John Trapp on Psalms 19:4
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Psalms19:4
Verſ. 4. Their line is gone out through all the earth] Or, their rule, or direction, or delineation, or Scripture (confer Iſa. 28.13.) Quòd in coelis tanquam in volumine omnibus conſpicuo deſcript a ſit Dei gloria, becauſe that in the Heavens, as in an open Book, [non-Latin text not transcribed] is written down the glory of the Creator. The like is done alſo in other leſs conſiderable Creatures: every of which do after a ſort write as well as ſpeak, and have a Pen as well as a Tongue. The Chaldee word for a Mint ſignifieth alſo a Book of Hiſtories, becauſe in that one Herb large ſtories of Gods Wiſdom, Might, and Love are deſcribed unto us. The ſame word alſo that ſignifieth an ear of Corn, ſignifieth a word, becauſe every Field of Corn is a Book of Gods praiſe, every Land a Leaf, [non-Latin text not transcribed] every Sheaf a Verſe, every Ear a word, every Corn of Wheat a Letter, to expreſs the glory of God by. Praeſentem narrat quaelibet herba Deum. Antony the Eremite being asked by a certain Philoſopher, how he could contemplate high things, having no help of Books? anſwered, That the whole World was to him inſtead of a well-furniſhed Library, this he had ready by him at all times and in all places,Aug. de doct, Chriſt. l. 1. Niceph. l: 8: c: 40: In vita Bern. and in this he could read when he pleaſed the great things of God. Bernard alſo ſaith, that the time was when he had no other Maſters niſi quercus & fagos, but the Oaks and Beech-trees.
In them hath he ſet a Tabernacle for the Sun] That Prince of Planets, but ſervant to the Saints of the moſt High, as his name importeth; ſo ſweet a Creature he is, that Eudoxus the Philoſopher profeſſed, that he would be content to be burnt up by the heat of it, ſo he might be admitted to come ſo near it as to learn the nature of it. A Tabernacle, or ſlitting-tent it is here ſaid to have in the Heavens: becauſe it never ſtayeth in one place, but courſeth about with incredible ſwiftneſs.
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