The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

Sixthly, God fetches a great deal of glory from hence, he fetches about his own ends very much, from the portion that wicked men have; as sometimes he doth it that they might stumble and harden their hearts, and break their necks at it, and to ripen their sins, hence he lets them go on a long time, and have their wills; ¹We to thee who spoilest, and wert not spoiled, and dealest treacherously, and wert not dealt treacherously with all, when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; I'll let thee go on, thou shalt spoil as much as thou wilt, and when thou hast done spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled thy self; sometimes God doth it, to fetch about this end, namely, to chastise his own people with the prosperity of the wicked, as I have ⟨p. 28⟩read of one, being a Monk was advanced to come into an Episcopal seat, and being a lewd wicked man, he began to be proud of his advancement, whereupon he heard a voice uttering these words, cur superbus O infelix, &c. why art thou so proud, O unhappy man, thou art not advanced, because thou art worthy of this honour, but because this City is so ill, that it deserves such a Prelate to be over it, in way of judgement to that place. God advances some man out of ways of heavy judgements unto others, God gives them such a portion not out of love to them, though they are ready to gather the argument, but out of his displeasure unto others; and then, he gives a plentiful portion to many, to teach us all to do good unto our enemies, not only humanitati as they say, but homini not onely to humane nature, but to men, to men that are wicked, some good must be done unto them.

Sixthly, God fetches a great deal of glory from hence, he fetches about his own ends very much, from the portion that wicked men have; as sometimes he doth it that they might stumble and harden their hearts, and break their necks at it, and to ripen their sins, hence he lets them go on a long time, and have their wills; ¹Wee to thee who spoilest, and wert not spoiled, and dealest treacherously, and wert not dealt treacherously with all, when thou shalt cease to spoyl, thou shalt be spoiled; I'le let thee go on, thou shalt spoil as much as thou wilt, and when thou hast done spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled thy self; sometimes God doth it, to fetch about this end, namely, to chastise his own people with the prosperity of the wicked, as I have