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John Trapp on Isaiah 65:4

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Isaiah65:4

Ver. 4. Which remain among the graves] Which uſe Necromancy and conſult with devils, (as Saul did and dyed for it) contrary to Deut. 18.11. See chap. 8.19. Mark. 5.5. with the Notes. This they had learned of the Heathens, with whom it was common, as Tertullian teacheth.

And lodge in the monuments] As beleeving that there they ſhould dream dreams divinatory, or have revelations in the night. By ſuch ill arts as theſe, Timotheus Herulus made himſelf Biſhop of Alexandria, Anno 467. and Boniface 8. gulled Celeſtine 5. of the Popedome, Anno 1295. Some render it,Jun. Piſcat. that lodge with the kept ones, i. e. with their Idols, which they were fain to keep, for fear they ſhould be ſtollen.

That eat ſwines-fleſh] Which was flatly forbidden, Lev. 11.7. and which thoſe Martyrs in the Maccabees would rather dye than do. But theſe belly-gods, who like ſwine, had their ſouls only to keep their bodies from putrifying? ſecurely violated this plain law: gratifying their luſts, and making their gut their God.

And broth of abominable things is in their veſſels] They had animos in patinis, Porcus quaſi ſpureus. Rupert. catinis, calicibus, &c. Therein they kept the broth of their ſwines-fleſh which they offered, and in offering eat of. But what ſaith one from this text? men muſt not only abhorre the Devils beef, but his broth too; all occaſions, appearances.

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