whiles cryed out why stayes he so long what can bee his stay 28. Her ladies essayed al their wits to comfort her yea even shee comforted her self with his owne words saying 29. They haue found their prey they are parting the spoyle even damosels to everie man and the colloured partie coloured garments sowed with nedle worke made to be ornaments for their neckes 30. This may bee a document to all ages that all the enemies of GOD shall perish and those that loue him shall shine as the sun at noone day The argument and analysis of this song AFter the death of Ehud who slew Eglon king of Moab and delyvered Israel out of the hands of Moabits whom they had served eighteene yeares before Israel had rest from enemies for the space of foure score yeares But againe Israel wrought wickednesse in the sight of the LORD therefore he delivered them over into the hands of Iabin king of the Canaanits the generall of whose armie was called Sisera who oppressed Israel the space of twentie yeares Then Israel repented them of their sinnes humbled themselfe and cryed to the Lord and hee heard them And Deborah Barak Iabel he made instruments to deliver them This deliverance is the argument of this Song sung by Deborah a Prophetesse There bee three chiefe and principall parts of this song 1 The exordium or beginning of this song vers 1. 2. Next the purpose from the 3. verse to the 30. Thirdly the conclusion of the song verse 30. The exordium containes in it 2. exhortations with their reasons The 1. exhortation is to Gods people to praise God the reason thereof is taken from their present deliverie verse 1. The 2 exhortation is to al kings and princes to bee attentiue to the words of this Song The reason thereof is taken from the purpose of the Prophetesse in this song to wit to praise and make manifest the onely true God v. 2. see the like Ps 2. The purpose of the song containes in it chiefely 5. things 1. a narration of things bygone from the 3 verse to the 8. Next an exhortation to praise God from the 8. vers to the 13. Thirdly a narration of the battell betwixt the Israelites and Cananits from the 13. to the 22. Fourthly a curse and blessing from the 22. verse to the 27. Fifthly a prettie prosopopeia from the 27. verse to the 30. The narration of things bygone containes 2. things 1. Gods wonderfull power in bringing his people through the wildernesse to the land of promise ver 3.4 Next the great miserie wherein Israel was of late with the reason thereof verse 13. that they had served new gods idols 5.6.7 The exhortation to praise God hath in it 4. things 1. the governours of this people verse 8. Next to merchants verse 9. Third to the commons verse 10. the reason thereof is their libertie The fourth part is to her selfe and Barak verse 11. with the reason thereof verse 12. The narration of the battell containes in it 1. the praise of the tribes of Israell who came to fight and the dispraise of such as lay abacke from the 13. verse to the 18. Secondly is set downe the part of the Canaanites verse 18. Thirdly the part of God and his people verse 19.20.21 The curse is vpon Meroz and his inhabitants with the reason thereof verse 22. The blessing is vpon Iahel with a narration on of her part and the event thereof from the 22. ver to the 27 the prosopopeia is of Sisera his mother her ladies talking to gether from the 27. verse to the 30. The conclusion which is the last part of the song containes a prayer for the confusion of the enemies of God and of his Church and for the prosperitie of all those who truely loue GOD verse 30. Annotations vpon this song IT was the custome of Lyrick Poets in giving of thanks to GOD to vse solemne verses as wee may read in Orpheus Linus Pindarus Horace so the priests of Mars among the Romans called Salij All these did so by the light of nature but holy men and women did the lyke by the inspiration of the holy spirit Verse 1. Revenge In Hebrew in revenging revenges Willing That is not all Israell but such onely as followed Barak who at the time had no authority in Israel Verse 2. The earth c. Hyperbolicall speaches signifying the power of Gods presence working in all his creatures Verse 4. Sinai That is to say not onely creatures which were as it were before GOD in his presence but also such as it were behind him were mooved Verse 6. Mother so called because beeing endued with the spirit of prophecie as a mother to her childrē so prophets were called fathers their disciples their sonnes Verse 7. Gates or ports signifying that the enemie was master of all for in the ports of cities judges sat and the munition of the citie lay there Verse 9. Whyte asses This may bee exponed either of merchants or great men as after chap. 10.4 12.14 Vers 13. EPHRAIM It may be meant of Deborah for chap. 4.5 it is said she dwelt in mount Ephraim Verse 14. A dish that is to say aboundantlie for the Hebrew word signifieth a veshell cup like appointed to be vsed at great sacrifices as chap. 6.38 Butter That is to say new milk new severed from the butter Observations of grounds for vse and doctrine Obs 1. DEBORAH conceived and sung this Song by a prophetick spirit the very daye when the benefite was gotten teaching vs heereby to giue thankes to God for his benefites without delaye not lingering with Iacob to go to Bethel and performe his vowes neither beeing vnthankfull altogether as the nyne lepers were to Christ The Ethnicks sung their Paeans immediatly after victorie over their enemies Obs 2. It is God who revengeth the wrongs done to his servants for it is his office Deut. 32. which when we find we should praise him Psal 18.47 neither should wee avenge our self Pro. 25.21 Ro. 12.10 Obs 3. v. 1. All true fortitude comes of God and is his gift as the right vse of it and good event Psal 18 for our actions are not in our power Ier. 10.23 This doctrine refuteth the errour of mans free-will Obs 4. Whatsoever is writen in holy Scripture serveth not only for the age when it was written but also for the posteritie Rom. 15.4 1. Cor. 10.11 Obs 5. Kings Princes and potentates haue neede to bee exhorted to marke the judgements of God vpon their Peeres for pride so blinds their mindes that they mis-ken both God man Ps 2.10 Ps 70.12 Ps 82.6 Obs 6. Wee should remember Gods works of olde that wee may praise him trust in him and be comforted in the day of trouble Psal 77.11 Obs 7. vers 3.4 All creatures in heaven earth serve God only the Devils and mankind are rebellious Obs 8. Peace is a great benefite of God to Church common-wealth and Warre a great
Esay and is doing accordingly I will never forget this heavie hand of God vpon mee 7. Vpon such meditations the godly shall be comforted in time of sicknesse death as I now hoping yet for life and health from thee O Lord. 8 In place of peace health which I had God layd vpon me sore sicknesse and trouble of Spirit yet hee loves mee because howbeit hee hath afflicted mee sore yet hath hee not delivered mee to death Psal 118. but hath forgiven my sinnes and set mee away with peace 9. And this thou hast done that yet I might worship thee in the land of the living which bodies dead and buried cannot doe 10. But man living as I am yet shall praise thee and one generation shall deliver thy trueth vnto another 11. The Lord was readie to saue mee Therefore my song shall bee sung even this song tuned played vpon musicall instrumēts in witnesse of mee and my peoples thankfulnesse to God for this my deliverance The argument and analysis of this song HEzechiah king of Iudah beeing sicke of a desperat disease which the learned thinke to haue bene a pestilentious fever because mention is made of Byle It was Gods will that the Prophet Esay should say to him hee should die be that disease This messenger did much commoue Hezechiah partly because hee was then a younge man and had no child partly because he beeing tormented both in body and spirit seared death But chiefely because hee having long before resolved to serve God and doe good to his Church this good intention would faile Being in this estate hee prayed and weeped sore and the Lord heard and pittied him Therfore he sent againe to him the Prophet Esay with another more comportable commission then the first namely that hee should not die at this time but haue fifteene yeares added to his yeares hee had lived alreadie hee being thus comforted beganne to recognosce his thoughts in time of his sicknesse and to consider Gods great mercie toward him for the which he promised to bee thankfull all the dayes of his life These things after hee had convalesced hee put in write and makes the argument of this song The parts of the song are three The 1. is a recognoscing of his thoghts and words in tyme of his sicknesse from the 1. verse to the 6. The 2. is the consolation wherewith he comforted himselfe from the 6. verse to the 11. The 3. is the conclusion of the song verse 11. As to the 1. part hee sayeth his thoughts and words were these 1. hee thought and said hee would die of this disease verse 1. Next hee thought and said hee would haue no more tyme place or occasion to serue GOD among men living vpon the earth verse 2. Thirdly hee repeats his thoughts of death in similitude taken from sheepe-heards and weavers verse 3 4. Fourthly by the similitude of Crane swallowes doues hee expresseth his paine prayer verse 5. As for the 2. part to wit his conclusion the grounds thereof are these 1. that GOD declared to him his will by the Prophet that he should die and it was GODS hand vpon him 2. his resolution to passe the rest of his time in humilitie and repentance verse 6. Thirdly he comforts himfelf with Gods promise verse 7. Fourthly he comforteth himself with Gods mercie set downe with the motive thereof that God may bee honoured by his servants living vpon earth verse 8.9.10 The conclusion is that hee wil praise God while he liveth verse 11. Annotations vpon this Song Verse 1. I said through impatience I thought with my selfe I shall goe a description of death Rest of my yeares which by the course of nature I might have looked for Verse 2. I shall not see I shall be deprived of Gods visible presence in his Church I AH I AH This doubling showeth his great loue to God and his worship Verse 3. My habitation hee compareth the life of man to a tent and webbe Verse 4. I resolved That is I layd my compt A Lyon the like Iob David Christ felt Verse 5. Chattered being weake in body wounded in Spirit I could not vtter many words in prayer Verse 6. What shall I say to wit to my Maker see the like chap. 39.8 Iob 1.21 Heli 1. Sam. 3.18 David Psal 39 9 murmuring the contrare condemned Verse 7. These he meaneth Gods word and works Verse 8. For the grave so David Psal 6. Observations of grounds for vse and doctrine Obs 1. HEZECHIAH left behinde him this song as a monument of Gods mercie towards him so did David many Psalmes and God honoured both with place in holy Scripture which shall not bee forgot or lost so long as the world shall last I will honour those that honour mee saith the LORD 1. Sam. 2.30 Obs 2. verse 1.2.3.4 Hee complaines not for feare of death as loving this life so well that hee had no knowledge faith or hope of a better life after this but heereby he showes what paines he had in his body what agony in his souse beeing sensible of his sins and of Gods anger yet there betwo things that make men willing to die some earthly thing whervnto their heart is teathered or want of knowledge of the joyes of Heaven Obs 3. vers 5. Hee could vtter few words in prayer for griefe and paine yet God saw his teares heard his pittifull sighs and groanes This should teach vs in greatest troubles yea in the midst of the shaddow of death to hold fast our confidence in God Ps 23.4 Heb. 10.35 Obs 4. vers 6. The grounds that Hezeckiah laid for his comfort wee should vse to the lyke end see the analysis Obs 5. The LORD wounds and heales againe kils giues life therefore wee should alwayes feare serue and trust in him 1. Sam. 2.6 Obs 6. The chiefe end of mans lyfe is to know God and serue him therefore this should bee the principall cause of our desire to liue Obs 7. Death is a web of our owne spinning because by sinne wee brought it on vs yet God is said to cut out the web of our life because he begins it promoves it ends it when hee pleases This may bee the moralitie of the Poets fable of the three weirdsisters Obs 8. When God forgiueth a man his sinne hee takes away the punishment also as Hezechiah testifieth by his experience and this refuteth the doctrine of Romanists of remission of sinne and reservation of punishment where vpon they build purgatorie Obs 9.7.8 9.10.11 verse When God hath afflicted vs and delivered vs againe we should be humble thankfull penitent praying for perseverence least wee fall againe with Hezechiah Es 3.9 This song paraphrased in English meeter to the tune of the 102. Psalme Verse 1. WHen that I thought my dayes were cut I said vnto the graue I 'me put My yeares are spent no moe remaine 2. GOD in this life to see againe No longer men I say behold Heere vpon earth
shepheards watching their flocks in the night there appeared to them with the Angell a multitude of heavenly souldiers that is to say other Angels congratulating the nativitie of Christ and singing this song The parts of it are 3. The 1. concerneth God that the Angels in HEAVEN were praising him for manifesting his Sonne in the flesh The 2. concerneth mankynd vpon earth to whom peace is wished The 3. maketh mention of a greater benefite to them even GODS loving kindnesse Annotations vpon this song GOod will The Syriak exponeth a good message Peace For so it was then through all the world Men The Syriak exponeth the sonnes of man Observations for vse and doctrine IT is customable to earthly Princes to congratulate by their Ambassadors one another when children are procreated to them but the lyke of this was never heard before nor shall be heereafter That the eternall infinite everlasting GOD should send from Heaven a multitude of Angels his Ambassadours to congratulate the birth of a bairne teaching vs in what estimation GOD hath his sonne new manifested in the flesh how willing hee sent him in the world to redeeme vs. Obs 2. Outward peace is little worth where peace of conscience is away therefore to peace is well joyned Gods good will the sense whereof giveth peace inward This song paraphrased in English meeter to the tune of the 117. Psalme IN highest Heaven to GOD is glore Let men on earth yet praise him more For hee to vs his peace hath send In praising him our life to spend To men hath shew'd his great good will To laud his name should wee be still The song of Simeon Luke 2. Text. NOW LORD thou lettest goe thy servant in peace according to thy word For my eyes haue seene thy salvation Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people A light to the revelation of the Gentiles and the glorie of thy people Israell Paraphrase 1. LORD thou said I should not depart froÌ„ this life vntill I had seene Messias now I haue seene him and am readie to die with peace and joy 2. Even with the eyes of body I haue seene him who shall saue vs. 3. Even Christ Iesus vpon whom both Iews Gentiles should looke and belieue in him their saviour 4. That light that was promised to bee revealed to the Gentiles and the glorie of the Iews being flesh of their flesh and bone of their bones The argument and analysis of this song SIMEON a just and godly man living in the dayes when IESUS CHRIST was borne had a revelation from the holy Ghost that hee should not see death before with his bodilie eyes hee had seene the LORDS CHRIST And when Ioseph and Mary brought Iesus to Ierusalem to present him to the LORD and offer according to the law of purification of women Simeon beeing mooved by the Spirit of GOD came to the Temple and tooke the babe IESUS in his armes and blessed GOD and vttered the words of this song shewing therewithall what child this was and what hee should bee The parts of the song are 2. The 1. in substance a thanksgiving in forme an affirmatiue proposition containing beside the subject and attribute the circumstance of time in the word now and of manner in the words according to thy word verse 1. The 2 part is a reason of the thanksgiving or proposition because he had seene with his bodilie eyes the Messiah whom he describs calling him the Gentils light Israels glory Annotations vpon this song Vers 1. LEttest goe The Greeke word is a metaphor from ships lowsing from one place to another port the Syriak hath Now let mee goe In peace That is happilie with inward peace joy Verse 2. My eyes that is the eyes of my body for otherwayes Abraham long before Simeon saw Christ with the eye of saith Iohn 8. is that sight which the Prophets desired to see beside the sight of faith 1. Pet 1 My salvation That is IESUS the Saviour thy Son The Syriak hath thy gratious Verse 3. Before the face as a worke to looke vnto and a light to follow Glory because come of them according to the flesh Observations for vse and doctrine Obs 1. SImeon Swan-lyke for whyte haires sang this sweet song before his death As Moses did another Deut. 32. Obs 2. The dayes were verie evill wherein Simeon lived which did appearantly make him wearie of his lyfe So Elias Ieremiah and other holy men haue bene tempted with this tentation Obs 3. The metaphor froÌ„ Mariners hauing a cable cast fast where they minde not to stay and casting it lowse when they will goe home teacheth vs that the life of the godly is a voyage throgh many stormes their death a goâ—â—â— home to their Heaven their port their rest Obs 4. The houre of our death is appointed by God therefore wee should neither too much loue life not hasten or feare to die Obs 5. vers 1. The end of the godly is peace Ps 37. Es 57. but no peace to the wicked ibid. Obs 6. vers 3. Christ is set forth by the preaching of the Ghospell before all people yet some looke vpon him and offend others looke vpon him and belieue 1. Cor. 1.13 1. Pet. 2.8 7. This song in meeter to the tune of the 25. Ps 1. NOW lettest thou O LORD thy servant part in peace According to thy promise made to mee of thy good grace 2. For why my eyes haue seene my LORD and Saviour 3. Whom thou hast set before our face to looke on every houre And al 's before the face of other people all 4. For heer 's the light revealed now to Gentiles whom wee call In whom Isra'l may glore as beeing Abrahams feed And sent to them now in due time in time of their great need FINIS
Shee put her right hand and a naile In her left hand least shee should faile And through his temples causd it start Verse 26. Betwixt her feete hee bowed sore Hee fell hee sleept betwixt her feete Vntill in him was life no more And so to die for him was meete Verse 27. When his mother did then looke out To spye the fields round about Shee said my sonne stayes long in streete Verse 28. Her ladies wise did answere make And shee her selfe affirmed to Ver. 29. Now of the spoile their parts they take And so they haue now much ado So many damesels to divyde And colourd garments right well dy'de Right meete their shoulders all vnto Verse 30. O LORD let all those perish so That enemies are to thee and thine And such as loue thee moe and moe As cleare as sunne aboue to shine As cleare as sunne in his great strength So that thy Church may at the length Sing foorth thy praises with mee and myne The Song of CHANNAH 1. Samuel 2. Text. MY heart rejoyceth in IEHOVAH my horne is exalted in IEHOVAH my mouth is enlarged against my enemies for I rejoyce in thy salvation None holy like IEHOVAH for there is none but thou and no rocke like to our GOD. Multiplie not speaches highly highly let not the old come out of your mouth for IEHOVAH is a GOD of sciences and actions are not directed without him The bow of the strong is broken the weake is girded with strength They that were full of bread hath hyred themselfe and the hungrie hath ceased while the barren hath borne seven shee with many sonnes is weakned IEHOVAH kils and giues life casts downe to hell and makes to ascend IEHOVAH makes poore and rich hee causes to fall also hee exalts Hee raises the poore out of the dust hee lifts vp the beggar from the dung hill to make them sit with princes and makes them to inherit the throne of glorie for to IEHOVAH the pillars of the earth doe appertaine and he hath put vpon them the habitable world Hee will preserue the feete of his godly ones and the wicked shall bee silent in darknesse for a man shall not bee made strong by his owne strength IEHOVAH let their contentions be trampled vnder foote he shall thunder from Heaven vpon him IEHOVAH shall judge the ends of the earth and shall giue strength to his King and shall lift vp the horne of his CHRIST Paraphrase 1. OF this late and great benefite O LORD which thou hast bestowed vpon mee I haue conceaved so great joy that my heart which before was heavie now is light and my weakenesse made strong my mouth closed before is now opned against my enemies Pēinna others who reproached mee 2. In thee O LORD I rejoyce justlie who art most holy hath no companion neither is there any so able to saue 3. Speake not proudly as thou was wont to doe O my enemies for the LORD knowes all things and without him we can doe nothing 4 O Peninna thy strength is gone who insulted vpon my barrennesse and I who was weake am made strong 5. The case now is farre changed thou was full of prosperitie now thou must content thy selfe I was in great affliction when I had no child God hath now given to me one childe better nor seven more worth then all thine 6. The LORD is author of all changes can bring contrares out of contrares life out of death prosperitie out of adversitie light out of darknesse Gen. 1. 7. Povertie and riches are from the Lord low estate and honor comes frō him 8. None so poore whō God if hee will can not make rich none so vile but hee can make them honorable even companions to princes setting them in glorious thrones for the Lord hath set the pillars of the earth to it to stand vpon with the inhabitants there of which pillar is his word and power 9. All the wayes of the godly hee will direct and wicked men shall perish in darknesse for no man standeth in his owne strength 10. All who contend against GOD shall bee trode vnder foote hee shall thunder from Heaven against everie one of them the LORD shall judge the whole inhabitants of the world giving glory to his Sonne IESUS CHRIST the King of Kings The argument and analysis of this song CHANNAH the wife of Elkanah who also had another wife called Peninna beeing a long time barren which grieved her much for the Hebrew women knowing the promise of the seed of the woman to tread downe the head of the serpent Gen. 3. and that that seed should of the posteritie of Abraham their father esteemed barrennesse a great crosse And her companion Peninna having children to Elkanah insulting vpon her added affliction to the afflicted Therefore Channah prayed to God earnestly to comfort her to take away her reproach and giue her a son The Lord heard her prayer and gaue her a son whom therefore she called Samuell that is to say The strong God heard And shee beeing moved by the Spirit of GOD made and sung this song The parts of the song are 3. The 1 a proposition with the reason thereof verse 1.2 The 2. a dehortation with the reasons thereof from the 3. verse to the 9. The 3. the conclusion of the song verse 10. The proposition is of Channas joy in the LORD set foorth by the motives of her joy viz. the present benefite recaued and effect thereof her abilitie to answere Peninna and all other that vpbraided her before The reasons of the proposition are 2. the 1. taken frō the efficient joy to wit her deliverance from her griefe and reproach which shee ascribs to GOD and cals it hersalvation verse 1. The 2. reason is taken from the vnchangeable nature of GOD that hee is most holie most strong most true verse 2. The dehortation is proponed in the beginning of the 3. verse The summe of the proposition is That none specially Peninna bee any more proude or vtter loftie language which is the effect of pryde the reason of her dehortation are two The 1. is taken from Gods omniscience The 2. from his powerfull providence verse 3. The 2. reason is illustrat by the effects thereof 4.5.6.7.8 verse of which effects shee showeth the cause in the end of the 8. verse The conclusion of the song containes a pophecie of the salvation of the godly the destruction of the wicked with a reason 9. Next a petition conforme to the prophecie with a repetition more cleare of the prophecie verse 10. Annotations vpon this song AS this song begins so it cōtinues full of metaphors purposes flowing from great feeling and therefore wanting conjunctions In it also there be diverse apostrophees of al these the judicious reader may make vse Verse 1. Thy salvation so said Simeon in his song Luk. 3. for the saincts of old by temporall benefites as this was to Channa were stirred vp to thinke of the great salvation
by CHRIST which Simeon looked for and saw more clearely and nearelie then his forbeares Vers 2. None holy no rocke This most true for holinesse and power are in GOD essentially and perfyte in the creature by communication onely and in part being compared with GOD. Iob. 4.18 Verse 5. Hath ceased To wit to bee hungrie and are filled Seven that is many Ruth 4.11 Set out themself to wit for hyred servants for want of food Verse 8. The pillars See Iob. 48. v. 4. Psal 124. v. 8. Psal 112.26 and 104. verse 5. Verse 10. To his KING that is to say to CHRIST IE SUS to whom hee was to giue all power in Heaven and earth as his appointed King Psal 2. Observations of grounds for vse and doctrine Obs 1. THis song is called a prayer because it is spoken to GOD and in end hath a prayer but the purpose of it is a thanksgiving and so these well joyned according to the precept of the Apostle Phi. 4.6 Obs 2. It is easie to GOD when hee will to make a heavie heart light and joyfull a dispysed person honorable one silenced to speake boldly These things and other benefites are obtained by humiliation prayer Obs 3. verse 1. Whatsoever benefite GOD bestows vpon vs wee should not so much thinke of it or vse it as looke to GOD the giver of it and praise him not being as the swyoe who feed vpon fallen fruit but looke not vp to the tree Obs 4. We should labour to know Gods attributes by his word and workes wee should meditate therevpon that wee may loue feare trust him and obey his will alwayes Obs 5. verse 2. It is easier to tell what God is not or to deny any creature to bee like him then to tell what hee is for God beeing alwayes infinit cannot be defyned affirmatiuelie so well as negatiuelie Obs 6. Pryde is a hereditarie sicknesse in men and women yet GOD resisteth the proude and giveth grace to the humble Iam. 4.6 Obs 7. verse 3. to the 8. The providence of GOD rules all things maks all mutations among men Ps 107. Obs 8. Wee should not look vpon things and judge of them by present apperance for the earth is as a stage wee are players there vpon everie one is not that hee seemeth to bee in the play for a beggar there may represent a King a wise man a foole a wicked man a good but wee should abide patiently the catastrophe of the play staying till the morning when everie man putteth on his owne coat that is the morning of the resurrection Psal 49.14 1. Iohn 3.1 Obs 9. verse 9.10 The godly of old tooke their deliverances particular and of the Kirk in generall as types of their great salvation by Christ which they looked for 1. Pet. 1.10 This song paraphrased in English meeter to the tune of the 103. Psalme Verse 1. MY heart rejoyceth in the Lord in him my horne is hie My mouth is open wyde and large against my enemie In thy salvation I joye 2. none holy like to thee For there is none but thou O Lord a God a rocke to mee 3. Speake thou no more words arrogant as thou was wont before For God knowes all things very well and doth both lesse and more 4. The strong mans Bow is broken quyte the weake hath put on strength 5. The full beginne to begge their bread the hungrie eate at length The barren hath her seven borne the mother of sonnes is weake 6. The Lord hee kills and giveth life casts downe and vp doth take 7. Hee makes men poore and hee makes rich hee humbles and raiseth hie 8. Ev'n poore men from the dung and dust Princes equalls to bee For to the Lord the pillars of the earth doe appertaine And therevpon hath hee set fast the world and all therein 9. The feete hee will keepe of his Saints that they may never swerve The wicked shall in darknesse dwell as they do well deserve No man shall by his owne strength stand 10. O Lord stoppe all their strife The Lord will shoot his thunderbolts at him from heaven right rife The ends of earth the Lord shal judge his King hee shall make strong And hee shall his Anoynteds horne lift vp ere it bee long The Song of Hezechiah King of Iudah Esay 38. Text. I Said in the cutting of my dayes I shall goe to the ports of the grave I am deprived of the rest of my yeares I said I shall not see IAH Iah in the land of the living I shall not behold man more with the inhabitants of the world My habitation is gone and flitted from me as a sheep-heards tent I haue cut off as a weaver my lyfe he wil cut me off from the thrum from the daye to the night thou will destroy mee I resolved vnto the morning as a Lyon hee so bruised all my bones from the daye to the night thou consumes me As a crane a swallow I chettered I sighed like a dove myne eyes were lifted vp to the hight IEHOVAH I am weake give me rest What shall I saye both hee said to mee and he himself hath done it I shall goe on all my yeeres with the bitternesse of my soule Lord vpon these they shall live in all wherein the lyfe of my spirit is and thou wilt heale me and give me life Behold for peace I had bitternesse and thou hast loved my soule from the pit of rottennesse because thou hast cast all my sinnes behind thy back For the graue shal not confesse vnto thee death praise thee neither shall they hope who goe downe to the pit to thy trueth The living the living hee shall confesse vnto thee as I this day the father to the sonnes shall make knowne thy trueth IEHOVAH to saue mee Therefore my songs shall we play all the dayes of our lyfe in the House of IEHOVAH Paraphrase 1. VVHen I thought God was cutting the threed of my life by deaths knife I thought and said within my selfe I shall now die young and child-lesse 2. Then my greatest griefe was that my bodily eyes should not see God for a long time and presentlie to be deprived of the sight of him in the mirrour of his workes word and Sacraments 3. My dwelling place leaves mee and I it as a sheep-herd leaveth his tent the web of my life is cut out as the weaver cutteth out a web out of his loome for I made it short by sins God hath made it short in his justice and gives to mee no rest daye or night 4. After the nights vnrest I looked for no better in the morning but that hee cruelly wold destroy mee 5. The cranes and swallows cannot speak in their pain yet they chatter and the dove cheeps so vnder so great griefe and paine I could doe nothing but mourne sigh lift vp my eyes and heart to God 6. It is the Lord I can neither say good nor euill he hath spoken to mee by his servant