John Trapp on Lamentations 3:33
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Lamentations3:33
Ver. 33. For he doth not afflict willingly] Heb. From the heart; Non niſi coactus, Non eſt Deo volupe, proprium, aut per ſe intentum▪ Paenas dat dum paenas exigit, Sen. de Auguſto. Juſtu etiam ſupplietis illac[illegible: 1 letter]ymavit & inge[illegible: 1 letter]uit. De Veſpaſ. Sueton. as that Emperour ſaid, when he ſealed a writ for execution of a condemned perſon: I would not do it but upon neceſſity. It goeth as much againſt the heart with God, as it can do againſt the hair with us: Ille dolet quoties cogitur eſſe ferox.
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