Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Ver. 14. Take that thine is, and go] A fearful sentence. David blesseth himself from those men of God's hand, which have their portion here, and that is all they are to look for,Psalms 17:14. Valde protestatus sum, said Luther, when great gifts were offered him, me nolle sic a Deo satiari. A gracious spirit cannot rest satisfied with low things. The Turkish empire, as big as it is, saith the same Luther, is nothing else but a crust of bread, which the goodman of the house casteth to his dogs: Turc. Imp. quantum quantum est, nihil est nisi panis mica, quam dives paterfamilias proiecit canibus. Luther.