92 Chap. 20, An ExpoPion upot the Bcokof Jo B. Vert. I& Flom array. It is a metaphor taken from waters ; and that two wayts; Eyther fromwater fpilt upon the ground, of which the wife Woman ofTekpa Paid ; There is nogathering it up ag eine. Or from the ordinary flowing in ofwater ; there is an ebbing of water, and a flowing in of water. Here flowing away is tbbing, The flowing inofwater is the flood : but the flowing awayof water is the tbb. His goods thall ebb, they fhall decreafe, and flow away. The motion of fornewaters flowing away is fwifr, and with a kinde ofviolence. Thus the increafe of his boule fhall flow away, there (hall be no flopping, no flaying ofir. What the pfalmift fpeaks of perlons, is true alto ofthings, ( fal. 9o. S ) Thou carrieft them away etr pith afloud ; Flouds are carried with a mightie force ; fo the goodsofa wicked man flow away, orare carried as with a floud. Againe, The allufionmay be to thofe waters which flow a. way infencibly. The decreafeof tome waters is not to be feene, yet they flow awayand decreafe. Such alto is thedecreafe of force wicked men in their worldly enjoyments, they doe not 'flow away violently, but flowly, and are long in decaying. In deep fill Rivers youcan hardly perceive the water move, and yet it moves, or that it ebbs, but yet it doth till it comes toa dead lowwater. As it is withall trees and plants, we may perceive they have growne, but we cannot fee them grow ; fo it is with many waters, we may perceive they have fallen but we cannot fee them fall. Thus infenciblyat leaft the wicked mans Higheft. floweneftate,and the increafe ofhie houfe fhal1 flee azray.- Thirdly, We may apply the allufion towaters which are carried or divided into many dreams or rivolets. Thus the wicked mans increafe flows away : God makes many cuts and `flutes, to draw out his eftate this way, and that way : this part runs into filch a channel, and that into another : fire (hall con- fume force, and waterforce, violent enemies (hall take fome, fecret thieves, and-unfaithfull fervants fhall take the reff. Thus it Chaff bedivided into feverall channels, till the loud be made (hie. The increafeef hr's honfefhall flow away. In 4 4
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