An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

I answer, Secondly, God indeed doth not presently execute Judgment upon all the wicked; we should rather be lead by sense than by faith, if he should do so, if he should smite sinners as soon as they provoke him; yea, if God should take that course, he must even break the world to pieces, and destroy whole generations at once.

I answer, Secondly, God indeed do•h not presently execute J•dgment upon all the wicked; we sho•ld rather be lead by sence than by faith, if he should do so, if he should smite sinners as soon as they provoke him; yea, if God should take that course, he must even break the world to peices, and destroy whole generations at once.

Thirdly, God suffers sinners a while, that his counsels may be fulfilled; for though the wicked obey not the command of God, yet they fulfil the counsel of God (Acts 4.28.) and they do it chiefly when he with-holdeth Judgment from them.

Thirdly, God suffers sinners a while, that his councels may be fulfilled; for though the wicked obey not the command of God, yet they fulfill the councel of God (Acts 4.28.) and they do it chiefly when he with-holdeth Judgment from them.

Fourthly, Unless the Lord did a little give stop to the execution of Judgment in this kind, it would neither appear how good, nor how bad some men are. Let some have but a little power in their hands, and the world at will, then you shall see whither they will go, and what they will do. And wen bad men are suffered to go on unpunished, and to be a punishment to others, then it appears more fully how good some are, and that in a twofold respect. First, because they refrain from evil, though they see that they also possibly might do it (impune) and not suffer in this world. Secondly, because hey hold fast both thei profession and practise of Godliness, how much soever they suffer for it in this world from evil men.