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John Trapp on Job 33:6

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Job33:6

Verſe 6. Behold, I am according to thy wiſh] Heb. according to thy mouth. If the Saints do but open their mouths wide, God will fill them: he will give them not only the deſires of their hearts, but the requeſt of their lips, Pſal 21.2. fulfil all their counſel, Pſal. 20.4. in that very way, by that very means they wiſhed it: he fitteth his mercy ad cardinem deſia[illegible: 1 letter]rii: and lets it be to his, even as they will. Was it not ſo with Jo[illegible: 1 letter] here?

In Gods ſtead] Heb For God, to act and plead for him, and to ſhew how thou haſt dealt with him. So Miniſters are ſaid to be in Chriſts ſtead, 2 Cor. 5.20. A great mercy, that he will treat with us by men like our ſelves.

I alſo am formed out [illegible: 1 letter]f the clay] Et non ex meliore Into[illegible: 1 letter]ffictus, of the ſame make and matter with thy ſelf, cut out of the ſame lump dig'd out of the ſame pit. He alludeth to Gen. 2.7. the wonderful formation of thoſe Protoplaſt, as a Potter moldeth his Pots, cutting them out of the lump. And the like God doth for men ſtill, by that, viz. [non-Latin text not transcribed] that is in the ſeed, making it prolifical, and generative

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