall we have our rewards, when the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father. Let this admonish us to have patience in all our expectations: what is it to suffer a while, an inch of time, considering the reward is ⟨p. 91⟩great indeed, everlasting in durance? Rest in the Lord (saith David) and wait patiently for him, fret not thy self for him which prospereth in his way: and will you know the reason? for yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be, but the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace: Psal. 37.10, 11.⁴ So they shall indeed, if only they will expect a little time; not now, but Then] stay yet a while, and be sure anon the reward shall be given.

First, Negative, Then] not on a sudden, or (at least) not at this present. This life is no time to receive rewards, the rain and Sun pleasure both the good and bad, nay, oftentimes the bad fare best, and Gods own children are most fiercely fined in the furnace of affliction,