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John Trapp on Psalms 148:4

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Psalms148:4

Verſ. 4 Praiſe him yee Heavens of Heavens] Whereby hee meaneth not the loweſt Heavens, the air whereon wee breath, and wherein birds flye, clouds ſwim, &c. as ſome would have it; but the higheſt Heaven, called by St. Paul the third Heaven, the habitation of the crowned Saints and glorious Angels; called by Philoſopher cal[illegible: 3 letters] Empyreum, and hereby the Pſalmiſt the Heavens of Heavens, as King of Kings, ſong of ſongs, &c. by an exceſtency. See Deut. 10.14.

And the waters that [illegible: 1 letter]ee above the Heavens] i. e. Above the air, and that do diſtinguiſh betwixt the Air and the Sky, as the [illegible: 1 span] doth betwixt the Sky, and the higheſt Heavens. Superius ſupenſae aquarum forni[illegible: 1 letter]

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