John Trapp on Proverbs 20:8
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Proverbs20:8
Verſ. 8. A King that ſitteth in the Throne of Judgement, &c.] Kings in their own perſons ſhould ſit and judge of cauſes ſometimes; to take knowledge (at leaſt) what is done by their officers of Juſtice. I have ſeen the King of Perſia many times to alight from his horſe (ſaith a late Traveller) onely to do juſtice to a poor body.The Preachers Travels, by John Cartwright. Hee puniſheth theft and man-ſlaughter ſo ſeverely, that in an age a man ſhall hardly hear either of the one, or of the other.
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