John Trapp on Psalms 147:4
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Psalms147:4
Verſ. 4. Hee telleth the number of the ſtars] Which to man is impoſſible, 1322. Alſted. Encyclop. as Ariſtotle maintaineth againſt thoſe Aſtronomers, that tell us they are a thouſand and ſome hundreds. But Abraham was a great Aſtronomer; yet hee could never do it, Magir. Phyſ. lib. 2. cap. 5. Gen. 15.5. and the wiſer ſort of Aſtrologers have rightly diſtinguiſhed the ſtars into numerable and innumerable, as to men.
Hee calleth them all by their names] As knowing exactly their nature; and authoritatively commanding every of them to do his pleaſure. How much more can God cull together his out-caſts, and cauſe them to return; eſpecially ſince hee calleth thoſe things that are not as if they were, Rom. 4?
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