604 Chap. 24. An Expo!lion upon the Bookof JO B. Verf. 78. an goodwayes) Sò though they are fixed (as ro thefubjeet) in doing that which is evill, yet they arc extreamly tofed and fwifc- ly moved, both to and in and after the doing ofit. Againe As this fimilitude irnplyes the eafineffeofevi11 men to be moved by temptation unto finne, even as eafily as water, or the lightelt things upon the face of the water are moved by the wind. So it implyeth.alfo their fpeedineffe and activity in finning. The water moves fwifcly, (Inners are like fwift Chips upon the water, they make fpeed to do evill, or to trade upon any for - hiddencraft, but they are very flugs to any thing that is good, or to trade upon anycoati where they are bidden. A learned In.. terpreter it:fitts muchupon the emphafis ofthis Exprefion, to Phew not only the fwiftneffe,but the feirceneffeof a wicked mans fpirit in finning, he is fwift upon the faceof thole waters, -and is carryrd on with full fayles in finning,he runs fo fwifcly and treads fo lightly, that hemight run even upon the furface of the water andnot fink. Tholecreatures which are very fwift, leave little Imp-earn behinde them ; they that goe (lowly tread heavy, and unleffe they be upon firme land, fall in. It is Paid in the 8. of Daniel (ver. 5) concerning the he goat(who reprefented .Ilex ender the Great) That be touchednot the ground. Alexander was extrea ne fwift in his Corquefts, he Conquered the world in as hick time as another could have traverdover it His mottowas,. De farilha : With.rst delay; or, I eke all 67 making no delay ; He was fwift peccandi a,a; upon the faceof the earth. Thus wicked men are light upon the tirlornate ad face'of the warer, that is, they are fwift and fierce for the attai- caffandN. Gka y ai.e,fre!erir oc. rungof their finull ends.they'run as nimbly at it,as if they could a:fionern intel run upon the top ofa corne field, and never preffe a ftraw, oras J gr MT, vide- ifthey could run upon the water, and never wet their feete By Tarn levrter in which hpperbolies the ancient Poets ufed to expreffe the greateft terrafgunr pe. celerity ofmorion. VVe have a proverbial! . laying among us, de;,,, ur etrarn which reacheth this fwifrneffe ofa wicked man: in fin ; He (fay riser aq,ms in. we) muff ntee..r runwhom the Devil drives. There is no doubt but treple vi: will men are Devil driven, yea Devil. ridden, he rides Them with whipand fpurre to the doingofhis black it orke,and therefore no. wonder, if they are fo fwift and make filch t,aft about it. That, hey, make haft to doe it is too viftble, and that they make more .á7 clen good (peed is as vifible.Vor while they make h,' ft co fin, ,Ise daft alto to the curfe.As it follows in'thenext words. heiy-
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