Or if this move you not, yet to see a stranger to Lord it in thy habitation, and thy dwelling place to cast thee out; for your delightsome dwellings, your fruitful pleasant and well tilled fields to be made a prey; for you to sow, and another to reap Impius has segetes; for the delicate woman upon whom the wind must not blow, to be exposed to the lust and cruelty of an enemy, and be glad to fly away naked to prolong a miserable life, which they would be glad to part with for death, were it not for fear of the exchange. For the tender Mother to look upon the Child of her womb; and consider, must this child in whom I have placed the hope of my age; for,
Omnis in Ascanio stat chary cura parentis;
He that hath been so tenderly bred up, must he fall into the rough hands of a bloody Soldier, skilful to destroy. It had been well for me if God had given me dry breasts, or a miscarrying womb, rather than to bring forth children unto murderers; or if you might be safe, how could you endure to see the miseries that should come upon your people, ⟨p. 154⟩and the destruction of your kindred. Thus far he▪ But alas! What security have any of us as to our earthly comforts from the common calamity? We may please our selves as Baruch did, Jer 45. 4, 5. and dream of exemption, but by so much the greater will our distress be, when it shall surprise us.
Or if this move you not, yet to see a stranger to Lord it in thy habitation, and thy dwelling place to cast thee out; for your delightsome dwellings, your fruitful pleasant and well tilled fields to be made a prey; for you to sow, and another to reap Impius has segetes; for the delicate woman upon whom the wind must not blow, to be exposed to the lust and cruelty of an enemy, and be glad to fly away naked to prolong a miserable life, which they would be glad to part with for death, were it not for fear of the exchange. For the tender Mother to look upon the Child of her womb; and consider, must this child in whom I have placed the hope of my age; for,
Omnis in Ascanio stat chari cura parentis;
He that hath been so tenderly bred up, must he fall into the rough hands of a bloudy Souldier, skilful to destroy. It had been well for me if God had given me dry breasts, or a miscarrying womb, rathan to bring forth children unto murtherers; or if you might be safe, how could you endure to see the miseries that should come upon your people, ⟨p. 154⟩and the destruction of your kindred. Thus far he▪ But alass! What security have any of us as to our earthly comforts from the common calamity? We may please our selves as Baruch did, Ier 45. 4, 5. and dream of exemption, but by so much the greater will our distress be, when it shall surprise us.
