Chap.24. accsrcdáng to S L M A T T H H VW. 559 finding afleep, he thruft through with his (word : and being T alem eum chid for fo feuere a fad, he replyed, I left him but as Ifound tigni, quate i him. itivekil, Verfe43. He Would not have ffered his houfe, &c. ] And (hail the children of this world be wifer for their heufes, thenwe for our fouls ? what are thefe earthly tabernacles, thefechair cot- tages,to our houles from heaven ? All things here are terrene and abjcc`t, net vera, nec ae.fíra, fubjeit to vanity and violence. Hea- ven only hath a foundation, Heb.i i. earth hath none, 7o6 26,7. And things are Paid to be in heaven, but onearth, as ready with ColwC the leaft fluke, to fall off. There is nothing of any ftability or folid confiftency in the creature. It is but a furface, an outfide, all the felicity of it is but skin. deep. Seek, therefore firft Gods kingdom, &c. Verte44. Therefare be ye alfo ready] Suetonius tells us, that it was apeece of 7nlitu Cogs policy, never to foreacquainc Scilicèt ut pea his fouldiers of any let timeof removeall or onfet, that he might Tatum (9, ever have theta* in readineffe to draw forth whitherfoever he tentum ,moose's, would. Chrift in likemanner, who is called the Captain of our to omnibus., falveition. Our enemy is alwaies ready ro anoy us, fhould we quo vet/ct fu&i not therefore look to our ftand, and be vigilant ? Solomon: wife- to chatter. dome, Lots integrity, and Noahs fobriety felt the fmar: of Hsb'Z. " the ferpents fling. The firft was feduced, the fecond flumbled, and the third fell, while the eye of watchfi llnefle was fallen afleep. For in flab an hour, &c. ] Chrift will fooneft ceize upon the fecure, i Thef5.3. fuch (hall fleep as Silent, who ere hea- waked had his head fattened to the ground, as if it had been now liftening what was become of the foul. See the Notes on, verf.4a. Verte 45. Who then is afaithfull and itife fervant ] Soevery man ought to be, but Minifters efpecially : who fhould fo far 1urpaffe others in thefe good qualities, as Saul did the people, then whom he was higher by head and (boulders. They (hould be faithfull in all Gods houfe as fervants, as flewards and difpen- fers of the myfleries of God, to give to every manhis d menfe, his due meafure of meat, and that which is ht for him, not ( as ..aroµszewv. he in the Emblem did) thaw to the dog, and a bone to the affe, &c. but to every one his portion, i Cor. +i. Verfe46. Blefed is that fervors:- ] It was 1Augu{liner with, 0o 2 that
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