Use "not prosperous" in a sentence

1. For some are punished with losses others with want others with sicknesses of various kinds and others with all kinds of disOrder and confusion; others are insulted by unworthy persons and exposed to suffering in many other ways: for many becoming unstable in their plans try many things and none of them at all succeed and they say they are not prosperous in their undertakings; and it does not occur to their minds that they have done evil deeds but they blame the Lord

2. It is an engagement in some respects not prosperously begun, for their marriage must be at a very uncertain distance; and even secrecy, as far as it can be observed, may now be very advisable