An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…

Secondly, Such as a wicked man brings upon himself; Master Broughtons reading aims at these pains. The wicked kills himself all his days. A wicked man is often very active, sometimes extremely malicious against others, so malicious that he murders them; and yet it may truly be said he only kills himself all his days. The self-love of a wicked man destroys him, and his very earnestness to avoid trouble, tumbles him into it: And this is clear, if we consider either the way which a wicked man takes, or the end which usually he comes unto; his way is a very sad way: A godly man is described (Psal. 118.2.) Eating the labour of his hands; that is, the very work which he doth, feeds him; and before he hath any reward for his work, he finds a reward in his ⟨p. 89⟩work, in which sense, he may well be said, to Eat the labour of his hand: On the other side, the labour of a wicked man eats him, the labour of his hand, and the labour of his head, eat him out. The way of sin is a wearisome way (Jer. 9.5.) They weary themselves to commit iniquity (Ezek. 24.12.) She hath wearied her self with lies: A Lye is not taken strictly there for an untruth told to deceive others: A Lye is any sin, for every sin is a Lye. Sin tells us a fair tale, but it will deceive us at last.

Secondly, Such as a wicked man brings upon himselfe; Master Broughtons reading aymes at these paines. The wicked kills himselfe all his dayes. A wicked man is often very active, sometimes extreamly malitious against others, so malitious that he murders them; and yet it may truely be sayd he onely kils himselfe all his dayes. The selfe-love of a wicked man destroyes him, and his very earnestnesse to avoyd trouble, tumbles him into it: And this is cleare, if we consider eyther the way which a wicked man takes, or the end which usually he comes unto; his way is a very sad way: A godly man is described (Psal. 118.2.) Eating the labour of his hands; that is, the very work which he doth, feeds him; and before he hath any reward for his worke, he finds a reward in his ⟨p. 89⟩