John Trapp on Isaiah 14:12
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Isaiah14:12
Ver. 12. How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer!] That is, not O Belzeebub (as ſome Ancients) but O Belſhazzar rather, called Lucifer here, or the Morning-ſtar, for his beauty and brightneſs: and as much wonder it was to ſee the Chaldaean Monarch at ſuch an under, as to have ſeen Lucifer (the Suns conſtant companion) fallen from Heaven: He was the terrour of the world, and as he thought, ſuperiour to Fortune: yet a ſudden and diſmal change befell him. In the Chariot of the Roman Triumpher, there hung up a little bell and a whip; to put him in mind he might one day be whipt as a ſlave; or as an offendor, loſe his head. Nemo confidat minium ſecundis.
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