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John Trapp on Isaiah 5:19

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Isaiah5:19

Ver. 19. That ſay Let him make ſpeed] That jear when they ſhould fear; jeſt at Gods judgments, and mock at his menaces, as if they were onely bug-bear terms, deviſed on purpoſe to affright ſilly people: but that themſelves had more wit then to regard them. This alſo was the guiſe of thoſe Atheiſts in after-ages, Jer. 17.15. Ezek. 12.23. Am. 5.18. 2 Pet. 3.3. [non-Latin text not transcribed], they made childrens play of Gods direfull threats, as the Greek word ſignifieth: and that they may not plead ignorance, the Apoſtle addeth, ver. 5. that they were willingly ignorant, they choaked their natural light, and contradicted the teſtimony of their own conſciences. Magna corum hodieque ſeges eſt: ſuch duſt-heapes are found in every corner.

And let the counſel of the Holy one of Iſrael] Verba ludificantium Deum & Prophetas. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Theſe ſcoffers are here brought in deriding the very name whereby the holy Prophets for more reverence ſake commonly called the Lord, viz. The Holy one of Iſrael. Oecolamp. Or thus: God is the Holy one of Iſrael, which Iſrael we are: and thinkeſt thou that he will do us hurt? Hereupon the Prophet addeth

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