John Trapp on Psalms 44:6
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Psalms44:6
Verſ. 6. For I will not truſt in my bow] To truſt in men or means, is the ready rode to utter ruine. Idas one of the Argonautes is brought in by the Poet, bragging that he truſted not in the gods, but in his own arm, and armes.
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What need we to fear the Turks (ſaid Sigiſmund the young King of Hungary in his pride and jollity) who need not at all to fear the falling of the heavens,Turk. hiſt. 10 which if they ſhould fall, yet were we able with our ſpears and halberds to hold them up for falling upon us? He, ſhortly after this, received a notable overthrow. Carnall confidence endeth in confuſion.
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