that dwell in houses of clay] That is, in this mortall body subject to corruption.
houses of clay] a Cor. 5. 1. Genesis 2:7.
which are crushed before the moth?] Sooner, and with lesse labour then a moth is crushed, which is killed onely with a touch, and a very light one also: or, insensibly, as a garment is consumed with a moth, Psalms 39:11. Isaiah 50:9. and Isaiah 51:8. Hosea 5:12.