John Trapp on Ezra 7:13
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Ezra7:13
Verſe 13. And of his Prieſts] ſc. The God of heavens Prieſts, verſe 12. and therefore honoured and reſpected by this great Monarch; ſo was Samuel by Saul, Jaddus by great Alexander; the Bardes (anciently) here in Albion by the greateſt Commanders.
Which are minded of their owne free-will] He would compel none: neither doth Almighty God. His people are all Voluntieres, Pſal. 110.3. Eſay 56.6. he findes them not ſo, but makes them ſo; Ambroſ. in Pſ. 1 and accounts that Virtus nolentium nulla eſt. Lex voluntarios quaerit. God accepts a free-will offering, and commands us to come off roundly and readily in his ſervice.
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