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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03429	The divine cosmographer; or, A brief survey of the whole world delineated in a tractate on the VIII Psalme: by W.H. sometimes of S. Peters Colledge in Cambridge.	Hodson, William, fl. 1625-1640.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1640 (1640)	STC 13554; ESTC S104119	31,602	170

of a King but David and him twice in one verse Matth. 1.6 and that for a literall and morall reason partly because he was the first king settling and establishing the kingdome of Israel but principally for that he was endowed with al princely qualities as justice wisdome clemencie courage and devotion A king as mighty in religion as valour who wrote more like an Evangelist then a Prophet And therefore the Fathers conclude him to be Homo in Veteri non de Veteri Testamento a man that lived in the time but not after the manner of the old law more like a Christian then a Jew As the fat was taken away from the peace-offering so was David chosen out from among the children of Israel Ecclus 47.2 That which was most excellent in every thing the Hebrews called the fat as adeps frumenti the fat of the corn medulla tritici the marrow of the wheat The witty imitatour of Solomon doth there make an allusion between the father of Solomon and the fat of the peace-offering All the peace-offering was the Lords yet all was not offered to him but part was given to the Priest and a part to the people but the fat was fully burnt up to the Lord So the zeal of Gods house burnt up David as the fat of the sacrifice In this fire of zeal did he oft ascend like the Angel in the flame of Manoah's altar to the throne of God and his tongue being touched by a coal from that altar many a dainty song did he tune upon his harp which harp was noâ— more sweet then his song was holy Though Moses the man of God was the first that by a speciall direction from God began and brought up this order to make musick the conveyer of mens duties into their minds yet David the darling of God hath sithence continued it as having a speciall grace and felicitie in this kind One touch of the sonne of Jesse one murmure of this heavenly turtle one Michtam of Davids jewel his golden song is farre above the buskind raptures the garish phantasmes the splendid vanities the pageants and landskips of profaner wits Et hÃ®c rhetoricantur Patres The Fathers both Greek and Latine have robed his Psalter with many rich encomiums Athanasius and Basil and Augustine and Hierome and Chrysostome and almost all the new writers stand so deeply affected to this book that they hold it to be the Souls Anatomie the Lawes Epito me the Gospels Index Omnis latitudo Scripturarum The breadth of the whole Scripture as he sometimes spake of the Creed and the Lord prayer may hither be reduced And it is observeable out of Luke 24.24 that it is put for all the books of the old Testament as they are differenced from the Law of Moses and the Prophets Again it appeareth in the Gospel that Christ and his Disciples were very conversant in this book because in their sayings and writings not fewer then sixty authorities are produced from above fourty of these Psalmes This book was and still is more usually both sung and read not onely in the Jewish Synagogues but in Christian assemblies as well by the people as the Minister and that with more outward reverence then any parâ— of holy Writ The Jewâ— acknowledge the old Testament abhorre the new the Turks disclamâ— both yet swear as solemnly by the Psalmes oâ— David as by the Alcoraâ— of Mahomet In all ages this booâ— hath ever been esteemeâ— of the best most learned men Yea the greatest Potentates who with Joseph have had manuâ— ad clavum oculos ad calum have without blushing stooped unto a verse it being the usuall recreation of King David whâ— was as Euthymius speaks primi Regis lingua cor calamus the â—ongue the pen heart of the King of Heaven Thus as we reade our good king Alfred translated the Psalter himself into the Saxon tongue And our late most learned King James of happie memorie who as it is said of Scevola that he was Jurisperitorum eloquentissimus of all lawyers the most eloquent man so was he {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} of our Nobles the most skilfull in Divinitie and as Sylverius said of Caesar he honoured learning with his own labours a Prince mighty both with his sceptre and his pen who besides his prose itâ— ad carmen noverat madâ— such a verse when hâ— pleased etiam sanissimâ— coloris of a most daint and elaborate compositâ—on as became Buchanan best Scholar among other things truly and exactly translated ouâ— Church-psalmes noâ— long before he was translated hence The Subject of thiâ— book is singular Foâ— whereas the other Prophesies were the Ambassies from God to the people or at least the abstracts thereof these are for the most part holy colloquies holy whisperings and secret conferences with God What a spirituall Library of all manner of prayers precepts exhortations do I here find The Psalter of this Kingly Prophet operateth that in the Church which the Sun doth in heaven it illumiâ—ateth heateth and maâ—eth fruitfull all the good desires of Christianitie Our Prophet once desired to be a doorekeeper in the house of the Lord and â—e was heard in that he â—rayed for for as Hilarie â—aith this whole book of â—salmes was but a bunch of eyes opening severall â—oores to let the soul enter into all the treasures of devotion This is the Spouses garden here be lily ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ and roses here be appleâ— and pomegranates anâ— sweet fruits here be the myrrhe aloes Cassiâ— and sweet spices here bâ— the fountains and well of living water hÃ®c suâ—preces vota here aâ— prayers and consolationâ— and amulets of comforâ— more pleasant then the pools of Heshbon moâ— glorious then the toweâ— of Libanon more redâ— lent then the oyl of Aâ—ron more fructifyiâ— then the dew of Hermoâ— Prophets Apostles hâ— Martyrs all the ancieâ— Fathers have made use of â—is book that begins â—th Blessednesse and â—ntains nothing but â—essednesse Blessednesse â—ing times repeated twenty â—en times in the conâ—ete in this one book â—hich like the tree that â—areth fruit every â—neth the Church hath â—pointed shall bring â—th fruit every moneth ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ due season As the matter is exâ—llent so is it digested â—o an elegant form of â—ords Which fall not â—th the vulgar libertie ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ speech but run in â—mbers upon ordered â—et of divine poesie composed and set to Mâ—sicall tunes in observâ—tion of which the Psaâ—mist is as criticall as the daintiest Lyrick or Hâ—roick yet with a vast dâ—paritie both for subsâ—mitie of matter and admirable expression Sâ— rightly did Hierome prâ—nounce of David to Paâ—linus that he is our Siâ—nides Pindarus Alceâ— Catullus and in stead all others Sundry reasons are â—ven why the Lord wouâ— have the chief points Religion included numbers by the swâ— Singer of Israel Tâ— first is That they migâ— be transmitted pure and without depravation to

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