q. Chap. t 6. Pri3a,144474upon theBook of .J O B. Verf, t z when all is hill and quiet : There are b ut fewwho know how co fiíh in troubled waters, though force make their bell trade there. Secondly, the attic word.Ggniftes, both to be rich, and to be at cafe from the effec} ; bccaufe, men that are rich ufually take their cafe ; as cafe and peace give them opportunity to gather riches, fo riches caufe them to take their cafe, both. outwardcivil cafe, And oft, times inward finful cafe ; that, is, to fit down, and make their riches and. outward accom- modations, the very Bails of their. quiet and contentment. So the rich are expreffed (Ezek. 23 42.) -Thoufateft upon a ffate.y Bed, anda Table preparedbefore it, &c. And a voice of a multitude beìngat cafe was with her, and iwith the men of the commonfort were brought , Sabeans from the wilderne s,which put bracelets upon their. hands, andbeautiful Crowns upon their heads.Here's the defcriptionofa rich 'people ; and what were they?,d multitudebeingat eafe,having gotten goodly furniture for their houfes,full tables for the it bellies,pretious ornaments for their hands and heads, that is, having abundance of all things, they gave themfelves up to fecurity, and took their fill in the creature : And by howmuch the greater a carnal mans worldly felicity is, by fo.much loth it the more try- umph over all jealoufies and fufpitions of evil (Fev. 18, 7,) Babylon faith, 1 fit a keen and am no widdow, and(hall . fee nofarrow. Babylon is at eate, the feels no evil and the fears none, jerufalemwas once .in fuch a..copditíon through the favaurofGod, and fo the (hall. be in due ,time again (Zack. 7. 7.) Shauldye not bear the words which the Lord bath cryed by thefórmer Prophets, when Jerufalem was inhabited, and in. profperity (or at cafe) and the Citties thereof round about her, when men inhabited the South oftheplain ? The South of the plain,was aRegion.or.Gountrye, extreamly infefled with ene- tnies, where noman durit dwell or mike his habitation, for fear of houle incurfions : yet yerufalemwas in.fuch pro fpe. rity, or at fuch eafe,that the South ofthe plain,the open coon- rryes and unwalled Villages were as tàfe to the Inhabitantsas walled and fortified Cities : At loch cafe, and in fuch fafcty (hall Jerufalem be again, when the Lord thall appointfalvati- o,u unto her,injteadof walls andBulwarlks.
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