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John Trapp on Psalms 143:7

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Psalms143:7

Verſ. 7 Hear mee ſpeedily] A very patheticall prayer uttered in many words to like purpoſe; as the manner is, in extreme danger.

My ſpirit faileth] I am ready to ſink and to ſwoon. This David knew; God hath a great care that the Spirit fail not before him, and the ſouls which he hath mad[illegible: 1 letter], Iſa. 57.16. When Bezoard-ſtone is beaten, wee ſee that none of it bee loſt; not ſo when ordinary ſpices: ſo here, for ordinary ſpirits God cares not much what becometh of them, as hee doth of the choice ſpirits of his people.

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