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John Trapp on Psalms 49:9

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Psalms49:9

Verſ. 9. That be ſhould ſtill live for ever]. As every wicked man would, if it might be had for mony; for he knoweth no happineſs but to Have, and to Hold; on the tother ſide the Grave, he looketh for no good; whereas a godly manholdeth mortality a Mercy, as Phil. 1.23. he hath, Mortem in deſiderio & vitam in patientin, as Fulgentius ſaith, he deſireth to dye, and yet is content to live: accepting of life, rather than affecting it, enduring it, rather than deſiring it.

And not ſee corruption] Heb. The pit of corruption. The Chaldee underſtandeth it of Hell: to the which the wicked mans death is as a trap-door.

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