John Trapp on Psalms 119:9

Verſ. 9 Wherewith all ſhall a young man] [illegible: 1 word], a lad, a ſtripling, who hath his name in Hebrew of [illegible: 1 word] to [illegible: 1 span] and the ſame word [illegible: 1 span] when [illegible: 1 letter]hi[illegible: 2 letters]led [illegible: 1 span] vanity of youth and [illegible: 1 span] once affections begin to boil within them. The Greek word for a youth, comes from another that ſignifieth to bee hot, and to boil up, or ſcald. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Such a one therefore had need (if ever hee think to bee bleſſed, as verſ. 1.) to cleanſe his wayes by cleaving to the word: ſith an impure heart, and an undefiled inheritance, will not ſtand together.

Cleanſe his way] Mundabit, ideſt emen[illegible: 1 letter]abit. The Hebrew word ſignifieth the cleanſing of glaſſe, which though it bee very clean, yet will it gather filth even in the Sun-beams, and of it ſelf; which noteth the great corruption of this ſlippery age, and what care muſt be taken that it may ſhine as picked glaſſe, or cleareſt Chryſtall.

By taking heed thereto according to thy word] Which is of a purifying property, Job. 15.3. & 17.17. and can cleanſe the heart of a young man alſo, where luſts are ſtrong, ſtains deep, and will not out without fullers ſope. There is a ſharpneſs in theſe wholeſome (or healing) words, that maketh us ſound in the faith, and ſincere in practice; as it did Mr. Paul Bains, whoſe converſation, when hee came firſt to Cambridge, was ſo irregular, that his Father being grieved at it before his death, left with a friend forty pounds by the year, deſiring that his ſon might have it if hee amended his manners: elſe not. Hee did ſo, and had it, &c.Mr. Clark lives. When a Child is come to bee thirteen years and a day old, the Jews account him a man and call him Barmitſuah, a child of the Commandement: becauſe bound to live by the law.Leo M[illegible: 1 letter]den[illegible: 1 letter] o[illegible: 1 letter] Jew[illegible: 1 letter]rite[illegible: 1 letter].