'Tis true in reference to natural, but especially to civill mountains. The rich, the mighty are cast down from their seats, or their ⟨p. 179⟩seats are cast down before they saw any hand touching them; the whore of Babylon, and mother of fornications, who sits upon seven mountains (Revel. 17.9.) saith in her heart, I sit a Queen and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow, (Revel. 18.7.) Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning and famine, &c. (ver. 8.) If her plagues come in one day, she (doubtless) thought not of them a day before. Babylons seven mountains shall be removed, she not knowing it; and as Babylons mountains shall be removed, when she shall not know, that is, suspect it; so, which is more strange, Jerusalems mountain was removed, and she did not know, that is, perceive it. The Prophets are express (Isa. 42.25.) Therefore he hath poured upon him (namely, Jacob or Israel) the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle, and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew it not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. They were unobservant of those terrible things the Lord did among them. Some little anger passes often without notice, but here was the fury of anger; some sleight skirmishes make no great noise, but here was the strength of battle; and not some few drops of both these, but either of them poured upon him, by whole bucket fulls, and these buckets of burning fury set him on fire, and that not in some one corner or out-house, but round about, yet he knew it not. Which is expounded in the next words, It burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
'Tis true in reference to naturall, but especially to civill mountains. The rich, the mighty are cast down from their seats, or their ⟨p. 179⟩seats are cast down before they saw any hand touching them; the whore of Babylon, and mother of fornications, who sits upon seven mountains (Revel. 17.9.) saith in her heart, I sit a Queen and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow, (Revel. 18.7.) Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning and famine, &c. (ver. 8.) If her plagues come in one day, she (doubtlesse) thought not of them a day before. Babylons seven mountains shall be removed, she not knowing it; and as Babylons mountains shall be removed, when she shall not know, that is, suspect it; so, which is more strange, Jerusalems mountain was removed, and she did not know, that is, perceive it. The Prophets are expresse (Isa. 42.25.) Therefore he hath poured upon him (namely, Jacob or Israel) the fury of his anger, and the strength of battell, and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew it not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. They were unobservent of those terrible things the Lord did among them. Some little anger passes often without notice, but here was the fury of anger; some sleight skirmishes make no great noise, but here was the strength of battell; and not some few drops of both these, but either of them poured upon him, by whole bucket fuls, and these buckets of burning fury set him on fire, and that not in some one corner or out-house, but round about, yet he knew it not. Which is expounded in the next words, It burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
