472 Chap. 20., An Lxpo(ition upon the .Bookof Jos. Verl, 8. night. A bird, even the king ofbirds anEagle,is but a flug or as a flow- worm to adream. Thiswicked man fhall flyaway mfr a dreamt. We may expound it two ways : Firlf, of the dream it felfe Secondly, of the thing dreamed. Though fometime both the dream and thing dreamed are fixed, the dream in the phancy, and the thing dreamed in its fulfilling, yet many times the dream it felfe is fpeedily gone (as Was fromNebuchadnezzar Dan. 2. 5.8. io.) and the thing dreamed rarely comes. Yet Interpreters carry it rather to the matter or fubjeft of the dream, then to the dream it felfe. Many can retaine the me- mory of the dream, but the matter dreamt of (which poflibly pleafed them much while theyflept) is fled, or proves no fuch thing when they awake. The Prophet defcribes this elegantly and fully (Ifa.29.7,8.) And themultitude ofall theNations that fight againfi Arial, evenall of them thatfight agaiueff her andher mountains,and thatdifrefr her,Jbal be as adreamofa night vifion. It¡hal even be as whena hungry man dreametb,& beholdbe eateth, but he awaketh & hisfoul is empty; oras when a thirflymandreR- meth,andbeholdhedrinl(eth,but he awakethandhe lefaint,andhis foul bath appetite, &c: I may add, a beggar dreamethofGold, but he awaketh, and his purfe is empty. The prifoner dream- eth of liberty, but he awaketh and >findeth himfelfe in irons. Such is the wicked man in his profperity. His joy is but the áAnniqui fomni- joy ofa dreamer, which quicklyvaniíheth. Hence the ancients deu,ar ewe phancied that a Dream had wings like a bird ofthe afire. The & atitem, Pfalmift having learned in theSanc`fuary, that the wicked are fet Mold. inílippery places, and that as in a moment, theyare utterly con- fumed with terrors, concludes in anfwer to Zopharr allufon Pfal. 73.20:) elr a dream whenone awaketh, foO Lordwhen thou awakeft, thou(halt deiiife their image. When theLord puts forth his power to the deffruftion of wicked men, then he is Paid frequently in Scripture to awake. Nowwhen the Lord is pleafed thus to awake, he ,quickly awaketh wicked men out of their pleafant waking dreams, and maketh them fee that their felicity was but fuppofed and imaginary ; for be ßall de. ife :heir image ; that is, he fhall utterly fpoyle and make defpicable, the painted Pageant oftheir outward pompez Which is elegant- ly
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