John Trapp on Psalms 10:4
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Psalms10:4
Verſ. 4. The wicked through the pride of his countendnce] That is, of his heart, appearing in his countenance; as a maſter-pock in his fore-head. For Pride buddeth, Ezek. 7.10. the pride of Iſrael teſtifieth to his face, Hoſ. 5.5. the thoughts are oft ſeen in the countenance; and the heart is printed upon the face, Iſa. 3.9. 'Tis a hard thing, ſaith one, to have a brazen face, and a broken heart.
Will not ſeek] He thinks it not neceſſary, or worth the while; and his practice is agreeable, that is, nought all over. Pride in the Soul is like a great ſwelling in the body, which (beſides that it is a dangerous Symptom) unfits it for any good ſervice; and is apt to putrifie and to break, and to run with loath ſome and ſoul matter: So doth Pride diſable the Soul from doing duty, and at laſt breaketh forth into odious deeds, abominable to God and men. It is obſerved, that the ground whereon the Peacock uſeth to ſit, is by that occaſion made exceeding barren: ſo where pride rooſteth and reigneth, no good groweth.
God is not in all his thoughts] God is neither in his head, as here, nor in his heart, Pſal. 14.1. nor in his words, Pſal. 12.4. nor in his ways, Tit. 1.16. he is wholly without God in the world, Epheſ. 2. he ſtudies Atheiſm, and all his thoughts are, There is no God (ſo this Text may be read) he would fain ſo perſwade himſelf.
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