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John Trapp on Habakkuk 1:15

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Habakkuk1:15

Verſe 15. They take up all of them with the angle] No leſſe then all will ſerve their turns, or ſatisfie their ambition: as we read of Alexander, who wept that there was but one world for him to conquer: Julius Caeſar, who would be aut Caſar, aut nullus: this Nebuchadnezzar in the text, ſitly compared to a greedy fiſher-man, who could wiſh to encloſe, and catch all the fiſhes in the river, Covetouſneſſe is boundleſſe; and ambition rideth without reins. The curſe of unſatisfiableneſſe, the diſeaſe of a ſpiritull dropſie, is upon all carnall hearts: ſo that though one man ſhould ingroſſe a Monopoly of all the wealth in the world, and heap up his hoards, and his honours to the ſtarres: yet would his heart be as hungry after more, as if he had nothing.

therefore they rejoyce and are glad] This is worſe then all the reſt, that they pleaſe and applaud themſelves in their wickedneſſe, that they hug and ſtroke themſelves on the head, as Doeg did, Pſal. 52.2. and thoſe Sodomites, Eſay 3.9. This ſhews that men are arrived at that dead and dedolent diſpoſition ſpoken of, Ephoſ. 4.19. and are even ſtradling over hell-mouth, which gapeth for them.

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