An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

There are two motions which will certainly leave a mark behind them: First, motions in sin. 2. In holiness: Every step we tread in the ways of sin, or of holiness, leaves a print, a remembrance behind it; but when the riches and honours, the pleasures and contentments of this life are past, nothing remains of them. It is said, Dan. 8.5. (which may serve for the illustration of this place) in the vision of the He-goat, that he touched not the ground: that He-goat was a type of Alexander the great, who set up the Grecian Empire, and he is compared to a He-goat, which did not touch the ground, because of his speedy conquests. When man or beast runs upon the ground with extreme speed, we say they do not touch the ground. When the Hare leaves a deep tract, the hunter knows she runs slowly, and is almost spent. Alexander conquered the world sooner then a man could well travel over it. And as Alexander came in, so he passed out, both in his person and posterity: For within a short time no man could tell what was become of the Grecian Monarchy; the conquests of Alexander could not be found, no more then the way of a ship in the sea, or of an Eagle in the air, or of a man running so fast that he leaves no print behind him.

There are two motions which will certainly leave a mark behinde them: First, motions in sin. 2. In holinesse: Every step we tread in the waies of sin, or of holinesse, leaves a print, a remembrance behinde it; but when the riches and honours, the pleasures and contentments of this life are past, nothing remains of them. It is said, Dan. 8.5. (which may serve for the illustration of this place) in the vision of the He-goat, that he touched not the ground: that He-goat was a type of Alexander the great, who set up the Grecian Empire, and he is compared to a He-goat, which did not touch the ground, because of his speedy conquests. When man or beast runs upon the ground with extreme speed, we say they do not touch the ground. When the Hare leaves a deep tract, the hunter knows she runs slowly, and is almost spent. Alexander conquerd the world sooner then a man could well travell over it. And as Alexander came in, so he passed out, both in his person and posterity: For within a short time no man could tell what was become of the Grecian Monarchy; the conquests of Alexander could not be found, no more then the way of a ship in the sea, or of an Eagle in the air, or of a man running so fast that he leaves no print behinde him.