John Trapp on Isaiah 47:13

Ver. 13. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counſels] As all ſuch are ſure to be (with a woe to boot) as take counſel but not of God; and that cover with a covering, but not by his ſpirit that they may add ſin to ſin, Iſa. 30.1. Thus do thoſe vain Aſtrologers, that pretend to read mens fates and fortunes in the Heavens, velut in Minervae peplo; and thence to foretell good and evil. But experience frequently confuteth them, as it did Abraham the Jew, who foretold by the ſtars the coming of their Meſſiah, Anno Domini 1464. And Albumazar a Mahometan Wizzard, who predicted an end of the Chriſtian Religion, Anno 1460. at utmoſt. A great flood was foretold by theſe Diviners to fall out in the year 1524. cum planetae comitis in piſcibus celebrarent. Hollinſh. in 1524. This cauſed the Prior of St. Bartholomews in London (wiſe-man-like) to go and build him an houſe at Harrow on the hill, for his better ſecurity.

Stand up and ſave thee] Save thee if they can; but Baltaſar found they could not, though he called for them all, Dan. 5.7, 8. and they likely had promiſed him an everlaſting Monarchy: (as ſome did the Romans imperium ſine fine) but falſly: for now the Roman Empire is at a very low ebbe, and who ſhall be Emperour,This was w[illegible: 1 letter]itten, Sept. 19. 1637. is much queſtioned.