John Trapp on Psalms 33:5-6
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Psalms33:5-6
Verſ. 5. [illegible: 1 word] loveth righteouſneſs and judgement] q. d. How can he do otherwiſe than right whoſe nature is ſuch, that he loveth righteouſneſs and judgement, that is, [illegible: 1 span]
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Verſe. [illegible: 1 span] gave them a Being. Or, by his eſſentiall Word, Solo ipſius [illegible: 1 word] ſu & nutu. which is his Son the ſecond perſon in Trinity, Prov. 8.27. Joh. 1.3. Col. 1.16. Heb. 1.2.
And all the hoaſt of them] Theſe are firſt mentioned, becauſe the moſt glorious of all the works of God, ſo Pſal. 19.1.
By the breath of his mouth] By his word and command. Or rather, by his Holy Spirit, the third perſon in Trinity, inſeparable from the other two, as well in eſſence, as in operation. See Gen. 1.1, 2. with the Notes. It hath been elſe-where noted, that in Thebe, a Town of Aegypt, they worſhiped a God whom they acknowledged to be immortall. But how painted they him? In the likeneſſe of a man blowing an egge out of his mouth; to ſignify, tha hee made the round World by his Word, and by the breath of his mouth, as here. Va[illegible: 2 letters]o addeth, that in way of thank-fullneſſe,Plut. de Iſid[illegible: 1 letter] & Oſicid. Var. de re ruf[illegible: 1 letter] l. 2. cap. 1. they dedicated a ſheep to him, to be offered in Sacrifice. This Text was commonly urged by the Ancients for the Trinity of perſons in the Godhead; which Olymphus an Arrian Biſhop denying, was ſtruck with three thunderbolts and killed in a Bath.
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