John Trapp on Psalms 66:12
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Psalms66:12
Verſ. 12. Thou haſt cauſed men to ride over our heads] Subjected us to the villanies and outrages of the baſeſt perſons, who have uſed us more like beaſts than men.
We went thorough fire, and thorough water] That is, thorough variety of ſharpeſt afflictions, noted out by this Proverbial paſſage; Fire and Water are mercileſs Elements. Aelius Pertinax fortune pila pervulgatè dicebatur, quòd variis caſibus exercit us fuit. It is the true Chriſtians comfort, that nothing befalleth him but by a ſweet providence; and that God goeth along with him into both fire and water, Iſa. 43.2. to ſee that he take no hurt by either.
But thou broughteſt us out into a wealthy place] Heb. Moyſt, that is, into the air, ſaith Aben-Ezra, (oppoſed to Fire and Water) where wee might draw breath, and live comfortably; In locum irriguum, in refrigerium. It is but winking, ſaid that Martyr at the ſtake, and we ſhall bee in Heaven immediatly. The Arabick hath it, Eduxiſti nos ad requiem. Confer Acts 3.19.
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