John Trapp on Isaiah 47:9
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Isaiah47:9
Ver. 9. But theſe two things ſhall come upon thee in a moment] Accidit in puncto, &c. Babylon was ſuddenly taken in one night, as the Prophet had foretold, chap. 21. and as the hiſtory teſtifieth, Dan. 5. Periit inter pocula.
For the multitude of thy ſorceries] Thy taking upon thee to divine of each mans life and fortune by the Stars and Horoſcope: for which profeſſion the Chaldeans were famous. But what a madneſs was it in Cardanus, who by the like skill went about to demonſtrate that it was fatal to our Saviour Chriſt,Alſted. Encycl. lib 30. cap. 10. to dye the death of the Croſs?
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