John Trapp on Psalms 119:96

Verſ. 96 I have ſeen an end of all Perfection] viz. Here below. Tempora tacta ruunt praetoria —

Faireſt buildings, ſtrongeſt perſons, goodlieſt Empires have their times and their turns; their riſe and their ruine.Omnis finis finem vidi. Syr. Interp. Omnia ſunt hominum tenui pendentia filo; Et ſubito caſu quae valuere ruunt; Omniae fortunae variis ſtant obvia telis: Aut [illegible: 1 letter]tiam longo tempore victa cadunt.

But thy Commandement is exceeding broad] It is endleſſe, infinite perpetuall, and withall of largeſt extent; witneſs that of Charity which is the complement of the Law, and the ſupplement of the Goſpel. David, though hee had proceeded further in the diſcovery of divine truths than thoſe before him, verſ. 99. yet hee was ſtill to ſeek of that which might bee known: Like as thoſe great diſcoverers of the new found land, confeſs ſtill a P[illegible: 3 letters]-u[illegible: 1 letter]tra.