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John Trapp on Psalms 65:7
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Verſ. 7. Which ſtilleth the noyſe of the ſeas] Making a calm at his pleaſure: hee hath the Sea it ſelf, that brutiſh Creature, at his beck, and check: ſo hath he alſo Devils, and maſter leſs men, who ſeek to ſubvert Civil Government, and to lay all level. Hence it followeth,
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The noyſe of their waves, and the tumult of the people] When they are in hurly burly, and contentions among themſelves: — Savit que animis ignobile vulgus,Virg. Aene. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Piud. Horat. Od. 4. lib. 3 Jam que faces & ſaxa volant, furor arma miniſtrat.
Now it is God only that can aſſwage theſe tumults; others may ſtir ſtrife, but God only can ſtint it, ſaith Pindarus. It is he alone Qui terram inertem, qui mare temperat Ventoſum, & urbes regna que triſtia, Divoſ que mortaele ſ que turbas Imperio regit unus aequo.
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