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John Trapp on Job 27:18

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Job27:18

Verſe 18. He buildeth his houſe as a moth] Which lodgeth it ſelf in ſome ſtately garment, and thinks there to [illegible: 1 span], which he hath feathered (as the ſilkworm endeth his life in his long wrought clew) but is fool [illegible: 1 word] or [illegible: 1 span] ſo ſhall the oppreſſor be caſt out of his [illegible: 1 word] buildings which he hath with much coſt and care erected, rather for [illegible: 1 span] It is [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 4 letters]ful to build houſes: only men muſt not build [illegible: 1 span], with [illegible: 1 word] and hurt to others, [illegible: 1 span] (ſo this word it [illegible: 1 span] long cuſtome received) never build any thing ſumptuouſly for their own private [illegible: 1 word] but con[illegible: 4 letters] [illegible: 1 word] with [illegible: 1 span] Turk hiſt. f. 342 or Vineyard, who ſetteth him up a Booth, Cabin, or Cottage, to defend him from the parching heat of the Sun; which laſteth only for one ſummer at utmoſt: ſo here, The experience whereof we have had abundantly in theſe late deſolation wars: for how many gallant houſes have been utterly ruined.

Ʋt praeter nomen ſolum, nihil amplius extet?

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