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John Trapp on Philippians 4:17

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Philippians4:17

Verſe 17. Not becauſe I deſire a gift] As thoſe Cormorants that with ſhame do love, Give ye, Hoſ. 4.18. as if they could ſpeak no other but the Dorick Dialect, the horſe-leeches language. S. Paul was none of theſe.

That may abound to your account] For God keeps an exact account of every peny laid out upon him and his, that he may requite it: and his retributions are more then bountifull.

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