John Trapp on Psalms 73:4
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Psalms73:4
Verſ. 4. For there are no bands in their death] Or, No knots and knorles; they dye without long ſickneſſe, or much pain, or trouble of mind. If a man dye [illegible: 1 letter]ike a Lamb, and paſs out of the World like a bird in a ſhel, he is certainly ſaved, think ſome. The wicked are here ſaid to dye quietly, as if there were no looſening of the band that is betwixt ſoul and body. Julian the Apoſtate dyed with theſe words in his mouth; Vitam repoſcents natura tanquam debitor bonae fidei redditurum exulto, Anomian that is, I owe a death to Nature, and now that ſhe calleth for it, as a faithfull debtour,c[illegible: 2 letters]t. lib. 7. [illegible: 1 word] Diodor. I gladly pay it. The Princes of the Sogdians, when they were drawn forth to death by Alexander the great, carmen more latumtium etcinerut, tripu[illegible: 1 letter]iſ que gaudium animi oſtentare caperunt, They ſang and danced to the place of execution.
But their ſtrength is firm] They are lively and luſty, they are pingues & praevalidi, fat and fair-liking, fat is their fortitude, ſo ſome render it; Others, ſtrong is their porch or Palace.
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