John Trapp on Habakkuk 3:11
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Habakkuk3:11
Verſe 11. The Sun and Moon ſtood ſtill in their habitation] viz. In the dayes of Joſhuah, and upon his prayer, chap. 10.12, 13. whereupon One crieth out, O admirabilem piarum precum vim ac potentiam quibus etiam coeleſtia cedunt, &c. O the admirable power of prayer,Buchol. that worketh wonders in heaven! and oh the heroicall faith of Joſhuah, the trophees whereof hee ſet in the very orbes of heaven.
at the light of thine arrowes, they went] By theſe ſhining arrowes, and glittering ſpears, ſome underſtand that terrible lightening, mixt with that horrible hail, Joſh. 10.11. with Exod. 9.23. and then it is figura planè poetica, a Poeticall expreſſion: for the poets call lightening [non-Latin text not transcribed],As the ſword of the Lord and of Gideon. Judg. 7. 18. Joves arrow. See the like Pſal. 18.14. The huge hail-ſtones were Gods glittering ſpears, wherewith he ſlaughtered his enemies. Others ſuppoſe, that theſe things are meant of the arms and weapons of the Iſraelites, called Gods arrowes and ſpears, becauſe uſed at his command, and ordered by him. This ſence Gualther liketh better, as moſt comfortable to Chriſtian warriours, who fight the Lords battels.
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