[ 1020] Worldly things cannot really help us.
IT was wittily painted by way of Emblem upon the Dutch Ambassadours Coach.* 1.1 A woman sitting in a forlorn posture, close to the body of a Tree, on the shady side; the Sun shining out in the strength of its heat, with this Motto, Trunco non frondibus; intimating thereby, that she was more beholden to the Trunk, then the leaves of that Tree for succour: Thus it is, that all good Men make God onely to be their support in the midst of danger, their refuge in time of trou∣ble, the Rock of defence,* 1.2 and their strong Tower, whereas others cleave close unto the leavy Creature, trust in uncertain Riches, put their confidence in an arm of flesh, and bear themselves high upon their friends in Court, their preferments in the State, and such like miserable comforters, which will nothing avail them in the day of wrath, when they should have most need of them.