John Trapp on Matthew 14:32
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Matthew14:32
Verse 32. The winde ceased] As if it had been weary of [illegible: 1 word] so big, and now desired rest after hard labour; as the word here [non-Latin text not transcribed], [illegible: 5 words]. used importeth. Herodotus useth the same word in the same sense, where he speaks of a tempest layed by the Magicians. Rupertus calleth the windes the worlds beesoms, which are used by God to sweep his great house, and purge the ayr. If the Prince of [illegible: 1 word]. in [illegible: 3 words], [illegible: 1 word]. the ayr make use of them to sweep Gods children, as he did Jobs children, out of the world, it cannot be said as 1 King. 19. 11. that God is not in that winde: sor he numbreth their hairs, and counts their flittings, and, being the great AEolus, layes laws uponVirg [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word] 1. the windes and waves, which instantly obey him. No sooner was Christ in the ship, but they were all at land.
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