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immediately to ensue, which should be
succeeded by as many years of famine.
Observe,
1 The two dreams signified the same thing, but
the repetition was to denote the certainty, the
nearness, and the importance, of the event, Ge
41:32. Thus God has often shown the
immutability of his counsel by two immutable
things, Heb 6:17, 18. The covenant is sealed
with two sacraments; and in the one of them
there are both bread and wine, wherein the
dream is one, and yet it is doubled, for the thing
is certain.
2. Yet the two dreams had a distinct reference
to the two things wherein we most experience
plenty and scarcity, namely, grass and corn.
The plenty and scarcity of grass for the cattle
were signified by the fat kine and the lean ones;
the plenty and scarcity of herb for the service
of man by the full ears and the thin ones.
3. See what changes the comforts of this life are
subject to. After great plenty may come great
scarcity; how strong soever we may think our
mountain stands, if God speak the word, it will
soon be moved. We cannot be sure that to-