Lecture 18

^4:18^ Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draws near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.

84. Second, he excludes help from their own forces: our steps have slipped, as if from weakness we could not stand firmly, and as if the roads were dark and slippery. Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them (Ps 34:6). Their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark (Jer 23:12). And therefore, our end draws near, namely, our captivity, or death; and finally, our days are fulfilled. The end is come, the end is come (Ezek 7:2).