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John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 7:17

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

Ver. 17. So did Nathan speak unto David.] He unsaid what he had said before, 2Sa 7:3 and thought it no such disgrace - since God had now revealed his mind to the contrary - as Jonah did, Jon 4:1-3 swelling, till he was ready to burst again. See the like piety and modesty in Isaiah 38:5. Augustine also is famous for his book of "Retractations"; wherein none had imitated him in Ludovicus Vives's time. Bellarmine hath since written a book of "Recognitions": a but therein he maketh some things worse than before.

a De Caus. Cor. Art., lib. i.

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