The devil doth his worst to her, therefore help. Misery makes men elo∣quent, beyond truth many times: But surely this womans case was very dolefull. It was her daughter, dear to her as her own* 1.1 soul. Filia quasi 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The Greeks call children 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 the La∣tines Chara. And those at Rome, that prayd and sacrificed whole daies that their children might be superstites long-lived, these were* 1.2 first called superstitious persons. Quod nomen patuit poste à 〈◊〉〈◊〉,* 1.3 saith Cieero. The word aftsrwards came to be of larger sig∣nification. This (perhaps only) daughter, was vexed and grie∣vously* 1.4 vexed, and that of a devil: who ever busie enough to do mischeif, yet then cheifly 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him to set up his kingdome, when Christ came to pull it down. And as he oncestrove with
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 17, 2024.
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Michael about a dead mans body, but it was that he might there∣by set up himself in living mens souls: So he still seeks to possesse himself of our bodies, that thereby he may the better winde and work himself into our hearts.
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* 1.1
Lambin in Me∣nech Plauti Act.
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* 1.2
1 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 1.
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* 1.3
Domi domitus 〈◊◊◊◊◊〉〈◊◊◊◊◊〉.
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* 1.4
De nat. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.