And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Ver. 17. The zeal of thine house] Apostates, on the other side, eat up their zeal of God's house. But as in falling forward is nothing so much danger as backward; so the zealot, though not so discreet, is better than the apostate: howbeit, zeal should eat us up (saith Mr Vines), but not eat up our wisdom, nor should pride eat up our zeal. Mr Greenham had this saying of David often in his mouth, and well he might. He also usually prayed that he might keep up his young zeal with his old discretion.