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John Trapp on Habakkuk 1:7

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Habakkuk1:7

Verſe 7. They are terrible and dreadfull] Or, horrible Such as were thoſe gyants called Emims Deut. 2.11. Gen. 14.3. and far more formidable then that Diſputant at Paris, who would needes be ſtiled Horribilis Sophiſta, De cauſ. cor. art. lib. 3. the Horrible Sophiſter, non minorem eam appellationem ratus (ſaith Vives) quam Africam aut Aſiatici taking it for as great an honour, as to be a Conquerour.

their judgement and their dignity ſhall proceed of themſelves] i. e. They ſhall do as they liſt; their luſt ſhall be their law, Pellitur è medio ſapientia, vi geritur res. See Pſal. 12.4, 5. Exod. 5.2. Theſe Chaldaeans will be their own carvers: miniſtring law according to their own pleaſures.Ipſa ſibi judicabit, et decretum ſuum exequetur: vel ex decreto ſuo exequetur. Sic Symmachus Vide Plin. lib. 8. cap. 17. and lib. 1. c. 10. cap. 73. [non-Latin text not transcribed] The honour alſo and dignity of this nation (now baſe and obſcure) ſhall grow up and appeare.

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