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John Trapp on Psalms 111:2

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Psalms111:2

Verſ. 2. The works the Lord aye great] Magnalia; no ſmall things are done by ſo great a hand. Grandior ſolet eſſe Deus in parvulis quam in magnis; in formic is major anima quam in Elephantis in nanis quam in gigantibus.

Sought out of all them] q.d. Great though they be, yet are they ſeriouſly ſought into, and found out by thoſe that delight therein; and the deeper they dive into them, the ſweeter they find them. Baſil diligently deſcribed many creatures; and ſo did Ambroſe after him. Pliny (who was himſelf a very great ſearcher in Natures ſecrets) telleth of one who ſpent eight and fifty years in learning out the nature of the Bee, Et non duns aſſecutus ſit omnies, and yet could not attain to all. Our Anatomiſts find ſtill new wonders in the body of a man, &c. God hath ſhewed ſingular skill in his works, that men might admire him; But woe to ſuch as regard not his handy-work, Iſa. 5.12.

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