John Trapp on Hosea 13:3

Verſe 3. Therefore they ſhall be as the morning cloud,] They ſhall vaniſh and come to nothing: the morning cloud irradiated by the Sun, ſeems very gay at firſt, but is ſoon diſpelled by it, the dew lies very lovely upon the graſſe, and ſeems to impearl it: but is ſoon dried up. See chap. 6.4. The chaff lies hollow and high, but is ſoon diſperſt before a whirl-wind. See Pſal. 35.5. Dan. 2.35. Pſal. 1.5. The ſmoke rowls out of the chimney, as if it were ſome ſolid ſubſtance, and would mu[illegible: 2 letters]e the whole heavens, but is preſently ſcattered; Evaporat & evaneſcit, the higher it aſcendeth, the ſooner it vaniſheth. See here how that is verified chap. 12.10. I have uſed ſimilitudes by the miniſtery of my Prophets, (four in a breath wee have here) and be hereby advertiſed. 1. Of mans weakneſſe. 2. Of Gods power. 3. Of the ſwiftneſſe of Ephraims enſuing miſery. 4. The ſeverity of Gods dea[illegible: 1 letter] ing with Idolaters, he will leave no ſigne nor remaine of them: he will utterly remove them as a man takes away dung, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. till it be gone, 1 King. 14.19. Sic tranſit gloria mundi. Life it ſelf is but a ſhadow, a dream, yea a dream of a ſhadow, Pſal. 144.4. profit, an uncertainty, 1 Tim. 6.17. pleaſure, a ſpirt, honour a blaſt, pomp a phancy, Act. 25.23. the whole world a ſcheme, or notion that hath nothing in it of any firmneſſe, or ſolid conſiſtency. Why then ſhould wicked worldlings brag,1 Cor 7.31. and look ſo big?? Why ſhould the Saints be affected either with it's allurements, or affrightments, and not cry out with that heroicall Luther, Contemptus eſt a me Romanus & favor & furor, I care neither for Romes favour, nor fury; I am neither fond of the one, nor afraid of the other, for all is but fumus aut funus vanity and vexation?