John Trapp on Proverbs 6:5
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Proverbs6:5
Verſ. 5. As a Roe from the hand, &c.] This creature may bee taken, but not eaſily tamed: It ſeeks therefore by all means to make eſcape,Cald. Paraph. in Cant. 8.14. and when it fleeth, looketh behinde it, holding it no life, if not at liberty.
And as a bird] A moſt fearful creature, and deſirous of liberty,Nititur in ſylvas quaeque redire ſuas. that Avis Paradiſi eſpecially, that being taken, never gives over groaning, till let go again.
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