This is the devils Lo∣gick,* 1.1 to argue from 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to liberty, to doe wickedly with both hands earnestly. Wheras the Heathen could say; In maxima libertate* 1.2 minima licentia. And the Father, Ideò deteriores sumus, quia meliores esse debemus: Therefore are we worse, because we ought to be bet∣ter. Remember but this, that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 art sonne to a King (said one to Antigonus) and that will 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thee from base courses.* 1.3 Take thou those spoils to thy self (said Themistocles to his friend* 1.4 that followed him) 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, for thou art not Themi∣stocles, as I am: they are poor things, farre below me. Shall* 1.5 such a man as I flee? Shall I doe any thing to the dishonour of my* 1.6 heavenly father? and therefore sin, because grace hath abounded? That is not the guise of any of Gods children. They walk honest∣ly,* 1.7 bravely, gallantly, worthy of God, who hath done so great things for them. The more 〈◊〉〈◊〉, the more engagements. Scipio, when a harlot was offered unto him, said, Vellem, si non essem Imperator. It was an aggravation of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fall of Solomon, that* 1.8 God had appeared unto him twice; and of Saul, That he fell, as if he* 1.9 had not been anointed: So it is of any of Gods Saints, to sin, as if they had not been adopted.
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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"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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If thou be the Son of God, cast thy self, &c.]
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* 1.1
Mica. 7. 3.
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* 1.2
Salvian.
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* 1.3
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
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* 1.4
Plat.
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* 1.5
〈◊〉〈◊〉 6 11.
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* 1.6
Rom. 6. 1.
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* 1.7
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 &c.
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* 1.8
1 King. 11. 9.
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* 1.9
2 Sam. 1. 21.