Thirdly, It is their delightful houses adorned with silver, that were so glorious to their eyes, all now is gone saith God,1 and Nettles and Thorns shall grow up, they shall Inherit, so the word is; you hope to leave these brave houses to your children to inherit, but now saith God I have other Heirs for your houses than your children, I have Thorns and Nettles to inherit them, for so the word is in the Hebrew, They shall inherit. It's a lamentable spectacle to see places where fair buildings have been that now Nettles and Thorns should grow, as it is like to be if these Wars hold in divers places of this Kingdom, that was the complaint heretofore of Troy, 2There was Corn grew where once Troy was, it was made a ploughed field, but to have Nettles grow it is worse, for where the plough goes there are inhabitants, but where Nettles and Thorns are that's a desolate wilderness. Travellers tell us, that in many places of Germany, 3when they go by where brave buildings were, there's nothing now but bushes and nettles; the Lord deliver us from such a heavy stroke as this is,4 this is threatened in Isa. 32. 13. Upon the Land of my people ⟨p. 186⟩shall come up bry•rs and thorns, yea upon all the houses of joy in the joyous City. Would it not be a sad spectacle to see such a City as this to have the buildings overthrown and to have Nettles and thorns in your fairest streets come up?5 yet sin is such a ruinous thing as this. And then in Isa. 34. 13. Thorns shall come up in her Palaces, Nettles and Brambles in the Fortresses thereof, 6and it shall be a habitation for Dragons, and a Court for Owls; the Owls they shall keep Court there. In our Courts we know what abundance of sin was there, now the Owls shall keep Court there instead of these Courtiers that lived so bravely there formerly. Oh my Brethren! sin is a leprosy that infects the doors of our houses: there's a notable story in 2 King. 25. 9. it said of Nebuchadnezzar, 7That he burnt the House of the Lord, and the Kings house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great mans house burnt be with fire. There is a great deal of sin committed in great mens houses, and at this day how have the great men of the Land almost in all places showed a spirit of Malignity against the work of Reformation, Oh how just with God is it that the houses of these great men should s•ffer;
Thirdly, It is their delightful houses adorned with silver, that were so glorious to their eyes, al now is gone saith God,1 and Nettles and Thorns shall grow up, they shall Inherit, so the word is; you hope to leave these brave houses to your children to inherit, but now saith God I have other Heirs for your houses than your children, I have Thorns and Nettles to inherit them, for so the word is in the Hebrew, They shall inherit. It's a lamentable spectacle to see places where fair buildings have been that now Nettles and Thorns should grow, as it is like to be if these Wars hold in divers places of this Kingdom, that was the complaint heretofore of Troy, 2There was Corn grew where once Troy was, it was made a plowed field, but to have Nettles grow it is worse, for where the plow goes there are inhabitants, but where Nettles and Thorns are that's a desolate wilderness. Travellers tell us, that in manie places of Germany, 3when they go by where brave buildings were, there's nothing now but bushes and nettles; the Lord deliver us from such a heavy stroke as this is,4 this is threatned in Isa. 32. 13. Ʋpon the Land of my people ⟨p. 186⟩shall come up bry•rs and thorns, yea upon all the houses of joy in the joyous City. Would it not be a sad spectacle to see such a City as this to have the buildings overthrown and to have Nettles and thorns in your fairest streets come up?5 yet sin is such a ruinous thing as this. And then in Isa. 34. 13. Thorns shall come up in her Palaces, Nettles and Brambles in the Fortresses thereof, 6and it shall be a habitation for Dragons, and a Court for Owls; the Owls they shal keep Court there. In our Courts we know what abundance of sin was there, now the Owls shall keep Court there instead of these Courtiers that lived so bravely there formerly. Oh my Brethren! sin is a leprosie that infects the doors of our houses: there's a notable story in
- 1[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- 2Seges est, ubi Troja fuit.
- 3Germany.
- 4Isa. 32. 1• ▪
- 5London.
- 6Isa. 34. 13
- 72 King. 25. 9.
