Verse 8. And Asa begat Josaphat.]
A godly King, but late* 1.1
A commentary or exposition upon the four Evangelists, and the Acts of the Apostles: wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, divers common places are handled, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted. Besides, divers other texts of Scripture which occasionally occur 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 M. A. Pastour of Weston upon Avon in Gloucestershire.
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- A commentary or exposition upon the four Evangelists, and the Acts of the Apostles: wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, divers common places are handled, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted. Besides, divers other texts of Scripture which occasionally occur 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 M. A. Pastour of Weston upon Avon in Gloucestershire.
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- Trapp, John, 1601-1669.
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"A commentary or exposition upon the four Evangelists, and the Acts of the Apostles: wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, divers common places are handled, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted. Besides, divers other texts of Scripture which occasionally occur 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 M. A. Pastour of Weston upon Avon in Gloucestershire." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63067.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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witted: and therefore paid for his learning, twice, at least, in holy* 1.2 history. One thing in the narration of his acts is very remark∣able. He placed forces in all the fenced cities: yet is it not said there∣upon, that the fear of the Lord fell on the neighbour Nations. But when he had established a preaching ministry in all the Cities, then his enemies feared, and made no warre: Solidissima regiae politiae* 1.3 basis, (saith Paradinus) est verum Dei cultum ubivis stabilire: Alias, quî potest aut Deus Reges beare, a quibus negligitur, aut populus fideliter colere, qui de obsequio suo non recte instituitur. The ordinances of God are the beauty and bulwark of a place and people.
And Jehosaphat begat Joram]
That lived undesired, and died un∣lamented. While he lived, there was no use of him, and when he died, no misse of him: no more then of the paring of the nails, or* 1.4 sweeping of the house. He lived wickedly, and died wishedly, as* 1.5 it is said of King Edwin.
And Joram begat Ozias]
Here Ahaziah, Joash and Amaziah* 1.6 are written in the earth, not once set down in the roll: perhaps it was, because they were imped in the wicked family of Ahab. This Uzzias, though a King, yet he loved husbandry, 2 Chron. 26. Thrift is the fuell of magnificence. He was at length a leper, yet still remained a King. Infirmities may deform us, they cannot de∣throne us. The English laws (saith Camden) pronounce, that* 1.7 the crown once worne, quite taketh away all defects whatsoever: Sure it is, that when God once crowns a man with his grace and favour, that man is out of harms-way for ever.
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2 Chron. 17.
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In 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
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〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
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Dan 〈◊〉〈◊〉. of Eng. 14.
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Gen. 17.
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Camdens Eli∣zabeth, fol. 8.