And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Ver. 10. The waters of the flood were upon the earth.] God is as faithful in his menaces, as in his promises. Zep 3:5 The wicked think them but wind, but shall feel them to be "fire". Jer 5:14 "Your fathers, where are they? Did not my word" (though never so much slighted) "lay hold upon them? And they returned" (that is, changed their minds, when they smarted) "and said, Like as the Lord thought to do unto us, so hath he dealt with us". Zec 1:5-6 Veratio dat intellectum. There wanted not those in the old world, that held all the threats of a flood to be in terrorem only; and, when they heard Noah thundering, put off all, as those in the gospel, with "God forbid". Luk 20:16 We cannot get men to believe that God is so just, or the devil so black, or sin so heavy, or hell so hot; till it hath even closed her mouth upon them. "The fool rageth and is confident," Pro 14:16 "passeth on and is punished," Pro 22:3 and will not be better advised. But what said the martyr? a They that tremble not in hearing, shall be crushed to pieces in feeling. God's wrath is such as none can avert or avoid.
a Bradford.