John Trapp on James 1:17

Verſe 17. Every good gift, &c.] An Hexameter verſe in the Greek: as little intended perhaps by the Apoſtle, as the firſt line in Tacitus, which yet may be ſcanned a long verſe.

And perfect giving] Not temporals only (which are good Gifts,) but ſpirituals alſo, thoſe perfect givings. The greateſt excellencies in us do as much depend upon G[illegible: 2 letters], as the effigies in the glaſſ[illegible: 1 letter] doth upon the face that cauſeth it; or as the light doth upon the Sunne that father of all the light in the lower world.

With whom is no variableneſſe] No Parallax, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. as there is with the Sun, when he d[illegible: 1 letter]clines and leaves us darkling. This word notes the Suns motion from Eaſt to Weſt, as the following word [illegible: 1 word], turning, notes his motion every year from North to South. that which the Apoſtle would here aſſent is, that God tempts no man to evil, becauſe he is unchangeably good, and can be no other.