That which did assuage those boisterous Waves, which threatened to swallow up the soul of the Psalmist; ⟨p. 6⟩was the different conclusion of the Saints and sinners conversations. By faith he foresaw that the whole life of a wicked man was but a Tragedy; though its beginning might be cheerful, yet its ending would be mournful; though their power were great on Earth for a time, yet their portion should be in the lowest Hell to eternity, Until I went into the Sanctuary of God, then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castest them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation as in a Moment, they were utterly consumed with terrors, v. 17, 18, 19. They are but exalted as the Shell Fish by the Eagle (according to the Naturalists) to be thrown down on some Rock and devoured. Their most glorious prosperity is but like a Rainbow, which showeth it self for a little time in all its gaudy colours and then vanisheth. The Turks considering the unhappy end of their Viziers, use this Proverb, He that is in the greatest Office, is but a statue of Glass. Wicked men walk on Glass or Ice (thou hast set them in slippery places) on a sudden their feet slip, they fall and break their Necks; Oh the sad reckoning which they must have after all their merry meetings; Though their sweet morsels go down pleasantly here, yet they will rise in their Stomachs hereafter.
That which did asswage those boistrous Waves, which threatned to swallow up the soul of the Psalmist; ⟨p. 6⟩was the different conclusion of the Saints and sinners conversations. By faith he foresaw that the whole life of a wicked man was but a Tragedy; though its beginning might be chearful, yet its ending would be mournful; though their power were great on Earth for a time, yet their portion should be in the lowest Hell to eternity, Ʋntil I went into the Sanctuary of God, then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castest them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation as in a Moment, they were utterly consumed with terrors, v. 17, 18, 19. They are but exalted as the Shell Fish by the Eagle (according to the Naturalists) to be thrown down on some Rock and devoured. Their most glorious prosperity is but like a Rainbow, which sheweth it self for a little time in all its gaudy colours and then vanisheth. The Turks considering the unhappy end of their Visiers, use this Proverb, He that is in the greatest Office, is but a statue of Glass. Wicked men walk on Glass or Ice (thou hast set them in slippery places) on a sudden their feet slip, they fall and break their Necks; Oh the sad reckoning which they must have after all their merry meetings; Though their sweet morsels go down pleasantly here, yet they will rise in their Stomacks hereafter.
