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John Trapp on Psalms 70:3

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Psalms70:3

Verſ. 3. Let them be turned back for a reward] Vel ficit per inſidias vel ſupplantationem, more Athletarum, a [non-Latin text not transcribed], Let them be ſupplanted defeated,

That ſay, Aha, aha] Auguſtine rendreth it, Enge, Enge, that is, Well done; and giveth this Note upon it, Plus perſequitur lingua adulator is quàm manus interfectoris; The tongue of a Flatterer may miſchief a man more than the hand of a Murtherer. The Apoſtle, Heb. 11.37. ranketh their tempting and flattering promiſes among their bloudy deeds, their is ſing tongues, with their terrifying jaws.

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