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Isaiah 21. ver. 11. 12. The burden of Dumah. He calls unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what was in the night? Watchman, what was in the night? The Watchman said: The morning cometh, and also the night. If ye will ask, enquire: return, and come.

Esay 21. ver. 11. 12. The burden of Dumah. He calles vnto me out of Seir, Watchman, what was in the night? Watchman, what was in the night? The Watchman sayd: The morning commeth, and also the night. If ye will aske, enquire: returne, and come.

Qvò brevior, •ò obscurior: the shorter this Prophecy is, the more mystical. In holy Writ, these two things ever concur: (Sententia brevis▪ res ampla) a finite Sentence, an infinite Sense: As in a little Map we see a world of Countries, and what the Foot cannot measure in many days, the Eye peruseth in a moment: this is the little Map of Idumea or Edom, (wherein we may survey the state of that whole Region) not much unlike the situation of it, standing in this Chapter betwixt Chaldea and Arabia: The Burdens against them both are heavy, and the Plagues aggravated with more circumstances: The burden of Dumah, (though short) shall weigh with them grain for grain.

QVò breuior, •ò obscurior: the shorter this Prophesie is, the more mysticall. In holy Writ, these two thinges euer concurre: (Sententia breuis▪ res ampla) a finite Sentence, an infinite Sense: As in a little Map we see a world of Countries, and what the Foote cannot measure in many dayes, the Eye peruseth in a moment: this is the little Mappe of Idumea or Edom, (wherein we may suruey the state of that whole Region) not much vnlike the situation of it, standing in this Chapter betwixt Chaldea and Arabia: The Burdens against them both are heauy, and the Plagues aggrauated with more circumstaunces: The burden of Dumah, (though short) shall weigh with them graine for graine.