John Trapp on Micah 2:5
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Micah2:5
Verſe 5. Therefore thou ſhalt have none that ſhall caſt a cord by lot] Fields were divided with cords of old, and inheritances alſo, See Pſal. 16.5. and 105.11. and 78.55. 2 Sam. 8.2. This hope is henceforth cut off from revolted Iſrael: the ten tribes never returned, the other two did, and ſome few of the ten amongſt them. Whether upon their converſion to Chriſt they ſhall be reſtored to the promiſed land, Time (the mother of Truth) will make manifeſt.
In the congregation of the Lord] So you were once, but now nothing leſſe. A Congregation ye are ſtill, but of malignants: a rabble of rebels conſpiring againſt heaven. A name ye have to live, but ye are dead: ye cry out Templum Domini, The Temple of the Lord are we: but in truth ye are no better then thoſe Egyptian temples, beautifull without, but within nothing to be ſeen but a cat, rat, or ſome ſuch deſpicable creature. Here they are called the Congregation of the Lord by an irony, as the Cardinall of Ravenna is ſo called by way of deriſion.
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