As those are, that act their part on a stage, and would please the spectatours, that they may be ap∣plauded: He that giveth, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 S. Paul, Let him doe it with 〈◊〉〈◊〉,* 1.1 with ingenuity, accounting it enough that he hath God the witnesse of his heart: Not but that men may see our good works, and their praise be sought, modo tibi non quaeras, sed Christo (saith* 1.2 one) so that you seek not your selves therein, but set up Christ, Let your end be, that the light may be seen, not your selves seen, Matth. 5. 16. A fool hath no delight in understanding (saith So∣lomon)* 1.3 but that his heart may discover it self, i. e. that he may have the credit of it. But he takes a wrong course. For honour (as* 1.4 a shadow) followeth them that seek it not: as the Hittites told Abraham, he was a Prince of God amongst them; when him∣self
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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had said a little before, I am a stranger and a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with* 1.5 you &c. Gen 23. 4, 5.
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* 1.1
Rom. 12. 8.
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* 1.2
Aretius.
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* 1.3
Tantùm ut 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 cap∣tet. Mercer.
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* 1.4
Duntaxat ad 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. in 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
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* 1.5
〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 sua 〈◊〉〈◊〉 inscripsit, non hist orias: Et hoc ipso laudem veram meruit, quod salsam contemp∣sit. Lipfius.