So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Ver. 11. As a traveller, and thy want as an armed man.] That is, Speedily and irresistibly. Men must sweat out a living, and earn their bread before they eat it. 2Th 3:12 Think not to have wealth without working; as cities and towns are said to have fallen into Timotheus's toil as he was sleeping - with so much ease he took them in. Spontaneae lassitudines morbos praecedunt, a roamings and reachings forerun diseases; so doth sluggishness usher in penury; when, as manus motitans, "the nimble hand maketh rich"; Pro 10:4 and "in all labour there is abundance." Pro 14:23 But, Nae, illi falsi sunt qui diversissimas res expectant ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis. b They are utterly out that think to have the pleasure of idleness, and the plenty of painfulness.
a Hippocrat.
b Salust.