An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…

And he saith, A sound of terror, because a sound carries fear with it; Fear is a perturbation of the mind, arising from an apprehension of some approaching evil: Now, by how much the nearer evil draweth to us, by so much doth fear increase upon us; and then an evil may be said to be very near us, when we hear the sound of it. We quickly see and feel an Enemy, when once he is come within our hearing. When the King of Israel sent a messenger to take off the head of Elisha, Shut the door (saith Elisha) and hold him fast at the door, is not the sound of his Masters feet behind him? (2 K. 6.33.) That is, is not his Master near. And when Elijah saw the rain at hand, he thus bespeaks King Ahab, Get thee up, eat, and drink, for there is a sound of abundance of rain (1 Kings 18.41.) So here, The sound of terror, notes the speedy approach of it; the Prophet (Jer. 4.19.) complains lamentably, My belly, my belly, I am pained at my very heart, my heart makes a noi e within me (and why all this?) because thou hast heard O my soul, the sound of the Trumpet, ⟨p. 96⟩and the alarm of War; that is, because now it appears that the enemy is at hand. When once we hear the sound of the Trumpet, War is not far off, yea it is even at the door, and death is ready to climb up at our windows. Usually the care receives the first blow; we first hear, and then feel the Sword.

And he saith, A sound of terrour, because a sound carryes feare with it; Feare is a perturbation of the minde, arising from an apprehension of some approaching evill: Now, by how much the nearer evill draweth to us, by so much doth feare increase upon us; and then an evill may be sayd to be very neare us, when we hear the sound of it. We quickly see and feele an Enemy, when once he is come within our hearing. When the King of Israel sent a messenger to take off the head of Elisha, Shut the door (saith Elisha) and hold him fast at the doore, is not the sound of his Masters feet behind him? (2 K. 6.33.) That is, is not his Master neer. And when Eliah saw the raine at hand, he thus bespeaks King Ahab, Get thee up, eate, and drinke, for there is a sound of abundance of raine (1 Kings 18.41.) So here, The sound of terrour, notes the speedy approach of it; the Prophet (