vnder his dominion by violence and crueltie,
the more still he lusteth. Therefore sayth God, by
the Prophete, He shall not endure, he shall come to
a fowle ende. For euen as hell mouth, the graue or
the sepulchre, and Death itselfe are vnsatiable, and
drawe vnto them yong, and olde, and of all sortes
and states: euen so the outragious lust of the Babi∣lonian,
not contented with the great Empire of
Assiria, seeketh by might, violence, and oppression,
by heapes as it were, to pull vnder his subiection
all Nations and Countries of the earth. By this
that is here spoken of the Babilonians, we must
learne what * mischiefe commeth of pride, and am∣bition,
and how displeasant it is to God.
Shall not all these take vp a parable a∣gainst
him, and a taunting prouerbe, &c.
The first plague that God threatneth to the
Empire of Babilon (for vnder the personne of one
Man he meaneth the whole kingdome) and sayth,
that al those nations that it before had afflicted and
grieued, when they sawe the ouerthrowe thereof,
should triumph at it, and take vp taunting sayings
and Prouerbes against it. And in reproch of it say,
Wo be to this greedy kingdome, yt with vnsatiable
rauine hast before time increased thy Dominion,
with that which by no right belonged to thee, and
loaded thy selfe with riches, being none other thing
in themselfe then Dirt and Clay of the Earth. How
long shall such wicked violence continue? Shall
not Cyrus with the Persians, and Medians, sodainly