John Trapp on Psalms 73:5
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Psalms73:5
Verſ. 5. They are not in trouble as other men] But live in a ſerene clime, under a perpetuall calm; as he did of whom it is ſtoried, that he never had any croſſe, but at laſt was nailed to a croſs, Polycrates I mean, King of Egypt. Marull[illegible: 2 letters] telleth us, that Ambroſe comming once to a great mans houſe, who boaſted that he had never ſuffered any adverſity,Marul. l. 5. c. 3. he haſted away thence, and ſaid he did ſo, we una cum [illegible: 1 letter]omine perpetuis proſperitatibus uſo periret, leſt he ſhould periſh with the man, that bad been ſo extraordinarily proſperous. And no ſooner was he and his company departed, but the earth opened and ſwallowed up that mans houſe, with all that were in it.
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