John Trapp on Psalms 141:2
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Psalms141:2
Verſ. 2 Let my prayer bee ſet forth before thee as incenſe] Faithfull prayer is [non-Latin text not transcribed] (ſaith Da[illegible: 1 letter]aſen) the aſcenſion of the heart to God. Dim. de fide. In this incenſe how many ſweet ſpices are burned together by the fire of faith, as humility, hope, love, &c? all which come up for a memoriall before God: Act. 10.4. and the Saints (as Manoahs Angel) aſcend up in the flame, and do wonderouſly, Judg. 13.19, 20. whilſt their pillars of ſmoak are perfumed with myrrhe and frankincenſe, with all powders of the ſpice-Merchant, Cant. 3.6. that is, with the merits and mediation of Jeſus Chriſt, Heb. 9.24. thoſe ſweet odours poured into the prayers of Saints, Rev. 5.8. & 8.4. for want whereof the incenſe of the wicked is abomination, Iſa. 1.13. as ſtinking of the hand that offereth it.
As the evening Sacrifice] The ſacrificium juge, that was offered every morning and evening, Exod. 29.39. Numb. 28.4. in reference to that immaculate Lamb of God, ſlain from the beginning, for an offering and a ſweet ſmelling ſavour, Epheſ. 5.2. Chryſoſtom telleth us, that the Greek Church made uſe of this Pſalm in their evening-Liturgie.
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