John Trapp on Psalms 47:8
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Psalms47:8
Verſ. 8. God reigneth over the Heathen] This is his univerſal Kingdom, whereof before, verſ. 7. and yet never can too much be ſaid of it.
God ſitteth upon the throne of his holineſs] He is in a ſpecial manner King of his Church (as Ahaſueroſh was of his Heſter) called his throne, Exod. 87.16 (becauſe the hand upon the throne of the Lord, that is, Amalechs hand upon the Church, as ſome interpret it) His throne of glory, Jer. 4.21. and here the shrone of his holineſs, becauſe Chriſt (who is called God ſo many times in this Pſalm) loved the Church, and gave himſelf for it, that he might ſanctifie and cleanſeir, and ſo preſent it to himſelf a glorious Church, Eph. 5.25, 26, 27.
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