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John Trapp on Proverbs 20:21

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Proverbs20:21

Verſ. 21. An inheritance may bee gotten haſtily, &c.] By wiſhing and working the death of Parents, or by any other evil arts whatſoever. See an inſtance hereof in Achan, Achab, Gehezi, Adonijah his leaping into the Throne without his Fathers leave. Jehoahaz alſo, the younger ſon of Joſiah, would needs bee King after his Father, putting by his eldeſt brother Jehoiakim; but hee was ſoon put down again, and put into bands by Pharaoh Necho, 2 King. 23. Hee pourtrayed the Ambitioniſt to the life, that pictured him ſnatching at a Crown, and falling, with this Motto, Sic mea fata ſequor.

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