.598 Chap.I4N Expofitionupon the Book, of Jos . Verf. 7F S 0/CS Decide- then he íhould be loft for ever out of this World. He was not re & redie like a Tree, which when cat down fpouts forth at the Root a- pobrunt , gain. We find ftchArguments ufed by Orators and Poets to Nobi.r cum fet forth the Vanity of man beyond that of other Creatures. The fond occidit Sun fets (faith one of them) and rife") again, But when mans 'brevis lux. fungoeth down, it riled, no more ; 'tisalwales night withman when Noxof per- this night comer. The Snowdifolves (faith another) andthese the petua rsna Fields are cloathed with Graff, and theTrees withLeaves, but nei- dorsnierida ther the Honour, nor the Eloquence, nor the Piety of man can reflore Catullus. kim to aSpring after the Winter of his Death. Dijfigere There is hopeof a Tree if cut down, that it will fprout again. nives, rede- The word which we tranflate to fprout, fignifieth to change, on jamgra- and renew to another; or a better ftate. yob makes ufe of it. mina c4mpis at the r4tb. Verfe of this Chapter, J will wait till my change, or arboribufque my'fproutingcòme. Though he was hopelefsof a change from come, &c. death to this life, yet he was of tiredof a happy change in death, NonTor- yea of achange fromDeath to Eternal Life. quate genus But it may be doubted, how a Tree if cut down fprouts again: non tofacun- 'Tis true, when only the Boughs are lopt off, it fprouts prefently, dia non te, but if the bodyof a Tree be cut down, Will it grow again? That refliruet pic- feems to be the fenfe of 7o6, cii. Hor. Ianfwer. 4. Car. Od. The bodies of fome Trees (as for inftance the Willow) being cut down and fet into the ground, -are every where obferved to xi)17r1 proprie row, and their tender branch dothnot ceafe. Some interpret nv,rabitur, `Yob not of Trees ingeneral, but of this or fome other particular ,i»fl-aurabi- fort of Trees. -tar, inno -em- Again, Some Trees though the bodywhich is cut off will not tar.' grow, yet the Root which ,remains will grow up into a new a ,;Iuarun- body. Such a Tree is the a Laurel, whole defcription given by dam arbo- Plin in his natural Hiítory, doth well agree with this Difcourfe rim radix of fob. And becaufe theHeathen didnot believe a Refurredion, vh'anior fu- therefore they made thofe Trees to be Symbols and Emblems perfici.e ut of Death, which being once cut down, grow no more : It is ob- i.xuri, it=ague ferved that the Romans were wont to place a b Cyprefs-Tree at cum truncus the Threfhold of the Houle of Death, becaufe the Cyprefs being onarvit, re- cut-down ;lever fprings any more. fri(faetiam l tabs fruilifcat. P1ir Nat.Hilt, b Romani moriffuit ut porifmum cu,preffus que excifa renafci nonfoist in veflibulomartuie ponsretur. Ser,in Vlr. I,4..Pli.1.I6.e.32. Lally,
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