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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

the voice but also with the spirite and trueth expressed this verse to the Germanes vnderstanding on this maner Man wirt von Zion sagen das aller ley leut drinnē geboren werden It shall be said of Sion all Nations shall be borne therein which we out of the Hebrue text doe thus expound Vir Vir that is euery one in whatsoeuer Nation he be borne at length yet againe hee is borne anewe in SION As Peter also in the Actes Cap. 10. sayeth Of trueth I perceiue that GOD is no 〈…〉 of Persons but in euerye 〈…〉 that feareth him and worketh Righ●●ousnesse is accepted with him vers 34. and 35. According to y e Gréeke edetion we read The mother Sion y is y e church which is the spiritual mother For within y ● ●hurch we were borne a new with w●ter and of the Spirite and in the lap of the Church as infantes are in their mothers bellie And first we are nourished with milke afterward with strong meat that is with the word of God preached vnto vs according to our capacitie vntill we all meete together in the vnity of faith and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christe as the Apostle S. Paul saith Ephes 4. Unto this spirituall byrth by or from God had Esay respect with whome in his 49. thay The Church marueiling at the multitude of her Children crieth thus Who hath begotten these Seing I am barraine and desolate a Captiue and a Wanderer to and fro and who hath 〈…〉 them And the Lord God answereth her 〈…〉 I will lift vp mine hande to the Gentiles and set vp my Standerde to the people and they shall bring thy Sonnes in their armes and they shall carrie thy Daughters vpon their shoulders ibidem vers 22. And the Apostle S. Paule in the 4. Gal speaking of the Church saith But Ierusalem which is aboue is free which is the Mother of vs all For it is written Reioice thou barraine that bearest no Children Breake forth and crie thou that traueilest not For the desolate hath many mo children then she which hath an husband Esay 54. Augustine in this place vnderstandeth by the word Homo Christ by reason of the disposing of the nature humane taken vpon him which though it haue a godlye ser●e or meaning yet is it not spoken in place Arnobius not marking the Hebrue sence Homo Homo vnderstandeth Adam begetting sonnes which may possesse the earth Christ begetting sonnes which may possesse the Heauens But these wordes make nothing for the purpose For he rehearseth before diuers nations purposing to shewe that not onelye the Iewes but also the Gentiles wheresoeuer in the world they be shal fully attain to that Citie of God and shall be borne anew in her that this second and spiritual byrth may not onely pertaine to Israell after the flesh but without respect of any person euen vnto all Nations For by the Commaundement of Christe The Gospell was to be preached vnto all Creatures Which thinge sith it bringeth regeneration all Nations are altogether to be admitted into this Citty That they might be borne anewe as Peter sayeth not of mortal seed but of immortal seed by the worde of the liuing GOD which abideth for euer 1. Peter 1. vers 23. For so our Lorde himselfe openeth openeth vnto vs all the Prophesies touching the saluation of the Gentiles in Math. 8. and Luke 13. Manye shall come from the Easte and the West from the North and the South and shall rest them with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the Kingdome of GOD. Mathew 8 verse 11 Luke 13. vers 29. Wee haue also in this place a moste strong weapon against the argumentes of the Iewes and those which embrace Iudaisme who doe wrest and arrogate the promises made vnto this Spirituall SION to them and to their earthlye IERVSALEM as if these so great cōmendations were spoken of the earthly Cittie And in our age the newe Donatistes and secte of Chiliastes most foolishlie also dreame with the Uncircumcised promising themselues earthelye thinges where the Spirite of Christe promiseth in the Prophetes with moste swéet allegories spirituall and celestiall thinges Unto which fanaticall persons also the moste delicate Table of the worde of GOD is turned into a Snare and Trappe yea into an offence and Retaliation Their eies are darkened that they sée not and their backes are alwaies made crooked that they sée nothing but earthlye thinges whereas meere Celestiall thinges are promised vnto the elect ones of GOD. For those Nations whome the Prophet and Psalmograph here reckoneth vp and affirmeth to bee borne in SION for a trueth are not borne in that earthlye SION and IERVSALEM Wherfore we doe most necessarilye vnderstande the verse to bee set downe as concerning the Spirituall SION For so the Apostles and Euangelistes as the Interpreters of the Prophetes taught by GOD haue instructed vs to vnderstand and handle the Oracles of the Prophets on that maner Christ the spirituall king a high Prieste of good thinges to come promised in the Gospell vnto a spirituall people thinges spiritual and eternall and not méere temporall good things wherfore as Augustine writing vpon the 39. Psal admonisheth vs Let no man promise himselfe that which the Gospel promiseth him not The scrip tures promise vs not in this worlde but tribulations persecutions Calamities encrease of sorrowes aboundance of temptations to these thinges let vs speciallye prepare vs least vnprepared wee vtterly fall These saith he That halfe verse The most High euen hee shall stablish the same hath in it more consolation then our slender capacity can comprehend It is a certaine special thing of those glorious ●ytles which are declared of y ● City of God For what can bee spoken more glorious and more excellent of the Church of God then that the same is not founded and estabished by humane handes strengthes or counsels but of the selfe same GOD the workmaister and preseruer of all things For euen he Iesus Christ the sonne of the highest God the power and wisedome of God the father was sent to be a Rocke foundation a Wall and couering of this holy Citie Here vpon it followeth that this Citie shall alwayes be safe from the tyranny of death and of the Diuel which hath dominion ouer Death much more then shall shee be safe from ●ickle fading and britle power of this world For seeing that God himselfe is the founder confirmer and defender thereof it cannot be destroyed nor subuerted yea the foundation of this Citie shall stand vnshaken or immoueable euen to the vtmost and for euer As it is in the 47. Psal God hath founded the same Citie his Church for euer vers 7. Therefore although it bée oppugned or assaulted of most cruell and most mighty enimies without all t●uces namely of Sinne feare of Death the Deuell the World and the Flesh yet it shall not