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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

most liuely blessednesse But the Gretians doe reade this verse thus The dwelling in thee is as it were of all them that doe reioyce The Prophet Dauid héere speaketh of a Spirituall Joy which true beleeuers onely in Christe doe possesse Concerning which S. Peter in 1. Epist Chapt. 1 saith Whom yee haue not seene and yet loue him in whom nowe though yee see him not yet do you beleeue and reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and glorious ver 8 Receiuing the end of your faith euen the saluation of your soules vers 9. True ioy cannot be but where the sorowfull person is deliuered from all euils The greatest mischiefes are to be cast away from god to remaine in sinne to suffer the tyranny of death and to bee reserued to eternall damnation For al the euils of this world being compared to these horrible and eternall euils are euen scracely shadowes of Euils But true deliuerance from vndoubted and greatest Euils may no where else be found but in SION as it is said by the Prophet Ioel. 2. Chap. Euery one which shall call vpon the name of the Lord shal shall bee saued For in Mount Sion and Ierusalem shalbe deliuerance as the Lord hath said and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call vers 32. No where else then but in the Church the true SION can there bee true ioye Wherefore the dwelling or habitation of al them which truely reioyce by reason their sins are forgiuen thē through Christ and saluation by him restored vnto them is in SION alone They that are with out Sion are in their sinnes therfore they are the bondslaues of death and the deuil When as therefore they lye in most gréeuous eternall paines enthralled what place of true ioy may be ther yea though they fully wholly possesse in the meane time euen al the pleasures of this world Marke also that he saith Of all them that reioyce is to vnderstand not onelie that the Iewes but also the Gentiles are to bee admitted to the true Joy of SION by the promise of God which thing the Scripture euery where witnesseth In y e 46. Psal The Gentiles are called by name vnto this heauenly ioye O clappe your hands together all yee people O sing vnto God with the voyce of melody Hee is the great King ouer all the earth vers 1. 2. And Paul in 15. Rom. Praise the lord all ye Gentiles and laud yee him all people together vers 11. And the Prophet Esay Chap. 11. The Gentiles shall put their trust in him according to the translation of the 70. Interpreters And this Prophet Dauid singeth in his 63. Psalm The righteous shal reioyce in the Lord put his trust in him and all they that are true of heart shalbe glad vers 10. Beholde he saith not the lewe onely shall reioyce in the Lord but the iust is no man iust then but the Iew Aske of Paul who in Rom. 3. teacheth That the Iew is not iustified by the workes of the Lawe but by faith in Christ the righteous and onely iustifier And by and by hee after that saieth Is hee the God of the Iewes onely Is hee not also the God of the Gentiles verses 29 30. Yes of the Gentiles is he also God which iustifieth Circumcision by faith and vncircumfition through faith And in the 9. Rom. ver 30. he saith What shal wee say then That the Gentiles which followed not righteousnes haue attained vnto righteousnes euen the righteousnes which is of faith Heere the Scripture openly teacheth so farre as vnto iustification pertaineth that there is no difference betweene the Iew and the Gentile all haue sinned and haue neede of the glory of God but by the alone grace of Christ they are iustified And as S. Peter in Acts 15. confesseth god so much as to iustification belongeth made no difference betweene the Iewes and the Gentiles vers 9. If hee made no difference betwéene them if he also iustifie the Gentiles by faith in Christ euen then againe shall the Gentiles be founde iust by Christ If they be iust then also do they reioyce in the Lorde they reioyce in SION They haue aswel their dwelling place as the Iewes the flesh of Abraham haue in SION out of which citie no man is excluded but by that incredulitie which with the vnfaithfull Iewes he reiecteth because they embraced not Iesus Christ the king of SION Whome the Father himselfe as Dauid saith appointed ruler ouer Syon his holy hill And placed him as the head of the Gentiles Therefore the dwelling place of all which truely reioyce that is to say of Christians is in SION namely the Church of Christe concerning which ioy of y ● Christians the Prophet Esay thus Prophecyeth in the 51. Chapiter Ioye and gladnesse shal be founde in SION thanksgiuing the voice of praise ver 3. And the redeemed of the Lorde shall returne and come with ioy vnto Sion and ●uerlasting ioy shall be vpon their heades they shall obtaine ioy and gladnesse and sorrow and mourning shal flee away ver 11. I euen I am he that comfort you Who art thou that thou shouldest feare a mortall man and the son of man which shall be as withered grasse ver 12. Which true and perfite ioy neuer to bee taken away from vs. Ioh. 16. Christ our Lord God who be blessed for euer vouchsafe to giue vs heereby true faith in him and in the world to come by the cleare and manifest beholding of him Amen They that impugne our Catholique faith which we haue confessed sixe yéeres agone in a very great assembly before y ● Emperour States of the Romane Empyre at Augusta will haue themselues accounted onely Catholique doe tye the Church to the Seuenhilled Babilon and so describe her that she may be seene and p●rceiued with our very eyes as if indeede shée were a worldly Monarchy wherein a visible heade and Uicar generall might beare rule They I say with their finger point at that Spirituall SION But the Scripture both heere in this place and elsewhere often ynough teacheth that the Head the builder and King of that Sion is Spiritual and the City Spirituall not earthly also the Citizens of that glorious Citie to bée newe creatures in Christ reioysing singing and leaping for ioy not openly ryding on stately stéedes in kings Pallaces al prodigalitie of this world but in the Spirit for being saued through hope as S. Peter saith with inward ioy they looke for that blessed hope and appearance of the glorie of the great God and our Sauiour Iesus Christ in the day of our ful redemption But in the meane time they wéepe lament in this world Contrariwise the world reioyceth and is glad And as Christ saith in the worlde they Finde affliction but in themselues peace through Christ the ouercommer of the worlde For if a man beholde the Church according to her outward shewe shée shall not beséeme

reckon them vp name by name as his peculiar people as his inheritance purchased with the precious blood of Christ The Lord saith he in writing the people born a new in Sion shal reckon them vp among the Catalogue of his saints or Children Out of this book of life shal he number or name them saying There was he borne namely in Sion This is the Citizen prescribed predestinate vnto y e number of y e heauēly citizens him do I know acknowledge as a Citizen of my Citie Luther translateth it thus Der herr writ predigen laslen in allerley sprachen das cleretlich auch claselb gebcren werden which may thus be englished The Lord wil let preach in all manner of spéeches that some shalbe borne there That was begunne by the Apostles in the day of Pentecost when being inspirtd by the power of the holy Ghost from aboue they published forth y e great works of God in diuers languages the same thing comes to passe at this day and shal be accomplished in the world euen to the fulnesse of the Messias his kingdome O holy and most louely Register For they that shalbe on this manner enrolled by God in the Catalogue of his Sainctes who are partakers of the Sacrament of regeneration in SION and are made alredie Citizens ought not to doubt of Gods grace towards them and of their saluation For the giftes and callings of God are such and in such manner That he can neuer repent him of them Rom. 11 If thou beleeuest in Christ thou findest thy selfe in the booke of life Thou art a Citizen of y e heauēly IERVSALEM thou art borne of God Concerning such Christ saith Luke 10. Reioyce that your names are written in the heauens Them doth hee acknowledge and reckon as his household For although there is nothing vnknowne to God but al things are euident before the eyes of God yet he is said in the scriptures to know those persons whom be loueth as his Sonnes which do the wil of their Father and shal dwel in the house of their father for euer 1. Ioh. 2. So. S. Paul 2. Tim 2. saith The foundation of God remaineth sure and hath this Seale the Lord knoweth who are his And in Iohn 10. Christ calleth his sheepe by their names and bringeth them foorth vnto the Pastures of life But as touching the vngodly he saith I neuer knewe you Math 7. And in the end of this verse the worde Sela is added To the intent that not so much the word it selfe as the cogitations and meditation of so blessed a writing mysterie of our Regeneration might bee vnderstood Least so great matters should be negligently as it were ouerlooked For if we bée wise wee will alwayes consider most earnestly the grace or benefite of our Baptisme That we are baptized vnto the redéeming death of Christ Iesus whereas all our sins and euen death the reward of sins are vtterly swallowed vp We ought neuer to forget that in SION wée are well borne who were first euill borne in the Babilon of this worlde Namely the children of wrath enimies of God accursed and the bondslaues of sathan And will you heare that excellent Citizen of this blessed SION Paul how much he esteemeth this his allotted happinesse howe worthily hee estéemeth the most ample gift of our regeneratiō● 3. Tit. But saith he when the bountifulnes and loue of God our Sauiour towards man appeared not by the works of righteousnes which we had done but according to his mercy he saued vs by the washing of the new birth the renewing of the holy Ghost Which he shedde on vs aboundantly through Iesus Christ our sauiour That wee being iustified by his grace should be made heires according to the hope of eternal life This is a true saying And S. Peter 1. Pet. 3 saith To the which also the figure that now saueth vs euen Baptisme agreeth not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but in that a good conscience maketh request to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christ Which is at the right hand of God gone into heauen and swallowing vp death that we might be made heires of eternal life Therefore our dulnesse is to be abborred who for so great a grace of the fountaine of regeneration wherein wee haue put vppon vs Christ God hauing nowe elected vs for his children borne a new vnto the life celestiall in the number of his Citizens do not continually render him thanks And finally who doe not endeuour our selues that being clensed by the bloode of Christ from our sinnes we might liue soberlie iustly and godly in this present world Glory be to God our most merciful father for the exceeding riches of his longanimity whereby he inuiteth vs vnto repentāce and a life worthy of baptisme continually beareth with sinners The same God perform in vs so as with worthy thanksgiuing wee may alwayes remember That we are born there in Sion That is in the Catholike Church by the spirite that there by faith we may fully continue in the same City wherein both Prophets al righteous soules euē before the incarnation of the Sonne of God are regenerate or borne a newe by the Circumsition of the heart which Consisteth in the Spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of God Rom. 2. vers 29. Verse 7 The Singers also Trompeters shal he rehearse All my fresh springs shall bee in thee HEre again the Translations varrie The Hebrew text hath Kehillim which some doe translate as it were for shalmes others like as they which dance for ioy H●lal in dad signifieth to leade the Dance to reioyce And where the Hebrewe hath Migniny my fountaines or welsprings y ● Greeke word signifieth an habitation although this varietie doeth nothing impugne the Catholike veri●y for both of them are taught as true Yet it is very good to descerne the meaning of the Prophet in the sacred phrase for where as the Greeke translation which is read in the Church at this day is not the pure or sincere translation of the 70. Interpreters but is varying and corrupt we do well by y ● counsell of S. Ierome if in the reading of the Law and the Prophets wee shall returne vnto the Original That is vnto the Hebrew language The meaning then of the Prophet Dauid in this verse according to the Hebrew phrase is And the singers are there vnderstande in that SION whereas people of all Nations are borne a new and not the Iewes only But what sing they Undoubtedly these glorious most magnificent workes of God which he as the most high founder and preseruer of the Church worketh in the Church to the saluation of the Church And seeing that those thinges which God promiseth and performeth in Christ to and for his church are such and in such manner that they exceede al humane perseuerance and vnderstanding of