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A63068 A commentary or exposition upon the XII minor prophets wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, sundry cases of conscience are cleared, and many remarkable matters hinted that had by former interpreters been pretermitted : hereunto is added a treatise called, The righteous mans recompence, or, A true Christian characterized and encouraged, out of Malache chap. 3. vers. 16,17, 18 : in which diverse other texts of scripture, which occasionally, are fully opened and the whole so intermixed with pertinent histories as will yeeld both pleasure and profit, to the judicious reader / by John Trapp ... Trapp, John, 1601-1669. 1654 (1654) Wing T2043; ESTC R15203 1,473,967 888

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here_o then_o be_v a_o promise_n of_o a_o joyful_a harvest_n to_o judah_n who_o be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v with_o like_a severity_n as_o israel_n chap._n 1.7_o and_o for_o the_o change_n of_o person_n when_o i_o return_v for_o he_o shall_v have_v return_v see_v esay_n 29.19_o jer._n 31.23_o zeph._n 3._o ult_n psal_n 14._o ult_n simul_fw-la judae_fw-la captivitas_fw-la &_o reditus_fw-la praedicitur_fw-la significanter_fw-la admodum_fw-la say_v hierom_n here_o both_o the_o captivity_n and_o return_n of_o judah_n be_v here_o very_o significant_o foretell_v it_o be_v a_o very_a good_a note_n that_o one_o give_v here_o sc_n that_o god_n in_o his_o chastisement_n ever_o show_v himself_o mindful_a of_o his_o covenant_n after_o a_o long_a barrenness_n rive●_n rive●_n he_o set_v for_o his_o people_n a_o plentiful_a harvest_n and_o turn_v again_o their_o captivity_n after_o that_o for_o a_o time_n he_o have_v try_v they_o his_o mercy_n also_o and_o faithfulness_n herein_o appear_v that_o he_o mingle_v promise_n with_o threaten_n and_o while_o he_o utter_o destroy_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n he_o preserve_v the_o commonwealth_n of_o judah_n wherein_o the_o messiah_n be_v to_o come_v and_o whereof_o there_o be_v not_o by_o the_o ancient_a prophecy_n to_o be_v a_o dissolution_n till_o shiloh_n come_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o promise_n of_o the_o restauration_n of_o judah_n be_v ever_o intermingle_v lest_o any_o shall_v doubt_v of_o the_o manifestation_n of_o the_o messiah_n in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n chap._n vii_o verse_n 1._o when_o i_o will_v have_v heal_v israel_n etc._n etc._n whereas_o israel_n hear_v of_o a_o happy_a harvest_n promise_v to_o judah_n chap._n 6.11_o and_o themselves_o exclude_v unus_fw-la unus_fw-la may_v complain_v of_o hard_a deal_n god_n show_v they_o here_o that_o crudelem_fw-la medicum_fw-la intemperan_n aeger_fw-la facit_fw-la the_o fault_n be_v mere_o in_o themselves_o god_n come_v with_o his_o heal_a medicine_n to_o have_v cure_v they_o but_o they_o hate_v to_o be_v heal_v and_o like_a madman_n rail_v and_o rage_v against_o the_o physician_n spill_v the_o potion_n will_v none_o of_o those_o slibber-sauses_a as_o they_o account_v they_o yea_o as_o if_o on_o purpose_n to_o cross_v god_n than_o the_o iniquity_n of_o ephraim_n be_v discover_v and_o the_o wickedness_n malitia_fw-la multiplex_fw-la of_o samaria_n of_o so_o perverse_a a_o spirit_n be_v they_o and_o therefore_o in_o solomon_n judgement_n prov._n 12.8_o worthy_a to_o have_v be_v despise_v and_o let_v alone_a to_o perish_v in_o their_o corruption_n in_o hypocrates_n his_o time_n the_o physician_n be_v bind_v by_o oath_n to_o leave_v such_o under_o their_o wound_n to_o perish_v by_o they_o as_o be_v unruly_a and_o will_v not_o be_v order_v we_o will_v have_v heal_v babylon_n say_v the_o church_n but_o she_o will_v not_o be_v heal_v forsake_v she_o therefore_o say_v god_n jer._n 51.9_o let_v they_o alone_o say_v christ_n matth._n 15.14_o that_o that_o will_v die_v let_v it_o die_v a_o fearful_a sentence_n let_v they_o swelter_v and_o pine_v away_o in_o their_o iniquity_n levit._n 26.39_o in_o their_o silthinesse_n be_v lewdness_n their_o disease_n be_v complicate_v it_o be_v the_o leprosy_n in_o the_o head_n it_o break_v forth_o in_o their_o forehead_n and_o my_o people_n love_n to_o have_v it_o so_o 5.31_o jer._n 5.31_o but_o what_o will_v they_o do_v in_o the_o end_n thereof_o ephraim_n here_o discover_v a_o headstrong_a wilfulness_n that_o be_v uncounsellable_n uncureable_a he_o run_v away_o after_o conviction_n with_o the_o bit_n between_o his_o tooth_n as_o it_o be_v he_o run_v i_o say_v upon_o the_o rock_n am._n 6.12_o where_o he_o first_o break_v his_o hoof_n and_o then_o his_o neck_n some_o grow_v desperate_o sinful_a like_o those_o italian_a senator_n that_o despair_v of_o their_o life_n when_o upon_o submission_n they_o have_v be_v promise_v their_o life_n yet_o be_v conscious_a of_o their_o villainy_n make_v a_o 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carry_v about_o they_o privy_o some_o portable_a chapel_n or_o picture_n of_o these_o idol_n as_o some_o hold_v they_o do_v 11._o rom._n 1.23_o 2_o thess_n 2.10_o 11._o and_o josephus_n seem_v to_o say_v as_o much_o be_v monstrous_a wickedness_n and_o the_o guise_n of_o man_n give_v up_o to_o a_o reprobate_a sense_n and_o chiun_n your_o image_n that_o be_v your_o notable_a image_n the_o plural_a for_o the_o singular_a as_o oft_o especial_o in_o name_n of_o dignity_n hierom_n here_o for_o chiun_n have_v rephan_n confer_v act._n 7.43_o and_o the_o commentatour_n thereon_o aben-ezra_n think_v that_o by_o chiun_n be_v mean_v the_o planet_n saturn_n call_v chivan_a in_o the_o arabic_a and_o other_o hebrew_n by_o the_o star_n of_o your_o god_n that_o be_v the_o star_n which_o be_v
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answer_v by_o way_n of_o jeer_n put_v as_o fortasse_fw-la te_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la interrogari_fw-la you_o mean_v perhaps_o that_o you_o know_v nothing_o in_o the_o law_n which_o yet_o you_o profess_v to_o have_v skill_n in_o what_o a_o shame_n be_v it_o for_o the_o pharisee_n who_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o be_v guide_n of_o the_o blind_a teacher_n of_o babe_n etc._n etc._n rom._n 2.19.20_o to_o be_v find_v blind_a leader_n of_o the_o blind_a mat._n enni●s_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enni●s_n 15_o so_o be_v it_o for_o divine_n be_v ask_v concern_v the_o law_n or_o will_v of_o god_n in_o such_o and_o such_o case_n not_o to_o be_v able_a to_o answer_v discreet_o and_o intelligent_o as_o he_o do_v mark_v 12.34_o as_o a_o egregie_n cordat_fw-fr we_o homo_fw-la but_o so_o bungler-like_a and_o so_o far_o from_o the_o purpose_n that_o it_o my_o well_o be_v see_v that_o desire_v to_o be_v teacher_n of_o the_o low_a they_o under_v and_o neither_o what_o they_o say_v nor_o whereof_o 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woman_n of_o tekoah_n 2_o sam._n 14._o of_o our_o saviour_n concern_v the_o two_o brethren_n send_v into_o the_o vincyard_n the_o wedding_n of_o the_o king_n son_n the_o sour_a etc._n etc._n see_v the_o note_n on_o verse_n 10._o and_o the_o priest_n answer_v and_o say_v no_o round_o and_o ready_o without_o hack_v and_o hew_v without_o double_v and_o dissemble_v as_o those_o perverse_a priest_n those_o selfe-condemned_n hierophant_n mat._n 21.27_o that_o against_o their_o conscience_n answer_v jesus_n and_o say_v we_o can_v tell_v the_o wit_n of_o graceless_a person_n will_v better_o serve_v they_o to_o falter_v and_o fumble_v deny_v or_o devise_v a_o thousand_o shift_n to_o evade_v and_o elude_v the_o truth_n than_o their_o malice_n will_v suffer_v they_o to_o yield_v to_o it_o or_o profess_v it_o this_o be_v to_o detain_v the_o truth_n in_o unrighteousness_n rom._n 1.18_o as_o plato_n who_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o one_o god_n yet_o he_o dare_v not_o to_o communicate_v it_o to_o the_o vulgar_a and_o as_o some_o of_o the_o chief_a champion_n of_o popery_n who_o hold_v justification_n by_o faith_n alone_o but_o refuse_v to_o say_v so_o lest_o their_o dagon_n shall_v down_o their_o diana_n be_v despise_v let_v every_o spiritual_a man_n but_o especial_o minister_n be_v ready_a as_o to_o every_o good_a work_n so_o to_o this_o of_o compare_v spiritual_a thing_n with_o spiritual_a that_o he_o may_v judge_v or_o discern_v of_o all_o thing_n 1_o cor._n 2.13.15_o according_a to_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n rom._n 12.6_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o scripture_n his_o sure_a cynosura_n and_o lay_v up_o all_o in_o his_o heart_n luke_n 2.18_o he_o may_v have_v a_o treasure_n there_o of_o new_a and_o old_a a_o word_n of_o wisdom_n and_o a_o word_n of_o knowledge_n 100l_n 1_o cor._n 12.8_o both_o as_o a_o teacher_n and_o as_o a_o pastor_n to_o bring_v forth_o for_o common_a benefit_n verse_n 13._o if_o one_o that_o be_v unclean_a by_o a_o dead_a body_n with_o a_o ceremonial_a 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