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John Trapp on Psalms 116:7

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Psalms116:7

Verſ. 7 Return unto thy reſt, O my ſoul] The Pſalmiſt had been at a great deal of unreſt, and much off the hooks, as wee ſay[illegible: 1 letter] Now, having prayed (for prayer hath vim pacativam; a pacifying property) hee calleth his ſoul to reſt; and rocketh it aſleep in a ſpirituall ſecurity. Oh learn this holy art; Acquaint thy ſelf with God, acquieſce in him, and bee at peace; ſo ſhall good bee done unto thee, Job 22.21. Si[illegible: 1 letter] Sabbathum Chriſti. Luth.

For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee] Of Sertorius it is ſaid, that hee performed his promiſes with words only. And of the Emperour Pertinax, that he was magis blandus quam beneficus, rather kind ſpoken than beneficiall to any;Hinc dictus [non-Latin text not transcribed] No[illegible: 1 letter] ſo the Almighty.

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