John Trapp on Psalms 78:8
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Psalms78:8
Verſ. 8. And might not be as their Fathers] Fathers are not alwaies to be followed,Cicero Epiſt. Ezek. 20.18, 19. He zealouſly affected his Fathers, but not well, who ſaid, I will follow them ſicut bos armentum, e[illegible: 1 letter]iamſi [illegible: 1 letter]uant, though I fall with them.
A ſtubborn and rebellious Generation] Aver ſatrix & irritatrix.
A Generation that ſet not, &c.] Double-minded men, unſtable in all their wayes, Jam. 1.8. having religionem ephemeram, as Beza ſaid of Balduin, that Ecebolius the ſecond.
And whoſe ſpirit was not ſtedfaſt with God] As was that Martyrs who ſaid, Though you may pluck the heart out of my body, yet you ſhall never pluck the truth out of my heart. The Heavens ſhall ſooner fall, ſaid Another, than I will forſake the Truth I have once received.
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