John Trapp on Matthew 2:14

Verse 14. When he arose, he took the young childe, &c.] Whither God leads, we must chearfully follow, though he seem to [illegible: 1 word] est a nimus [illegible: 1 word] se Deo [illegible: 1 word]. Senec. lead us, as he did Israel in the wildernesse, in and out, backwards and forwards, as if we were treading in a maze: although we were to go with him into those places —pigris [illegible: 1 word] nulla campis Arbor aestiv â recreatur aur â: Hor. lib. 1. [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. Quod [illegible: 1 word] mundi nebulae, malus que Jupiter urget. And departed into Egypt] A countrey, for its fruitfullnesse and abundance, anciently called, publicum Orbis horreum, the Worlds [illegible: 1 word] unde haureatur. great granary or barn: And to this day, so far as the River waters, [illegible: 1 word]. Mela. they do but throw in the seed, and have four rich harvests in lesse Blunts voyage into the Levant pag. 37. then four moneths, saith a late traveller. Hither fleeth the Son of God, as to a sanctuary of safety. And some say, that at his coming thither, all the Idols fell to the ground. Sure it is, that when the love of Christ once cometh into the heart, all the idol-desires of the world and flesh, fall to nothing. Hosea 14. 8.