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A63069	A commentary or exposition upon these following books of holy Scripture Proverbs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel & Daniel : being a third volume of annotations upon the whole Bible / by John Trapp ...	Trapp, John, 1601-1669.	1660 (1660)	Wing T2044; ESTC R11937	1,489,801	1,015

the Lord sc As an aggravation of Israels great unkindness and unthankfulness to so liberal a Lord Summam Cantici sui paucis complectitur so bountiful a Benefactour Good turnes exaggerate unkindnesses and mens offences are increased by their obligations See Deut. 32.7 14. According to his mercies c. Which are such as words are too weak to utter hence this Copia verborum and all too little See the like Ephes 2.5 7. Ver. 8. For he said Surely they are my people children that will not lye q. d. I presume they will not it were a foul shame for them if they should deceive my expectation deale disloyally shew themselves deceitful in the Covenant The Officers of Merindol in France answered the Popish Bishop that moved them to abjure that they marvelled much that he would offer to perswade them to lye to God and the world And albeit that all men by nature are lyars yet they had learned by the Word of God that they ought diligently to take heed of lying in any matter be it never so small Also that they ought diligently to take heed that their children did not accustome or use themselves to lye and therefore punish them very sharply when they took them with any lye Act. Mon. 866. even as if they had committed a robbery for the devil is a lyar c. Here the Bishop rose up in a great anger and so departed Ver. 9. In all their afflictions he was afflicted See Exod. 3.7 9. Judg. 10.16 Zach. 2.8 Act. 9.4 Jer. 31.20 Of God we may better say than the Poet did of Augustus 2. de Ponto Eleg. 2. Est placidus facilisque parens veniaeque paratus Et qui fulmineo saepe sine igne tonat Qui cum triste aliquid statuit sit tristis ipse Cuique fere poenam sumere poena sua est And the Angel of his presence saved them i. e. Jesus Christ who is called the face of God Exod. 33.14 15. the image of the invisible God Colos 1.15 whom who so hath seen hath seen the Father also Joh. 14.9 He who is in the bosom of the Father Joh. 1.18 and as an everlasting Priest mediateth and ministreth in the presence of his Father making request for us Heb. 9.24 Rev. 8.3 that Angel of the Covenant Mal. 3.1 And he bare them As Parents do their young children And carryed them As Eagles do their young See Exod. 19.4 Deut. 32.11 with the Note Ver. 10. But they rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit By sinning against light checks of conscience motions of the Spirit mercyes without measure c. Junius thinketh this a clear place for proof of the Trinity in Unity So he was turned to be their enemy This was an ill turn for them abused mercy turneth into fury with the froward God will wrestle Psal 18. Ver. 11. Thou he remembred i. e. Israel remembred the dayes of old Heb. of antiquity the dayes of yore as some old Translations have it See Psal 89.50 c. Saying Where is he that brought them up out of the sea q. d. How is it that he is not now to be found as then he was for the succour of his poor people They had vexed his holy Spirit and therefore he withdrew himself See Hos 5.6 With the shepherd of his flock Or shepherds as some ancient copies had it viz. Moses and Aaron Psal 77.20 Where is he that put his holy spirit within him But this holy Spirit they had vexed ver 10. and now they sorrowfully enquire after Delicata res est spiritus sanctus ita nos tractat sicut tractatur saith a Father i. e. The Spirit of God is a delicate thing he deals with us as we deal by him Ver. 12. That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm Or that ma●e his gallant arm to go at Moses his right hand Fun●cius Dividing the water before them So that Pseudo-Moses the devill likely made many over credulous Jews of Creet believe that he would do for them whom he cozened into the midst of the sea to their destruction Anno Christi 434. Some are of opinion that this affectionate prayer was purposely penned by the Prophet for the use of those poor Jews who after the coming of Christ and manifestation of the Gospel should see themselves to be rejected by God and his Church and should now beg to be owned again cui sanc instituto omnia magis quam dici queat conveniunt saith Hyperius the ensuing petitions suit very much Ver. 13. That led them through the deep Which threatened to swallow them but indeed preserved them so doth every main affliction As a horse in the wildernesse Or as an horse goeth in the plain when led by his rider in qua non est lutum vel lapis where there is neither mire to stick in nor stone to stumble at See Psal 106. Leniter commode Ver. 14. As a beast goeth down into the valley i. e. Gently and leisurely according to that known Distich Ascendente tuo vel descendente caballo Vox ait ista Fave vox ait illa Cave The Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest Or led them until he brought them to rest sc in the promised land To make thy self a glorious name q. d. So thou maist do again if thou please to shew mercy unto us Name is here put for fame or renown Ver. 15. Look down from heaven Affectus dolentium atque ardenter petentium scite exprimuntur a pathetical and pithy prayer And behold from the habitation of thy holiness c. They pray otherwise now then when the Temple stood Psal 121.1 now they look higher and Oh that they would do so The modern Jews pray thus daily but because not from a right principle they are not heard Where is thy zeal Thine ancient fervour and forwardness in vindicating thy people and being avenged of their enemies The sounding rumbling or yerning of thy bowels c. Sometimes God seemeth to loose his mercy and then we must find it for him as here sometimes to sleep or delay and then we must waken quicken him Psal 40.17 Isa 62.7 Are they restrained Chrysostom exhorteth people whether God grant or not to pray still for when God denies it is as good as if he grants And if we pray for any temporal mercy the very ability to pray Hom. 30. in Gen s is better then the thing we pray for for Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved Ver. 16. Doubtlest thou art our Father Though thou frownest and withdrawest The people of God saw that He was angry that their hearts also were hard yet they thought they should know him amidst all his austerities and they make to him for help And doubtless help the Jews might yet have could they seriously say as here Certainly thou art our Father and would no longer rest upon carnal things boasting of Abraham their Father Circumcision

all may bee well betwixt you Vers 2. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright Heb. deals kindly with her offers her no abuse by venting her unseasonably and making her over-cheap and little set by Eloquence wisely ordered is very commendable and avails much Daniels Hist But what a poor praise was that to the Duke of Buckingham that speaking to the Londoners in the behalf of that Usurper Richard the third hee gained the commendation that no man could deliver so much bad matter in so good words and quaint phrases Here was eloquentiae satis sapientiae parum The tongue was given us for better purpose 't was Davids glory and hee used it accordingly But the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness Heb. Bubbleth it out blurteth it out as a fountain casteth out its waters with a great force and swiftness non quid Quicquid in buccam sed quantum is all their care being talkative above measure and forward to utter whatsoever comes into their chaps Vers 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every place Hee is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 All-eye and his providence like a well-drawn picture that vieweth all that come into the room Rev. 2. I know thy works and thy labour not thy works onely but thy labour in doing them And as for the Offender though hee think to hide himself from God by hiding God from himself yet God is nearer to him than the bark is to the tree for in him all things subsist Col. 1.17 and move Vide Sen. Ep. ad Lucil. 34. Act. 17.28 understand it of the minds motions also And this the very Heathen saw by natures rush-candle For Thaeles Milesius being asked whether the gods knew not when a man doth ought amiss yea said hee if hee do but think amiss Interest animis nostris cogitationibus Sen. Deus intimior nobis intimonostro saith another God is nearer to us than wee are to ourselves Repletively hee is every where though inclusively no where Nusquam est ubique est As for the world it is to him as a Sea of glasse Rev. 4.6 corpus diaphanum a clear transparent body hee sees thorow it Beholding the evil and the good The evil are first mentioned because they make question of this truth But what saith a worthy Divine yet alive Think not that hee who is invisible cannot see God like the Optick virtue in the eye sees all and is seen of none No man needs a window in his breast as the Heathen Momus wish'd for God to look in at every man before God is all window Job 34.22 The eyes of Christ are as a flaming fire Rev. 1.14 And the school of nature teacheth that the fiery eye needs no outward light that sees extra mittendo by sending out a ray c. Vers 4. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life As uttering words that have a healing property in them pure precious and profitable not unlike that tree of life in the midst of Gods Garden that would have given immortality to the eaters See August de Civit. dei lib. 15. cap. 20. But perversenesse therein is a breach of the spirit That is in the conscience which it goreth and gasheth and in the heart which it defileth and disposeth to further evil it leaveth both a sting and a stain in a mans own soul besides the much mischief that it doth to the spirits and manners of other men that are corrupted by it Gods Spirit also is not a little grieved and vexed when the godly man suddenly falls as sometimes hee doth into bitter words clamours and evil-speakings these are even as smoak to the eyes and make the Spirit of God ready to loathe and leave his lodging as the Apostle intimates Ephes 4.30 31. There are that thus translate the Text But the mischievousnesse of it is as a breach made by the wind and set this sense upon it as a blustring wind which throws down trees and houses doth much harm so a violent and venemous tongue causing troubles and calamities is very pernicious and hurtful Job 8.2 Pray wee therefore with David Psal 120. Deliver mee Lord from a lying lip and a deceitful tongue c. Vers 5. A fool despiseth his Fathers instruction Heb. Entertains it with contumelious and opprobrious language as a mad man doth a potion offered him for his health Hierome oft renders the word to blaspheme and indeed to reject good counsel of a Father especially with scorn and reproach is blasphemy in the second Table But hee that regardeth reproof is prudent Wise hee is and wiser hee will bee This made David prize and pray for a reprover Psal 141.5 And 't is said of Gerson that great and wise Chancellour of Paris that hee took pleasure in nothing more In vita Gers quam si ab aliquo fraternè charitativè redargueretur than in a friendly reproof The like is reported of Sir Anthony Cope by Dr. Harris Samuels fun Epist who preached his Funeral and of that famous man of God Mr. William Wheatly by Mr. Scudder who writes his life Hee was glad saith hee Mr. Wheatlyes Archery p. Pref. when any of the righteous smote him and would take it well not from his superiours onely but from his equals and far inferiours Vers 6. In the house of the righteous is much treasure Every righteous man is a rich man whether hee hath more or less of the things of this life For first hee hath plenty of that which is precious Secondly Propriety what hee hath is his own hee holds all in Capite-tenure in Christ hee shall not bee called to account as an usurper All is yours 1 Cor. 3.22 because you are Christs and Christ is Gods And although he hath little many times in present possession yet hee is rich in reversion rich in bills and bonds rich in an apparent pledge that is worth all the world besides that is in Christ for having given us his son how shall hee not with him give us all things also Rom. 8. But in the revenues of the wicked are trouble For besides the curse of unsatisfiableness in the very pursute of them hee meets with many grievances fears jealousies disgraces interruptions discontentments and then after the unsanctified enjoyment of them follows the sting of conscience that dissweetens all and that will unexpressibly vex and torment him through all eternity Hee hath swallowed down riches and hee shall vomit them up again God shall cast them out of his belly c. Job 20.15 Disgorge hee shall surely those murthering morsels either by remorse and restitution in the mean time or with despair and impenitent horrour hereafter Vers 7. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge They are the lights of the world and they diffuse light where-ever they come 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phil. 2. shining as Lamps or Luminaries and seeking to save themselves and those that hear them How did those learned Scribes our famous