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John Trapp on John 4:12

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John4:12

Verſe 12. Our father Iacob] Ioſephus tels us, that theſe Samaritans, whiles the Jewes proſpered, would needs be their deare Couſens; but when they were in adverſity (as under Antiochus) they would utterly diſ-own, and diſ-avow them. They wrote to Antiochus, becauſe he tormented the Jewes, to excuſe themſelves as none ſuch; and they ſtiled Antiochus, The mighty God; Oh baſeneſſe!

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