ruine i. let euen those things that they supposed were wealth and defence vnto them be their destruction and ouerthrowe Dauid wisheth not this but in respect that they were enemies to God and hys Church knowing also by the spirite of Prophecy that the Lord had giuen them ouer as also S. Paule himselfe alleageth this place Rom. 11.9 Ver. 23. Let their eyes be blinded that they sée not and make their loynes alwayes to tremble by eyes and loynes principall partes of a man wee maye vnderstande the whole man or else thus that the Prophet desireth the blinding of them in their sight and the weakening of them in their loynes that so they might not be able to hurt him or else by wishing their eyes to be blinded he meaneth the depriuing of them of all reason and vnderstanding so that they may remaine without iudgement as a blind man doth without light and by making their loines alway to tremble he vnderstandeth the astonishing and weakening of their power and force because that in the loines and raines mans strength doth principallye consist Verse 24. Poure out vz. in great measure and abundaunce take them or else take hold of them and that in such sort that they may not escape hee desireth the Lord to punish them most sharply euen as angry folkes are wont to punish those that are vnder their handes and that they might be destroyde in the Lords wrath Ver. 25. Let their habitation i. not only the place where they dwel but euen their very offices and functions sée Acts 1.20 be void vz. by thy iust taking of thē away from amongst mē and let none vz. of their séed posterity dwell in their tents vz. that they haue dwelt in he meaneth that he would haue them die without heire or issue Ver. 26. Whom thou hast smitten i. chastised and that with a fatherly correction whom thou hast wounded vz. with sorrow by al this he meaneth that the wicked layd gréeuous affliction punishments vpon those whom god in fatherly loue had chastised to humble them to bring thē to amendmēt Ver. 27. lay iniquitie i. punishment for iniquity whiche is called iniquity not that it is so but because the wicked so estéeme vpon their iniquity q.d. plague thē punish thē thorowly for their sinne and let thē not come into thy righteousnes i. let them neuer performe such holinesse of life as thou allowest or else let thē not be reckned amongst suche righteous persons as thou acceptest putting righteousnes for righteous men this latter séemeth to be the beter sence by reason of that which followeth Ver. 28. Let thē be put i. vtterly blotted out of the booke of life by this he vnderstandeth the eternall counsell of God by which he ordeineth predestinateth his owne to saluation according to his good pleasure he meaneth not that euer they were writtē there for good but because they were hipocrites and so séemed to be elected he prayeth the Lord to make it knowne vnto all that they are not of the number of his elect neither written in their Catalogue and all this he speaketh according to man as though God kept a booke of names sée Exod. 32.32 Phil. 4.3 neither let them be written with the righteous i. let them not be accounted numbred or estéemed as they or with them Ver. 29. When I am poore i. contemned and despised of men as commonly poore people are and in heauinesse vz. by reason of mine oppressions on euerye side shall exalte mée vz. into a high and sure place where I shall be frée from the force and rage of myne enemies Verse 30. I will prayse vz. when I shall bee deliuered the name of GOD i. his mighte maiestie power goodnesse c. as Psalm 20.1 with a song vz. apte méete and made for that purpose and magnifye him i. extoll and set him forth with thanksgiuing vz. for his louing kindnes and mercy toward me Ver. 31. This vz. prayse and thanks giuing for his benefits shall please the Lorde i. bee acceptable in his sighte better then a yong Bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes i. which is apt and méete for his age to be offered in sacrifice meaning thereby also any other beast whatsoeuer which the Lord had commanded to be offered Verse 32. The humble i. the good godly people that are afflicted in the world shall sée this vz. Iudgement of God vpon the wicked and mercy to his own children and they that seeke God i. those that professe his religion cal vpon his name as verse 6. of this Psalme shal be glad vz. for the execution and performaunce of that iudgment and mercy and your hart shall liue he sodaynly chaungeth the person directing his spéech to the afflicted ones q.d. you that for the greatnesse of my calamitie and your owne misery séemed as it were to be wounded at the hearte shall haue such great ioye that you shall séeme as it were to be restored from death to life Verse 33. For the Lord heareth the poore i. graunteth them that are afflicted their petitions and requests and despiseth not i. doth not onely not neglect but very greatly regardeth and highly estéemeth his prisoners i. those that suffer imprisonment or any manner of calamitie for the mayntainaunce of his truth and cause Verse 34. Let heauen and earth praise him vz. after their maner and kinde and in such sort as he inableth them the seas al that moueth in them he exhorteth the creatures to praise the Lord but al that is done to prouoke man to the same for the wonderfull goodnesse of God towards his people Verse 35. For God will saue i. not only deliuer from dangers but bring to eternall rest Sion i. his Church as Psalm 51.18 and build the Cities of Iudah vz. which were decayed and throwne down by the force of the aduersaries he meaneth by these spéeches that God will haue a care ouer his whole Church and the particular congregations thereof that men maye dwell there i. in the Church and haue it in possession vz. from the stirres and troubles of the vngodly Ver. 36. The séede also of his seruauntes i. the godlye and their posterity who are Gods seruaunts shall inherite it i. the Churche and the graces that God shall bestow vpon the same meaning that they shall be made partakers of all good things and they that loue his name i. feare his maiestie and serue him according to his will reuealed in his word shall dwell therein i. in the Church and congregation of God Do. Verse 1. Teacheth vs in time of great gréefe to flée to God for succour Ver. 2. sheweth that the more troubles we indure the more néede haue wee to drawe nigh to God by prayer Verse 3. Teacheth vs though we haue prayed long yet neuer to leaue off til God graunt our requests Verse 4. Setteth out the multitude power and oppression of the vngodly not as to dismay vs but to teach vs to denie
A RIGHT GODLY AND learned Exposition vpon the whole Booke of Psalmes Wherein is set forth the true Diuision Sence and Doctrine contained in euery Psalme for the great furtheraunce and necessarie instruction of euery Christian Reader Newly and faithfully set forth by a Godly Minister and Preacher of the word of God 2 Tim. 3. Ver 16.17 For the whole Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teach to improue to correct and to instruct to righteousnesse That the man of God may be absolute being made perfect vnto all good workes LONDON Printed for T. Man and W. Brome 1586. ¶ The printers of this present worke to al godly and Chrystian readers do wish all increase of knowledge and strength of faith in Christ for euer THere are two thinges especially that behoueth all good men to haue regarde of in this life The one is the inlarging of the kingdome of Christ to the vttermost of their powers in a lawfull and holy vocation And the other is simplicity and plainnes in the places that God putteth men into or in the words or workes that he inableth them to performe therein At both which things we our selues haue aimed so farre forth as humāe infirmytie would suffer in the pulishing of this present work for the further declaration whereof wee haue beene contented to prefixe these fewe lines By Gods good prouidēce the booke it selfe came into our hādes from amongst the writings of that religious worshipful Gentlmā M. Herlakinden of Kent esquier late deceased and for whose cause onely as we suppose the penning of this was performed at the first Which hauing once gotten into our handes we could not let lie and perish amongst the wormes and moaths as the prouerbe is vnles we would closly vnder hand haue hindered the edification of the Church but indeuour to our vttermost the publishing of the same Wherein if any man thinke we did it for glory or gaine vnto our selues wee can not but tell them that as they doe vncharitably surmise against vs so they doe fondly and fouly deceiue themselues as for glorye how can we attayne sith the labor is wholy an others and no part ours except men would thinke vs to be so conceited that wee would count it credit to be decked with other birdes feathers and to waxe rich with the robbery and vniust spoyles of others And for gayne there is as litle if not lesse reason for besides that we know not what vent we shal haue the sale being very vncertaine what likelyhood is there that our aduantage can be much in publishing cōmentaries vpon that booke of which there are so many learned expositions extant already And yet least any should imagine that we haue without cause caused this to be printed besides the reasons before alleaged we say that both the soundnes of the matter it selfe and the manner of deliuery obserued therein which is both plaine and short the one seruing for the more simple sort of people and the other fitting such as either can not or will not allowe themselues leasure to read long commentaries hath drawen vs on hereto Wherein we do willingly giue al the world to vnderstand that we speak not so much our own minds for we confesse our selues to be men not greatly able to discerne of such high points but we vtter that that men of good countenance in the Church of sound iudgement as in respect of religion haue deliuered and that we hope all that read it shal well find and perceiue There resteth no more but this that euery good man labour to referre it to good ends and holy purposes namely to the building vp of thē selues and others in knowledge in faith in repentance and obedience of al such good things as God hath reueiled in his worde praying the Godly reader for his better more plain direction in that behalfe diligently to obserue these few points following First that all that is spoken vppon all the Psalmes or any of them respecteth either the diuisiō of the Psalme it selfe into his members and parts or the true sense and natural meaning of the very words or the doctrines touching faith and manners that are therein conteined Secondly that wheresoeuer they shall finde these letters markes or directions ensuing i. vz. q.d. they would take paines to resolue and interpret them thus namely that i. signifieth that it is to say vz. signifieth to wit and q.d. meaneth as if he should say Thirdly that the framer of this work in all his notes at the least for the most part we are sure of it had speciall respect to that english text of the Psalmes and Bible that was Imprinted at Geneua which was as it shoulde seeme the first yere of the raygne of our gracious Queene which also we thought good to aduertise the reader of that so he may haue an eye always in his reading to that text or others conformable to the same printed vpon good authoritie though it be not wholly put downe here nor the wordes of it in other letters for difference sake as had been to be wished Lastly wee are earnestly to intreat the godly reader fauourably to interpret and with loue to correct whatsoeuer hath escaped here through the negligence or ignorance of the workemen imployed about this busines some taste whereof also euen we our selues haue thought good to giue vnto them by putting downe some fewe scapes obserued in the ouer reading of it that so if there be any such like as we hope there are not many they may by these amend the rest And thus beseeching God to giue a blessing vnto this work in the heartes of all these into whose handes it shall come we end the 28. of Aprill 1586 Lord Iesus begin and make an end An Exposition vpon the whole Booke of Psalmes The penners of the Psalmes were diuers men as Dauid Moses c. but all led by one and the selfe same spirit so that the holy Ghost may rightlie be said to be the Author of this Booke SOme Psalmes haue titles and inscriptions of which we will shew somewhat when we shall come to them othersome are without Titles or inscriptions of which we shal not néede to say any thing These that haue Titles do eyther containe the name of the writer of that Psalme or the instrument wherevpon it was sung or the end wherevnto it was appoynted or the principal matter therein contayned As they were diuers Writers so they comprehended diuers matters some are full of instruction touching both fayth and maners as Psal 1.37 c. Othersome containe confession of sinnes and prayer for repentaunce as Psalme 25.51 c. Othersome are Prayers agaynst the enemies of the Church as Psal 79.83 c. Some containe the histories of the olde Testament as Psal 78.105.106 c. Some are commendations of Gods lawes as Psa 19.119 c. Some descriptions of Gods wonderfull power as psal 18.164 Some are particuler prayers of
a straunger another reason brought to moue God to mercy taken from his miserable estate sée 1. Chron. 29.5 Psal 119.19 where you shall haue almost the same wordes as all my Fathers he meaneth of the faythfull and godly The sence of this verse is q.d. Hearken O Lord vnto my prayers by which I pray thée that I may be deliuered from this great gréefe wherein I am I aske this at thy hands not that I am very desirous of this life but because I féele my selfe vnable of my selfe to abide such torments for I am with thée or before thée or thou being witnesse of the matter a straunger on the earth neither doe I acknowledge my countrie to be here wherein I follow my Fathers Abraham Isaac Iaakob c. who because they tended towards thée were not taken with this Worlde wherein they were conuersant but vsed themselues as straungers in another countrie hauing alwayes a minde to their home Ver. 13. From me i. from plaguing me so gréeuously my strength vz. decayed and as it were consumed thorow gréefe and vexation before I go hence vz. out of this world meaning before I dye and be not vz. aliue here on the earth amongst men Do. Ver. 1. It is good to striue to the brideling of our spéech speciallye in the presence of the wicked who will insult ouer vs if we slippe in our wordes Ver. 2. It is a hard matter to abstaine from extremities for if we are not too muche giuen to babling we be ouerflow tongued to good thinges Ver. 3. Impaciencye must be fought vgainst ver 4. Curiositie striuing to know that which doth not appertain to vs must be brideled ver 5.6 Describe the vanity shortnes of mans life and the vncertainty of his actions ver 7. God only is to be trusted vnto Ver. 8. Prayer for deliueraunce from sinne punishments due thereto would be often made Ver. 9. We should be well content with whatsoeuer God doeth Ver. 10. We are not able to indure the least of Gods punishments ver 11. Setteth out two things Gods iustice in correcting and mans sinne that pulleth correction and punishment from God Ver. 12. God in tyme of greatest affliction must be most earnestly and hartily called vpon Ver 13. If God with-holde not his wrath we shall all be consumed for our sinnes Psalme 40. THis Psalme may be deuided into thrée parts Di. In the first the Prophet declareth what great mercies the Lord had shewed to him and what he will doe for them that trust in him from verse 1. to the end of the fourth In the second he sheweth the infinitenesse of Gods workes and his owne readinesse to serue the Lorde shewing howe he had published Gods goodnes and mercy from ver 5. to the end of the tenth In the third part he prayeth for his owne deliueraunce wishing also as the ouerthrow of the vngodly so the prosperity of the good and faithful ones from ver 11. to the end of the Chapter The title is expounded before ver 1. For the Lord i. for him Se. and for help frō him inclined to me i. shewed himself fauourable as they do that bow towards one Ver. 2. Horrible pit i. pit full of feare and horror meaning by that spéech most fearefull and great daungers mirie clay by these wordes he noteth both the greatnesse of his daunger and the continuance therein by the name claye which is both weighty and also wil cleaue fast to sée Psalme 69.2 Set my féete vpon the Rock i. hath placed me where I may be safe from al iniurie meaning a most safe place ordered my goings vz. in such sorte that I am sure from stumbling or falling Verse 3. Hath put into my mouth i. hath giuen mee an occasion a new song of praise i. newly to sing a song of praise vnto him or take new song for a singular and exquisite song sée Psalme 33.3 Many shall sée it i. many shall know the benefites that God hath bestowed on me and feare vz. God the giuer thereof Ver. 4. Maketh the Lord his trust i. that trusteth in him regardeth not i. maketh little or no account of sée Psalme 15.4 as thorow their force to be brought to feare them more then God the proude vz. those that boast themselues of the things they haue turne aside vz. from the truth to lies i. lying imaginations as before Psalme 4.2 Verse 5. He ascrybeth to Gods workes not only wonderfulnes but innumerablenesse in respecte of man count in order no nor yet out of order because they are incomprehensible and infinit to thée vz. or before thée that art the only dealer therein thy thoughts this the Prophet attributeth to God that thereby he might the more easily set out Gods wonderfull affection and loue towardes vs and ouer vs. Ver. 6. Sacrifice and offring betwéene these two words I make this difference that Sacrifice respecteth sinne offrings and the other voluntarye and fréewill offrings meaning by these two all other kinds whatsoeuer thou diddest not desire vz. in respect of obedience as 1. Samuel 15.22 for otherwise God regardeth them as parts and péeces of his seruice which he himselfe prescribed but when hipocrites by cold ceremonies would thinke to appease god without true godlinesse then doth the Lord reiect them as Psalme 50.8.9 c. for mine eares hast thou prepared or as Immanuel readeth hast thou boare◠through If you take the Geneua Text there the note is good if you followe Immanuel then he meaneth acceptation and taking of him to be his faithfull seruaunt this is applyed to Christ Heb. 10.5 Verse 7. Then sayde I lo I come vz. readilye and willingly when I vnderstoode thy will in the roales of thy booke i. in the law and this he speaketh according to the Iewes both in time heretofore and at this day who writ in parchment or paper and afterwardes role them vp because they will longer last roaled then folded written of mee i. concerning mée Verse 8. Thy Lawe is within my harte i. I doe earnestlye and from the bottome of my hart reuerence imbrace and loue thy lawe sée Philip. 1.8 Verse 9. Thy righteousnesse i. howe iust and good thou art in the performaunce of thy promises Refrayne my lippes vz. from declaring that O Lord thou knowest vz. that this is true that I speake and that I vtter it from my hart Verse 10. Is verye well expounded in the Geneua note Verse 11. He beséecheth the Lord to shewe his mercye and truth towards him and to make him by effects to féele the same Verse 12. Conteyneth a reason why the Lord should shew him mercy because hee is in suche great affliction haue compassed mée vz. on euery side within and without my sinnes i. both my sinnes and the punishmentes that lye vppon mée for the same sée Psalme 32.4 Psalme 38.2.3.4 and hée meaneth by that whiche followeth that they pressed him so downe that hée was not able to lift vp his heade or as a man
what a one thou wast not that GOD was ignoraunt of it before at the waters of Meribah Sée Exodus 15 22 23 c. Psalme 95 8. Verse 8. Heare vz. me speaking vnto thée by my word and law manifested vnto thée O my people i. the people whome I haue so tenderlye loued and I will protest vnto thée i. I will not only open my will vnto thée but also make a solemn contracte with thée to the ende that my wordes maye haue the greater weighte and authoritie if thou wilte hearken vnto mée vz. speakinge vnto thée in my Lawe then lette this bee fulfilled that followeth Verse 9. Let there bée no straunge God in thée i. let there be no idols or images in all thy Lande hee calleth them straunge Gods because straungers from the couenaunte i. other people besides the Iewes did worship them and hee calleth them Gods not because they were so but because the Idolaters supposed them to be so or that there was a certayne Deitye inclosed within them Sée 1. Corinth 8. ver 5.6 neyther worship thou anye straunge God q.d. bee contente with mée alone I expound this verse thus that in the first parte hee forbiddeth the occasion of idolatrie which are images idols c. and in the second he forbiddeth the thing it selfe Ver. 10. For I am the Lord thy God here hee sheweth a reason of the former verse q.d. there is no other but I and I am God alone sée Isaiah 45 verse 5. and hee laboureth in this parte of the verse not onelye to proue himselfe to be the true God but also to strengthen their fayth first by Gods eternity noted in these words I am the Lord secondly by the couenant which he made with thē noted in these words Thy God thirdly by the workes which he did for thē noted in these words Which brought thée out of the Land of Egipt vnderstanding by one singular worke all the rest of the graces that God had at any time bestowed vpon them open thy mouth wide i. largely and abundauntly aske euen whatsoeuer thou wilte according to my will standing fast in my seruice and religion The Hebrewes vnderstande by this speech boldnesse trust liberty and importunity in prayer and not amisse and I will fill i. I will giue thée whatsoeuer thou shalt aske sée Ioh. 15. ver 16. and besides put songes of prayse into thy mouth for benefits receaued Verse 11. But my people would not heare my voyce i. would not obey the thinges that by my word I commaunded them Whereby we sée that to heare and not to perform is as much as in contempt not to heare at all and Israel would none of me vz. in déede and truth though they made a shew as though they reuerenced and loued me alone the truth of this appeareth in Exodus Leuiticus Numbers Deutronom and the Booke of Iudges Verse 12. So I gaue thē vp q.d. séeing nothing I could doe for them or to them coulde reclaime them or bring them to goodnesse I layd the bridle as it were in their own necks and let them run their full swinge to wickednesse vnto the hardnesse of their harte i. vnto all licentiousnesse and iniquity that their harde hartes setled in sinne could deuise and they haue walked i. their conuersation hath bin in their own counsels i. according to their owne deuises and imaginations and not according to my prescript and rule Verse 13. O that my people had hearkened vnto me i. had obeyed my voyce and lawes giuen vnto them and this God speaketh after the maner of men testifying what a great loue he had to them and how acceptable their obedience should haue bin sée Deutron 5. verse 29. Deut. 32.29 Isaiah 48.18 and Israell had walked in my wayes i. had ordred his conuersation according to my commaundements which he calleth wayes because they are as pathes or beaten wayes that we are to treade in all the dayes of our life neuer being weary of going in them Verse 14. I would soone i. very quickly q.d. then my power should haue sodaynly appeared to their comfort but specially for iudgement vpon the wicked haue humbled i. cast downe and ouerthrowne it is a metaphor taken from thē that in humblenesse throw themselues down at others féete meaning that God in iudgement would haue brought them very low their enimies i. al their enemies of what state condition or multitude soeuer they had ben and turned vz. from mine own people vnto their aduersaries mine hand i. my power and might executing iudgement and vengeaunce q.d. My power and fierce wrath should haue lighted vpon their enemies and not vpon them Verse 15. The haters of the Lord i. the wicked and vngodly people which sundry times oppressed them as appeareth in the booke of Iudges shoulde haue bin subiect vz. eyther willinglye or constreinedly chuse them whether it is true that the worde signifyeth a counterfeit subiection by which he noteth the hipocrisie of the enemies vnto him i. to the people of God speaking of them all in one person as it were of whiche sée verse 6 7 of this Psalme and their time i. the time of their prosperity and florishing and marke here the sodaine chaunge of the number and here he speaketh of the people of God should haue moured for euer i. cōtinued and abode in that state continually according to Gods promise made vnto them Ver. 16. And God marke the sodayne chaunge of the person from the first to the third God speaking of himself in the third person would haue fed them i. nourished and maintained his people with the fat of Wheate i. with the best and picked wheat for you shall haue the worde fat and fatnesse so vsed sundrye times in scripture vnderstanding by wheat also not onely corne but also whatsoeuer else was necessary for the maintainaunce of lyfe sée Deutronom 32. verse 14. and with honie out of the Rock would I haue satisfied thée q.d. rather than they shoulde haue wanted I woulde haue made barren places such as Rockes are plentifull and that euen with things not onlye for profite but for delight and pleasure noting by this maner of spéeche that they shoulde haue had all thinges both pleasaunt and profitable for the maintaynaunce of their lyfe if their naughtinesse hadde not stopped the course of his goodnesse and mercy Ver. 1.2.3 teach that we should not be only thankefull to God Do. but that the sacrifice of thanks giuing which we wil render vnto him must be yéelded coragiously chearfully because the Lorde requireth at our handes both the thing it selfe the maner of the performance of it Ver. 4 teacheth that Gods commaundment is the only ground warrant vnto vs that the seruices which we render vnto him are acceptable in his sight Ver. 5. teacheth first that Gods reuealing of his will word to any people is a plain testimonye of his grace and fauour also that Gods accounteth the afflictions of his people as his
shal be sayde of her that hée euen the most highest i. the almighty God shall stablishe her i. make her so strong and stedfast that the gates of hell shall not preuaile against her Sée Matth. 16.18 Ver. 6. The Lord shal count i. accept and allow of those that be his when he writeth the people i. when he inroleth inregistreth them as it were al this is spoken of God according to mans capacitie as that also which is so often mētioned in scripture touching the booke of life hee i. many as before ver 4. of this Psalm was borne there vz. in the bosome of the Church and that by spiritual regeneration or new birth altogether is as much q.d. whē the Lord shal take an account of people he shal make thē whom he will greatly honour Citizens of Ierusalem and of his Church Ver. 7. As well the singers as the plaiers on instruments shall prayse thée q.d. the commendation of the Church shal be so great and large that the members therof both with musicall instruments and with voyce shal sound forth prayses of it all my springs i. al the pleasure and delights that I haue are in thée i. are set vpon the Church of God others expound it otherwise but methinketh the sense is simple and playne Immanuel readeth it thus wherefore all the fountaines of my life sing and reioyce also concerning thée there is no difference in the sense sauing that he referreth it to the Prophet alone and the other text to others with the Prophet Ver. 1. Setteth out the firmity and stedfastnes of the Church Do. the consideration whereof is comfortable to Gods children and fearefull to the wicked because that nothing that they can deuise against it can vndoe it Ver. 2. Declareth that Gods free loue towardes his Church is the cause of the stayednes thereof and of all other good things to it Ver. 3. Teacheth that howsoeuer vyle and contemptible the Church séeme in the eyes of the world yet it is true that shée and the thinges appertaining vnto her are glorious Verse 4. Expresseth both the increase of the Church and also the calling of the Gentiles Verse 5. Teacheth vs that the Lorde who is greater then all is the stay and strength of the Church Ver. 6. Teacheth vs what a straunge stay Gods election is to the Church and also what great grace he doeth bestowe vpon vs when in the same by the ministry of his worde he doeth beget vs againe vnto himselfe Verse 7. Teacheth the faithful what great delight and pleasure they ought to take in the Church and in the graces that she hath in her Psalme 88. THis Psalme as I take it may be diuided into two parts Di. In the first part Heman the Ezrahite beséecheth the Lord to hear his prayers setting out the great miseries wherein hee was as arguments to moue the Lorde in pity and compassion from ver 1. to the end of the 9. In the second he doth as it were expostulate and delate the matter without setting out some time his owne misery sometimes his enemies cruelty and sometymes one thing and sometimes an other and this reacheth from verse 9. to the ende of the Psalme The title a song and Psalme sée Psal 48. of Heman who was a very wise man as appeareth 1. king 4.31 and the brother of Ethan who made the next Psalme following as appeareth 1. Chrome 2.6 the Hezrahite this I take to bée a name deriued by transposition of letters from Zerah his father of whome sée also 1. Chron. 2.6 and he is so called according to the manner of the Iewes who vse to name the race or stocke by the name of the first father thereof to giue instruction vz. howe to behaue themselues euen towardes God in the tyme of their afflictions sée Psal 42. in the title committed to the sonnes of Korah vz. to be sung by them sée Psal 42. in the title for him that excelleth q.d. yea euen to the chiefest musition amongest them because of the excellency of the Psalm and the matter contained therein sée Psalm 4. in the title vppon Malath Leannoth some take it to bee the beginning of a song by the tune whereof he would haue this Psalme to be sung some take it for the name of an instrument vppon which hee woulde haue the tune of this Psal played when it was sung The Iewes themselues who either were or shoulde bee best acquainted with these matters do fréely and plainely confesse that they knew not what these thinges meane and therefore wée néede not stand much about them Ver. 1. O Lord God of my saluation i. thou that heretofore hast deliuered mee and from whome I presently hope of deliuery out of all the distresses wherin I am I cry i. I pray earnestly day and night i. continually also and without ceasing as it were before thée i. not only in thy presence before whom all thinges are naked but also vnto thee alone Ver. 2. Let my prayer enter into thy presence i. let it find grace fauor and acceptatiō in thy sight for otherwise the Prophet doubted not but that God did sée it and heare it incline thine eare i. shew thy selfe ready not onely to hearken vnto but also to graunt and yéelde vnto vnto my cry i. to my earnest supplication and prayer Ver. 3. For my soule i. my whole man and my very life putting a part for the whole is filled with euils i. hath nothing in it but heapes of miseries Sée Iob. 14 1. but here he speaketh of some extraordinary griefe as it were and my life draweth néere to the graue q.d. my afflictions and griefes are so great that I am become thereby as it were at deaths doore and as one that is ready to be buried Ver. 4. I am accounted vz. not onely by them that hate but euen by my frends yea in mine owne iudgment among them that go downe into the pit i. I am like vnto them that be dead and buried of whom there is as a man would say no more hope of life and as a man without strength q.d. certainly and in déed my griefes haue so preuailed vpon me that I haue no strength at all in bones flesh sinowes or any part of me but am vtterly consumed Ver. 5. Frée among the dead Immanuel readeth this part of the ver better and more plainely by repeating the worde I am accounted thus I am counted among the dead i. men haue no other account or regard of me then of a dead man and then he addeth shut out vz. from others wherein he alludeth to the ceremony of the old lawe by which they that were infected with the leprosie were shut out of the campe Leuit. 14.3 and afterwardes when the people came to a setled state they were sent out of the cities into houses prepared for them 2. king 15 5. 2 Chro. 26.21 Like the slaine lying in the graue q.d. I am as a dead man for hee vseth but
themselues had deuised to themselues meaning also by whoring that they followed it earnestly and with delight Ver. 40. Therefore vz. for their great grieuous sinnes was the wrath of the Lorde kindled vz. very hote meaning by kindling the preparing of it against his people i. against that people that hée had chosen to bee his owne and hée abhorred i. lothed and hated as it were and that for their sinnes sake his owne inheritance i. both the land the people whome hee tooke for an inheritaunce vnto himselfe Ver. 41. And he gaue them vz. for their great sinnes committed against him into the lande of the Heathen i. into their power and possession and they that hated them i. the geÌ„tiles who could at no hand away with them because they came to enioye their lande were Lordes ouer them i. ruled them at their owne pleasure sée for this speach Isaiah 26.13 and for the truth of the matter the whole booke of Iudges and namely chap. 2.14 Ver. 42. Their enemies also oppressed thm vz. sore and hardly and many times and they were humbled i. subiected and that sundry tymes vnder their hand i. vnto their power and authority Ver. 43. Many a time did hée vz. God deliuer them vz. out of the hande and power of their enemies but vz. notwithstanding these great graces they prouoked him vz. to wrath against them and that sundry times also by their counsels i. by those things which they themselues had grauely and as it were in counsel concluded and resolued vppon to perfourme therefore they were brought downe vz. from that high state of liberty and fréedome wherein God had set them to miserable captiuity and bondage by their iniquity vz. committed against his maiesty Ver. 44. Yet hee sawe q.d. notwithstanding these grieuous sinnes of theirs he did not onely behold them afflicted but pitied them when they were in affliction i. in any trouble and hee hearde their cry i. granted them al things they prayed for when they prayed which was a sure token of compassion towardes them Verse 45. And hée remembred his couenant vz. which hee had made with their Fathers and them the Prophet in these two verses noteth two meanes whereby God was moued to doe good to this people the one was his frée mercy and the other was his gracious couenant towardes them i. for their good and on their behalfe and repented vz. of the punishmentes that hee had purposed to bring vppon them meaning hereby that God after a sort chaunged as it were his purpose not that God is subiect to alteration or chaunge but because pardoning both the fault and the punishment hée séemeth vnto vs to chaunge and this manner of speach is applied to the weakenes of our capacity Sée Gene. 6.6 according to the multitude of his mercies q.d. euen as hee is inclined to shewe abundance of fauour so he shewed them the riches of his grace Ver. 46. And gaue them fauour i. made them to finde fauour Sée Gene. 45.14 in the sight of all them that led them captiues the Lorde who hath the disposing of all mens heartes so inclined their heartes to his people Ver. 47. Saue vs O Lorde our God i. deliuer vs and set vs frée from the daungers and distresses wherein wée are and gather vs from among the Heathen whose captiues we are for our sinnes and amongest whome we heare and sée things tending much to thy dishonour and the griefe of our soules and marke the Prophets zeale and loue towardes the people though hée were king and the gouernement well established yet because that by the confusion that was in the dayes of the Iudges and Saul many people were out of their owne countrey hée prayeth the Lorde as for himselfe to reduce and bring them backe agayne that we may prayse thy holy name i. thy maiesty power goodnesse c. which is full also of all holinesse and glorye in thy prayse i. reioyce and boast as it were of this that wee haue him for our GOD who alone is worthy all prayse and glorye Verse 48. Blessed i. praysed bée the Lord GOD of Israell i. hée that is the defender of the people of Israel who are called Israell because they came of Iaakob otherwise called Israell for euer and euer and let all the people say so bee it i. let all young and olde one and other acknowledge that hée alone is woorthye prayse and giue their frée and willing consent vnto it for so much hee meaneth by so bée it prayse yée the Lorde Sée Psalme 104. and 105. in the ende Ver. 1. Teacheth vs that the greatnesse of Gods goodnes Do. and the continuaunce of his mercies shoulde prouoke vs earnestly and continually to praise the Lorde Verse 2. Teacheth first that Gods graces and woorkes are infinite Secondly that though wée can not so sufficiently prayse him as wee shoulde yet wée shoulde not for all that leaue off to doe that which hée hath giuen vs grace to doe Verse 3. Teacheth vs to deale well and to continue in well doing and that so wee shall in the end atteine true blessednesse Ver. 4. Teacheth vs in distresse to cal vpon the Lord. Ver. 4. and 5. Teach vs to set before vs Gods mercies towardes his children that wee may assure our selues in hope to receiue the like Ver. 6. Teacheth vs humbly vnfeignedly fully confesse to our sins Ver. 7. Teacheth vs that forgetfulnes of Gods graces is the high way to all rebellion and sinne it teacheth vs also that forefathers are not always to be followed Verse 8 teacheth that though the sinnes of his children be very great yet they doe not alwayes set or hinder the riuers of his mercies towards them Ver. 9. Teacheth first that for the benefite of his children he will make things go contrary to their natural course Secondly that when his children in mens eyes séeme to bée in the greatest daungers hée will lead them as safely as though they were in none at all Ver. 10. Sheweth that al maner of deliuerances come from the Lord onely and his power Ver. 11. Teacheth that the same things that God maketh to giue place to his childreÌ„ shall serue to the vtter destruction of his and their enemies Ver. 12. Teacheth vs alwayes to beléeue the trueth of Gods worde yea though wee sée no meane how it can be performed secondly that wée should continually prayse God for his mercies Ver. 13. Teacheth that it is a very easie thing to fall into sinne it teacheth also that forgetfulnes of gods graces is as it were the nurse mother of many other transgressions also that we should tary the Lordes leasure for the accomplishing of that which hée hath appoynted vs. Ver. 14. Teacheth that lust or concupiscence is sinne also also that we should not tempt or try the Lord Ver. 15. Teacheth that God bestowing hâ—â— benefits vpon the wicked doth many times with all lay punishments vpon them Ver. 16. Teacheth vs to loue and reuerence the
matter of no smal comfort Ver. 16. Teacheth vs that it is a good thing to be borne of good parentes but that it is much better to haue our names written in the booke of life also that though mischief be deuised against Gods seruauntes or they themselues somewhat fal into it yet that God will either preuent the mischiefe or else dispatch them out of distresse Ver. 17. Teacheth vs that thankesgiuing and prayer should alwaies be ioyned together Verse 18. Is the same with ver 14. and deliuereth the same doctrines also it teacheth vs not to be ashamed openly to praise God for his mercies Ver. 19. teacheth vs also to yéeld him that sacrifice publikely in his Church and in the assemblies of his saints It teacheth vs also to prouoke others to praise the Lord. Psalme 117. Di. AS this Psalme is the shortest Psalme in al the booke and hath but only two verses so it specially propoundeth two things The first is a generall exhortation to al people to praise the Lorde this is in ver 1. The second comprehendeth a double reason why they should praise him vz. for his mercy in making promises and for his faithfulnes in performance of them ver 2. Se. It hath no title or inscription Ver. 1. Al nations vz. of the world whether ye be gentiles or Iewes prayse ye the Lord vz. both with heart and voyce al ye people vz. of the whole earth some vnderstand by nations all the Gentiles onely and by people the people of Israel only but I sée no reason of it for the Prophet speaketh generally to al praise him vz. incessantly and in all places This doubling of the word noteth not only how necessary the sacrifice of praise and thankesgiuing is but how backwarde also wee are in it that must so often be called vpon ver 2. For his louing kindnes i. his mercy is great towards vs i. is multiplied very much and sufficiently confirmed vnto vs. The Hebrew word may be turned is strengthened vz. so that it hath preuailed against vs q.d. though we would pue it backe yet it wil ouercome vs meaning that it hath bene excéeding great and mighty one example of the continuance and increase of Gods fauour and graces read 1. King 17.14 and the trueth of the Lord indureth for euer i. Gods faithfulnes in performing his promises continueth stedfast and sure and therefore hee is worthy to be praysed of al. This is to bee referred to the continuall testimonies of Gods fatherly fauour and grace which is as it were decked with stedfastnes and firmity Verse 1. teacheth vs that it behoueth all men of the world Do. and euery particular person in the same to praise God Ver. 2 teacheth vs that Gods mercye and faithfulnes be the principall causes which should moue vs to thankfulnes and praysing of his name Psalme 118 THis Psalme séemeth to bee made eyther after that Dauid was deliuered from some great trouble in the dayes of Saule Di. or after Saules death when he was aduanced to the kingdom or after victory obtained amongst and against sundry nations with whom he fought Whatsoeuer it is it doth specialy propound thrée thinges the one is an exhortation to men to praise God and this is comprehended in the 4 first verses In the seconde hée sheweth the causes why men should doe so which though they bee many particularly expressed in the Psalme yet generally they are but these two his mercy towards his children and his iustice towards his enemies from verse 5. to the end of the 20. In the third is contayned a harty reioycing both of the people and Priests for the establishment of Dauids Kingdom and this reacheth from verse 21 to the end of the Psalm This Psalme hath no title as many other before haue not Verse 1. Se. Praise ye the Lord vz. O ye seruaunts of the Lord as Psalm 113.1 because hee is good vz. towards all but specially towards you for his mercy vz. towardes you indureth for euer i. lasteth for euer and euer he noteth the cōstancy of gods mercy towards his children and withall sheweth that the righte occasion of praysing God is rather set forth vnto vs in his mercye then in his iustice and power because we shall neuer be well disposed to prayse God vnlesse wee bée drawne vnto it by the swéetenesse of his mercy Verse 2. Let Israel i. not only them that came of Israel or Iaakob according to the flesh but the true faithful Israelites now say i. presently and without any delay confesse from their hart that his mercy indureth for euer vz. euen as they themselues by their owne practise and experience are very well able to report These wordes are expounded before verse 1. Verse 3. Let the house of Aaron i. those that are of Aarons stock and come from him meaning especially the Priests and Leuits sée Psalme 115 10. now say c. this is expounded before verse 1.2 Verse 4. Let them that feare the Lord i. that serue and worship him in al holy reuerēce sée Psalme 115 11 13 All the rest is expounded before in this Psalme marke that he tieth his spéeche to the true seruaunts of God because that although many Israelites according to the flesh occupied a place in the church yet they were notwithstanding straungers from it Ver. 5. I called vpon the Lord vz. by earnest and harty prayer in trouble i. when I was in trouble sée Psalme 1.20 ◠and the Lord heard me i. graunted me the requests and prayers which I made vnto him and set me at large i. at liberty taking me out of the distresse wherein I was sée for this purpose Psal 4.1 In this verse also marke that the Prophet commeth from the generall to his owne particular person declaring that as he himself had marks and tokens of Gods goodnesse towards him so hee had also thereby occasion giuen him as well as the rest to prayse the Lord. Verse 6. The Lord is with me vz. in all distresse hee meaneth by this spéech that God tooke his part against al his enemies therefore I will not feare what man can do against me i. I wil not care for al that man can doe or deuise whatsoeuer it be by man he meaneth multitudes of men and great personages q.d. be they neuer so many or neuer so great yet I wil not feare Thus wee sée how the Prophet hauing felt Gods assistaunce in former time and obtayned sundry victories assureth himself of Gods perpetual aide in time to come such confidence and assured perswasion sée before Psal 3.6 also Psal 27 3. Ver 7. The Lord is with me i. not only present but also on my side and taketh my part among them that helpe me vz. being thus cast down and afflicted the prophet meaneth that seing God taketh his part he shal preuaile otherwise if he had al the helpe in the world it could not stand therfore shal I sée my desire vpon my enemies i. I shall
doe in their beddes thou art there vz. in thy almightye power prouidence and presence Verse 9. Let mee take the winges of the morning i. as I take it the sunne beames putting a parte for the whole q.d. albeit I had as great quickenesse as the sunne hath both when it riseth and when as it were in a moment it goeth rounde about the worlde yet that woulde not profite mee to hyde mée from thy presence and knowledge and dwell in the vttermost partes of the Sea i. shoulde dwell as farre as there is any Sea or at the furthest ende of the Sea Verse 10. Yet thither vz. euen to that same very place shall thine hande i. thy power and might leade mee vz. euen as a shephearde is wont to leade his sheepe and thy righte hande i. thy great power and might holde mee vz. there and keepe mee in that place q.d. though I woulde thinke by flying hither and thither to withdrawe my selfe from thy presence yet I shoulde be in thy presence and power still because by it I should bée caried whither I my selfe would to stay there and to returne againe from thence at thy pleasure euen as the shéepe hang vppon the shephearde Verse 11. If I say i. if I shoulde either speake or thinke thus yet the darkenesse q.d. séeing other places and meanes can not helpe yet this shift I will haue I shal bee hidden from thée in the night for I take it that by darkenes hée vnderstandeth night as may appeare by that which followeth shal hyde me vz. from thy presence and knowledge so that thou shalt not sée or perceiue mee euen the night shal be light about me q.d. certainely I shal bee but deceiued for that which is done in the night is as wel known to thée as that which is done in the noone day for howsoeuer to me and other creatures the night is darke yet to thée that art the creator all thinges are open naked and bare as Heb. 4.13 Ver. 12. Yea the darknes i. the night nor no other darkenes whatsoeuer though it were as thicke and palpable as the darkenes of Egypt hydeth not vz. any either thought worde or déede from thée i. from thy sight and knowledge but the night shineth vz. before thée and in thy sight meaning by the worde shineth that it is as cleare for God to beholde any thing in as the noone tyde the darkenes and light i. the night and the day Sée Gene. 1.5 are both a like vz. to thée for thou séest as clearely in the one as in the other Verse 13. For thou hast possessed here hée yéeldeth a reason why God shoulde knowe the thinges before mentioned and it is taken from the notable creation of man by Gods wonder full gouernement q.d. by good reason all these thinges are knowne to thée because thou hast created man and euery part and péece of him and vnder the worde possessed the Prophet noteth first the knowledge that God hath of vs for no man possesseth euidences or houses but hee knoweth the right title roomes thereof Secondly his right and authoritie for howsoeuer men obtaine vniust possessions yet with the Lorde there is no iniustice my reines i. mine affections yea the most secret thoughtes of my heart and whatsoeuer lay or lyeth hid within me thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe Immanuel addeth here a terme that maketh the sense most plaine thus from the time that thou hast c. q.d. yea euen from my conception long before thou knewest al thinges concerning me And yet I deny not but this text of the Geneua Bible may haue a good sense thus thou hast couered mee vz. with flesh sinewes skin c. in my mothers wombe i. before I was borne when in that place thou gauest a forme and fashion to me and so it may be a reason why nothing can be hidden from God because God made him there and knewe him there therefore much more in this life Ver. 14. I wil praise thée vz. with my whole hart as psal 138.1 for I am fearefully wonderously made i. the very creation and making of me and the due consideration which I haue thereof do strike into me a feare of thy maiesty a wondering at thy workmanship or else thus thou hast created me after a feareful and wonderful sort Immanuel readeth it thus I doe praise thée because by these thy reuerend woorkes I am brought to wondering then repeateth these words I praise thy marueilous works my soule knoweth thē very well but I take the other text to be as good as this marueilous i. very excellent wonderfull are thy workes vz. euerie one of them and namely the continuall forming and creating of mankynde and my soule knoweth it well vz. through thy great goodnesse who hast put that light into it to know and consider of that excellente and wonderfull worke Verse 15. My bones i. neyther they all nor any one of them for thou kéepest them in a continuall account sée Psal 34 20. are not hid from thée for thou knowest both their names and their number though I was made in a secret place vz. in my mothers wombe as verse 13 q.d. the closenesse of that place could not hide them from thy presence and knowledge and fashioned beneath in the earth whereas thou notwithstanding was in heauen q.d. the distaunce of the place could not hinder thée from the sight and knowledge of me and of euery part and péece of me Verse 16. Thine eyes did sée me this is spoken of God according to mans vnderstanding not that God hath eyes but that the Lord knew more perfitly by many degrées then we know things by our sight when I was without forme i. when I had neither shape nor fashion but was as it were a rude lumpe he speaketh here of a great secret of nature Of which we should both think and speake reuerently and modestly for in thy booke this is spoken according to men who vse bookes for the helpe of their memory that they may haue euery thing by péecemeale as it were were all thinges written i. all the members and parts of my body were as well knowne in thy prouidence vnto thée as if they had bin written in a booke and layd before thée which vz. members and parts of mine in continuance vz. of time were fashioned vz. thorow thy great power woorking when there was none of thē before vz. created and made This is it that he meaneth that as God in the beginning made heauen earth as a huge heape without forme yet afterwardes gaue them that notable forme which they haue and out of them framed that great variety of excellent creatures so out of the rude lumpe conceaued first in the womb which yet notwithstanding did in it self containe the whole body did the Lord by a merueilous workmanship create that excellent forme and proportion of mans body and of the seueral members ioynts therof Ver.
the barres of thy gates strong vz. in such sort that no enemy is able to breake them or to make any irruption into them meaning by this speach that the Church was well defended with ayde and succour from GOD yea in such sort that it néede not feare the enemies thereof because it was defended and shoulde bee deliuered from all euill and hath blessed vz. with al maner of goodnesse and namely with increase of multitude thy children within thée i. those that appertaine vnto thée whether they bée young or olde for all are the children of the Church Verse 14. Hée vz. alone setteth peace in thy borders i. keepeth thy coastes Countrey and people in all quietnesse not onely in that hee mightily driueth away all thyne enemies but also in that hee inclineth the heartes of thyne owne people to mutuall peace and so kéepeth them from tumults and rebellion and satisfieth thee vz. to the full in all abundaunce and plenty with the flowre of the wheate it is in Hebrewe with the fat of the wheate Sée Deutron 32.14 Sée also Psalme 81.16 meaning euen that part of the wheate not onely which yéelded greatest plentie but also wherein the greatest strength of nourishment consisted vnderstanding also by this particular thing whatsoeuer did appertaine to this present life and was fit for mans nourishment Verse 15. Hée i. God the Lorde sendeth foorth his commaundement vppon earth i. hée needeth no more but to commaund onely and then by a certaine secret motion and inclination which hee hath giuen vnto the earth the earth bringeth foorth the effectes thereof as wée sée by experience and his worde i. the woorde which hée vttereth runneth very swiftly vz. to be accomplished and perfourmed q.d. when hee hath declared what he woulde haue done all thinges are prest and prepared ready to obey him so that looke whatsoeuer he speaketh by his woorde and commandeth it is presently done as appeareth Psalme 33.9 and by the particular enumeration of thinges which followeth in this Psalme Ver. 16. Hée giueth i. sendeth vz. from heauen and casteth it vppon the earth snowe like wooll i. very whyte and light as wool is so that in these respectes snowe and wool may bée compared together and scattereth the hoare frost vz. in sundrie places like ashes or dust which being light of themselues and cast out are scattered hither and thither with the winde Verse 17. Hée casteth foorth his yee like morsels the Hebrewe worde that is here turned yee is diuersly interpreted by sundry men some take it as we vse to take it for water vppon the earth congealed to a hard substance other take it for frost that commeth vpon raine presently fallen but a litle before yea wee haue séene that almost at the one and the selfe same instant there hath been raine and frost other some for haile and tempest and to this latter do I incline because that the droppes of raine by very great colde in the aire are turned into hayle which seeme to bee little morsels or pieces as it were who can abide the colde thereof or rather thus who can abide his colde that is the colde which God can sende for otherwise the cold of yce or hayle is not much Ver. 18. He sendeth vz. forth his worde i. his commaundement and melteth them vz. presently q.d. he néedeth but onely speake the woorde and they are by and by molten and consumed as it were hee causeth his winde to blowe and the waters flowe i. hee bringeth speedily the winde into a warme quarter and there commeth presently a thaw of the snow frost yce haile c. and by their melting the waters are increased and flowe and swell beyonde their ordinarie and accustomed boundes The winde is called Gods both because he created it and hath it continually at his commaundement to doe with it whatsoeuer pleaseth him and by waters hee vnderstandeth both the waters of the Sea and the waters in the land Verse 19. Hée sheweth vz. plainely and manifestly so that they can not pretende ignoraunce his word i. his doctrine and certaine knowledge out of the same that they may follow him whither hee calleth them thereby vnto Iaakob i. vnto his faythfull people his statutes and his iudgementes i. his whole lawe and euery part thereof whether it consist of commaundements or punishmentes for the breath of those commaundements vnto Israell i. vnto his faithfull people Iaakob and Israel are here put both for one thing Sée Psal 14.7 Ver. 20. Hée hath not dealt so vz. mercifully and graciously with euery nation no not with any nation for vnto the people of the Iewes al that time were the oracles of God committed onely Sée Rom. 3.2 and Rom. 9.4 neither haue they i. other nations and people of the world besides the Iewes knowne his iudgments i. his word putting a part of it for the whole as sundry times in Psalm 119. True it is the Gentiles before their calling knewe him by his woorkes and that was sufficient to make them without excuse before him but by his worde hee was onely knowne to his owne people praise yee the Lord sée Psalm 106. in the ende also Psalm 113. in the ende Psal 146. in the end and the rest of the Psalmes following euen vnto the end of this booke Do. Ver. 1. Teacheth vs that it is profitable for our selues acceptable to God to bée earnest and often in praysing and thanking of him Ver. 2. Teacheth vs the continuall care and loue which God beareth towards his Church Ver. 3. Setteth out Gods pitie and loue towardes all such as are truely beaten down with their afflictions either outwarde or inwarde Verse 4. Setteth out his excéeding great power and care in the gouernement and disposing of his creatures Ver. 5. Teacheth vs that wee can not of our selues attaine to the least part of Gods wisedome Ver. 7. Sheweth howe dull wee are in praysing our God in that wee are so often prouoked vnto it and haue néede of so many both outward and inwarde things to stirre vs vp thereto Ver. 8. Teacheth vs that raine the fruitfulnes of the earth and all other such like thinges procéed from God alone Ver. 9. Teacheth vs to bee rightly perswaded of Gods prouidence who séeing he féedeth the vnreasonable beastes and rauens will not leaue vs destitute Verse 10. Teacheth vs that no outwarde thing which we haue nor can doe as of our selues can commend vs to God Ver. 11. Teacheth vs that if wee will bee acceptable before God wee must striue to these two thinges vz. in hope and patience to wayce vppon him and to yéelde vnto him that seruice that in his woorde he requireth at our handes Verse 12. Teacheth vs that Gods faythful people and his Church are specially bound aboue others to prayse the Lorde Verse 13. Teacheth vs that the safetie prosperitie and multiplying of the Church commeth from God onely Ver. 14. Teacheth vs also that the peace and plenty of his people procéede from him