449 ; .. OMe4ijx40M$ TheVVorldlings dovvnfalm PSA7.. Bttt manfullnet continueeta hanesr:he is like the bulls thatdie. Knownot whereto better to compare thisText, then to the The generali Writing upon the Wall; in the micf oftheKing of Babel his notateor this royal( feats. When the Kingwas in the height ofhis ban- Placeoflsrip._ quer, drinktngwine (as the Storie fpeakes) before athonfanda, tP1C fuddenly he raw thefingers of it mans handotter againfi the Candle. flecke wpm the planer oftheWall. It cooled him prefently , his eounteuance eras changed, hie thoughts troubled him, the ioynts ofhis lyaes were Roofed , and hie knees finete tee again the other, Of the fame nature is this Text,. It feemeth to me ro be (asit were) a counter-buffe , or erode-blow, to the plots and endeanours ofcarnal' and worldly-wife men, for the fetling of their outward eftatehere in this life. In the fixtand eleuenth verfesof this Pfalme, we mayfee them intheirprime, befirringrhemfelnes - exceedingly, traflingintheirgoods,boa/lingthen feintsfnthemaltitadeoftheirriche ,, and(like the a rich man in the Gofpell)pullingdownetbesr harms ,andbuildinggreaterb,imagining hLuke is; ti, that their habitation_ hallcontinueener,and tailingtheir landsby their names, that they may preferue their memory fromobliuian, But nowmarkethe Writing yp- on the Wall: Tet manfballnot contirme ia honow,be is like the beafl: thatdie . This is a fudden qualmouts the ffoinacke, as the; fenteñce ofdeath,isan vnexpeAed grief amidfa great calme, and it dothutterly dillafleall the former fuppofed felicity. Thus much(briefly)to gluea general] infght intothis place ofScrip- tare. For order in handling it., take it thus.: Here is two-fold thwarting or The diuilon¢ arose, rigof the purpofes of the vngodly worldlings. The findis this; Hefhall notbe that whichhe auntw,/bedte be: Hefball not contenne iu honmer:Theother is this; Flelballbe thatwhichIn newer de/ïred tobe:HefTall balakethekeels thatdee.H a(hall mitt ofthat which hefought for, andhe (hall haue that whichhee lookednot for. Oftheretwo feuerally.. The litI) partts,ehat Alanfi,,!!'net munii,,u, in hoses,-, In which clanfe there is The t.Part; no wordvery ambiguous.lt may haply be demanded,whetherthe wordKlan isnífo large extent, as that thereby is meanteveryparticular man: whereto is anfweted, that the wordmuff be refrainedonely toInch a man , as isinthis Pfalmedcfcribed,wlto snit(,in his goods,and beafis himfelfe in the multitudeefhie rchen, and fuppofeth his habitation /halleontinueeaer, eke. Theword in the Hem brew Text is, Adam,a name glues to ourfiat Father,but fitting tovs all, in re- gard that our making is ofearth c; yet bed agreeingto him, who as lie is earth nGen[ ;> by creation,fo is earth allo in affeftion,minding onely earthlythings, as fpeaketh Tanid; Andfuch.an one indeed,is here intended. Touching the word (Honer) d'ltil.3.t,; it is wellknownewhat it meaneth.And yet (in the ignorance offome) it may happen to be too much refrained.' Therefore by it we muff conceiuegerieratà lyany eminentaRare,or fuchcondition which either forwealth, office, blood, or any outward part,is.ofregard andeaten, arnorigf men: It is well translated by force; fhinïng)fothat it fignifieth any fish condition,which doth(asit were) splendors. glitter
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