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A10583	The solace of Sion, and ioy of Ierusalem. Or consolation of Gods church in the latter age redeemed by the preaching of the Gospell vniuersallye. Beeing a godly and learned exposition of the Lxxxvij. Psalme of the princelye prophet Dauid: written in Latine by the reuerend Doctor Vrbanus Regius, pastor of Christes Church at Zelle, in Saxonie. 1536. Translated into english by R. Robinson citizen of London 1587.; Psalmus octuagesimus septimus, de gloriosa Christi ecclesia	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1587 (1587)	STC 20852; ESTC S119789	35,218	86

ioine the Hebrue phrase vnto the Gréeke te●t and you shall see a goodly consonancy Glorious sayinges are ther of thee but in thee O City of God For without thée of thée is all euil spoken For those same glorious thinges which are spoken off touching y e Church are vndoubtedly not spoken of her but in the Church for without the Church the world that is the cōgregation of the vngodly the spouse of the deuil the enemie of Christ with her Ruler is not glorious but speake meer extreame infamies or slaunders of the Church Without the Church wher the Gospell is scorned and hissed out of doores so soundeth the verse Reprochful things are spoken of thee O city of Satan For so also y e vngodly ones flatter thēselues that they are the Catholike Children of God the ancient Christians and the City of God But others not honouring the Pope them doe they cal the children of Satan yea they condemne the Gospel of the grace of God or as the damnable doctrine and errour of Satan At Augusta one of those Papistes a Doctor of the Popes Diuinity by suggestion in presence of Duke Maurice cried out vpon thē which beleeued in y e Gospel of Christ which hee called the new Doctrine as persons infamous and vnworthely requested rightly to beare witnesse of y ● Truth before Judges or Magistrats as we say in Duch Sie sollen mir zukey ●er warheit odder zeugknus gut genug sein So Paul that most excellēt light of the Church was contēptibly reckoned for a Sower of strange doctrine Actes 17. Paule and Silas were called Disturbers of the whole worlde ibidem And●n times past as it appeareth in y e Apollogie of Tertullian against the Gentiles the Christians were of Gentiles named murtherers Church-robbers incestuous persons publique enemies murtherers of Infants procurers of wicked lusts Bawdes and Asse-heades in that they worshipped an Asses head as it were a God which suspition Cornelius Tacitus had stirred vp The assemblye of Christians to the Supper of the Lord was counted of the vngodly ones a Faction Christians were named the cause of all publique mischiefe and of all inconuenience amongst the people of the world If the riuer Tiber rose vp to the walles If the riuer Nilus flowed not vp ouer the fleldes if the Skies stood still if the earth quaked if euer any Famine or pestilence were by and by it was denounced Cast those Christians to the Lions Finally they were reprochfully called vnfruitful in their businesse and not good for any thing They were also called Sarmentitij Semitij because being boūd to a block of greate waight standing vpright and compassed about with fier wood they wer brent to ashes And for this cause also they were accompted desperate and cast away In Ciprians time there was among the enemies of the Christians one Demitrianus a man of great name which saide that all misschiefes whereby the world was tossed and turmoiled was to be imputed vnto the Christians for that the Boddes of the Gentiles wer not worshipped amongst them And then it was an offence to be a Christian Iulianus the Apostate in respecte of reproch called the Christians Galileans as Nazianzenus writeth The Iewes at Rome called the Christian faith and that congregation a Sett Of this sect say they vnto Paule it is knowen vnto vs that in euery place men speake against it Act. 28. Christ the head of the Church the husband and foundation thereof heard himselfe called of the Iewes a Samaritane aSeducer and deceiuer of the people one hauing a Deuill aud a sedicious person And in our time such as beleeue the Gospell and reiect the doctrines of men disagréeable to y ● Gospel y ● I may omit infinite other slaunders are called of the vngodly ones Lutherane Heretikes But Christ the husband of the Church in this world despised and abiect such is his vnsearcheable wisedome turneth euen these slaunders also into glorie for the Christians For who had not rather heare tenne hundreth thousande reproches of the vnprais-worthy Gentiles and vngodly persons abhominable before God and that for the name of Christ then to beare the state of a king and enioy at ease all the honoures and benefites of this worlde ● This one blessing of Christe confoundeth all the cruell curses of this worlde Blessed are you whē men reuile you and shall speake all euill against you for my names sake falsly Reioice and bee glad because your rewarde is greate in heauen Math. 5. verses 11. and. 14. Vers 3 I will thinke vpon Rahab and Babilon with thē that knowe me Vers 4 Beholde the Philistines also and they of Tyre with the Morians loe ther was hee borne FIrst of al the names of the aforesaid Nations must be declared and the meaning of the Prophet shall more easily appeare Rahab therefore is a Sirname which Esay also in his 30 chap. giueth vnto Egipt because it was a proud People in whome when the Iewes put their hope and confidence they were deceiued Wherfore Esayas saieth For the Egiptiansare vanitie and they shall help in vaine Their Rahab or strength is to sit stil And in the 51 chap. Art not thou that same Arme that hath smitten the proud Egipt Arnobius and Augustine vnderstand by that same Strumpet in Iericho those y ● are wise in their owne conceites Unto the other Doctors Rahab seemeth to signifie rashnesse and insolency or pride wherewith the Egiptians are by good right entituled as the speciall Enemies of the the Iewes And Thargus the Hebrue writer in this place hath Mitsarri that is to say Egipt for Rahab Those persons called Allophili as it is in y ● Gréeke translation are Philistines For the Hebrue text hath Phelesser which S. Hierome translateth for Palestine And the same Hierome vpon the first Chapiter of Amos giueth to note that the 70 Interpreters called the Philistines alwaies Strangers borne For wheresoeuer saith he in the olde Testament w●● read Straungers borne they are to bee vnderstoode not commonlye as touching all forraine Nations but properly of Philistines which nowe are called 〈…〉 These Nations that is to say Egiptians Babilonians Palestines Tyrians and Ethiopians were well knowen to the Iewes for their Neighbourhoode and for their malignant mindes towardes them Hereby therefore y ● Prophet teacheth in the person of God that the before mentioned people although hetherto they knewe not God and were manifestly vngodly and accursed as all other Nations being without hope and wanting knowledge of God in the world shall yet notwithstanding be receiued into the grace fauour of the Gospell As if he saide I wil remember those Nations amongst them which will knowe me that is amongst my elect true Christians which knowe and worship me by Faith in Christ Blessed is he which God so thinketh vpon that he is written in the booke of life what maner of life soeuer he led before hee yet through grace by