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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London, :: Printed by A.M. for John Bellamie, at the sign of the three golden-Lions near the Royall-Exchange,
M.DC.XLVII. [1647]
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Bible. -- N.T. -- Gospels -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
Bible. -- N.T. -- Acts -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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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 8, 2024.
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And washt his hands]
An old Ceremony, used, in this case,* 1.1 both by Jews (Deut. 21. 6, 7. Act. 18. 6.) and Gentiles, as the Scholiast upon Sophocles testifieth. And it was as much as to say, the guilt of innocent bloud doth no more stick to my conscience, then the filth now washed off, doth to my fingers. Sed quid hoc est,〈◊〉〈◊〉 one? Manus abluit Pilatus, & cor polluit. O Ierusalem, wash thy heart from wickednesse, saith the Prophet. God and na∣ture begin at the heart. And, Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, but* 1.2 withall, Purifie your hearts, ye double-minded, saith the Apo∣stle.* 1.3 The very Turks, before praier, wash both face and hands,* 1.4 sometimes the head and privities. But bodily exercise only profi∣teth little.
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