. b By clear Reafon, and my own long and certain Experience. c e They are ſubje& to the ſame Di ' TT Noother SatisfaQtion er Felicity which a Man can roy. 4 In f As certainly, nd no leſs Cn, on, and 7s er Creatures or worldly Enjoyments. e Eeither 1. to himſelf; as it is | 1512 their Noſtrils ; one and the ſame Iiving Soul, by which the fully eipeatied, Pſa: 49:18 Or 2; to others ; to employ them in | Beaſts perform the ſame vital and animal Overations. For he \' eak Ads of Charity and Liberality towards others. Or 3. rowards God, | 29 hereof Mans rationaland immortal Spirit, nor of the fa ro. uſe them, and to live in the fear of God, which isneceſlary to Life. hIn reſpeCt of the preſent Life and ſenſible things. Na hs the Happineſs of thisas well as of the other Life. Beaſts have quicker Senſes than Men, and therefore enjoy or
13 And alſo that. every man ſhould eat and drink £ —_ = thoſe things, and that withleſs Dangers and Miſchief en do.
20 All gounto one place 7 ; * all are ofthe duſt, and *Gen:zig
i. C. Heart to uſe what God hath gi ; ; : _— toms ry '©h: org 7 Of which ſee the N py ns: , NO _ Earth,as itisexpreſſed. wer: 21: out of which they were 14 I know that whatſoever God doth, it ſhall befor | [5 Eeetefe 12: Which 15 meaat only of their Bodies,as it isexplain-
ever þ: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken} 2, wh k Wy Het: a - d God doth it, that hhoul O noweth [the ſpirit F of man that T goeth þ eb: of from it : and Go ts men Thould fear before | upwar d, andthe ſpirit of the beaſt that goeth down- = 5
h AllGods Counſels or Decrees are eternal or unchangeable,and af m6 rmeen FORD Ss FO : T Heb i; his Providence works effeftually,ſo as Men cannor reſiſt or hinder it. ; yaſt1y differing, becauſe Mans Soi LIAR 54 nk 5 and Beaſts are aſcending, 5: Men can neither do any thing beſides or againſt Gods Counſel and : a, -: br the Sine ph _ =o 1 _—_ -w God, Chap: Providence, 'nor hinder any work or att ofir. k Not that men þogy, ,,q periſherh with T7 h; - __ rogether with its ſhould make this an occaſion of deſpair or idleneſs,or diſſoluteneſs, . Which ;s nor = 4 rr J TIEN enewers, ie inewerb this? as ſome abuſe this Do&rine,but that by the conſideration of his So- - the thing were ee on ws” ”y 1 no _ _—_— it, O as if veraignandirreſiſtable Power in the difpoſal of a)l Perſonsand things pogejy ev olfeens ie ; Ag _ = _ ay Coy or | gen it,and
. as pleaſeth him, men ſhould learn to truſt in him, to ſubmit ro manner of Expre Mon. gon - bhp ag Tnow EEG e me him, 07 open at or roy —_ him, and more carefully and 7g, 53. 1. Who bath believed? &c. Which n * F<. Seer _w + induſtriouſly to ſtu + #& aq wing » kk . ,. ficulry, bur not the Nullity or Impoſſibility of the thing. Bu.
15 That which hath been, 15 now ; and that which fides, he ſcems here to ſpeak not ſo much of a ſpeculative, as of 2
conſiders or regards this, or layeth it to heart? Trueit is, there
"7 Things paſt, preſent, and to come, are all of the ſame nature, : TIE he manner by dac conftabe counſel, and ow men * bur the generality of Mankind never mind -it ; their ſerrled courſe ia all Parts and Ages in the World. There is a con. |; ©2r'S are wholly ſer upon this life, and upon preſept and ſenſible tinual return of the ſame motions and influences of the Heavenly things, and they ce el WO EO gn in thee, ang Bedies, of the ſame ſeaſons of the Year 3 and a conftant ſuccefſion Woe houghr nor care for thethings of the furure and inviſible of new Generations of Men and Beaſts,but all of the ſame quality! World. And as tothem, with whom Solomon hath to do in this mat= The ſame thing in ſubſtance was ſaid before, Chap: 1:9. m 3. e. ter,the Argument is ſtrong and good. being,asLogicians call it,on 4-. Renewerh, as this word is uſed, Job 3: 4. » That time and thoſe £*77%"* 70 the Man ; and there is no conſiderable difference between — ler in theamfhlrds, bur jare as ic ſenſual men and beaſts,becauſe their affeftions are ſet upon the ſame Obje&s, and borh of them are partakers of the ſame ſenſual ſatjs-
were recalled, becauſe others of the ſame kind ariſe and come in l their ftead. Heb. that which is driven away, with a mighty force,as faftions, and ſubje& to rhe ſame ſenſual pains and miſeries,and their time preſent is violently thruſt away by that which comes afterir. | hopes & felicity periſh together, to wit, at death, and therefore
moreover o, I ſaw punder the ſun the place - ſuch men are no more happy than the beaſts that periſh. Others un- 16 And n P Pages ; derſtand it thus, Who knowerh rhis Pro wit, by ſenſe or experience ;
of judgment g, that wickedneſs Was there 7 ; and the ; or meerly by his qwn reaſon, or without the help of Divine revela- place of righteouſneſs s, that iniquity Was there. tion. But, with the leave of ſo many worthy Interpreters,and with o This is mentioned,either 1.as another Vanity,to wit,the Vanity ! ſubmiſſion to better Judgments, the former ſeems to be the truer of Honour and 7g _ is ſo ns an ney. on ce ſenſe. and Oppreſſion. Or rather 2. as another Argument of the Vanir 22 .* 5 - - * Jags 563 of worldly things,or an hindrance of that Comfort which men <4 © ea beer I pe__ that there ” nothing bet- * Ver: is) pe& in this Life;becauſe they are oppreſſed by their Rulers, p T ; TI 1 a ER ould rejJoy ce 1n ns own works » ; forthat is his portion 0 2 for who ſhall bring him
perceive it by Information from others,and by my own Obſervation. ſn the Thrones of Princes and Tribunals of Magiſtrates, where | to ſee what ſhall be after him Pp 2
Judgment ſhould be duly executed. r Judgment was perver ted,the LL To wit, fora Mans preſent ſatisfa&ion, and the happineſs of
guilty acquired, and the —_— nn. s In I.” Righ- | this life, E That he comfortably.enjoy what God hath given him, teouſneſs thould be found and thould dwell,itit were baniſhed from | and nor diſquiet himſelf with cares :bout future Events. He ſeems — BE : Z to ſpeak this, not in the Perſonof an Epicureybut as his own judg- 171 {aidin mine heart :,God ſhall judge the righteous | ment, which alſo he declareth, Ch: 2. 24* & 5: 18, 19:& 8: 15;
and the wicked « : for there is * a time x there 7, for}? rape IS np as ea; orng wi he _ pa more _ - uſeth,