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John Trapp on Psalms 101:7

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Psalms101:7

Verſ. 7. He that worketh deceit ſhall not dwell in my houſe] If I may know him to bee ſuch an one, I ſhall ſoon caſhiere him, and ſerve him as Philip of Macedon afterwards did two of his evil ſervants; the one whereof he compelled to run out of his Country, and the other to drive him. David was not guarded and ſurrounded, as many Princes are now adayes, Mag[illegible: 2 letters] [illegible: 2 letters]gmine Ai[illegible: 4 letters], Nego[illegible: 2 letters]m, Gan[illegible: 1 letter]o[illegible: 2 letters]m, Palpenum, Gnathenum, Balatrenum.

He that telleth lyes ſhall not t[illegible: 1 letter]rry in my ſight] Liars are frequent in Courts; as in Sauls, and do much miſchief. The good Emperor Aurelius was much abuſed by them. Lewis the eleventh of France complained that he had plenty of all things, but of only one: And being asked of what? O[illegible: 1 letter] truth quoth he. Auguſtus took on exceedingly, when Va[illegible: 2 letters] was ſlain in battel, and gave this for a reaſon, Quòd non eſſet à quo verum oudire[illegible: 1 letter], becauſe he had not now a friend from whom he could hear the truth of things.

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