And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
Ver. 30. And as the shipmen] So to shift for themselves, not caring what became of the passengers. A private spirited man is totus in se, entirely in himself, like the snail, still within doors, at home; and though he may look abroad sometimes, and seem well affected to others, yet he seeks himself; as the snail creeping abroad out of the walls and hedges, yet still keeps within its own house.