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John Trapp on Isaiah 59:5

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Isaiah59:5

Ver. 5. They hatch cockatrice egges] i. e. Poiſonous and pernicious deſignes; there are that interpret it of falſe doctrines, as deſtructive to mens ſouls: as Cockatrice egges-eaten, or but broken, would be to their bodies. As the bird that ſitteth on the ſerpents egges, by breaking and hatching them, bringeth forth a perilous brood, to her own deſtruction: ſo here.

And weave the ſpiders web] Good for nothing but to catch flyes. The natural man is ever either weaving ſpiders webs (which are futiles and fragiles) or hatching Cockatrice-egges. Vanity or villany is his whole ſtudy and practice.

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