That a wicked man thinks every one his enemy: He dreams of danger when he sleeps, and where ever he comes, he waits for the Sword, He that hath a mind to hurt others, fears it is ⟨p. 108⟩in the mind of every one to hurt him: He that is harmless is fearless;1 and while we go about doing good, we are free from the suspicion of evil. Cain having murdered his Brother, complains of the Lords sentence against him, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and I shall be a fugitive and a Vagabond on the earth, and it shall come to pass, that every man that finds me shall slay me, (Gen. 4.14.) Cains complaint is the Comment of this Text, Every one that finds me shall slay me, is, I wait for, or I expect the Sword: Cain speaks as if an Army were continually pursuing him, or as if the avenger of blood, were always ready at his heels. And that which aggravates the wonder of this jealousy, is, that we can give account but of one man alive in the World besides himself at that time, and that was his own Father Adam; we read not of any Son that Abel left behind him, nor had Cain any Son (upon record) at that time; and yet he cries out as if the World had been full of Inhabitants, and every one of them his Enemy; Every one that meets me will slay me. What is said of Ishmael, is true of Oppressors, Their hand is against every man, and therefore they have cause enough to suspect that every mans hand is against them, they are ever waiting for the Sword.
That a wicked man thinks every one his enemy: He dreames of danger when he sleeps, and where ever he comes, he waites for the Sword, He that hath a minde to hurt others, feares it is ⟨p. 108⟩in the minde of every one to hurt him: He that is harmelesse is fearelesse;1 and while we goe about doing good, we are free from the suspicion of evill. Cain having murthered his Brother, complaines of the Lords sentence against him, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and I shall be a fugitive and a Vagabond on the earth, and it shall come to passe, that every man that finds me shall slay me, (Gen. 4.14.) Cains complaint is the Comment of this Text, Every one that findes me shall slay me, is, I wait for, or I expect the Sword: Cain speaks as if an Army were continually pursuing him, or as if the avenger of blood, were alwayes ready at his heels. And that which aggravates the wonder of this jealousie, is, that we can give account but of one man alive in the World besides himselfe at that time, and that was his owne Father Adam; we read not of any Son that Abel left behind him, nor had Cain any Son (upon record) at that time; and yet he cries out as if the World had been full of Inhabitants, and every one of them his Enemy; Every one that meets me will slay me. What is said of Ishmael, is true of Oppressors, Their hand is against every man, and therefore they have cause enough to suspect that every mans hand is against them, they are ever waiting for the Sword.
- 1Nunquam non divin•m ultionem expectat vel metuit. Merc. Ex omni parte inimicos sibi imminere videns. Aquin. Qui de nullo confidit de omnibus timet. id.
