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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:18

18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. Ver. 18. My barns ] So my fruits, and my goods, all was his; God came not into this epicure’s thoughts. Hic Deus nihil fecit, Here God does nothing, one wittily twitted Pope Adrian, talking after the same rate. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:19

19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Ver. 19. Eat and drink, and be merry ] A right epicure, one that had made his gut his god; another Sardanapahs, that did eat that in earth which he digested in hell, as Augustine hath it. How many, alas, are there, that having one foot in the grave and the other in hell, do yet put far away thoughts of either! These, when they should be building their tombs, are... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:20

20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? Ver. 20. Thou fool, this night, &c. ] This rich fool, when, like a jay, he was pruning himself in the boughs, came tumbling down with the arrow in his side; his hourglass had run out, when he thought it to be but recently turned. He chopped into the earth before he was aware: like as one that, walking in a field covered with snow, falleth into a... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:21

21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. Ver. 21. Rich to God ] That is, rich in faith, James 2:5 ; rich in good works, 1 Timothy 6:18 . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:22

22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. Ver. 22. See Matthew 6:25-27 . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:23

23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Ver. 23. See Matthew 6:25-27 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:24

24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? Ver. 24. See Matthew 6:25-27 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:25

25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? Ver. 25. See Matthew 6:25-27 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:26

26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Ver. 26. For the rest ] For superfluities, when ye cannot provide yourselves of necessaries. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:27

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Ver. 27. Consider the lilies, &c. ] Women and children use herbs and flowers to look on and smell to; apothecaries and others use them for food and physic; divines and all good people, for information and instruction in the best things; this being the chief use and end of all the creatures, ut scalae nobis, et alae fiant, that they... read more

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