John Trapp on Psalms 79:2
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Psalms79:2
Verſ. 2. The dead bodies of thy Servants] Either they denyed them the honour of buriall (which is reckoned among the [non-Latin text not transcribed] the dues of the dead) or elſe they mangled their dead bodies, and exerciſed their rage upon them, [non-Latin text not transcribed], &c. as the Papiſts did upon Huſſe, and Zuinglius, and many of the Engliſh Martyrs. A barbarous practice, as Pauſan[illegible: 1 letter]as judged it in Herodot. Call[illegible: 1 letter]ope.
The fleſh of thy Saints, &c.] Of thy beneficiaries, whoſe ſouls are with thee in Heaven; theſe have not ſo much as a burying-place on earth, but lye like common carrion Morticina, like cattle that dye of the murrain, and are moſt ignominiouſly dealt withall: And yet theſe are Gods Saints, and in ſome ſenſe, Martyrs.
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