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A88385	A brief exposition upon the second Psalme. Wherein wee have that time modestly pointed at, (by the favourable direction of that significant then in the 5th v.) in which the father will in wrath to the (professing, refined) rulers of the world set his Sonne on Sion. And a description of the work the Son then performeth, both by his spirit, and his mysticall body. With usefull observations thereupon. Tending to clear up the scope of the whole Psalme. With application to our times. / By William Llanvædonon of P.H.C.	Llanvædonon, William, of P.H.C.	1655 (1655)	Wing L2619; Thomason E844_9; ESTC R210352	60,620	69

like a piece of the truest valour that ever drew sword like himselfe sends forth his Heralds commands voluntary submission or else gives the challenge le ts them know there 's no way but death perishing from the way of blessednesse 17 That it's the greatest folly and madnesse for the Rulers and Judges of the world to oppose and fight against this praying people for they are not onely against them but the Father the Son and the spirit and all the Host of Heaven are against them As Elisha said They that be with us are more then they that be against us there 's a greater and a stronger power with them than the worldly Rulers can raise against them although they could bring up Hell it selfe from the deep to serve them 18 What a sad account will those be able to give who joyne and strike hands with these perverse Rulers in this day also those who have not heart nor courage to stand up for the Son against these Rulers and their wickednesses For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his owne glory and in his fathers and of the holy Angels What shame and confusion of face will cease upon them in that day If ever there was a time wherein Christ expects his friends should stand by him and plead for him it 's now in this day spoken of in the Text wherein the Rulers take such pernicious counsell against him and those that forsake him now he will not owne before his father for we see at the latter end of the Psalme those that kisse not the Son submit not to him and come under his yoke perish from the way of blessednesse they shall receive their portion with those that shall come at the last day crying Lord Lord open unto us and Christ shall professe he knoweth them not The third and last part of our work is To consider the manner how Christ manageth his work in this day and that is with much love and pitty to the soules of men exhorting them to a timely repentance promising blessednesse to all that hearken to him Although he hath separated his Sion from the world and made it the Hill of Gods Holinesse a fit seat for himselfe yet he cannot be contented to goe with a sword in one hand to execute his fathers Decree but he must have a Pardon in the other to bestow upon all those that will submit and come in unto him Be wise now therefore O ye Kings be instructed ye Judges of the earth Serve the Lord with feare and rejoyce with trembling Kisse the Son lest he be angry and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little Blessed are all they that put their trust in him In these words we have 1 An Exhortation 2 Motives to provoke men to hearken to it In the Exhortation we have 1 The Persons exhorted and they are chiefly the Kings and Judges of the earth those very Kings that set themselves and those very Judges or Rulers that take counsell together against the Lord and his anointed But though the Exhortation be chiefly to the Kings and Judges yet not exclusive to others for we find in the last clause of the Psalme Blessednesse promised to all them that put their trust in the Son which ALL takes in more then the Kings and Rulers yea ALL men of what rank and condition soever that put their trust in him shall be blessed and it must of necessity follow the Exhortation is of as large an extent as that ALL for the Promise is brought in as a Motive to provoke to a hearty embracing of and hearkening to it 2 Here 's the matter of the Exhortation which is 1 To get a true and an exact knowledge of God and his wayes in this their day Which is held out unto us in two expressions WISEDOME and INSTRVCTION Be WISE now therefore O ye Kings O you prophane Kings that having a whores forehead and a face of brasse without shame and remorse have stood up and set your selves publickly wilfully with all your might against-me-without a cause to keep me from my rightfull inheritance and to prevent my entring my possessions the Copy-hold my father hath given me Be wise now THEREFORE wherefore why you have heard the Decree of my father the Justice and Equity of my right and Title to my Kingdome I have askt it and he hath given it me who hath right and power to give it he that made it hath given it to me And my father having set me on Sion the Hill of his Holinesse I am prepared to encounter you I will waite your leasure no longer therefore now be wise know consider what you have to doe if you resist and stand it out there 's no way but perishing and death but if you submit your selves unto and put your trust in me I will blesse you make you really happy here 's life and death set before you be wise now in your choyce that you may live and not dye Be wise with the wisedome of God wherein is life for why will ye dye You are Kings and it 's a hard lesson for you to be willing to part with your great possessions and become Beggars but learne it and you shall find wisedome it selfe in such seeming folly Whatsoever any man forsakes for my sake I will give it him againe in my Kingdome with great advantage saith Christ Be wise know and consider the great Jehovah my father and what he hath already done for me know and consider me also what I am to doe to and in the world as the will of my father in this day of his great wrath and fury Be INSTRVCTED ye Judges of the earth Ye Judges you that have set your selves above the rank and your feet on the neck of Kings that would be accounted repairers of the breaches and restorers of the paths to dwell in and yet take counsell against the Lord and his anointed to break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from you you Judges that carry it so underhand and secretly against me and mine while you seem to be for me pretending a kisse when you intend a blow under the fifth rib that you need not strike a second time Come you Judges be INSTRVCTED know the wickednesse and folly of your malicious wayes they will yield you nothing but vanity and vexation of spirit the best fruit they can present you with is torment for this Proverb shall be taken up against you The Lord hath broken the staffe of the wicked and the Scepter of the Rulers yea Tophet is ordained of old yea for the King it is prepared he hath made it deepe and large the pile thereof is fire and much wood the wrath of the Lord like a stream of brimstone doth kindle it ye Judges of the EARTH though you have set your selves in the highest forme and will

Saintlike Rulers as to a sure refuge his Counsellors and they take counsell a secret clandestin way as expert Warriours when great shot will not doe against the wall of a City or Fort then they secretly undermine it supposing to prevaile that way a secret way They will not scruple to transgresse the regular punctillio's of the Law in any case but from counsell to action presently before their counsells may be knowne These take counsell which way is best to be taken what the most wise and prudent course may be to accomplish their designe by if by any way by any means or course whatsoever they can have their will and stablish themselves though it be never so wicked and unworthy If no other way will serve they will become Saints of the highest form in shew Pauls brethren become all things to all men that they may gaine some for they take counsell and if need be keeping a suitable decorum speak and act against all those though never so excellent in their Generation that stand in the way of their designments To find out some new and neat way the steps of their Predecessors they will not exactly follow no they have seen the folly and weaknes of those But they seek after a curious piece of Art whereby they may be able to doe that which all the world before them their great grand-fathers the Heathen and their fore-fathers the prophane Kings of the earth could not doe against the Lord and his anointed They take counsell they have wisedome though from below with them for the Scripture saith Where there 's counsell there 's wisedome They are the wisest and most subtill instruments ever Satan made use of they are Counsellors such as God who is wisedome it selfe thinks it high time for him to arise and disappoint them least they prevaile against his beloved 3 THEN when the Rulers take Counsell TOGETHER when there is a Combination and Confederacy in Counsells between these refined Rulers against the Lord and his anointed when they shall combine together to make their hands strong that they may keep their Dominion maugre all the opposition the Lord and his holy ones make 4 THEN when the Rulers take counsell together AGAINST THE LORD AND HIS ANOINTED that is Christ and his followers his anointed ones with the unction of the spirit that follow him in all his out-goings against the backslidings and Apostacies of these Rulers True the Apostles and Brethren in the fourth of the Acts expound this of the father and Christ the Son that the father was this Lord and Christ the anointed of his father this they spake of the gathering together of the Heathen and Jewes against Christ when they put him to death but the father having given all power into his Sons hands hath made him both Lord and Christ as the same Apostle speaks in Acts 2.36 The father in recompence for his finishing that which he gave him to doe hath made him Lord and anointed him above his fellowes and he ascending up on high gave his gifts unto the Sons of men anointing them according to his promise with the unction of the spirit and let the Prophet David expound his owne meaning saith he in another place The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou on my right hand which Christ applies to himselfe so that David understood Christ to be Lord. Againe Touch not mine anointed and doe my Prophets no harme the anointed are his Prophets and his Prophets are his anointed and who these Prophets are we may see in the Epistle to the Corinthians they are the Members of the Church of Christ so that David Expounds his owne meaning and clearly expresses himselfe to point out Christ and his anointed in these words Now the reason why I terme them the followers of Christ in some speciall designe is because if all the Lords Prophets be anointed then much more those they have a greater measure of the anointing who follow the Lamb in his sometimes rough uncouth wayes of his providences who keep close to him when he is doing his strange work and bringing to passe his strange act in the world when he comes to take the Kingdomes of this world unto himselfe whose right it is to raigne And they are with him against these Rulers is strongly imply'd in that these Rulers are so close in consultation and so fully bent against them for we cannot conceive that these wise men would irritate any against them without a cause but on the other hand they wil foster all that will come under their wing and take protection from them and truly it 's not a small portion of this anointing will deliver them from the intanglements of these Rulers for they are Saints as to us or at least to those who have not a very narrow and quick inspection into the state of the times the fairest outside ever Satan had And without doubt many of the people of the Lord may be taken and deceived with them Some good thing they will doe or they 'le prove but foolish Counsellors they will goe as far to meet a dissenting Brother as it 's possible for them and not endanger their Dominion If Satan cannot uphold his Dragon he will be content with his Beast but if he cannot keep up his Beast in any place he will be satisfied with his Image yea rather than give out the bare number of his name shall please him So that many precious soules may be deluded for a time if they take not great heed otherwise that voyce would be needlesse Come out of her my people least ye be partakers of her sins and so of her plagues 5 THEN when they Take counsell together to BREAK THEIR BANDS ASVNDER AND TO CAST AWAY THEIR CORDS FROM THEM The contest goes high by this time it 's come to particulars Before it was but in generalls and it 's about no small or triviall businesse but who shall have the Authority and power The dispute is about the Kingdome that is clear from the whole Psalme saith God Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Sion And the Decree is wholly concerning Christs Kingdome over the world about the Authority and Legislative power Christ and his anointed say the father hath given them authority to bind Kings with chaines and Nobles with fetters of iron to bind the Rulers with his Lawes as with a cord and these Rulers take counsell together to break their bands asunder and cast their cords from them We have already given our sence what these bands are These Rulers take counsell to BREAK THEM ASVNDER surely they had need of a greater than Sampsons strength that would break the bands of God asunder but these think to doe it by slights and wiles they take counsell They would breake their bands although they be bound by the strongest Oathes and Obligations the largest Vowes and Declarations the greatest protestations and professions yet they must be broken rather than the Lord

not be numbred among the Kings of the earth but present your selves to the world as Rulers your Authority and Government to be of my fathers appointment and according to his will yet be instructed in this know this that you and your inventions are of the earth earthy though you will not be Kings of the earth yet you are Judges of the earth though the most refined yet still but earth you your wayes and inventions are not of nor from heaven but of and from the earth Be instructed ye Judges of the earth in the wisedome of God in the service worship and out-goings of God in this your day you have been cunning and wise Counsellors for your selves and in your own wayes and concernments be ye now instructed become as wise and knowing in the ways and concernments of God and his Son in this your day Be wise ye Kings and be instructed ye Judges of the earth hearken unto me or you perish from the way of life and blessednesse and goe into eternall death and misery 2. To worship the true God and him onely Serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling Here 's both service done to God and rejoycing in God and they are exhorted to mix the one with fear and to mingle trembling with the other and then they will be in the way of the Promise Isa 66.2 To this man will I looke even to him that is poore and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my word And Psal 112.1 145.191 Mal. 4.2 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord that delighteth greatly in his Commandements He will full fill the desire of them that feare him he also will heare their cry and will save them But unto you that fear my name shall the Son of righteousnesse arise with healing in his wings and ye shall goe forth and grow up as the Calves of the stall 3 To a hearty submission to the Son in this way the father hath set him giving him that honour and those dues the father hath decreed he shall have KISSE THE SON this kisse gives us to understand the most absolute subjection that is possible not that which is onely of the outward man through fear and inability to resist but that which is from the heart and the fruit of the strongest love grounded upon the best and surest Basis of the highest reason 2 The Lord gives the world severall Motives to provoke them to hearken to his advice and Counsell And they are 1 The Consideration of the Sons anger Kisse the Son least he be angry All the day long hitherto we were exhorted to repentance and submission to the Son from the consideration of his love and tender-heartednesse to sinners but now we are call'd upon with a Least he be angry The day of Gods judging this Generation and putting the Decree in execution the time for the full performance of his Promises to his chosen ones is come and now Christs heart is so full of love to his suffering ones that have been so long trampled upon by the world that he is so intense upon giving out the gifts of his father their Crowne to them that he will not tarry nor waite long but his anger will be kindled and then there followes nothing but woe perishing death And least he be angry it strongly implies that he will be angry and angry to the purpose with all those that will not readily and quickly hearken to him inflicting no lesse punishment upon them than perishing eternall death 2 The Consideration of the sad condition we shall be in if his wrath be kindled but a little and ye perish from the way When his wrath is kindled but a little Here 's a perishing woe now his wrath is kindled and kindled but a little there 's no way but death how dangerous is it to provoke the Son in this day when a little kindling of his wrath will perish our soules How strongly ought this to work upon us to move us to make hast and meet him in the way least his wrath be kindled but a little and he accuse us to the Judge not owning us before his father and our portion be to perish with the hypocrite and unbeliever And perish from the way another piece of the Motive and an aggravation of our sin if we hearken not to it While this Exhortation sounds in our eares we are in the way to happinesse the day of Salvation is not quite spent and gone the night hath not yet totally ceazed upon us but if our dull and stubborne hearts by not closing with his gratious motions kindle his wrath but a little we perish the day of salvation is cut off from us the night of judgement and wrath ceazes upon us and we are undone for eternity 3 A Promise of Blessednesse Blessed are all they that put their trust in him Here 's love indeed Come submit to me put your trust in me and I will blesse you if the consideration of my aptnesse to be angry in this day and how dangerous it is to have my wrath kindled but a little if this will not move you but you rather though unworthily and irrationally count me a hard Master yet let this prevaile with you that you shall get no lesse than blessednesse by trusting in me yea none shall goe without it but all they that trust in me shall be blessed yea and be blessed with the highest blessings with all spirituall blessings in heavenly places yea with blessednesse in the abstract BLESSED are all they that put their trust in me blessednesse it selfe the Fountaine of blessednesse shall be their Portion And now come come and be blessed made really happy if you will not hearken to this I have nothing more to say Blessed are all they that put their trust in him With these words the blessed Lamb of God closes up his mouth and goeth about his fathers work From hence we may Observe 1 That although this Decree be concerning the total Amotion of all the Kingdomes of this world and their being given to the Lord Christ yet it must be declared with abundance of love to the soules of men exhorting all to repentance and submission to the Son that they may be blessed 2 That None are exempted no not the greatest of sinners from the benefit of this Exhortation For our Lord directs his speech chiefly and in the first place to his greatest enemies the Kings and Judges of the earth that set themselves and take counsell together against him and his Be wise O ye Kings be instructed ye Judges of the earth What encouragement is here to all and the greatest of sinners to hearken unto this voyce and come under his healings and they shall be blessed 3 We may here behold The abundant riches of free grace and the immense greatnesse of the love of Christ to sinners That notwithstanding the great and unheard of aggravations of the sins of the Rulers of the world at this