John Trapp on Nehemiah 9:25

Verſe 25. And they took ſtrong Cities] With no great ado: like as townes were ſaid to come in to Timotheus (the Athenian-Generall) his toiles while he ſlept.Plut. in Sylla. This he aſcribed to his owne proweſſe and policy: often interlacing this proud ſpeech (Herein Fortune had no part) and from thenceforth never proſpered, in any thing he undertook.

And a fat land] Flowing with plenty of dainties; though Strabo ſpitefully ſlander it for craggy and barren.

And poſſeſſed houſes full of all goods] Of all pleaſant and precious ſubſtance: for the Canaanites were great Merchants, Eſay 23.8. Hoſ. 12.7. Ezek. 17.4.

Wells digged] A great commodity in that hot Countrey.

Vine-yards and Olive-yards] A ſingular help to houſe-keeping.

So they did eate and were filled] They had enough of every thing; and did eate whiles eating was good, as they ſay Queen Elizabeth did ſeldome eate but of one diſh, roſe ever with an appetite, and lived about ſeventy years. King Edward the ſixth was wont to call her His ſweet ſiſter Temperance.

And delighted themſelves in thy great goodneſſe] They lived in Gods good land; but not by Gods good Lawes; the refreſhing they found by his beſt creatures was none other but ſuch as his, who warmeth himſelf, and ſaith, Aha, I am warme, I have ſeene the fire, Iſa. 44.16.