Reap the same.] The Apostle 1 Cor. 15. 37. telleth us, That the Husbandman soweth not the same body, that shall be, how then is it said, they sow wickedness and reap the same? when they come to the harvest, what shall they have? The same saith Eliphaz. It is true, A man that soweth, doth not reap the same, individually, or numerically; that is, the very same particular seed; but he reaps the same specifically, the same in kind; that's the meaning here, their crop or harvest shall be like their seed time, Gal. 6. 7 Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap, the same in kind, not the same in number. Prov. 22. 8. He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity. It is not the sin it self, which is reaped, but the fruit, the product of that sin; that, they shall reap; the punishment of sin is the fruit of sin, and it is called the same: Punishment is a ⟨p. 47⟩visible sin. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee, this is thy wickedness, Jer. 4. 18. The bitter things procured by wickedness, are called wickedness. As the sweet fruits of our good works, are called our works. Rev. 14. 14. Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord, for they rest from their labours, and their works follow them: their works follow them, how? Not their works in kind, the very same individual works, which they have done here follow them not (for they are transient acts and have no subsistency) but the fruits of those works, and the blessings, which lie in the promise for such as do those works, these fruits, these blessings follow them: the blessings annexed to faith, obedience, and holiness, these follow them. So now, when it is said of a wicked man, what he ploweth and soweth, he reapeth the same, it is to be understood of the same thing in the issue and consequents of it, those curses, those treasures, that harvest of wrath, which lie in the threatenings against him, these are rained down upon him▪ and are made the portion of his cup.
Reape the same.] The Apostle 1 Cor. 15. 37. telleth us, That the Husbandman soweth not the same body, that shall be, how then is it said, they sow wickednesse and reape the same? when they come to the harvest, what shall they have? The same saith Eliphaz. It is true, A man that soweth, doth not reape the same, individually, or numerically; that is, the very same particular seed; but he reaps the same specifically, the same in kinde; that's the meaning here, their crop or harvest shall be like their seed time, Gal. 6. 7 Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reape, the same in kinde, not the same in number. Prov. 22. 8. He that soweth iniquity shall reape vanity. It is not the sinne it selfe, which is reaped, but the fruit, the product of that sinne; that, they shall reape; the punishment of sin is the fruit of sin, and it is called the same: Punishment is a ⟨p. 47⟩visible sinne. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee, this is thy wickednesse, Jer. 4. 18. The bitter things procured by wickednesse, are called wickednesse. As the sweet fruits of our good workes, are called our works. Rev. 14. 14. Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord, for they rest from their labours, and their workes follow them: their workes follow them, how? Not their workes in kinde, the very same individuall workes, which they have done here follow them not (for they are transient acts and have no subsistency) but the fruits of those workes, and the blessings, which lie in the promise for such as doe those workes, these fruits, these blessings follow them: the blessings annexed to faith, obedience, and holinesse, these follow them. So now, when it is said of a wicked man, what he ploweth and soweth, he reapeth the same, it is to be understood of the same thing in the issue and consequents of it, those curses, those treasures, that harvest of wrath, which lie in the threatnings against him, these are rained downe upon him▪ and are made the portion of his cup.
