John Trapp on Matthew 24:43

Verse 43. He would not have suffered his house, &c.] And shall the children of this world be wiser for their houses, then we for our souls? what are these earthly tabernacles, these chair cottages, to our houses from heaven? All things here are terrene and [illegible: 1 word], nec vera, nec vestra, subject to vanity and violence. Heaven only hath a foundation, Heb. 11. earth hath none, Job 26. 7. And things are said to be in heaven, but on earth, as ready withColos. 1. 10. the least shake, to fall off. There is nothing of any stability or [illegible: 1 word] consistency in the creature. It is but a surface, an outside, all the felicity of it is but skin-deep. Seek therefore first Gods kingdom, &c.