John Trapp on Matthew 24:37

Verse 37. So shall the coming of the Son of man be] Sudden and unexpected. Luther observeth, that it was in the Spring that the floud came, when every thing was in it's prime and pride, and nothing lesse looked for then a floud: men sinned securely, as if they had lived out of the reach of Gods rod, but he found them out. Security [illegible: 1 word] the certain usher of destruction: as at [illegible: 1 word], Ziklag: Before an earthquake the air will be most quiet, and when the winde lies, the great rain fals. Frequentissimum initium calamitatis securitas, saith the Historian.Paterculus.