220 A Cernrnentary upon the â4e1 Chap,6. they come, as though the ,wrathofGod had been breaking out up- Spec.be!!itarsi, on them. The fòuldiers that went againff the Angroginans rag. i82,. ( where God was fincerely ferv'd amid[ a whole Kingdom of Tapirs) told their Captains they were fo monied, they could Ai. and atop, not firike. Some others Paid, that the Minitters, with their fa- jal.s63. Bing and praier, conjured and bewitch_d them, that they could not fight. It was-the cuftome ofthis poor people, fo foon as they faw the enemy to approach, to cry all together for aid and fuceour to the Lord,&c, while the fouldiers fought, the refs of the peo- ple with their Minifters, made their hearty praier to God, with hghesand tears, and that from the morning to theevening : when night was come, they aff:mbled again together. They which had fought, rchearfed Gods wonderfull aid and fuccour, and Lo all together rendered thanks. Aiway he turned their for. row into joy. In the morning, trouble and affliftion appear- ed before them, with great terrour on all fides : but by the !bid. s g. evening- they were delivered, and had great cauCe of rejoycing andcomfort. Verfe 19. Laynot up foryourfelvestreafaeres upon earth.] This is the fourth common-place handled here by our Saviour, ofca- fling away the inordinate care of earthly things, which he pref. feth uponall, by nine feverall arguments, to theend of the Cha. pier, By treatûre, here are meant worldly wealth in abundance, precious things flored up, as flyer, gold, pearls, &c. All chef, are but earth, and it is, but uponearth -hat they are laid up. What is flyer and gold but white and yellow earth ? And what arc pearls and precious [tones, but theguts and garbage of the earth! Dan.2.45. TheRona brnke inpieces, the iron, the brats, the clay,and r.,t»DAver,&c. The Prophet breaks the native order of fp:ech, for t...z.vit clay, iron, braf e, filver, &c. to intimate (as fome conceive ) Broughton, that flyer is clay, by an elegant atlufion in the Chaidee, ( hould we load our raves with thick clay ? Surcharge our hearts with cares ofthis life, Dike21. ;4? gen.13.2. It is faid, Abrahan, was very rich incattel, infalvcr and ingold, There is a Latine tran- naD flatioa that bath it, eArbraham IVad very heavy. And the original! indifferently beareth both : to fhew ( faithone) that riches arc a heavy burden, and a hinderance many times to heaven and hap- ydùna@, pineífe. They that have this .burden upon their backs, can as hardly get inat the iraight gate, as a Camel or Cable into a nee- Mat.Iy. =3, dlc, and thatbecaufe they truft in their riches (as our Saviour there
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