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A62374	A brief and plain commentary with notes, not more useful than seasonable, upon the whole prophecie of Malachy delivered, sermon-wise, divers years since at Pitmister in Summerset / by William Sclater ... ; now published by his son William Sclater ...	Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1650 (1650)	Wing S913; ESTC R17140	147,505	246

and for the wicked these conclusions shall be proved 1. That it may well enough accord with the justice of God to forbear prosper bless in temporall things even wicked men Eccles 9.1 First of all know we that the will of God and his appointment is the rule of justice see this Rom. 9. in the case of Election and Reprobation God wills not things because they are just but they are just because he wills them This conclusion throughly seated in judgment stops the mouths of wicked men and restrains from many blasphemies so that though the Lord bear yet considering it 's his will who may finde fault The second conclusion that the Lord is an absolute Lord having free power to dispose of his blessings and no man may ask a reason of his counsells Rom. 9 11. Seeing then that these things are all his own who should ask him a reason of his dispensation See also Matth. 20.15 A third conclusion that what is lawful for men cannot but be much more lawful for God But man sometimes delayes and his delayes are not censured of injustice The Prince useth not allwaies martial law but in extremity when he fears outrage they are kept in prison till the day of tryal and conviction and after conviction and condemnation have a respite to prepare for death and thus the Lord deales with the wicked respitting and delivering them and therefore weigh by the end not by the beginnings A fourth conclusion that the Lord for good ends reserves the wicked to punishment and in the mean time prospers them with temporalll things as 1. For exercise of his children so Ashur Isa 10.5 deferred to execute Gods wrath upon Israel and Jerusalem so the Gibennites reserved to be Pricks in the eyes and thornes in the sides of his children and thus the Lord at this day reserves And beloved what would become of us were it not so 2. To declare his power 1. in preservation of his own children how wonderfully shews this the power of the Lord that notwithstanding all the attempts of the wicked yet still his Church is preserved as Exod. 1.12 The Israelites vexed but the more vexed the more encreased 2. In conversion Beloved it may be there are amongst the very wicked themselves some in whose conversion and salvation the Lord means to glorifie his rich grace Mat. 13.30 Not the tares but the wheat also If the Lord had taken away Paul in persecution his grace had never so much appeared and this that we see daily men brought from power of darkness to the kingdome of Jesus Christ 3. In their overthrow and confusion never had Gods name been so marvellous over the world if he had presently shewn his power in the destruction of Pharaoh but thus permitting him to fortifie himself and then to overthrow him this shewed his power like at this day when they are flourishing like Cedars then cuts he them down A third end this serves much to illustrate his justice when he thus beares and invites by all meanes to repentance and yet men turn not I gave her space to repent Rev. 2.21 Who cannot but acknowledg the justice of God in their condemnation Yea beloved what if wicked men are punished what if punished in these very things wherein they think themselves blessed These two things I will briefely evidence First that the wicked are never without punishment Secondly that the very blessings for which they applaud themseves are their punishments For the first know we that punishments are not all of one sort some are internal some external some Eternal Now for internal punishments we see them evident upon them as 1. Horror of conscience in many of them can there be a more fearful judgment This perhaps we see not but they feel in their inward restlesness Isa 57. ult See Cain flying if he could from himself Pashur a terrour to himself Ier. 20.4 Achitophel hanging himself as the Romans were wont to make the crucifyed carry their own cross so God hath made the wicked to carry this cross of an evil an accusing conscience Ob. If it be said they all feel it not Ans First that I much doubt of Secondly they have judgment much more fearful hardness of heart the fearfullest judgment that God in his wrath can inflict see in Pharaoh Thirdly sins themselves are fearful punishments Rom. 1.24 26 28. And what drudges they are what toil they take to enjoy the pleasures of their sins How unquiet sleeps what filthy belchings feels the drunkard Temporary are in their persons or in the things about them as sometimes graceless and unfortunate children besides these there are paenae posthumae surviving plagues The posterity smarts for the sins of the fathers Job 21.19 God layes up the iniquity of the father for the childe And their very outward blessings what curses are they unto them The riches of the wicked suffer them not to sleep fill them with cares and sorrows many and many their honours exposed to envy their pleasures have bitterness c. Eternal punishments are those that are respited till after this life Now brethren Vse see we the use of all this Hence may Gods children learn to stablish themselves against that common temptation wherewith Satan sometimes annoies them and labours to draw them from their confidence Differtur non aufertur wait but a while and thou shalt see the Lord manifest his justice in their punishment and overthrow And hence likewise let wicked men learn to terrifie and dismay their hearts c. For the second that it may well agree with the justice of God thus to afflict his own children First there is none so just but must be forced to confess he hath in him what deserves punishment no not Infans unius dici we bring corruption out of the womb and suck it from the breasts of our mother Psal 51.5 Rom. 5.12 It s true that Achans children perish with him but yet not without their own sin being corrupt by nature so of the dearest servants of God And who is there under any affliction but must needs say as that good thief on the cross I am justly in this condemnation Luk. 23.41 view them in their original or in their end they are good for Gods children Their end 1. Exercise 2. Chastisement as exercises 1. Firmant 2. Probant 3. Praeeunt 1. Firmant Afflictions are Gods schoole-houses wherein he traines us up to hardship skill in sailing is best learnt by tempest in warfare by fight as trees tossed with winde take deeper root so c. and those tenderlings unused to hardship how doth a little affright them 2. Probant Deut. 8. and without these men know neither the soundness nor measure of their graces affliction tryes how many please themselves in their graces whom affliction discovers to be but hypocrites They shew also what thy strength is 3. Praeeunt when as by example they draw others as Phil 1.14 and Abel's bloud still cryes to imitate his