anointing and doctrine 1. Io. 2. Ghimel the reward and blessing of life as Ps. 3. proper to the congregation and the people of the house of God as showers to Sion or anointing to the Priests an everlasting spring and all the good that can descend Wher two or three are gathered together c. Mat. 18. Mark the repetition all things resembling unity and propriâ—ty pleasant pretious beard runn down c. Deuteronomy The confession heer is the life of the word the blessing of it to them that concurr in observing is as the congregation the wonderfull refreshing they have by that ordinance and favour of God by destilling of doctrine upon the assembly as ointment on the beard c. PSALM CXXXIV AT the end of every work the Creator is to bee blessed and the Creation sanctifyed so now to end thes 15. Songs of return or asscension the last two beeing of the Ministry and holy service of God and of the fraternity and holy assembly in spirituall houses of holynes to wit of the Church and congregation Psal. 92.90 of the place and frequentation the high place and degree of Godlynes and the comunion and unanimity of the Saintes and wheras hee hath figureed the place to bee Sion and the company Israel to whom all the service appertained and what Godlynes ther is in them Now for higheth of sanctification that the Temple of God may bee throughly cleane and that they may grow up to a full holynes hee maketh the time the Sabbath hous-hold exercise The whole law of God is a tree of abstinence as taste not touch not doo not handle not to bridle the will that bee it a thing that makes never so faire a shew for any kinde of respect it must bee refreined and aâ—oyded and so work by the Ministry and a perpetuall thanks giveing by the Minâ—sters never ceasing Sabbath day to be useed so that the refreining from pleasure and coveteousnes fullfilleth all Psal. 119. H for hee that liveth in pleasure is sayd to bee dead while hee liveth and to bee a sleep in it and drunk therwith and apt to all temptation Except God bee in a man the body is dead the greatest holynes in the world is to retire one self and walk with God to forbear and the greaâ—est government in a man is to bridle himself And therfor hee willeth the servants of God that keep holy and rest that keep hous with him and dwell in the Lords hous by night and abstein from labour and fowling their handes upon any work to lift up their hands of so high holynes and sanctification and bless this everlasting righteousnes of God For bestowing the same blessing upon them even everlasting life And that as God in six dayes made heaven and earth c. rested the seventh and blessed sanctifyed it so for keeping the same they may receive from him likewise the blessing of sanctification throughout Construction Quoph to compass about his servants that lodge in hous with him and remain allwayes about him Ps. 76. his moste worthy Ministers to doo their function of thanks perpetuall for Gods blessing from Sion his mighty reformation by Lamed lerning and Daleth a door for the opening of the word by doctrine Mark the wordes bless and Eternall servant stand c. how oft the one implyeth the other Hee workes upon the double sens of Berek to bless to which heer is prayed a blessing and also to give it See the only doubling of that termn the Eternall And this is for a dore as knocking and opening c. Deuteronomy This blessing intendeth confession of the goodnes and grace of God and comfort which they receive from the place which God hath chosen Deut. 12. from Sion the blessed word of creation out of rudenes Wherin is life c. Ioh. 1. PSALM CXXXV WHat was hard to suffer is now sweet to remember Great is his goodnes that bringeth peace and redemption and sweet and pleasant is his name that hath made chois of the Church and hath pleasure in them and giveth them their inheritance and defendeth and comforteth them and a good and sweet hearing it is that hee hath brought them out of slaveâ—y into the Elysian feeldâ—s of salvation and saveed them this by a transscendent power meteoricall and miraculous by an invisible safety setting his hand upon their Enimyes face as Psal. 138. beclouding the Scriptures with an earthly sense and makeing from thence lightning of Sermons for rain of doctrine from one end of the world to the other as was the glittering of that comming of the sonn of Man in power and great glory and to bring out the deep hid sens out of his treasure to smite all the Kinges of the earth and astonish them that ther is no such God among the heathen of all their pretious Idoles which they follow as Ps. 16. and that hee knoweth and confesseth that hee which they serv is the greatest above Gods and Kings and Lords Ps. 95. and to bee preferred only and meet to bee chosen before all other gods Therfor because his doctrine is the tillage and manureance of all the earth wee must sue unto the Word the creator of our understanding which seeth in secret and bringeth foorth an opâ—n reward no man knowing the father but the sonn and hee to whom the sonn wil reveale him And therfor hee wisheth that all men would prais his name especially his hous hold servantes remaining in his courts for his goodnes and chaunt out for the pleasantnes of his name as Ps. 92. and that Israel the Church and Ministry and all the Professors of of Godlynes and all Ierusalem may thank him therfor from Sion Constructium Quoph to compass for the servants of God that are allwayes about him dwelling in his hous 38000. 1. Cron. 23. Lamed lerned or doctrine this is the name of God Iah or Iehovah the Eternall as one is for the other in hallelujah And according to the letters of the one the other is repeated just fifteen times for Iah the terme Iehovah fifteen And after the fifteen Psalmes of degrees Hezek-jah shall see Jah Iah in the land of the living that is fifteen yeers alive Is. 38. The letter He behold that is the presence of God the cloudes and lightnings and windes present him his strokes upon his Enimyes his signes and deliverance all markable Qualah which conteine all the letters is to be light and vile in repute by which hee magnifyeth the power of God and vilifyeth the idoles that have no aspiration or sound in their throat like Iah Psal. 149. nor smiteing like Iod a hand Mark the repetition Deuteronomy The confession is continuall praising and blessing of God and his name by the Ministry and whole Church of God So sweet and pleasant for the benefit PSALM CXXXVI HEe sheweth that all was don in the Creation by intellectuall power and that that highe Godhead and soveraigne Lordship only did with his
out his handy worke Day vpon day and night vpon night it vttereth speech and manifesteth knowledge and in all languages their tonge is vnderstood For their Rulles goe over all the erth and their wordes are heard in the farthest part of the worlde In them hath hee made a dwelling for the SVNN that riseth like a Bridegroome coming out of his Bride Chamber cheerfull like a strong man to runn a race The end of all the Hevens is his going out and his compasse towards the endes thereof that nothing can be hid from the heat thereof The LAW of the ETERNALL is most perfect and converteth the minde his Testimony is faithfull to advise the simple The Statutes of the ETERNALL are plain and cheere the hart The Commandement of the ETERNALL is pure and lighteneth the eyes the feare of the ETERNALL continueth euer cleare the Iudgements of the ETERNALL are true and Iust. They are better to mee then gold yea then much fine gold and sweeter then honny and the dropping of the honny combes Yea by them is thy Servant warned and for keeping of them I haue good reward There is no man that vnderstandeth all his owne faultes wherefoâ—e clense mee from my hidden ones and restrain thy Servant from proud presumptions that they doe not overcome mee That I may be perfect and cleere of much transgression and all my wordes and thoughts be in acceptation before thee ô ETERNALL my Creator and Redeemer XX. For the Cheeff A Psalme of David THE ETERNALL heare thee in thy destresse the CALLING vpon the God of Iacob fortifie thee and send the help from his Holy place and support from Sion and thinke vpon thy meat offerings and fatten thy burnt offerings surely and giue the thy hartes desire and fullfill thy minde That wee may sing out vpon thy salvation and in the NAME of our God put vp our coulours Now I know the Eternall saveeth his anointed by the vertuous salvation of his right hand and heareth him from the heavens of his Sanctuary Som set their mindes on chariots and som on horses but wee make allwayes mention of the NAME of our God the Eternall They haue crouched and are fallen but wee stand vp and are yet remaining The ETERNALL save the King and heare vs when wee call XXI For the Cheeff A Psalme of David O ETERNALL let the King reioyce in thy STRENGTH and be very glad for thy Salvation Thou hast given him what his heart could wish and denyed him nothing that his lips requested Surely Thou hast set before him many blessings and hast put a crowne of fine gold vpon his head and thou hast giuen him the life hee asked of thee long dayes everlasting and perpetuall Great is his glory by thy Salvation worship and honour thou hast layd vpon him because thou puttest vpon him blessings perpetually and makest him cheerfull before thee and seing the King trusteth in the ETERNALL by the Grace of the moste High hee shall not bee mooved Let thy hand finde out all thine Enimies and thy right hand them that hate thee Sett them as a firy oven at the time of thy presence that the ETERNALL in his anger may devour them and his fire consume them Destroy their fruit and let their seed fade away from among men for intending euill against thee and imagining mischeâ—ff beyond their might Set them as a butt and vpon thy string make ready against their facees Be thou exalted ô ETERNALL in thy STRENGTH that wee may sing out thy power and chaunt thy worthynes XXII For the Cheeff vpon Ajeleth Hashahar A Psalme of David MY God my mighty God why hast thou left mee and art farre from my Salvation considering my roaring My God I cry all day and thou answerest not and all night and haue no attendance and thou the Holy one that inhabitest all the PRAYSES of Israel In thee our Fathers trusted and thou reskuedst them to thee they cryed and were delivered in thee they trusted and were never abashed But I am as a worm and not a man the skorn of men and the basest of all the people every one that seeth mee mocketh mee and they lett passe with their lips wagging their heads Hee trusted in the ETERNALL let him reskew him let him deliver him because hee hath delight in him Because thou wast my creeping out of the belly and my trust vpon my mothers brest vpon thee was I cast from the bearing and thou hast been my MIGHTY God from my Mothers womb ô bee not thou farre from mee when my destresse is at hand and there is none to help mee Many mighty bulles of Bashan inviron mee about they com with open mouthes vpon mee like roaring and preying Lions My bones are fallen out of ioint my hart is like molten wax in the midle of my bowells and I am powered out like water my virtue is as dry as a sheard and my tong steeks to my iawes and thou puttest mee even in the dead dust For a company of malitious doggs are come about mee and like Lions teare mee hand and foot They stand looking on mee while I tell all my bones they divide my clothes among them and cast lotts for my garments but thou ô ETERNALL be not farre from mee make haste to help mee ô my MIGHTY-ONE Deliver my life from the sword and my solitary soul from the doggs save mee from the Lions denn and from the Vnicorns hornes receive mee I may declare thy Name to my Bretheren and in the midle of the congregation praise thee All yee that feare the ETERNALL praise yee him yee that are of Iacobs SEED glorifie him and all yee the SEED of Israel stand in aw of him For he doth not despise nor disdain the MISERY of the afflicted nor hideeth his face from him but heareth him when hee cryeth vnto him From thee shall bee my Praise in the great Congregation and I will pay my vows before them that feare him that the lowly ones may eat their fill they that seek him praise the ETERNALL that your harts may be refreshed perpetually Let all the endes of the erth haue minde to com to the ETERNALL and all families of the Hethen worship before thee For all KINGDOM is the ETERNALLS hee rulleth the Nations Let all the ashes of the erth worship and eat and all that are going to dust and they whose liues haue no
refreshing let them bowe before him The SEED that serveth him shall bee reconed the Generation of the LORD which shall com and tell of his RIGHTEOVSNES and shew to a people vnborn what hee hath don XXIII A Psalme of David THE ETERNALL is my sheaperd I shall not want he will fold me vpon the greene gresse and leade me by the quyet waters Hee will convert my minde and guyde mee in the tracks of RIGHTEOVSNES for his Names sake Yea when I goe in the dim dusky valley I feare no ill because thou art with me and thy very rodd thy leaning staff thy comfort me Hard by my tormenters thou furnishest a table before me Thou anointest my head with oyle and fillest my Cupp brim full for goodnes and KINDENES have followed mee all dayes of my life and I will contynwe in the House of the ETERNALL to my lives end XXIV A Psalme of David THE earth is the ETERNALLS and all the implements thereof the World and all that dwell therein are his for the founded it vpon the Sea and set it sure vpon the Ryvers who may come vp vnto his Hill or stand in his Holy place only Innocent hands and pure hearts and such as doe not sett their mindes vpon vanitie nor sweare deceitfuâ—ly Such a on shall come and receive the blessing of RIGHTEOVSNES from the ETERNALL the God of their Salvation this is the Generation that looketh after him Iacob is hee that seeketh thy face surely Therefore open your cheeff gates set vp your mighty doores that the KING of GLORY may com in Who is the KING of GLORY even the ETERNALL that is strong and valiant the ETERNALL the valiant warrier open your cheeff gates set vp your everlasting doores that the KING of GLORY may com in Who is this that is KING of GLORY even the warlik ETER he is KING of GLORY surely XXV Of David O My God ETERNALL vpon thee doe I set my minde and in thee doe I trust let mee not be abashed and mine Enimies vaunt over mee nor let any that wait on thee bee abashed but let them be abashed that revolt without cause Wise mee thy wayes ô ETERNALL and teach mee thy pathes train mee and instruct mee in thy truth for thou art the GOD of my salvation and I waite all wayes on thee Remember thy wonted Mercies and loving-kindenesses which have ever been remember not my youthfull sinnes and transgressions but remember mee according to thy LOVING-KINDENES for thy Goodnes sake ô ETERNALL The ETERNALL is very vpright and will teach Sinners the way hee will direct the Humble right and make the Meek ones perfect in his way All the WAYES of the ETERNALL are true LOVING KINDNES FAITHFVLNES for them that keep his Covenant and Testimonies therefore ô ETER for thy NAMES sake pardon mine Iniquity that is so great who so feareth the Eter him will hee teach what way to chuse that his minde may rest well at ease his seed inherit the land the Etern will tell his minde to them that feare him for his covenant is to teach them Mine eyes are allwayes towards the ETERNALL that hee would take my feet out of the Net ô look vpon mee and haue Pitty on mee for I am very miserable and desolat bring mee out of my Destresses and Torments of my minde which they have enlarged Behold my Misery and Greeff and forgive mee all my sinnes see how many mine Enimies are what cruell hatred they haue to mee ô keep my life and deliver mee let mee not be abashed because I rely on thee let SOVNDNES VPRIGHTENES preserve mee because I wait ernestly on thee ô God deliver Israel from all his destresses XXVI Of David IVDGE mee ô ETERNALL for I walk in mine INTEGRITY and trust in the ETERNALL that I reel not Examine mee ô ETERNALL and proove mee try my very reines and my hart for thy Louing Kindenes is before mee and I walke in thy TRVTH I cannot abide vain men and com not with dissembling Hypocrites I hate the Assembly of Naughty persons I sit not with the Wicked but wash cleane my handes and am present about thine Altar ô ETERNALL with a thankfull voice to ring out and declare thy wondrous worke ô ETERNALL I love thy House of Habitation and Dwelling place of thy Glory Reckon not my person among the Sinners nor count thou my life among the liues of Bloody-men in whose hands is Fornication and whos right-hands are full of whoorish rewards And I that walke in mine INTEGRITY haue pitty on mee and redeem mee that my feet may stand in plaine ground and I may blesse the ETERNALL in the Synagogues XXVII Of David THE ETERNALL is my LIGHT and my salvation I feare no body the ETERNALL is the Stay of my life who should frighten mee when naughty men came against mee to devour mee and my sore Enimies to eat mee vp they stumbled and fell If a camp of men pitch against mee my HART shall not faint if ware rise against mee yet will I trust Only ONE THING I ask of the ETERNALL which I hartily desire That I might bide all my life in the House of the ETERNALL to behold the sweet delights of the ETERNALL and contemplate in his Temple That hee will keepe mee close in his Tabernacle in the euill time and hide mee safe in his Tent and in the Rock take mee vp and now advaunce mee over all mine Enimyes that are round about mee that I may sacrifice sacrifices of Triumph in his Tabernacle and sing PRAYSE the ETERNALL Heare ô ETERNALL my CRY I make vnto thee and consider mee and pitty mee Thine ô ETERN my Minde sayth Seek yee my face thy face ô ETERN wil I seek hide not thy face from mee turn not away thy Servant nor be angry with mee for thou art mine only help thou art the GOD of my Salvation doe not leave mee nor forsake mee And though my Father and Mother forsake mee let the ETERN take mee vp Teach mee thy WAYES ô ETERN and lead mee a right course because of mine Extortors let mee not be in the will of mine Oppressors when false witnesses rise against mee and
I like the neernes of GOD and put my whole Relye in my LORD the ETERNALL that I may declare all thy messages LXXIV A Mascil of ASAPH WHY drawest thou back still O GOD that thine angry countenaÌ„ce smokes against the sheep of thy Pasture remember thine Assembly which thou purchasedst long agoe and the shaft of thine Inheritance which thou redeemedst this Hill of Sion wher thou dwellest ô deliver thy foot-steps at perpetuall DESOLATIONS The Enimye spoyleth all in the Sanctuary thy Besiegers roar in the midle of thy Synagogue and make their monstrous Signes it was known at the bringing to perfection the Axes wear in the thick woodes and now the grauen vvork and all they knock dovvn vvith bietles and Hammers they cast thy Sanctuary into the fire they break dovvn the Tabernacle of thy Name to the ground They say in their mindes and their Ofspring also Burn all the Synagogues of GOD in the Land Wee see not our Signes we haue no more Prophetes ther is none with vs can tell how long How long ô GOD shall the Besiege-er reuile shall the Enimy blaspheme thy Name for ever why returnest thou thy hand eveÌ„ thy right hand to bee noe more out of thy bosom and GOD my King of old the worker of SALVATION in the midle of the Erth Thou diuide-edst the Sea by thy strength thou brake-est the heades of the great Dragons by the vvaters thou crushedst the heads of the Leuiathan in peeces gauest him to the Ilanders to eat thou didst cleaue vp the flovving springes and dryedst vp mighty riuers The day and night are thine thou ordeinedst the light of the Sunn thou Settest all the boundes of the Erth yea Sommer and VVinter them thou formedst Remember this ô ETERNALL the Enimy reproche-eth and the vile people blaspheme thy Name giue not the life of thy Turtle Dove to the Beasts and forget not thy gentle Congregation for euer Look to thy COVENANT how the rude-ignorant people of the world fill their houses with Injury let not the contrite the poor and wreched ones that Praise thy Name goe away with reproche Vp O GOD mainteine thy quarell remember thy Reproche from the vile ones dayly Forget not the voice of thy Besiegers and the Pride of thine Insurrectors which continually increaseth LXXV For the Cheeff Al tashcheth A Psalm A Song of ASAPH WEE THANK thee O God vvee THANK thee that thy Name is nighe and that they declare thy vvonderfull vvorkes That I haue opportunity that I JVDGE vprighte I measure the molten Pillars of the Erth and all her Inhabitants Surely I SAY to the Vaine glorious fooles Boast you not and to the Wicked Hold not vp your hornes hold not vp your hornes a highe and speak not vvith a stiffneck for neither from East nor VVest nor VVildernes is Aduancement but GOD is hee that Iudge-eth hee humbleth and hee aduaunceeth For the Cup is in the hand of the ETERNALL and a vessell of Seething vvine full of Liquor and hee dravveth out of it but all the VVicked of the erth shall vvring out and drink vp the dregs thereof And I vvill tell sing Psalms vnto the GOD of Iacob That I may cut off the Hornes of the Wicked and that the Hornes of the Iust may bee exalted LXXVI For the Cheeff in Song Musicque A Psalm of ASAPH GODS Name is greatly known in Iudah Israel haveing his dwelling Tabernacle in Shalem and Sion wher hee brake the flightes and shieldes and swordes of battaile surely Thou appeerest greater then the devouring MOVNTAINES The Stoute harted wear bereft and slept their sleep the valiant men found not their hands At the Rebuke O GOD of Iacob both Chariot Horses were in a swefen Thou art very terrible and who can stand before thee when thou art angry When GOD arose to Iudgement to save the Lowely ones of the Erth Thou vtteredst thy Sentence from Heaven and the Erth feared and was at quiet Surely Seeing the Chafe of men doth make thee famous gird on the rest of thy Chafeings Pay you your Vowes to the ETERNALL your GOD all yee that bee about him and waft giftes to your Dred that crops the spirit of PRINCE-ES and is terâ—ible to the KINGS of the Erth. LXXVII For the Cheeff over Ieduthum A Psalm of ASAPH I Cryed with my voyce to GOD vnto GOD I cryed with my Voyce that hee would hearken to mee in the day of my destresse I sought the LORD my hand was streched out by night and is not weery and my soul refuseed comfort I remembred GOD and cryed out that my spirit fainted surely Thou holdest myne Eye-waches and I was strooken that I spake not I thought vpon the dayes of old and the yeeres of many worldes I remember my LEDEN in the night which I vttered with my hart and my Spirit invented Will the LORD ever bee averse and never bee pleased more Js his Loueing Kindenes ceased for euer and his Promiss at an end for all Generations hath GOD forgotten to be gratious or hath hee stopped vp his mercyes vvith anger Surely And I sayed that which I will sing is the YEERS of the RIGHTE HAND of the Most Highe I vvill remember the Excellent VVORKES of the ETERNALL remembring thy Miracles of old and meditat vpon all thy VVORKS and SPEAK of thy most Excellent ACTS O GOD thy vvay is in thy Sanctuary vvhat MIGHT is so great as GOD Thou art the Mighty one that hast don vvonderfull thinges and manifested thy Povver among the Nations vvith thine Arme thou ransomedst thy People The Children of Iacob and Ioseph surely Assoone as the vvaters savv thee O GOD vvhen they Savv thee they Trembled yea the Deepes wear stirred The cloudes showred down waters the Skyes gaue a Clap yea thine Arrowes went every way thy Thunder claps wer in the round Orbs thy Lighting 's Lightned the whole World the Erth stirred and quaked Thy way beeing in the Sea and thy Pathes in the Great Waters and thy footsteps vnknown thou leddest thy People like Sheep by the hands of Moses and Aaron LXXVIII A Mascil of ASAPH HEAR ô my People my DOCTRINE and hearken to the WORDES of my mouth I will open my mouth in PARABLES and vtter ancient ridles
like a thought The Dayes of our yeers ther are in them seventy yeers and if by surmounting eighty yeers their advantage is but pain and greeff for it is soon cut off and fled away and who knowes the fearfullnes of thy wrath what it is Make vs so know how to Nomber our dayes that wee may bring our Hartes vnto wisdom Return O ETERN quickly and bee comfortable to thy Servantes satisfy vs betime with thy LOV KINDENES that wee may chaunt out meryly all our dayes Cheer vs according to the dayes thou hast afflicted vs and the yeers that vvee haue seen euill that thy VVORKE may Appeere vnto thy Seruants and thy MAGNIFICENCE bee seen by their Children And that the PLEASANTNES of the ETERNALL our GOD may bee vpon vs Confirme thou vpon vs the worke of our handes yea confirm the very work of our handes XCI HEE which dwelleth in the covert of the moste HIGH and lodgeth in the shadow of the ALL SVFFICIENT J SAY vpon the ETERNALL my RELYE and FORTRESSE and in my GOD vvill J trust For hee will deliuer thee from the snare and miserable Plague of the fowler Hee will cover thee with his fethers and thou shalt hive vnder his Wings the Shield and Buckler of his TRVTH thou shalt not bee afrayed of the Plague of FEARE that walketh in the night nor of the stinging SHOTT that flyeth and slayeth at the Noon-day At thy side and at thy Rightehand shall fall a thousand and ten thousand and it shall not come at thee but with thine eyes thou shalt beehold and see the payment of rhe wicked Because thou O ETERNALL art my RELY and thou hast made the MOST HIGH thy HABITATION noe Evill shall happen vnto thee nor any Scourge come within thy TABERNACLE For hee will giue his Angels CHARGE over thee to KEEP thee in all thy Wayes That they take thee vp in their handes lest thou hit thy foot vpon a stone Thou shalt trample vpon the fierce Lion and tred vpon the venimous Dragon Because hee hath imbrased mee knoweth my NAME I will releeve him rescue him if hee call mee in Distresse I will hear him I will release him gloryfy him I will suffice him with length of dayes and make him see my SALVATION XCII A Psalm Song for the Sabath-day IT is a GOOD thing to worship the ETERNALL and to chaunt out thy moste Soveraigne NAME to tell of thy LOVEING KINDENES in the morning thy FAYTHFVLLNES in the night season vpon the ten-stringed Violl and vpon the Musicque on the Harp Because thou hast made mee glad by thy WORKES of thy HAND DEEDS will I SOVND out O ETERNALL How great are thy DEEDES O ETERNALL thy JNVENTIONS are exceeding deep The Bruteish man knoweth not and the froward sot vnderstandeth not THJS VVhen the VVICKED spring like a greene herb and the vvorkers of Greeff doe florish that they shall bee rooted out euen for euerlasting and thou suruiuest for euer O ETERNALL for behold thine Enimyes O ETERN for behold thine Enimyes shall perish and all the vvorkers of Greeff bee disseuered And thou holdest vp my Horne like an Vnicorn and vvith fresh oyle J am all perfused Mine eares shall heare vvhen naughty men arise against mee mine eyes shall look vpon my Tormentors The Just man shall be green like a Palme tree grovv like a Cedar in Libanon They shall spring planted in the house Courts of the ETER our GOD vvhile they are propagated in gray old age they shall bee still fatt and fresh to Declare the Vprightnes of the ETER my ROCK and that ther is noe VVRONG in him XCIII THE ETERNALL RAIGNETH indued with MAIESTY the ETERNALL is indued with MAJESTY and girt with STRENGTH yea the whole world is firmly established and not to bee mooved Thy THRONE is firm ever since thou hast been from Everlasting The Rivers lift vp ô ETERNALL the Rivers lift vp their voice on highe they lift vp their beating the great Waters with voice-es the billowes of the Sea are exceeding lofty but the the ETERNALL highely excelleth Thy TESTJMONYES are very Faythfull and the HOLLYNES of thy House much to be desired O ETERNALL as long as dayes doe last XCIV O ETERNALL O GOD of Revenge O GOD of revenge shine out vp ô IVDGE of the Earth returne reward vpō the Proud How long O ETERNALL how long shall the Wicked insult the WORKERS of GREEFF vaunt them selues and buble out words of Arrogance and beat down thy People ô ETERNALL and oppresse thine INHERITANCE slea the Widow and the Stranger and murther the fatherles ones SAYJNG Thou examinest not neither doth the GOD of Jacob vnderstand Vnderstand yee moste brute People and yee froward fooles when will yee lern Hee that planteth the eare shall Hee not hear and Hee that formeth the Eye shall not Hee see Hee that correcteth the Hethen and teacheth men Knowledge shall not Hee reprove The ETERNALL knoweth that mens thoughtes are vaine Happy is the man whom thou teachest with thy Law to giue him rest from euill dayes till a pitt be digged for the Wicked For the ETERN will not leave his People nor forsake his INHERITANCE because IVDGEMENT returns vnto JVSTICE all Vpright minde-ed after it Who is to assist mee with Naughty men with the workers of GREEFF who will stand to mee Except the ETERNALL had been my help my Person had euen inhabited Silence If I SAYD My foot slippeth thy LOV KINDENES O ETERN held mee vp among the multitude of my thoughts vvithin mee Thy CONSOLATIONS doe delight my Soul Shall the THRONE of corruption have fellowship with thee hee that formeth MISCHEEFF by decree that troupe against the IVST person and condemn the innocent blood And the ETERNALL beeing my Fortification and my GOD the ROCK of my RELYE let him render vpon them their GREEFF and in their ovvne MISCHEEFF let the ETERNALL our GOD destroy them XCV O Come let vs sound out TRIVMPHS to the ETERNALL the ROCK of our SALVATION let vs come before him and triumph to him with PSALMS of Thanks-offering For hee is the gratest GOD and a great King
speaketh falshoods shall not bee established in my sight I will soon dissolve all WICKED ones of the earth wheÌ„ I shall cut off from the Citty of the ETERNALL all Workers of Greeff CII A Prayer of the Poore when hee fainted powered out his Complaint before the ETERNALL O ETERNALL hear my PRAYER and let my SHOVTING come vnto thee Hide not thy FACE from mee when I am in Distresse turne thine eare vnto mee and heare mee quickly when I CALL Because my dayes are consumed in smoke and my bones on fire like a brand my hart is strooken and withered like an Herb that I forget the eating of my meat By my loud sighing my bones steâ—k vnto my skinn I am like an OWLE of the Wildernes and a skrich OWLE of Waste place-es I am like a folitary bird watching vpon the House top All the day doe mine ENIMYES revile mee and my DEFAMERS coniure against mee That I eat Ashes like bread and mingle my drinke with Teares because of thy fomeing Indignaton for thou hast cast mee away My dayes are like a declineing shadow and I am withered like an herb and thou ô ETERNALL remainest for ever and thy REMEMBRANCE for all Generations ô vp and haue MERCY vpon Sion for the SETTIME is come to haue COMPASSION on it because thy Servantes like the stones thereof and hold the dust thereof gratious That the Heathen all Kingdomes of the earth may fear thy GLORYOVS NAME ô ETERN ô let the ETER that hath built Sion appeere in his GLORY regard the PRAYER of the SHAKEEN not despise their Prayer That this may be written for an other generation and that the People to be borne hearafter may prayse the ETERN O let the ETERNALL look out of Heauen his holly HIGHTH and look down vpon the Earth To hear the Prisoners groneing and to let a brode the CONDEMNED to tell out the NAME of the ETERN in SION and thy PRAYSE in JERVSALEM vvhen the Nations and Kingdomes are gathered together to Serue the ETER Hee that beat dovvn my Strength in the vvay and shortned my dayes J SAY O my ALLMIGHTY GOD take mee not avvaye in the midst of my dayes and thy yeers dureing all Generations O thou that vvast before the Earth vvas founded and the Heauens the vvork of thy Handes vvhich shall perish and thou shallt remaine and they all shall goe old like a Garment and thou shallt shift them and they shall be put off like clothes and thy yeers are neuer consumeed let the Children of thy Seruantes abide still before thee their Seed bee established in thy PRESENCE CIII Of DAVID BLESSE the ETERNALL ô my SOVL all my FORCES blesse his holly NAME ô BLESSE the ETERN ô my SOVLE and forget not his GOOD DEEDS That Pardoneth and healeth all thy greevous Iniquity that Redeemeth thy life from the Pit Gardeth thee with KINDENES and MERCY that Supplyeth thy youth with the Goodnes of thine ORNAMENTS as an Egle reneweth her self The ETERNALL that doth Just IVDGEMENT to all the oppressed and maketh his Wayes knowen to Moses and his Excellent WORKES to the Children of Israel The ETERNALL is mercifull gratious and patient and of great KINDENES hee vvill not striue perpetually nor keep contention for euer hee hath not don vnto vs according to our sinnes nor bestovved vpon vs according to our Jniquityes but as the Heauens are highe aboue the Earth so excelleth his KINDENES ouer them that fear him As farr as the East is from the VVest so farr hath hee put avvay our Transgression from him As a Father hath Mercy vpon his Children so hath the ETERNALL mercy vpon them that fear him Because hee Knovveth our CREATION and is mindefull that vvee are but Dust. A Sorrovvfull Mans dayes are like grass as a flovver of the Feeld so hee florisheth but the VVinde passeth ouer it and neither hee nor his Place is any more to bee discerned But the LOVING KINDENES of the ETERNALL is from age to age vpon them that fear him and his RIGHTEOVSNES to their childrens children to them that keep his COVENANT remember to doe his VISITATIONS The ETERNALL that hath confirmed his THRONE in Heauen and his KINGDOME in all Domination Blesse the ETERNALL yee his ANGELS that haue mightey Power to doe his COMMANDEMENTS and to hearken vpon the VOYCE of his WORD Blesse the ETERNALL all his EXCERCISE-ERS and MINISTERS that doe his will Blesse the ETERNALL all his WORKES in all places of his Dominion BLESSE the ETERNALL ô my SOVLE CIV BLESSE the ETERNALL ô my SOVL ô ETERN my GOD thou art exceeding great and CLOTHED with REVEREND MAIESTY Putting on the LIGHTE as a Garment and spreading the HEAVENS as a Couertain That maketh his CHAMBER FLOORES vpon the vvaters and his RIDEING vpon the Cloudes and goeth vpon the VVINGES of the vvinde making the VVINDES his MESSENGERS and Flameing fire his MJNISTERS That founded the Earth vpon her stayes that it can not be mooued vvorld vvithout end VVHOM the Deep couereth like a Garment and the VVaters that did stand aboue the Hilles but at the chideing VOJCE of thy THVNDER they make haste to flye the Hilles ascending and the Beaches descending to the Place vvhich thou hast founded for them and hast set a bound that they shall not passe nor return again to couer the Earth That sendeth the Springs into the Brookes running betvveen the Hilles that vvater all the beasts of the feeld the vvilde beasts breake their thirst by vvhich the birdes of Heauen haue their dvvelling and charm out of the thick boughes That from his CHAMBER FLOORES vvatereth the Hilles that vvith the fruit of thy VVORKES the Earth may be satisfied That make-eth grasse to spring for bease and herbes for the seruice of Men that hee may bring foorth bread out of the Earth vvine to cheer a Sorrovvfull-mans hart to make a gladsom Countenance vvith oyle and bread to sustein a sorrovvfull-mans hart that they may bee satisfied vvith the Ceders of Libanon the Trees of the ETERNALL vvhich hee hath planted VVher the birdes doe make their nestes and the Firr Trees are the House of the Stork the highe Hilles are for the Roe-deer and Rockes a succour for the Cunnys Hee made the Moon for Seasons the Sunn to knovv his going dovvn thou puttest foorth Darknes and it is Night VVherin
of Great and mervilouse things for his Everlasting Kindenes That by his VNDERSTANDING made the Heavens for his Everlasting Kindenes That streched out the Earth vpon the waters for his Everlasting Kindenes That made the great LIGHTES for his Everlasting Kindenes The Sunn to rule the day for his Everlasting Kindenes The Moon and the Stars to rule in the Night for his Everlasting Kindenes Him that smote Egypt in their first-born for his Everlasting Kindenes And brought Israel out of the mids of them for his Everlasting Kindenes With a stout hand and a streched out arme for his Everlasting Kindenes Him that cutteth the Suph-Sea in partes for his Everlasting Kindenes And brought Israel over in the mids therof for his Everlasting Kindenes And overwhelmed Pharoh and his host in the Suph-Sea for his Everlasting Kindenes Him that led his People in the Wildernes for his Everlasting Kindenes Him that smote great KINGS for his Everlasting Kindenes And slew famous KINGS for his Everlasting Kindenes Sihon King of the Aemorites for his Everlasting Kindenes And Og King of Bashan for his Everlasting Kindenes And gave their Land an INHERITANCE for his Everlasting Kindenes An Inheritance to Israel his Servant for his Everlasting Kndenes Which in our Low estate remembred vs for his Everlasting Kindenes And free-ed vs from our Tormentours for his Everlasting Kindenes Him that giveth bread to all flesh for his Everlasting Kindenes Worship the MIGHTY GOD of Heaven for his Everlasting Kindenes CXXXVII BY the Rivers side of Babel wher wee sate and wept when wee remembred Zion and vpon the Willowes in the middes of it wee had hanged vp our Harpes when as ther our Captivers and Inthrallers Asked vs som mery Songes Sing vs som songes of Zion Hovv shall vvee sing a SONG of the ETER vpon a forain soile If J forget thee Ierusalem let my Right hand forget and my Tong cleeue to the roof of my mouth If J remember thee not and aduaunce not Ierusalem Aboue my cheeffest mirth Remember ô ETERN the children of Edom in the day of Ierusalem vvhich SAYD Downe with it downe with it to the ground with it ô Babel tovvne of destruction happy is hee that repayeth thee fully as thou hast dealt vvith vs. Happy is hee that taketh thy babes and dasheth them against the stones CXXXVIII Of DAVID I Will worship thee with all my hart and set thee out with Psalmes before the GODES I will bow downe at thy Holly Temple and worship thy NAME for thy LOVEING KINDENES and thy TRVTH Because thou hast made thy SAYING great aboue all thy NAME Because thou hardest mee in the day I called and inlargedst mee vvith Strength in my Minde Let all the Kings of the Earth worship thee O ETERNALL when they heare the Sayings of thy mouth and sing of the VVayes of the ETERN for the Glory of the ETERNALL is great Because the ETERN is highe beholdeth the Lovvly and being lofty kenneth a farr If J vvalk in the hart of Distresse that thou revivest mee and settest thy hand vpon the face of mine Enimyes vvith thy Right hand savest mee The ETERNALL that did all for mee ô ETERNALL that thy KINDENES is for ever forsake not thou the Workes of thy handes CXXXIX For the Cheeff of David A Psalme O ETERNALL thou serchest mee and knowest Thou knowest my sitting downe and my riseing vp and vnderstandest my meaning a farr Thou goest round about my pathes and my couching and art vsed to all my wayes for behold ther is not a word in my tong but thou ô ETERN knowest it all thou besiegest mee behinde and before and layest thy hand vpon mee To wonderfull is the knowledge for mee and so highe that I comprehend it not Whether shall J goe from thy Spirit and whether shall J fly from thy Presence If J goe vp to Heaven thou art there if J goe down to Hell behold thou art there If I take the winges of the morning dwell beyond the Sea also thither shall thy hand lead mee and thy right hand seize vpon mee And if J SAY but Darknes shall comprehend mee the Night shall bee Light about mee yea the Darknes shall not darken from thee the Night shall giue light like the day as well the Darknes as the Light Thou obteinedst my Reynes coveredst mee in the belly of my mother I thank thee for because J am fearfully overheeled and wonderfull are thy WORKES which my Soul knoweth right well My FASTNING is not hid from thee which am wrought in Secret and stiched vnder the earth Thine Eyes see my WINDEING vp and they wear written vpon thy book the dayes they wear formed when ther was not one among them And to mee hovv deer are thy thoughtes ô ALMIGHTY hovv mighty are the Summes of them If J tell them they are more then the sand of the Sea All while I am awake I am with thee VVilt thou kill the VVicked that is idlely caried avvay thy Enimyes that stirr and vex thee vvith vvicked ImaginatioÌ„s Yea yee bloody men depart yee from mee Doe not J hate thos that hate thee ô ETERNALL and vex my self vvith those that raise themselues vp against thee I hate them vvith perfect hatred and they are to mee for Enimyes Serch mee ô ALMIGHTY and try mee know the Thoughtes of my Hart and see if ther be any way of Impiety in mee lead mee the way of Eternity CXL By the Cheeff A Psalme of DAVID RELEASE mee ô ETERN and preserve mee froÌ„ all Malicious iniurious men which devise Mischeeff in their hart meditate warrs continually Whose tonges are as sharp as a Sâ—rpents with the poison of an Asp within his lippes O ETERN keep mee from the handes of the Wicked man and preserve mee from all Iniurious ones VVhich devise to destroy my steps surely The Haughty ones hide a trap snares for mee they spred a net by the vvay and set Toyles for mee surely I SAY to the ETER ô my ALLMIGTY GOD O ETER heare the voice of my Supplications O LORD the Strenghth of my Salvation that coverest my head in the day of Battail Graunt not the DESIRES of the Wicked and content not his minde that they be exalted surely O thou my Helmet let the PAYNS of their ovvn lipps ouerheel them let it cast them in the fire
vpholder of all that are falling a setter vpright of all that are declineing The eyes of all vvaite vpon thee and thou givest them their meat in his Season opening thy hand and satisfying every Living Creature freely The ETERNALL is Iust in all his Wayes and Kinde in all his Workes The ETERNALL is Neer to them that call on him to all that call vpon him Faythfully Hee vvill doe the Will of them that feare him and hear their Shouting and save them The ETERN that keepeth all that love him and destroyeth all the wicked let my mouth speak the PRAISE of the ETERNALL and all flesh blesse his holly NAME forevermore CXLVI PRAISE yee the ETERNALL my SOVL praise thou the ETERN I will praise the ETERN and sing Psalmes to my GOD as long as J live Trust yee not in Prince-es nor in any childe of man in whom ther is noe Salvation whose breth goeth out and hee returnes to his owne earth in that day his thoughtes perish Happy is hee whose Help is the GOD of Iacob and his Hope is vpon the ETERN his GOD the make-er of Heaven and Earth and the Sea all that is in them And that keepeth Faythfullnes for ever That doth right the oppressed and give bread to the Hungry The ETERN that looseth them that are bound The ETERNALL that openeth the eyes of the blinde and setteth vpright them that are bowed down the ETERNALL that loveth the Just. The ETERNALL that keepeth the Strangers and mainteineth the Fatherles and the Widow and overâ—hroweth the way of the Wicked The ETERNALL thy GOD ô Zion raigne for ever for all Generations The ETERNALL bee praised CXLVII PRAISE yee the ETERNALL and chaunt thou out our GOD because hee is good pleasant and his PRAISE is comely The ETERNALL that built Jerusalem and gathered together the Scatered of Jsrael that healeth the broken harted and bindeth vp their sores that Telleth the Number of the Starrs and calleth the Names to them all Great is our LORD and of great Power and of his Vnderstanding ther is noe declareing The ETERNALL that advaunceth the Lowly and humbleth the Wicked to the ground Sing yee Psalmes of Thanks Offering to the ETERNALL our GOD vpon the Harp Which Covereth the Heavens with cloudes and prepare-eth rain for the Earth That make-eth the Hilles to Spirt out grasse giveth the bease their food and the young Ravens which call Hee hath not delight in the Valiantnes of a Horse nor hath liking in the Legs of a man The ETERNALL like-eth them that fear him and Waite for his Kindenes ô Ierusalem commend the ETERN and praise thou thy GOD ô Zion Because hee strengtheneth the bars of thy Gates and blesseth thy children vvithin thee and setteth Peace in thy borders satisfyeth thee vvith vvheaten flovver that sendeth his Saying to the Earth and his Word runneth moste speedily That giveth Snovv like vvhite vvool and scatereth hore-frost like Ashes That casteth out his hard Ice like morsells and vvho can abide for the cold thereof hee sendeth out his Word and Thavveth them hee maketh his vvinde to turne and they drop vvater That telleth his Word to Jacob his Prescripts and Iudgements to Israel He hath not done so to any Nation that they should not know his Iudgements The ETERN bee praised CXLVIII PRAISE the ETERNALL praise the ETERNALL out of the Heavens Praise him in the Highthes Praise him all his Angels Praise him all his Hostes. Praise him Sunn Moon praise him all Starrs of Light Praise him yee Heavens of Heavens and yee Waters which are above the Heavens Let them praise the NAME of the ETERN for hee commanded and they wer created And hee made them stand for an everlasting Statute hee gave a Prescript which should not passe Praise the ETERN Things of the EARTH Yee great VVhales and all Deepthes Fire and Haile Snovv Vapours vvhirlvvinde that doth his Commande The Mountaines and all Hilles Fruit-trees and all Ceders Cattell and all Bease Creeping things and fethered fovvle Kinges of the Earth and all Nations Prince-es and all Iudge-es of the Earth Yong-men and Maydes Oldmen and Children Let them praise the Name of the ETERN because his Name onely is to be exalted and his Worship both by the Earth the Heavens Which holdeth vp the Horne of his People the Prayse of his Gratious Ones of the Children of Israel his Proper People The ETERNALL be praised CXLIX PRAISE the ETERNALL sing yee a NEW SONG to the ETERN of his PRAYSE in the Congregation of his GRATIOVS-ONES Let Israel rejoyce in his MAKE-ER the Children of Zion triumph in their KING Let them praise his NAME vvith Pipes and sing Psalmes to him vvith Tabret and Harp Because the ETERNALL hath alikeing to his People and glorifyeth the lowly with SALVATION Let the Gratious Ones triumph Gloriously and Sing aloud vpon their beds vvith Exaltationes of the ALL MIGHTY in their Throates and a tvvo edged svvord in their handes For working Revenge among the Heathen Chastisment among the Nations for bindeing their Kinges in Manicles and their Noble-men in Iron-Chaines for fullfilling among them the SENTENCE that is written Hee is an ornament to all his Saintes The ETERNALL be praised CL PRAISE the ETERNALL praise the ALLMIGHTY in his Sanctuary Praise him in the Firmament of his Strength Praise him for his Valiant Actes praise him according to his Mighty Greatnes Praise him with the sound of the Trumpet Praise him with the Viol and Harp Praise him with Taber and Pipe praise him with Timbrels and Fife Praise him with Loude Bells praise him with loud-sounding Cymballs Let every breath praise the ETERNALL The ETERNALL be praised ARGVMENTS VPON THE PSALMS PSALM I. AS the Law is the touch-stone of the lives of men so this work of Psalmes is to bring them to it Psal. 26 and this Psalme the formost to shew the way Heer the judgement and justice therof is layed to the rule and weighed And seeing all that men would haue is but happines of their liues and Eternity hee sheweth by a short description the way to it To avoyde the Enimyes and all impediments therof the wicked counsell of transgressers to leaue the known way of Sinn Psa. 36 and not to skorn instruction And this person hee
that hee should be rewarded according to his righteousnes and his innocency before him dealing still frowardly with his enimyes but kindely with his servant by giveing grace and salvation to the humble and bringing down the proud looks Now becaus ther is no way of salvation but Gods and hee lightens his candle of understanding and makes his darknes to shine through which his way is perfect for any breach or assalt for relyeing on him that ther is none but God that saveth him by strength in his loynes perfection of his way surenes of footing advantage of the ground cunning of his hādes and strength of his arme that sheilds him and saves him and that the lowlynes of God and his Ministry advanced him and thus did hee beat down his enimyes and hee was delivered and they called in vain for ther was none to save them for they set light by his law Psal. 137.50 and God had hid his favours from them and favoured thē not according to his request Ps. 17. and brought them low in subjectiō and consumed them Ps. 55.59 and made him a famous conqueror without strife And for this hee blesseth the God of his salvation for all for his revenge for his commāde for his escape for his advancement among the Hethen and deliverance from that cruell one Saul that was kinde to cruell Amalek Therfor hee will thank the Name of the everlasting among the heathen for so great kindenes and salvation to him and his seed for everlasting generations Ps. 17. Construction Heer ther are many handes and that of divers sortes the hand of God the hand of the enemye and the hand of David himself and the hand of God hath the way of salvation and a way of punishment Hee saveth by light sure footing broad feet and sharp like deer becaus David is pure handed Hee punisheth with an angry hand inevitable stormes of hail and fire thunder and lightning to shew subjection and Dominion deliverances and condemnation becaus the enimyes hand is snares and affliction and invasion He giveth David all virtue and skill to uphold him and also force to prostrate his foes and destroy them according to the letter heth and also hee useeth Iadah for thanking that hee is never out of som signification of som kinde of hand or other Genesis Gods name Iehovah is a rock and everlasting and his way perfect and David sticketh close to it for his sole relye and quiescencey and is rewarded His enimyes are the sonnes of Belial ful of defect and therfor are revenged The deficients may appeer when they are made as small as dust in the winde and as inestimable as dust or dirt and when they trust not to their handes but shrink from their holdes so the reward of the one is the defeat of the other PSALM XIX WHen they professed themselves to be wise they became fooles Men thought to describe the mysticall image and glory of God by rotten creatures of the earth when his eternall power and godhead is considered in his method and way of creation and redemption Which becaus it is a way so wonderfull and so miraculous and his salvation so great so remarkable and notable and admirable in the eyes of men Ps. 118. for the infinit constancey of his word and everlasting love and righteousnes of the Law that it seemeth to shine beyond all thinges in the world It is called the glory of God and that great Ps. 138. and hee the king of glory Ps. 24. For his blessing and beames of righteousnes upon the church And this is the reformation and the new creation that the heavens and firmament shew every day in the week by renewing of knowledge over all the world 1. The Law of God is perfect becaus it hath power of conversion by shineing of the light therof round about us 2. It is so credible a testimony and so faythfull as the heavens themselves that the simple can beleeve it and be instructed 3. The provisos and statutes therof are very upright and plain and delightfull for eminencey 4. The commandement is as pure as the Sunn to make a man circumspect and addeth light to the sight and is good for the eyes 5. The Fear and honour of God is a clean cariage of a man by an undefiled religion that remaineth for ever 6. And all his work is don by true and right-judgement that makes his sentencees most sweet and delightfull to a reformed creature and to haue domination and approbation over all Thus by imprinting the manifest justice of the Law called the glory of God in the certainty of the heavens and their courses to all countryes intelligible Ps. 119. is And compareing the Law and the visitation therof to the Sunn in all propertyes for his locks of heavenly knowledge with a high estimation therof for shewing him his way Ps. 119. h 149. and the knowledge of infinit transgressions David prayeth for forgiuenes of all sortes of them that in word and thought hee may bee uprighte with the eternall and walk with God and keep an intire rest in true holynes before him and pleas him From the creation Gen. 1. And thus in six dayes God hath made heaven and earth c. by illumination and confirmation of men in the true knowledge of him by his word and bringing them to beleeve And heerby hee becommeth their father their life and creator their saviour and redeemer that they may both know him and also the way to him even Iesus Christ the true and liveing way even the very way of life Ps. 16. Every day is a degree of knowledge till wee com to a perfection and rest in the light and judgement of the Law the true light and perfection the Sabbath when sinn reigneth not over us but our Conscience is cleer and our words and thoughts pleas God Construction The letters make Iet of Natah to spred Ps. 104. and to decline and incline and a place of lyeing down a chamber c. and it hath the spreading of the heavens for his handy work Ps. 104. For the Name of God heer beeing might importeth hand The heavens are full of variation and yeld continuall knowledge all the world over wher the Sunn hath his chamber Solisque cubilia Gades c. his riseing and inclineing and declination and operation so hee declineth the Law and defineth the same and his owne errors are for declinations Genesis In the Definition is all quiescencey great riches great sweetnes great reward great wisdom great joy great knowledge and great purity great warning from which considering his declineings and divers defects Hee would be purged of all that hee might rest in the favour of God his rock and stay redemption sole quiescency and rely Ps. 18. and that the quiescence is in this word Mark that Iehova is seven times repeated to stay you therupon and upon the law as the defection is in the declineing from it and this is for a begining also PSALME XX.
Iudgement and wholely just and lighteneth all by his Law and must needs require attendance of brutish and heathenish men To turn him from the way of destruction to the way of salvation from the bad way to the good way from the way of death to the way of life by the Scriptures and confirm him And this likewise is a wonderfull benefit of the Sabbath Now in the greatest distress that can com by the Molesters of the church that might even break a mans hart to think on Ps. 115. when they see their feet are gone from under them and they are about to despaire of life and safety then the repetitions of Gods great workes and kindenesses doe releeve them and set them up again with this comfort within them that no corrupt estate or government can indure or reigne check by jowl with him or any Corregnum of such as plot and decree Mischeeff against the just and harmless Therfor now the church prayeth for a cleer revenge a due retribution and a treble reward upon their oppressours and that their God the Eternall their trust and relye would unweave their mischeeff and unplot their devisees and render their own sorrow upon them and destroy them Construction Tsade Food which is the light and understanding of the word the first of all creatures Gen. 1. Io. 1. and it yeeldeth all contentment and satiety help and succour Heer in this peece the brute and foolish are opposed to the lerned and the vexers wicked and ungodly to the Godly and just and quiet ones answerable to the 92. as it were the same and the greevers ther are Iudged heer A great dore is opened c. Daleth an entrance or dore for instruction Mark the repetition destroy c. workers of Greeff c. brute and foolish c. correction teaching omnipotencey of the Eternall in knowledge and power to revenge by paying every one according to their works as Iudges of the earth Ps. 62. That the unquiet and disquieters may have no quiet rest nor Sabbath at all but end with greeff and mischeeff of their own And this according to the letter Ghimel in the last peece for reward or right or judgement or revenge as yf it were still the same psalme observing the A B C for verses with one over to shew Ghimel in the second vers Numbers The wildernes heer is the proud the wicked the disquieters the bruteish the foolish insulters the vaunters the arrogant oppressors sleyers murtherers naughty and mischeevous ones ill Rulers that hunt for the life of the just and condemners of innocents c. The word giveth rest from such and safety and defens but to such is no peace rest nor Sabbath at all Is. 54.48 Iude c. PSALM XCV THer is no peace to the wicked so ther is no rest but to them of understanding and how great a benefit is it then to be brought unto it In this psalme it is by way of their behaviour in the church and Sabbath service They must beginn with triumph to the Everlasting their righteousnes and accord to the rock of their salvation the Scriptures from whence they were digged and formed with psalmes of thanks offering for deliverance for the greatnes of God and his kingdom who hath in his handes all unaccessible places by power of creation putting off the shoos of fowl wayes and unclean lives for the holynes of the place by the feet of the saintes They must doo all manner of reverence to their makeer their God for their induement of Grace and Manners for their Education and fostering them with his own hand by his Law and not with hard and stony hartes full of strife and infidelity and devilish temptation to hear his word but without any wrath or murmuring as Ps. 4. with all contentment to hearken to him and consider his work That they bee not wicked and greeve God and err still in their harts ignorant of his wayes notwithstanding their instructions and bee depriveed of their rest Ps. 81. Consider the great work of the third day Gen. 1. Com. 4. wher it is to bee noteed that the weightynes of the work is still to bee admireed for the necessity of rest and for greater sanctification and blessing of the Sabbath ever som part of the creation is recorded and the Great Creator to be magnifyed extolled and worshiped Construction Tsade for meat or food and that is the makeing and creating of us by the word by the comming together of the words made and formed and feeding and handes c. And hee biddeth prepare gentle and soft harts for instruction at the time of hearing the word that the meat may doo them good that they may beleeve and relent and repent at the comming of the Kingdom When they see the word to raigne and rule see their harts are mislead and hardned and cannot repent nor receive the food at Meribah and Massah Exod. 16. He behold for the greatnes of the Creator they must present themselves in songes gratefullnes in prayers of humblenes with all reverence for the deep serchings out of sight and the steep hills in sight by the abounding and defect of He in divers words and rareity of construction It is also apparent by Hem the demonstrative they comming twise together Numbers Ther is nothing but the word and the wildernes Government and no Government docible and tractable and quiet people and hard harted and disquiet and molesters tempters and provokers Which have no benefit of the word and cannot obtein the rest of the Kingdom but to the troublesom is tribulation and anguish PSALM XCVI THe Everlasting the God of righteousnes is greater and more commendable and far more reverend then all the Gods of the Heathen for makeing and confirming the heavens of his sanctuary wherall worship Majesty strength and decencey is taught before him out of his word wher hee raigneth and setleth all the world as Ps. 29. so sure by his doctrine that it can never bee mooved or carryed away again by any winde And this is likewise to bee reckoned a great benefit of the Sabbath service to all nations and thought worthy of a new song of triumph to his Name and the glory therof His kingdom of righteousnes as Ps. 4. and his miraculous salvation heerby to bee preached and told every day among the Heathen That all Nations famylyes of all the earth may ascribe all glory and strength to his Name and offer and bow unto him with holy fear and trembling before him That thâ— Heavens and the earth the sea and all that is in it may thunder out joy and gladnes all plants feeld-herbs and trees of the wood leap and triumph and keep Sabbath for the Iustice constancey and faythfullnes of their king at his comming to judgement now by his word and secureity of their kingdom for evermore Consider the second dayes work Gen. 1. with the Commandement Construction Tsade for meat or food this is joy in
the kingdom of heaven for the righteousnes and peace and salvation therof For this hee sheweth all kinde of of rejoycieing approoving therof amendment of life and a welcom singing leaping daunceing vaunting of all creatures and boasting and publishing therof which is the meat offering in his courtes at Ierusalem the joy of all the earth for the raigning of righteousnes and of the word And so commeth the kingdom of heaven to bee meat and drink by joy in the holy ghost and a heavenly delight in the power and glory therof the prevailing of the word in man and the lustre of a godlye life Mark the wordes and the insisting theron For Vav a crook or to take hold hee dealeth by the contrary to give and offer and bow unto and doo reverence and worship and tremble by the word yeeld c. Take up presents c. Mark the iteration Tsav of Tsivvah both the letters signify commend commaund or bequeath or send to the same purpose for the comming of the kingdom for which wee pray Math. 6. As all kingdom is with power and strength and commande Ps. 68. Numbers The wildernes heer is the wilde nations and marches of the Heathen wher the word of God and this Kingdom of a godly man is to bee preached and published all abroad to setle them in a sound doctrine that they may never bee moved more What a delight they have to entertain it what a rejoyceing and a welcom is at the comming of righteousnes Is. 52. when the nations bee conquered by it and the church increased mark the doubling of the word Hethen Nations familyes people c. what a God hee is in respect of their Idoles that is so to bee commended mark the charge bless him preach him tell out his glory c. And this for true and righte Iudgement the stay of the whole world Mark the doubling again PSALM XCVII THe kingdom of heaven of righteousnes and of God is not with outward observation but hee reigneth in darknes with a cloud about him in a dark and obscure stile of speaking that his Enimyes may not perceive him For right judgement and understanding of the minde is his Throne and the fire of the Law hee sets before him that burns round about his foes The flashes of his lightnings make all the earth afrayed and the hartes of great kingdomes the Mountains of the world to melt as wax at his presence and to becom soft and yeeld unto him And his Glory beeing like the heavens putteth down all idolatry and bragging worship and saveth his gratious ones from the wicked and to preserve their lives by forsakeing of ill by that subintellectuall light which is preached unto them And for these benefits may the Ilandes rejoyce and triumph keep holy Sabbath for the peace that preserveth their trade Mount Sion and Iudah for his Iudgements and advauncement of their God aboue all the Godly for their preservation and the just for light and understanding Construction Tsade for meat or food which is the delight which they have in the Kingdom of God and raigning of righteousnes by preaching and instruction of the Sabbath that all the earth may bee glad of And also for Gods excellent Iudgements of Zion Ps. 19. to rejoyce in Another part of the kingdom of God is his judgement and punishment sevenfold upon his foes when hee teacheth the Godly and his deer ones how to save their lives and this by fire work of his wrath out of the Law before him according to the letter Zain for sevenfold Mark the doubling of both partes of the throne the one part is of justice and of light and the other of darknes and of firey judgement The buissines of rejoyceing is all over light to the righteous and judgement upon the wicked that the earth tremble at Mark all the repetitions and relative speeches for that Numbers The wildernes heer is Gods Enimyes opposed to his beloved and deer ones and the Idolaters of the Nations and Image-makeers they are the cheeff that bee daunted and abashed at his Glory inviteed to his worship for his excelling of all Gods for judgements beeing Lord of all the earth Mark the relation and repetition between light and darknes God and Idoles rejoyceing c. And this for the glory of the kingdom PSALM XCVIII WOnderfull strange workes of salvation hath the Everlasting wrought by the Dexterity of his holy ministry and his righteousnes in the Law called his right hand and holy Arm even in the sight of the heathen which hee fullfilled in carrying them through the sea and drawing them out of mighty waters as Ps. 18. beeing kinde and faithfull to Israel that all the world have taken notice of the salvation of their God Therfor now they are to sing a new song unto him And that with all solemnity and greatest triumph that can bee before their king with Iubeling and chaunting psalmes and sonets with hart and musicall voice with shrill soundes of trumpets that the sea and all that is in it the world and all the dwellers in it rivers and hills and all creatures wher ever men goe may thunder and sound out Echoes of Ioy and gladnes and rejoyce and keep holy day before him hee commeth to judge the earth that judgeth all justly divideing the word Construction Tsade for meat or food They are fed with the great joy of his salvation by revelations and cleer interpretations of his mysteryes and hid things of the word Act. 14. Ier. 15. At his comming and raigning with righteousnes Eph. 3. and a cleer judgement within them Wherto all the world ought to bee obedient they are made wise unto salvation and to judge right with in them selves His food of mercy and truth they live by Mark the repetition salvation wonderfull work and reveled made known remembred and see relatives Mark the doubling of all the words reacting his prais joy The two letters Tsach cleer or to cleer Is. 66. by loudnes shrillnes plainnes c. the letter Cheth for fear is spareed becaus of the insisting upon rejoyceing the contrary Numbers The wildernes is implyed by the Heathen the endes of the earth and the confuseed world and her inhabitants that before the comming of the word unto them were without God in the world or any true judgement unto salvation to delight in Mark the repetition word judge justly c. They must needs therfor greatly rejoyce at the comming therof PSALM XCIX HOw bewtifull are the feet of him that preacheth good tideings and bringeth news of peace and salvation in his lips Now Righteousnes raigneth in the Ministers the Angels and Cheruâ—s woe bee to the Gentiles and nations of the Heathen And while God is so great in Zion and so farr exalted above them they were best to incline to his Kingdom and worship his Name that is so great so reverend and so holy For all the strength of a Kingdom is the lovâ—ing of Iudgement and prepareing
bee saveed but by faith and faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the word of God Heerby they discern whether they bee of God or no and what way they goe or ought to walk Construction Quoph of jaquaph to compass or inviron heer hee intimates the kindenes grace and favour of God called his hous and citty that entertaines none but the faithfull and them that walke uprightly before him Mark the words within my hous in my sight mine eyes are upon dwell tary c. doubled Also the word citty equall to it According to the instruction of the word intimated likewise by the letter Aleph to instruct as by the doubling of thes words perfect way instruct c. Both the letters make Qua vomit or to vomit or purge to which hee frameeth the reprobate and the contrary church and synagogue of Satan Apo. 2.3 the hurtfull children or belial that are every way in their harts farr from God and his way and his word and therfor are not to dwell with him Math. 7. Is. 29. Ier. 12. but to be cut off and to bee spewed out and not brooked Ap. 3. Mark the doubling of put away c. and dissolve c. and abide c. Numbers The wildernes heer is the devillishnes of mankinde for which hee is accursed and cast out forsaken and left desolate turners from instruction froward harts secret accuseers proud dissemblers deceivers and lyers and workers of greeff Which beeing banished the Church and hevenly citty of God ther will remain nothing but salvation strength and power and the Kingdom of God therin Ap. 12.21.22 For the manifold judgement of a wicked hart that is allwayes compassing of ill wayes 2. Cor. 5.6 Pro. 11.19 Na. 1.2 PSALM CII IErusalem long waiting for the expiration of their captivity and return from Babel beeing promissed to them by the Prophet to bee within seventy yeers now when the time approcheed they beginn deeply to consider their misery with a harty sadnes like David Ps. 31. and upon many considerations to pray that God will not fail at the set time to deliver them and have compassion on it for his own glory becaus hee built it and hath his name called upon in it and for his servants glory in the service of him and their love to the place and for the glory of the place it self beeing the joy of all the earth and for their great paines of dureance and an intolerable feeling that they have of their calamity growing old and withering therin They pray and shout hard unto God to bee heard quickly becaus their age is almoste evapoured away and their lives expirâ—ed their bones burning and their harts withering in their bellyes for sorrow they cannot eate their meat and they sigh till all their fâ—esh bee gon and skinn and bone com together They are wondred at like owles in the day and like som lone or strange bird upon the hous to all the rest railed and charmed at by their Enimyes that bread and ashes in all one to them for meat and they have store of teares to their drink for the terrible wrath which they feel in them that hee hath cast them off Now for that their dayes goe downward and their lives decline like an afternoon God and his remembrance remaineth still before and after heaven and earth that hee hath made with handes they pray that hee will have pitty upon Zion and for his own prais in future generations hear the Prayer of his people that is overthrowen without disdeigne and loos them home again to prais him in Zion Ps. 133. and serve him with other nations in Ierusalem and that hee that beat down their strength when they wear in the midle of their cours haveing injoyed their Glory but a while and hath such plenty of yeers and generations left that hee would spare them som yeeres of their lives to return with joy and delight in them that they and their children may abide still before him and never be stirred again Construction Quoph to compass to besâ—â—ch for mercey and kindenes and favour and grace and compass in misery when the dayes be com about Iob. 1. Mark the words hear and attend time and set time dayes yeers c. Mercy compassion regard despise c. And the end is inlargement the grace is upon Zion for the special glory of it that is for the church and hous of God in so great account in the world according to Beth the second letter for a hous and now so waste The prayer is for the eternall memory of it intended from Quabhabh to curs in the Petaroth Balak Num. 22.23.24 Vseing the contrary sens as praying in steed of Cuâ—sing and for grace in steed of vengeance Mark the repetitions prayer and the manner remain generations servant seed Zion abide or dwell glory c. Numbers The wildernes The church Ier. 12. Shee is all solitary and strange shee is waste cast out and ruined her Enimyes have vowed her destruction shee is in a consumption with greeff and becom a very Anatomy in her destress Mark the repetition her dayes consume c. her dayes decline c. shee is withered like an herb c. wildernes an owl among the nations c so their state is the wildernes Ier. 12. They can not finde wher they are they are so distracted with distress And all for lack of Zion and the word of God that they pine away for PSALM CIII THese two Psalmes shew the judgement and kindenes of Psalme 101. How for their wickednes and hollownes men are brought in distress and banished from God and for their humility and integrity pittyed and reecived again this beeing the graunt of the request in the former wherby the blessing of the Name of God Ps. 100. for benefits and kindenes is still continued Thus comming by paires as Ps. 20.21.90.91 Request and reward Prayer and Prais misery and joy together Now all correction is greevous for the time though it bee profitable and necessary for salvation at last becaus the mighty gracees and favours of God by it are brought and they must bee layed once at Gods feet and trodden to dust and pounded to powder before rhey will bee reformed of their haughtynes hollownes and stubbornnes that hee â—indeeth in them which now beeing considered hee admireeth much the kingdom of Gods patience and the dureablenes of his mercyes toward his childeren how hee healeth their greeff and pardoneth their iniquityes awaiting their conversion humility repentance and amendment of them and recovereth them again out of the pit to grace them with all good ornaments haveing once stript them of all attireing them anew with all good gifts of the spirit which may bee profitable to life Now becaus all Gods correction hath been with favour and compassion beeing willing to bee reconcileed unto them spareing their faults and throwing their trespasses away in his heauenly kingdom hee willeth his soul that loveeth him and all the