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John Trapp on Psalms 100:3

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Psalms100:3

Verſ. 3. Know ye that the Lord he is God] Be convinced of it, ye Heathens whoſe fantaſies have forged falſe gods; and ye Jews, acknowledge the true God to be Three in One, and One in Three.

It is he that hath mode us] And new made us; for we are his workmanſhip (a ſecond time) created in Chriſt Jeſus unto good works. Eph. 2.10. The word ſignifieth, ſaith Kimchi, Ornate beneficiis, afficere donis, gratiis cumula[illegible: 1 letter]e (confer 1 Sam. 12.6.) and ſo is diſtinguiſhed from Bar[illegible: 1 letter] to create, and Ja[illegible: 1 letter]ſar to form. William of Malmsbury telleth of a certain Emperor of Germany, who coming by chance into a Church on the Sabbath day found there a moſt miſ-ſhapen Prieſt, penè portentum natura, inſomuch as the Emperor much ſcorned and contemned him: But when he heard him read thoſe words in the Service, For it is be[illegible: 1 letter] that bath made us, and not we our ſelves; the Emperor checkt his own proud thoughts, and made in quiry into the quality and conditions of the man, and finding, upon examination, that he was a very learned and devout man, he made him Archbiſhop of Collen, which place he diſcharged with much commendations.

We are his people, and the ſheep] See Pſal. 95.7. This is a priviledge proper to the Communion of Saints.

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