The Ostrich looks upon her self as out of danger, when she is on high, and therefore scorns the Horse and his Rider. Danger is not to be laughed at, when we are under or within the reach of it; but we may laugh at it when we are out of the fear of it (Job 5.22.) At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh. Why? because through the goodness of God thou shalt be provided against them, and prepared for them. A believer scorns the Horse and his Rider, his swiftest and most eager pursuers, because he can lift up himself on high, or as the Prophet speaks (Isa. 33.16.) He dwells on high, his place of defence is the munition of rocks, bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure; he is safe from danger, and out of gun-shot: This makes him laugh at danger, at trouble, and the sword. God who sitteth in heaven laughs at his enemies, and hath them in derision (Psal. 2.4.) why? because he knows, they who oppose him, can do nothing to annoy him; they cannot ruin his kingdom, nor hurt his servants, how much soever they molest them; he sits on high, he is above all his enemies. And as God lifted up in himself, so a godly man, lifted up on high in God, upon the wings of faith and love, scorns the Horse and his Rider: For as the Apostle was (Rom. 8.38, 39.) so he is persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor, depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate him from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord; that is, they shall not be able to separate him, either from that love that Christ bears to him, nor draw him off from that love which he bears to Christ. When once his soul is drawn up to a due height in believing, he scorns all dangers, and in all these things is more than a conqueror. A man that is a conqueror, much more he that is more than a conqueror, may scorn all dangers, and conquer them who think they have more than conquered him. From this whole verse take these brief inferences.
The Ostrich looks upon her self as out of danger, when she is on high, and therefore scorns the Horse and his Rider. Danger is not to be laughed at, when we are under or within the reach of it; but we may laugh at it when we are out of the fear of it (Job 5.22.) At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh. Why? because through the goodness of God thou shalt be provided against them, and prepared for them. A believer scorns the Horse and his Rider, his swiftest and most eager pursuers, because he can lift up himself on high, or as the Prophet speaks (Isa. 33.16.) He dwels on high, his place of defence is the munition of rocks, bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure; he is safe from danger, and out of gun-shot: This makes him laugh at danger, at trouble, and the sword. God who sitteth in heaven laughs at his enemies, and hath them in dirision (Psal. 2.4.) why? because he knows, they who oppose him, can do nothing to annoy him; they cannot ruin his kingdom, nor hurt his servants, how much soever they molest them; he sits on high, he is above all his enemies. And as God lifted up in himself, so a godly man, lifted up on high in God, upon the wings of faith and love, scorns the Horse and his Rider: For as the Apostle was (Rom. 8.38, 39.) so he is perswaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor pri•cipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor heighth, nor, depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate him from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord; that is, they shall not be able to separate him, either from that love that Christ bears to him, nor draw him off from that love which he bears to Christ. When once his soul is drawn up to a due height in believing, he scorns all dangers, and in all these things is more than a conqueror. A man that is a conqueror, much more he that is more than a conqueror, may scorn all dangers, and conquer them who think they have more than conquered him. From this whole verse take these brief inferences.