John Trapp on Lamentations 3:24

Ver. 24. The Lord is my portion] And that's enough for me, ſhould I never have more. See Notes on Pſal. 16. That which giveth content in any portion, is, 1. The favour and preſence of God. 2. That it is from the hand of a Father. 3. That it comes to us in the Covenant of Grace. 4. That it is the purchaſe of Chriſt's blood. 5. That it is an anſwer of prayers, and a bleſſing from above on honeſt indeavours, &c. Vide autem, pie Lector, ſaith an Expoſitour, See here, good Reader, how this Prophetical Lamentation beginneth to be a guide to godlineſſe. For it doth not, after the manner of ſilly women, throw out empty words without wiſdom: but teacheth all along, either overtly or covertly, that all things here below,Pe[illegible: 1 letter]d F[illegible: 1 letter]gueir. how highly ſoever eſteemed, are vanity and ſoon loſt: but the grace of God is ſolid and ſtable. — Chriſtum tollere nemo poteſt. Chriſt is a portion unlooſable,Deicola Abbas. as One once anſwered to thoſe that asked him, why he was ſtill merry and chearful?

Emphatice loquitur. Said my Soul] Not my mouth only: but I ſpeak it from my very heart, which rejoyceth in God my portion more then the many do in the increaſe of their corn and wine, Pſal. 4.7.

Therfore will I hope in him] Expectabo ut teneam per ſpeciem, quem teneo per ſpem.