Afflictions happen both to good and bad, but to seve∣rall ends. [ 936]
THe stalk and the ear of Corne,* 1.1 fall upon the threshing floor under one and the same Flayl, but the one shattered in pieces, the other preserved; from one and the same Olive, and from under one and the same press, is crushed out both oyl and dregs, but the one is tun'd up for use, the other thrown out as unservice∣able; And by one and the same breath,* 1.2 the fields are perfumed with sweet∣ness, and annoyed with unpleasant favours. Thus Afflictions are incident to good and bad, may and do befall both alike, but by the providence of God not upon the same accompt; Good Men are put into the Furnace for their tryal, bad Men for their ruine; the one is sanctified by Afflictions, the other made far worse then before; the self-••ame Affliction is as a Load••stone to the one, to draw him to hea∣ven, as a Milstone to the other to sink him down into hell.