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John Trapp on Jeremiah 51:50

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Jeremiah51:50

Ver. 50. Ye that have eſcaped the ſword] ſc. Of the Medes and Perſians, who at the taking of the City killed all promiſcuouſly.

Goe away, ſtand not ſtill] Haſte home to your own Country: for therefore hath the Lord delivered you from ſo many deaths and dangers: See ver. 25.

Remember the Lord afar of] Should not we mind heaven, and haſten thither? Plotinus ap. Aug[illegible: 1 letter]ſt. de civ. Dei. l. 9. c. 16. If a Heathen could ſay, ought not we much more? Fugiendum eſt ad clariſſimam patriam, ibi Pater, ibi omnia, Haſte we home to heaven: there's our Father, there are all things.

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