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John Trapp on Isaiah 32:20

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Isaiah32:20

Ver. 20. Bleſſed are ye that ſow beſides all waters] Concluſionem texit ipſe Propheta. The Prophet concludeth with an exclamation, as admiring the happineſſe of ſuch as ſhould live till the Common-wealth ſhould be thus reſtored: but eſpecially when Chriſt ſhould come in the power and purity of his Ordinances, filling his people with the fruits of Righteouſneſſe, and fattening them for the purpoſe with thoſe waters of the Sanctuary, as Nilus doth the land of Egypt, &c. Oh the heaped up happineſſe of ſuch! O terque quaterque beati! Say, they ſow in tears, yet they ſhall reap in joy, Pſal. 126.5. ſay, they ſend thither the feet of the Ox and the Aſſe, thoſe laborious and uſeful creatures to ear the ground and fit it for receipt of ſeed, Pſal. 144.14. they ſhall ſurely eat the fruit of their labours, Pſal. 128.2. They ſhall reap in due time if they faint not, Gal. 6.9. His faecunda ſine dubio meſſis indulgantiae orietur, ſaith Arnobius: their labour cannot be in vaine in the Lord, 1 Cor. 15. ult.

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