John Trapp on Proverbs 14:11
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Proverbs14:11
Verſ. 11. The houſe of the wicked ſhall bee overthrown] As Phocas his high walls were, becauſe ſin was at the bottome. Brimſtone alſo ſhall bee ſcattered on the top, Job 18.15. As it befel Diocleſian, whoſe houſe was wholly conſumed with fire from Heaven: Wherewith himſelf alſo was ſo terrified, that hee died within a while after.Euſeb. de vit. Conſt. lib. 5.
But the Tabernacle of the upright ſhall flouriſh] The wicked have houſes, and are called the Inhabitants of the earth, Rev. 12.12. The upright have Tabernacles or Tents that were tranſportative, and taken down at pleaſure: Here they have no continuing City, no manſion-place: And yet that they have ſhall flouriſh. Our bed is green, the beams of our houſe are Cedar, and our rafters of Firr. Cant. 1.16, 17. See 2 Sam. 23.4.
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