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The righteous mans vveal and the vvicked mans vvoe by Thomas Watson.
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Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.
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Israel God puts him in this Grave betimes in mercy because he should not see the evil coming on the Land and there 's a parallel to this the 2 Kings 12 last it is spoken of Iosiah I will gather thee unto thy Fathers thou shalt be gathered unto thy grave in peace and thine eyes shall not see the evil I will bring upon this place Iosiah he dyed in battle how then was it said he went to the grave in peace We must understand the meaning of it is this Iosiah went to his Grave in peace because he was a holy man and he has made his peace with God and so he went to his grave in peace and because he should not see the evil approaching God gathered him to his grave in peace Ierom. speaking of his friend Nepotian you must observe Ierom lived to see some troubles before he dyed saith he O how happy is my friend Nepotian that sees not these troubles but is got out of the storm and is arived safe in the Haven Luther dyed in mercy before the troubles in Germany broke forth and thus you see the righteous though they dye yet it is well with them God takes them away in mercy that they may not see approaching evils 2. Though the Righteous dye and are taken away yet it is well with them because death cannot hurt them Death can neither hurt their bodies nor yet their souls and then it is well with them 1 Death cannot hurt their bodies the body of a Saint it doth not perish though it dye the bodies of the Saints are very precious dust in Gods account precious dust the Lord locks up these Jewels in the grave as in a Cabinet the bodies of the Saints lye mellowing and ripening in the grave till the blessed time of the resurrection Oh how precious is the dust of a Believer though the world mind it not yet it is precious unto God The Husbandman he hath some Corn in his Barn and he hath other Corn in the ground why the Corn that is in the ground is as precious to him as that that is in the Barn the bodies of the Saints in the grave are Gods Corn in the ground but the Lord makes very precious account of this Corn the bodys of the Saints shall be more glorious and blessed then ever 〈◊〉 were at the resurrection Turtullian he calls them Angellical bodies in regard of that beauty and lustre that shall be upon them As it is with your silks when they are dyed of a purple or scarlet colour they are made more bright and illustrous then they were before thus it is with the bodies of the Saints they shall be dyed of a better colour at the resurrection they shall be made like a glorious body Phil. 3. 20. thus it shall be well with the righteous their bodys shall not perish 2. It wall be well with the righteous at death as to their souls too Oh it will be a blessed time me thinks it is with a Saint at the time of death just as it was with St. Paul in his voyage to Rome we read that the Ship did break but though there were so many broken pieces yet he got safe to shore so though the ship of the Believers body break by death yet it is safe with the passengers his soul that gets safe to the Havenly harbour let me tell you the day of a Believers death it is the birth-day of his blessednesse it is his ascention day to Heaven the day of his death it is hi marriage day with Iesus Christ. Faith doth but con tract us here in this life is but the contract but at death then the Nuptials shall be solemnized in glory they shall see God face to face it will be Heaven enough to have a sight of God saith Austin when the Saints shall enter into joy here joy enters unto them but then they shall enter into it Tâ—â—y shall drink of those pure Rivers that run from the â—â—â—rlasting Fountain And thus you see it will be well with the righteous However things go though trouble come though death come yet it will go well with the righteous And oh let those that are the people of God comfort themselves with these words oh what an incouragement is this to all you that hear me to begin to be righteous this Text may tempt us all to be Godly Say unto the righteous it shall be well with him when things are never so ill with him yet it is well with him We would be glad to have things go well within our relations and in our estates why when the righteous things go well with us thy person is sealed thou art heir of all Gods promises thou art Christs favourite thou hast heaven in revertion and is it not now well with thee if you would have happiness you must espouse holiness Say unto the righteous it shall be well with them and thus much of their first proposition the Godly mans comfort in life and death it is well with him But now if all this will not prevail with you to make you leave your sins and become righteous I must passe in a few words to the next branch of the Text to scare men out of their sins to affright men out of their wickednesse woe unto the wicked it shall be ill with him This my beloved is the dark side of the cloud It may cause in every wicked man that hears me a trembling at the heart Woe unto the wicked it shall be ill with him The proposition that doth result out of the words is this Doct. When things seem to be well with the wicked men it shall be ill with them at last though they have more then heart can wish yet it shall be ill with them at last Ecclesiast 8. 13. It shall not be well with the wicked nor shall he prolong his dayes which are as a shadow because he fears not God it shall not be well with the wicked the God of truth hath pronounced this It is as true as God is true it shall not be well with the wicked Now that I may a litle clear this to you I shall demonstrate this to you in these four particulars 1. It is ill with the wicked in this life 2. It is ill with them at death 3. It is ill with them at the day of judgement 4. It is ill with them after judgement it shall be ill with the wicked 1. It is ill with the wicked in this life a wicked man that hears me will hardly think so when he hath the affluence and confluence of outward comforts when he eates the fat and drinkes the sweet He will hardly beleive the Minister that shall tell him it shall be ill with him but it is so For is it not ill with that man that hath a curse Yea the curse of God entailed upon him can that man ever thrive that lives under the curse of God Floods of blood and wrath hang