John Trapp on Habakkuk 3:5
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Habakkuk3:5
Verſe 5. Before him went the peſtilence) Dever the word ſignifieth ſuch a diſeaſe, as cometh by a divine decree. [non-Latin text not transcribed] So Hypocrits call the peſtilence [non-Latin text not transcribed], becauſe ſext by God in a ſpiritual manner, a ſtroke of his own bare hand as it were. Here it is made one of his Apparitours or purſivants, ſent before him to deſtroy the Canaanites, as it had done the Egyptians.
And burning coals went out at his feet) Or, the carbuncle burning bile Deut. 32.24 The Vulgar tranſlateth it the devil, Others [non-Latin text not transcribed] a deadly inflammation, whereof good Oecolampadius died, and was lamented by Melancthon. But Luther very uncharitably (the beſt have their failings) wrote that he beleeved Oecolampadixm ignitis Satanae telis & haſtis confoſſum, Lib. de Miſſae privat. ſubitanea morte peri[illegible: 1 letter]ſſe, that Oecolampadius died ſuddenly, being ſtabb'd to death with the fiery darts of the devill.
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