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Eighthly, §8It lays them open to Idolatry, which is a God-provoking, and a Land-destroying sin, Hosea 2.6, 7, 8. and chap 4.6, 7, &c. Ah Sirs! who can seriously consider of the dreadful sins that the prosperity of the wicked lays them open to, and yet fret and vex at their prosperity?

Eighthly, §8It layes them open to Idolatry, which is a God-provoking, and a Land-destroying sin, Hosea 2.6, 7, 8. and chap 4.6, 7, &c. Ah Sirs! who can seriously consider of the dreadful sins that the prosperity of the wicked layes them open to, and yet fret and vex at their prosperity?

Again, As their prosperity lays them open to the greatest sins, so ⟨p. 121⟩their prosperity lays them open to the greatest temptations, witness their tempting of themselves, and their own lusts, and witness their temptings of others to the worst of wickednesses and villainies, and witness their frequent tempting & provoking of the great God to his own face, and witness their daily, yea, their hourly tempting of Satan to tempt their own souls. Oh Sirs, as there is no condition that lays persons open to such great transgressions as prosperity doth, so there is no condition that lays persons open to such horrid temptations as prosperity doth; and why then should Gods holy ones envy wicked mens prosperity and worldly glory? &c.

Again, As their prosperity layes them open to the greatest sins, so ⟨p. 121⟩their prosperity layes them open to the greatest temptations, witnesse their tempting of themselves, and their own lusts, and witnesse their temptings of others to the worst of wickednesses and villanies, and witness their frequent tempting & provoking of the great God to his own face, and witnesse their daily, yea, their hourly tempting of Satan to tempt their own souls. Oh Sirs, as there is no condition that layes persons open to such great transgressions as prosperity doth, so there is no condition that layes persons open to such horrid temptations as prosperity doth; and why then should Gods holy ones envy wicked mens prosperity and worldly glory? &c.