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
resolution of thankfullnes lest hee should seem to haue any thing that hee did not requite or pay for which wear stealth And becaus hee was so much bound unto God for his great bounty and love all his life long for the true service of him hee will bee his true servant to his lives end And so seeing by following the doctrine of the Law of God called the green feeld and the quiet wateâ—s hee wanteth nothing his minde is converted and himself guided the right way to all blessednes of this life and seeing in all doubtfull cases hee hath great comfort and boldnes therby hee resolveth to continue in the contemplation therof for ever And this for one part of the way of God P 25. Construction Caph a hand wherby hee leadeth him and guideth like a sheep Psal. 77.78 by repetition of the sense in divers words to that purpose leadeth converteth guideth The office of a shephard Ciph a cliff or cave which to a sheep is by nature mostâ— fearfull also any dark passage The third part is from Ghimel to reward or waine As a sheep heard is a pastor or feeder so heer hee maketh him awaynlings feast as Gen. 21. and hee was ever favourable to him That was his reward as Ps. 62. Prov. 31. Genesis His quiescency is the doctrine of the ministry as Noah walked with God and found favour in his sight Gen. 6. so hee is no way deficient but for lodgeing cours directioÌ„ and diet is about him by him before him and after him with all consolation and comforts and graces Hee aboundeth by daylye feeding on the word The quiescents are full in many words to be marked so hee is begotten and reformed by grace PSALM XXIV THe last Psalme 23 was of the excellent Love and kindenes of God unto his faithfull servantes and this of the truth and faithfullnes of his word to them that loue him unite-ed in the next psalme 25. for the whole way of God The maner of the creation argueth and truely testifieth the Creator so the workes of a man be found to signify the hart then yf the hart bee pure and clean the testimony is good and true Hee that hath neither wrought with his hands nor thought wrong in his hart a man that is true and faithfull and just with his tongue and is not given to falshood dissembling and deceipt hee it is that shall bee blessed of God and receiue the crown of righteousnes and salvation Ps. 4.133.134 And thes are they that follow the Lamb. Apo. 19. Seeing this same and such was the very protestation of the Iewes and sâ—rvantes of God and the church which mightily excelled all nations for pureity of profession and religion as Ps 47. hee sheweth that their Testimony is moste neighbourly and moste Iustifiable before God and that all religion beside this did tâ—stâ—fy falsshood and was moste damnable to all Therfor seeing in this Psalme Religion is made a true protestation or protestation of the truth or verification or justification or truth it self and faith and strength Ps. 22. and illumination of the Law of God and glory of all men Ps. 4. and that the God of this religion beeing truth that rideeth on a white hors and fighteth valiantly the written verity and righteousnes that excelleth in strength and victory and is a mighty warrier and the people of the Iewes and seed of Iacob the protestants therof and becaus their religion and profession shone beyond all men for Glory which is righteousnes Ps 4. Therfor the Prophet maketh proclamation therof and cryeth room for them before all men and all enterâ—animent and preferment to be given them in all hollynes Aeternaque ferri robera c the everlasting gates to be set open for them Which without all question or doubt for glory are the cheeffest and their God the King of Glory This is a pure and undefiled religion free of all filthy conversation wherby a man may live unspotted in the world and unsteined of men Construction Caph the sole of the foot and that in thes words who shall goe up and who shall stand beeing the office and property of the feet as Ios. 3. Caph a hand by innocent handes which hee interprets the purity and syncerity of the Minde and also the office which is to take or receiue as in Nasa repeated Daleth a doore or gate often as open your cheeffe gates set up your mighty doores c. This was the gate of the Eternall and the Princes only the east gate of the temple Eze. 44. that never was to be opened but for them Ps. 118. Genesis The quiescents the letters Ehevi mentioned in Chi how and mi how And the letters Iehova are the replenishing of words beeing written as the Massorets call them Which is the generall domination of them in the perfection of wrighting Hee that is not defect in his devotion shall receive full quiescencey and content Thee only haue I seen righteous in this generation Gen. 6. The syncere shall entertaine the kingdom of glory the Kingdom of Righteousnes bee exalted dwell with God and rest with him Thou art my beloved sonn in thee I am well pleased The quiescency is entertainment and that is signifyed in Nasa diversly taken and Bo diversly written bothe full and defect with a quiescent and without called nah nirce and nah nister a quiescent seen and unseen written and not written mark the repetition PSALM XXV TO dash all worldly covetousnes which is the root of all evill and the net of all intanglements the witchery of all transgression and breach of all the Commandements by the wickednes of the minde and liquorishnes of Imagination he sheweth that his whole minde is set upon God and the way of Godlynes which is his faith and truth and love as Ps. 23.24 that his trust and whole relye is upon him and that all his hope and expectation is in him and all his waiting for him and all his covet is his Law Ps. 115. and all his honour riches and glory and strength delighte is God And that hee may not fail of his direction heerin that his minde is not set upon gain but to the Law of God Ps. 119. h. becaus Gods minde and promiss and covenant is to teach all them that will obserue his word and to make the humble and meek moste learned therin and to set them well at eâ—s and make them heires of the Land Now when a multitude of enimyes haue a moste unjust hatred to him and distresses very many and great are befallen him and his affliction and greeff exceeding much for his sinnes hee prayeth that for his dayly expectance hee bee not deceived nor ashamed of his hope but as his eyes are allwayes upon him that God will teach him the right way of salvation through his truâ—he and everlasting mercyes and kindenesses to him Ps. 143. That hee would forgiue the sinnes of his youth and pardon his extreame iniquity that
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.
LEt your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven Hee that honoureth father and mother more then mee is not worthy of mee and the honour of Parents is the fulfilling of the Law and Commandements of God Which is heer don by praying for the king the preserver and defender therof And this maketh the womb happy for bearing and the paps for giving suck Hee that in his distress calleth upon God doth glorify God and hee it is that shall be set in the way of Salvation Ps. 50.91 and see his fill of dayes with all contentment Ps. 21. And therfor becaus the King is father and mother in this sens for fostering and mainteyning as well as God and his Law for creating it may well be sayd fear God and honour the King for fear God and keep his Commandement and honour thy father and mother and hurt not thy neighbour for an only religious and a devout man Now with great devotion hee cryeth God save the king and prayeth for him That God would honour him with all salvation and giue him all his requests hee glorifyeth God by calling upon him in distress and that the Kings religious service of God may comfort and succour him in all distresses that the whole church may sing and display their coulours for his salvation With this conjecture and note of assureance therof that the calling upon God standeth in more steed and is more victorious to prolong his life and mainteine his inheritance then Chariots and horses as is seen For the service of God is the honouring of father and mother and the calling vpon him the onely help to prolong their dayes And for this they bless the King and pray for him for the mainteining of a right ministry Construction The name of the letter being Caph a hand hee worketh upon all the propertyes from holding apprehending or conceiving The word Iagnan is made to hear and this goeth through the Psalme thrise used Fortification help and upholding giveing offering and erecting filling all work of the hand and the right hand for the Ministry caph also is to crouch Genesis The Quiescency the staff and stay and salvation of the King is in the calling upon God and remembring of his Name as Psalm 18. therfor is Name so oft repeated also Wherby they hold abide and stand upright and haue their fill of harts ease and rest consultation and request fullfilled with all contentment The word salvation 4. times repeated Which is a royall quiescencey when the contrary trust and all vain confidence shall allwayes crouch and haue defeat So as the King standes by the Ministry his salvation and safe standing is in the perfection therof The crouching which is another sens of Caph and falling is the signe of Deficiencey the Vowells by the Grammarians Elias and others are called Kings which may be sayd to call upon the letters Iehova for to them the quiescents haue relation respect also and are for a recreation or restauration of mankinde PSALM XXI THe strongest hold lasteth longest so the Kings dayes and inheritance is made everlasting for sticking to the strength of the Ark of God Ps. 68.59 and the life and righteousnes of the law that is in it From whence hee hath his Dominion and crown of Glory and honour and worship and all blessings that his hart or lips can desire as Ps. 8.3 and is cheeâ—ed and whet on with the joy of his countenance Ps. 4.41 That for his fayth and love to God Gods loveing kindedenes shall lengthen his dayes a thousand generations against all reproche ps 4. Highth and depth is not discerned a farr no more is the hart of a king by his people that they should be angry with him And becaus fooles bolts are soon shott and easyly slay with reproche Ps. 14.15 and put out his light and extinguish his glory by Ignominy Ps. 4. The Church willeth the King to bee glad and rejoyce in God and to bee thankfull to the power of his Law and Love for his Salvation They pray that Gods power and his Ministry called his right hand may ever finde out all his Enimyes and them that hate him by his Iealousy and burn them with his firey presence like a furnace Ps. 58.83 and anger them with the opening of the word and consume and devoure them by laying the Scriptures before them and makeing them as a butt to shoot at And that God would bend the Scriptures at them and aime at their face-es to destroy them to the third and fowerth Generation for angring of him and his Anoynted for endevouring and attempting evill against him and diviseing mischeeff that they could never atchive an Imagination impossible to Kill him That Gods strength may bee extolled and his excellent power and virtue bee sung out in Psalmes and commended Thus hee thanketh God for his mighty and unspeakable blessings upon the King with a presumption that hee shall never bee stirred becaus hee trusteth in the Eternall who of his loveing kindenes defendeth them that trust in him Ps. 18. and findeth out all his enimyes and destroyeth them that the church may haue matter to sing Praises and commendations of him when the King is safe and they are poseed or oppose-ed by the word of God and as it wear slayn by Objection Construction The letters are interpreted Caah or cavah to be obscure and dark and troubled First in the contrary sense as of his countenance that it be lightsom and to be in sight thou hast set before him c. makest him cheerfull before thee c. at the time of thy presence c. a but c. bend against theiâ— faces c. Cavah to burn To make them black with wrath as a firey oven put them out of the sight of men and of the world by destruction and obscure them Such is the repetition of the sense and words also to make it cleer Genesis His Glory and honour and worship and prosperity and length of dayes beeing all that hee can desire is The Kings quiescency Ioy and delight is in the Confidence and preservation of the Eternall without defect let the King rejoyce in thy strength c. And seeing hee trusteth in the Eternall c. Bee thou exalted in thy Strength O Eternall c and for Constancey put them as a crown c. thou puttest upon him c. Set them as a firey Oven c Set them as a butt which is to plant fast and so oft repeated that whether for the quiescent or Defective it be firm The constancey of the Letters of Jehova or Ehevi the letters of the quiescents is great delight and ornament to vowels that call on them PSALM XXII IN the last Ps. 21. the King by trusting confidently in the eternall and the supremacey of godlines and excellencey of the promiss Ps. 138. And soveraignty and way of love is sure of salvation And this is 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
God hee is not afrayd of any multitude nor the neernes of any danger becaus hee is sure of the promiss that God will bless his people and save them and beat their Ennmyes on the cheek and smite out their backbiteing teeth out of their cheeks while hee taketh his naturall rest so that no persecution can preuaile aginst the Godly for their Saluation is out of sight of the wicked vpon which word the whole Construction runneth according to the number and signification of the term Ghimel the Name of the third letter which is Retribution Benefit or reward Likewise all kinde of safegard is raised from hence that hee is defended and Iustifyed upheld mainteined and glorified hee is heard and accepted when hee calleth And both vp and down sleeping and wakeing hee is ever susteined and his Enimyes are withstood and are to be offended and plagued for him and this is the blessing that hee is grace-ed withall by his prayer and request to God the trebleing of the wordes shew the intent The Genesis is the plurall number in Grammer called in Hebrew leshon rabbim mentioned by treble admiration of the multitude of his Enimyes and also his defyance of them though they farr exceeded and also his confidence in this grace of God and blessing which hee findeth all manner of security and all kinde of salvation from him which is righteousnes and euerlasting life ps 24 127 133. c. Gen. 15. PSALM IV. RIghteousnes and Iustice is his God as Psa. 109 and his glory is his Law and his cheeff respect is the light therof Psalm 92 93. from whence is all his comfort and deliverance and joy of hart and peace and secureity Ps. 21. and from hence hee looketh for releeff in all distress and is sure to be heard when hee calleth as Ps 50 91. and concealed and glorifyed therfor hee reprooveth their reprocheing of him with the superstitious vanityes of their religion and fals God-heads willing them not to offend in any such commotion against him but to be contented quietly vpon their beds hartily to sacrifice the Sacrifices of Righteousnes unto God and cleer themselues before him as Ps 84. and then to trust in him for salvation seeing the resistance heerof is reprobation as in the divers oblations of Cain and Abel From the one with a great deal of stirr and fals-hood from the other quiet Innocencey of Confession upon his bed and uprightenes as an evening offering without sinne Ps 141. beeing led by the law according to the wordes most conveniently agreeing Genes 4. For Construction according to the fowerth letter which signifyeth a doore hee mentioneth all along many kindes properties of doores that hee would open the doore of instruction by the lifting up of the light of his countenance and keeping in security that hee will widen to him in distress the Lord will hear him the wicked open their mouthes to his reproch in lyes and vanityes the Lord will shut him within the vaile to him self hee commandeth them to their chambers and to silence and to shut their mouthes and that the Eternall keepeth the hous safe and maketh us sleep secure and hee shuts the doore From Doore the opening and shutting and keeping is the Mystery so righteousnes is the doore ps 118. and standeth for all sacrifice as the doore of Fayth and all sacrifice must bee at the doore Genes 3. The Genesis is that part of Grammer called biclam to wit fower letters b.c.l.m. by which the gerunds are performed being added to the Infinitive at the begining intended in the wordes Chebhodhi le climmah in reproche of my Glory which was all the practice of the wicked and his correction of them that they would be silent and thinck nothing but right in their harts upon their beds by the words bilbhabhchem al mishcabhchem wher the letters biclam are again repeated to assure you The third Psalm shewed all the kindes of Salvation so this psalm the way PSALM V. YF any man seemeth religious and refraineth not his tong but deceiveth his hart that mans religion is vain The like may be sayd of other partes and affections Now becaus the wicked and mischeevous men haue no dwellings nor habitation with God and are marked to be cast out of doores as boasters molestors and vexers lyers murtherers and deceivers which can not inherit the kingdom of God hee early ernestly and duely seeketh the same and the righteousnes therof for his Guide and protection and to explane his way as an Enimy to all transgression and hypocrisy and prayeth that for dissembling his enimyes may bee faulty as Psal. 109. and Ashamed in all their wayes and faile of their purposes for rebelling against God and their own hartes and that hee and all that love his name may triumph to see the righteous how gratiously hee is protected blessed and defended for ever and this according to the Sinn offring lyeing at the doore which is the resort of the Godly for a morning prayer that as the last Psalm teacheth how to goe to bed so this same how to rise from Gen 4 also The fift and the letter He which is behold as He Jedignah and signifyed in wordes of all kinde of beholding Lead mee by thy righteousnes and direct mee in thy wayes and in the negatiue or contrary hee hath no pleasure in the wicked they shall not dwell with him they shal not bee in his presence hee hateth them and lotheth them Ps. 101. and looseth and destroyeth them forsaketh them and scattereth and destroyeth them the corrupt and hidden subtilty and rebellion against God can not bee seen and for their flattery by Salomons rule their childrens eyes should be put out to hearken to look abroad to com in his hous to doe worship as his servant in his Temple Gods protection and covering of him with a shield of grace which is fayth and is for the mystery of construction in direct and opposit imagination This for presence to behold and see Ps. 101. for presenting his oblation and morning prayer which hee would haue marked by the letter and terme He to say loe behold and by the presence of God and approching of the Godly also The Genesis is he Iedignah a letter of denotation wherby hee prayeth for right direction and a plain way becaus ther is no certainty in his enimyes mouthes that can not be known by means of dessembling makeing thēselues more then treaspassers rebelling against all truthe also by the notable triumphing for the wonderfull favour and admirable blessing and salvation upon the righteous for degrees of Ioy expressed in sundry wordes and also of grace PSALM VI. THe whole tenor of his life beeing just now the Prophet hath made Iustice his God Ps. 4. and righteousnes his King and God Ps. 5. for his whole trust and comfort safe conduct and protection according to the honorable way propounded in the argument Ps. 1.2 which is a priuat way of salvation that the wicked
can not bee ware of nor acquainted with Ps. 3. hee meaneth well to shew the same in makeing it the tenor and conclusion of all the book and of euery Psalme conteyned in it for a perpetuall rule of necessity the band of construction and the light of the mood and meaning And according to the definition of Iustice which is to giue euery man his due to pay all men according to their work and deserving as Ps. 62. and to requite them with the measure that proceedeth from them hee now feeling the terror that is Enimyes haue caused and the trouble in his mind by their vexation can well tell what to ask of God justly to fall upon them And as hee feeleth the wrath of hell and snares of death that draw men into their graves Ps. 18.55 by a wasteing consumption of the flesh throughout his body hee prayeth for his own deliuerance out of this burning choler which hee calleth the wrath of God by his mercys in due time Ps. 13.30 and that his enimyes may not see his destruction Ps 8.25 which they wish And as it hath been a long threatning of death which hee indure-ed so that they themselues may bee throughly terrifyed and utterly confounded with horror and suddainly ashamed and astonyed to see his acceptation and recovery Ps. 41. And this from thanks and peace offring and sacrifice of remembrance Lev 3.7 for Gods mercy upon true penitencey and confession which Death and the pitt can not perform But is heere expressed by this his terror and bashfulnes even to consumption Like the falling down of the countenance of Cain by the wordes of terror and bashfulnes repeared which thing the very number of the Psalme the letter Van doth signify which also signifyeth a hook or crook So that hee would not lay hold on him and seize on him in his anger but pittyfully and gentle-ly becaus hee is weak and so terrifyed soul and body by his sore hand so long upon him and that therfor hee would heal him of all and releas him and let him goe rather then destroy him and saue him from the grave from whence ther is noe redemptiō not fetching again His sighes fetch teares and his teares pull out his eyes by the provocation of his afflictors Hearing and receiuing his request and prayer and bashfulnes and terror of the enimy to draw them back is all the mystery of the construction The Genesis is Vau hippuc in grammer for changeing the times that make-eth the time past the time to come and also the contrary beeing joyned to the one it makes the other and therfore is called Vau the contrary or Vau the changeable or conversive Gods angry correction by David his enemyes and his terror and indignation hath throughly translated him and changed him therfor hee would an utter confusion and alteraion of their estate which is seen by the comming of the same wordes on bothe sides first on his part and after for his enimyes and also doubled in either place to make them markable for such passions turne men again and changeth and altereth them by a neat resemblance PSALM VII ALL a mans Glory is his life and all his brightenes is the uprightnes therof which was excellēt in David and heerby hee shine-ed before all men as Ps. 132 Therfor hee maketh Iustice his rule and his rule his soveraigne lord and his King his God and religion by all allegiance Heerin hee trusteth for all his secureity in his greatest affliction and persecution for deliverance for the pureity and integrity of his minde and syncerity of his hart against which yf hee hath varyed hee considereth and craveth the judgement due without favour if hee be guilty of the imputation and wrong as to repay his foes or bee revengefull upon his causeles enimyes as in case of Saul and Absolom impute-ed by Shemei that his glory may cease and his life be abase-ed and all his estimation com to nothing Cruell and deadly weapons are provide-ed for cruell persecutors while they plott and conceiue and work destruction by subtile dissembling and fals-hood their own plots and pitts catch thē and the cruell strokes of underminers bring the earth upon them And becaus such was the end and judgement of his enimyes the wicked that in malice still work their own destruction he thanketh God for his justice and commendeth the calling upon his name The Construction is in cleering himself of revenge becaus it belongeth to God only and of the seven-fold judgement of God Gen. 4. according to the figure of seven the number of the Psalme the letter Zain due upon persecutors he shewes also the way of his judgement as all Gods wordes are judgement Deut. 33. The Genesis is in Pagnal a part of speech which is to work for all a mans work bringeth judgement Eccl. 11. which thing will plainly appeer yf the wordes of persecution deliverance work and judgement be considered with the repetition and declination of them for all is but the work of man and the work of God and the end of bothe PSALM VIII BEcaus all Gods service is against his Enimyes all his Doctrine for the Salvation of his people which hee hath made a statute for Iacob and an everlasting rule for Israel Psal. 80. to binde him by the law of Iustice as in these former Psalmes which David maketh his God Psal. 4. and that the very name heerof is a deadly weapon against Satan and all afflictors and the calling upon God the moste soveraigne safegard of the church as Ps. 7. which so commendeth it when hee bringeth up his children in it and teacheth them this rule in their ABCes as in Ps. 25.34.37.111.112.119.145 and for the letters in the rest even through the book to shew that the workers of wrong work their own destruction and this is the Grammaticall lerning that hee hath trayned his church up in to make them skillfull in their warr and their fingers cunning to the battail against his Enimyes Hee speaketh to the former by Admiration heerof so keeping the story of the persecution all along with the meanes of deliverance hee steppeth from Psalme to Psalme And now hee admire-eth the noblenes of his Name for the boldnes of Gods children by their fayth and confidence which hee hath founded upon the righteousnes therof as on a Rock and the perfection of Infants in the law and their strength against their Enimyes as was that of David in his youth Ps. 119. M. and the preheminence of wretched and sorrowfull Man and the great grace of God upon him above more bewtifull creatures beeing preferred to the dominion and moste glorious Lordship of all the creation Makeing him heerby next to God in glory and worship and able to asswage the mightyest Enimyes Ps. 11.16.25 By walking the Sea Ps. 65.77 From the calling upon God in the Dayes of Enosh Gen. 4. Ps. 116.118 For the strength of Salvation And this is the weapon David useth against Goliah when
Gutturalls perish haue their reward and by the power of the Eternall the Quiescents are preserved Peace and silence c. note the quiescents PSALM XXIX THe word of God is mighty in operation it divideth between the marrow and the bone Out of the light of salvation Ps. 27. and knowledge in the Law of God riseth admirable glory and mighty confidence for edification and sustenance in the spirit as Ps. 28. That the glory and power therof may be moste famous as Ps. 76. wher the very sound therof breaketh the weapons and maketh an end of the warr by the chideing of the moste high in his dwelling place and sanctuary Salem Zion For exceeding lustre and strength heerof it is called a Kingdom as Ps. 143.144.145 and heer therfore the effect therof is called a King and God of glory to raigne for ever as Ps. 24.19 And this is for the voice and spirit of the word it self and possession of the Scriptures called the waters and the great waters and the flood which hee occupyeth with such majesty and such commande with such aflonishment of Doctrine such terror to the Princes and tossing of the mountaines the Cedars and Lebanon and all the lofty ones setting their hartes and all the woodes on fire as in Cadesh and to tremble with great greeft makeing all things naked and revealing of all secrets discovering of al hartes and greeving the great deer of the forrest for want of cover And becaus hee so shineth in his temple and so disquieteth his Enimyes and giveth his people such blessing of strength peace beyond the power of all Gods that hee willeth all Gods and princes and mighty and godly men the children of the Gods and Ministers to ascribe all power and glory to him for ever the glory of his name with all humility in his decent sanctuary So for the might and majesty of Gods word in the Scriptures called the waters Ps. 68.150 and his thundring out of his miraculous Acts therin that plague the great kings in the wildernes of Zin in Cadesh 38. yeers by the firey flames of the Law and becaus all that hee speaketh in his temple is glory and becaus the Eternalls throne is upon the flood therof wher hee sitteth ever king and giveth strength end peace to his people as Psal. 93.147 hee wisheth all glory and strength to be asâ—cribed to the Eternall and his name as Ps. 96. and great worship in his sanctuary Construction Caph a hand yeeld or give ascribe or offer Caph to bow bend or worship for adoration and oblation of the Priests and Ministers Caphah a branch when the trees be all shivered and the woods made all bare of boughes Iob. 15. Exod. 9. Tet of Tete to sweep away all Isai. 14. and this by the moste terrible Meteors to shew the force and fiercenes of the word of God Therfor that they should yeeld him the glory of calling upon him with all glory Genesis The quiescency is in Iehova that mastereth the watâ—rs as Noah in the Ark. The double doctrine of Dagesh in begad cepheth to be woren in the Ephod one kinde of Dagesh on the one shoulder and the other on the other by thes wordes yeeld c. glory and strength Dagesh tiphereth and dagesh chazak they must adore with decency The voice c. is with might and with majesty The glorious giving of the Law in mount Sina called the waters Exod. 19. Deut. 5. the strength and quiescency of his church to make his name and the calling upon him moste glorious Iehova or Hovah Isai. 47. by calamities and comfort Hee tells Iehevah 18 times over and El twise to shew the weight and glory of his name Jah which make 20. Mark the repetition PSALM XXX HEE that ascended is hee that descended first into the lower parts of the earth In the eighteenth Psalme David was baptised in trouble and in the nineteenth born by the word and made the childe of God by reformation and from thence strengthened and confirmed by his Name for which hee giveth all glory to God And in this Psalme hee is received to glory the greatest glory of God beeing his resurrection Before the loss of the Ark David was but over shooes and wetshod in affliction yet hee made his recovery great and his deliverance miraculous but now hee is up to the neeck yea over head and eares in hevynes when hee hath lost his charge his strength and ornament and salvation So that hee meaneth heer an infinit magnifying of God for his resurrection out of such a sorrow beeing as a poor ship wract man of all his confidence For ther is no descent so low as into a mans enimyes hands and no captivity so miserable or any misery so greevous as the whole Churches to a Defendour as is seen by Moses And haveing lost a sure estate and feeling the horror of Gods wrath and destruction and fallen in this terrible pit of distresses and affliction as seeing no way but death before him and considering well that there would com no profit by the death of a poor and wreched sinner but rather by his conversion and considering that God is not for ever angry as Ps. 77. and that there is Ioy and life to bee in Gods favour and likeing Ps. 34. hee turneth wholely to God for help and cryeth out of this great deep for redemption and forgivenes as Ps. 130. and obteineth to bee remitted and salved raised again and quickned that hee may sing and dance for joy and that his own Glory may for ever prais him for this shifting of him out of such miserable and sinfull corruption into such a glorious liberty again That hee ought for ever to worship him and Say Death wher is thy sting and hell wher is thy victory And for this hee so mightily extolleth God And as all the starrs in heaven differ in glory so the greatest glory in mans profession and protestation of religion is his resurrection from base corruption And therfor that ther is no way in heaven or earth to extoll it or thank him worthyly And this much for his dedication 2. Sam. 5.6 Construction Lamed for lerning or truth he maketh the light and life of the world Io. 1. hee dealing by the contrary as by the termes of darknes of adversity the pit horror Anger terror night mentioning heerby the lamentable and unprofitable state of darknes or ignorance that is intended From whence S. Mathew hath the children of the Kingdom which should be the children of light shall becom utterly ignorant by term utter Darknes and sorrow Which is nothing but the state of Ignorance Math 8. When God hideth his face and his glory shineth not and the Scriptures are not cleer For this hee prayeth for illumination and his glory to worship a right which is the brightnes of lerning to declare the truth His heavynes and his reviveing is from his God eternall Iehovah his virtuous remedy of Compassion marck the office
delight in warr that Egypt and Cush may com in and all Kingdomes of the earth for the increas of the church may sing to Gods Name the Eternall that rideeth and is glorious mounted in the Scriptures the Ancient Heavens before them that with a mighty voice in his church doe cry give all strength to God for his surpassing defens and pride of Israel in the skyes Psalm 29.15 that is terrible in his sanctuary and strengtheneth his people Construction Samec to uphold or maintein wherunto is opposeed kindes of perishing Vpholding is by strength of it hee makeeth divers kindes and his virtues ther God upholdeth as a father a husband a comfortable consort alone a redeemer out of bandes c. And all in his church by his word that susteined his people And such was the strength and nourishment of them even preaching Gods army is of great and invincible strength and able allwayes to save and recover out of the greatest deep of Misery As is his preachng so is his order of admirable strength and virtue which is useed for tameing of the Nations The perishing part is vanishing smoke melting wax snow painting pride flieing scattering c. From Cheth to prostrate break and wound and strewing c. spreding like snow c. The two letters Sach of Nasach to overthrow to be plucked up and destroyed For the privative likewise Exodus In the same sens God is eternall and rideth perpetually in the word wher hee is every wher so highly exalted and praised And for this stately everlasting residence hee is worthy Apo. 4.5.7 to have all glory honour and power and strength c. ascribeed to him The sacrifice is of singing and rejoyceing and exaltation of the Name of God for the strength of his salvation Is. 12.19 for the setting up of Israel And the Name Iah for Lord all for strength so oft and Iehovah for Elohim El and Adonah to note the same for a free will and heave offering Exod 35. by skipping and daunceing before the Ark. So liberally is hee mainteyned The Name of God commeth 26. times for the Honour of his Name Iehovah which letters signify so many just So God hath the whole feâ—ld to him self heer as Iob. 19. PASLM LXIX COnsidering the multitude and reprochefullnes that dayly exercise themselves upon him the miserable case that hee is in reproche and greeff haveing brokeen his hart for continuance of his troubles which are termed by all kinde of troublesom waâ—ers that by no meanes by spending of his voice and his eyes with calling and looking for help hee can get out off And considering the want and distastefullnes and strangenes of his freendes and acquaintance that hee was quite abashed compareing his troubled minde to the affliction of a prisoned man and considering that this that is com upon him is all for his godlynes and that all is for zeal to Gods hous and service more then for his sinn from them now his prayer is that it would pleas him of all kindenes to deliver him heerof That it make not an end of him but that God will leap in to him and com neer to his soul and redeem his life that the rest of the church may not bee abashed at his perishing And becaus of the trayterousnes and causlesnes of his Enimyes that their own meat bee made a bait to catch them and their table-talk to insnare them that they may lye tumbling and burn in wrath when they look in the book of God and see his angry countenance And becaus they still persecute a man in misery whom God himself hath strooken and allready slain for his foolish transgression adding strokes unto strokes wrongfully and beastly so that God would add iniquity to their iniquity still and that they may doo more wrong and more and never com to doo right that they may bee cutt off by their own wayes and never bee recorded with the Iust nor mentioned in the book of life That hee may sing a song of Thanks-giveing a principall sacrifice for his deliverance That all the whole church may rejoyce in their hartes that hee will once think upon the poor and imprisoned and all Creatures may prais him for his care advauncement of his church and the inheritance of his seed for ever Construction Samec to uphold Hee dealeth heer by way of privation in a contrary sens His misery is so great that ther is no support but hee is sunk over head and eares and hee hath no good footing to stand upon or any thing to bear him up but is quite drowned and overwhelmed The meanes of his pain are faultes folly from his Enimyes reproche depravation for his godlynes skoffing at all his profession Neither would his neerest freends know him that much daunted and sunk him in his spirit Hee prayeth for the favour of God and his truthe to prop him and suggest him therwith by hearing and delivering of him Hee looked for refuge and comforters but they fayled and wear eger and distastfull to him That sunk him also Therfor that all his Enimyes stay might fayl them And Gods salvation may exalt and succour the oppressed and greeved to the comfort of the godly and the just Tet for mire or durt by sticking or sinking and mire for declining wise repeated as Ps. 9. Set bothe lâ—tters Iehovah inflected Iehovih declineed to shew the same Exodus The sacrifice heer is a prais of the Name and calling upon God in distress Ps. 50. and a Thanks-offering like the Magnificat of Mary the mother of Iesus Lu. 1. better then any declination or double way of the wicked Hos. 5. And this shall hold up Ierusalem and Ierusalem the Saintes for ever Heerto are these wordes to bee applyed I will have mercy and not sacrifice Math. 9. an upholder And such a sacrifice hee will have in the wildernes also Exod. c. Remember still the iteration of termes to confirm the doctrine The request is for Ignominy Namelessnes and utter Extinction Mark the declineing of Iehovah into Iehovih the forme of Elohim for the God of Hostes and of Israel at the beginning of the doctrine PSALM LXX THis Psalme as it staÌ„deth for a Cadence in the first book in the end of the 40. after magnifyeing of the prais of God so heer it serveth for a Cadence together with the 71 of this book also and of his prayers and of the yeeres of his life to induce his prais 71. That considering now the fleetnes of his life and that his life is now allmoste speÌ„t that hee would make great haste to deliver him that hee might ere hee dye see all his Enimyes confounded Ps. 71. and that hee may bee able even to the last to set out his prais and that hee may be found strong therin when his Enimyes hold him forsaken of God with request as followeth 71. Construction Gnajin an eye from the word Gnajin 1. Sam. 18. to ey one or invye one
the word for meeting or kissing as mouth to mouth or face to face or neer or present by the itteration of the termes kindenes and truthe and righteousnes or Iustice and peace c. He to behold for the privative Thou forgavest and coveredst and thou contractedst break off c. For the habit shew Vs c. And the prospect of Truthe and righteousnes For his presence mark the doubling of the wordes Salvation Ps. 42. country and land The Eternalls likeing and goodnes to it In the first and last wordes Leviticus The good will of him that dwelt in the bush Deut. 33. is to his holy Land Exod. 3. his presence glory bounty Exod. 33. Ios. 5. and faith love and righteousnes and peace and salvation the rest of the Godly Armour and holy weapons and weedes of the Ministry Ps. 132. For mercy and remission and salvation in perill for sin that they bee not consumed with the flame of Gods wrath when they look in the Law Ministers of righteousnes shall goe before and lead as Prophets to direct his feet Luc. 1. PSALM LXXXVI THis Psalme is fitted to the former by the very wordes of the 25. That the reader should not misse but have an eye thither to mark the starr of his redemption and line of Gods Iustice and judgement which is seven fold the misery that they inflict upon the just and Gods vengeance and revenge upon the wicked and his payment of them to bring the Poor their hopes of inheritance and peace eternall with all plenty and delight with it by an utter rooting out of the wicked for ever as Ps. 37. And this is all for his kindenes and faith toward the Poor and distressed which hee calleth his way which also is his work which together is wonderfull that ther is none the like nor any God like him This way with many just reasons to be heard hee prayeth to bee taught and his hart to bee sharpened that hee may walk by the word of truth in the fear of his name to publish and glorify him for ever for his great deliverance by it as Ps. 88. That when many proud and terrible Tyrants which set not God nor his Law before them seek his life that God in the Kingdom of his compassion and kindenes would pitty them and bestow upon him his strength which is his Law and therby save the childe of the Church called the sonn of his hand maid and to shew som signe of this good unto him that the highe and fearfull looking men may bee abashed and abased when they see that God doth take his part against them Construction Pe a mouth for calling cryeing voice and prayer and name and hearing heaâ—kening and considering c. Relatives Mark the doubling of these wordes with requests and reasons which also is for Vau thâ— other letter for a crook a kinde of crooking or fetching by petition Likewise the two letters together make Po heer or hither which is also toward Which is the nature of pitty and kindenes also wordes often repeated By his mighty pulling of them out of hell and pittes of distresses and saveing them Mark the doubling of these words His perswasions and inducements Hee is poor hee is pittyfull hee trusteth to him hee calleth on him hee setteth his minde on him c. God is wonderfull kinde and a wonderfull doer 2. Cor. 4. And saveth strangely c. to the great glory and prais of his Name and calling upon him Ps. 50.91 and a shame to his foes by a signe of prosperity Leviticus Hee is com from Pastors Rulers and Kings and Gods and Angels and hostes Armyes exercisers or soldiers in the former Psalmes now to Ministers works creatures and servantes of God Psal. 134.103 Mark the often doubling of the word servant and son c. and the word Lord the relative to implye the same Such as bee the Priests dayly Callers upon God as was Moses and Aaron and Samuel Psal. 99. and Ezra c. For Saver or Helper of the people PSALM LXXXVII THer is no such mother as the Church of God nor any parentage like unto God his word ther is no such Church as Ierusalem and Sion from whence the word of God and the Law issueth that the gates the goeings in and out of Sion are better beloved with the everlasting then all the dwellings or cittyes of Iacob or the Church elswhere beside For when other citâ—yes are mentioned that this man or that man was born in them of Sion it is sayed more that this man was born in her in that which the most high built and established And when hee writeeth up his people hee will not leave out the place of their birth that were born there because of the excellent springs of musique that are in it And this commendeth the Childe of the Church and expoundeth the sonn of the hand maide in the former Psalme to shew the pretiousnes of the children of God the deernes of his servantes blood and the worthynes of their redemption Construction Pe a mouth by the ineffable fame of Ierusalem the mouth and talk of all the world By the words unspeakeable mention be sayd reckon c. for kindes of utterance springes singers and pipeers For mouth musique Zain for hear for the renowm and prais of the citty and what an honour it was to bee born in it and to bee brought up ther. Mark the word born doubled Zain for Zeh this for certainty by the repetition of that termn and sens so oft This man hee and hee or every one and hee c. both the letters make Paz for gold The golden citty new Ierusalem Apoc. 21. also Paz strength Gen. 49. Leviticus For the Church and Assembly and deer hous of God and his beloved Ministry for the place of highest degree of honour and prais called the gates of Sion The holy hill dwelling of Iacob Citty of God Gods founding and establishing c. for his service a place of harmony that ther is no place nor Church of the like Glory and strength authority The Leviticall office heer are the Musitians and praisers of God of which ther were 4000. 2. Cro. 23. PSALM LXXXVIII BEeing now in the Cadence and conclusion of this book and service also which is the proper place of praising and gloryfying of the name of God that in this Psalme by true cours nothing els câ—n bee expected but commendation and prais of the Everlasting for his great works of love and kindenes towards them Now by the languishing of the Church and their oppression in long captivity the Estate beeing altered the Memory and glory of Ierusalem dyeing and decaying every day seeing they now tell of their birthes in divers Nations and Cittyes and at length the Ierusalemites grow few as the Egyptian generation in the wildernes and they are estrangeed and their acquaintance obscureed and their estate abhorred and beecom abhominable like dead men now beeing thus
of Right which is the Law as Psal. 111. And God hath made in Iacob in that kingdom of priests a Law both of judgement and justice for the peace and salvation of his servants which hee committed to Moses Aaron and Samuel of his Priests in a cloudy and dark stile when they called upon him that they should handle the same and they observed it and received the understanding of it to preach it to all The summ of all which hee answered them was the two parts of the Law defineing himself unto them as Ps. 19. that the Law had reward and punishment in it and that hee was a God of forgivenes and a God of revenge for their works Therfor that they should exalt greatly the throne of that kingdom of justice of their God and fall at his feet at his footstool Ierusalem and becom his subjects becaus hee is holy and prostrate their selves in Zion at his holy hill for the holynes of the Law and the vtterance therof the everlasting Kingdom of God and his Righteousnes Construction Tsade for food for receiving of the word and preaching of it Exod. 19.20 Iudgement the strength of Government and of a King is heer for food Micah 5. This was Iacobs portion and the majesty of Zion Gods Testimonyes and prescripts answers out of the Law in a secret stile Heerwith is his ministry fed when they call and all rule preserved and kingdom established Hee raigneth within the vaile in the moste holy place and feedeth with mercey and forgiuenes from the mercy seat and reuenge a kinde of judgement from the Law And this is his holynes mark the word repeated and argued Iudgement answer holy strength and confirming calling c. Theth to decline or stoop or bow or prostrate as from Cheth the second letter in the other peece They extoll him with all humility and reverence for the same Marke the doubling of the words Exalt and prostrate c. and equalls footstool holy hill c. Numbers The Nations for want of Iudgement have no strength nor stay of government but are in commotion are declineing and tottering all in peeces kingdoms divideed against them selves they cannot stand The doctrine of Zion beeing so farr above theirs is to bee admirably exalted and reverenceâ—d and for the holynes of it opposeed to the wildernes of their profanenes PSALM C. WHat it is to tell out the loueing kindenes and faithfullnes of God at morning and evening prayer of the Sabbath Ps. 92. and the worthynes and benefit therof is shewed cleerly in this psalme to bee thankfullnes vnto him For what better thing can be then it by which God is best and onely gloryfied Ps. 50. and man best pleased seeing that the repeating of kindenes expresseth thanks Then as kindenes is measureed by the benefits and faithfullnes seen in all good turns so the greatest good turn and greatest benefit and the greatest kindenes deserveth the greatest thankes Now what greater goodnes could ther bee to the Church then their Creation and reforming of their heathenish manners and the makeing of them by his Word and Law wherby he became a father vnto them begetting them out of all darknes feare and distress to a most glorious light and boldnes and salvation to make them his own people his holy people and his onely inheritance his sheep and flock and congregation and to bee their dayly sheephard and Pastor as Ps. 23. giueing them their education and food out of the Doctrine therof And what worship thanks or blessing or prais or honour can bee sufficient for so great a benefit Therfore for the goodnes of his everlasting kindenes and faithfulnes it is required that they neglect not but come before him and keep Sabbath in his holy place and with all alacrity all triumph all glory and melody that can bee that of all offerings they remember to sacrifice thanks and praise in his courts with all their forcees And that they recompens worship and blessing of his Name the cheeffest service for evermore then which nothing can bee sweeter in the nostrels of God Construction Quoph of Jaquaph to compass beseege or invade Ios. 6. which hee expoundeth by the word bo to come vpon or to or invade Is. 41. wherfore the word is twise vseed that it may bee noteed As also by the rest of the words that intend the priests function that minister about him in the congregation on the Sabbath as triumph serue and thank and prais and bless c. the Eternall and his Name in his hous for his loueing kindenes that is alwayes round about them and compassing them Ps. 32. and imbraceing of them Numbers Hee imbraceed them with his grace in the wildernes and with his loue and kindenes drew them to him and built them vp with Faith in his Word Is. 31. The Eternall is the God that made them and owes them and feeds them What is heere intended but the godhead of grace and mercy in the Name Iehovah Eternall the way of God Psal. 145.116 Deut. 4. Exod. 33. Distinguished by the repetition of the demonstratiue Hee hee that c. And this his everlasting mercyes and goodnes and truth of his word his faith and loue haue compassed them and wonn them out of rudenesse and mended their manners So the Makeer Owner and Pasture is nothing but the way of God which is to lead liue an eternall life which neuer expireeth as the Law that dyeth not while the kingdom standeth which beeing a life for all and for ever and for rest is called Eternall PSALM CI. IN this Psalme David makeeth God to teach his way and to tell his minde to them that feare him promissed Psal. 25. which is the Iudgement and the kindenes mentioned in the Psalmes heere before which hee now makeeth a Psalme of to wit of Grace and of condemnation which the word yeeldeth at the hearing therof beeing the Baptism of the holy Ghost and of fire and the fann that purgeth the floor and makeeth clean the corn from the chaff and diuideeth the sheep from the Goats the blessed from the cursed and the Elect from the reprobate Wher God teacheth in his Church the perfect way that hee himselfe walketh in his hous with an intyre hart as Ps. 26. when they come vnto him shewing whom he setteth out of sight and who shall not cleane with him whom hee hateeth and whom hee will put away whom hee will take no knowledge of whom hee will utterly dissolue and whom hee cannot abide Whom his eyes are upon to dwell with him walk with him and serve him and who shall not dwell with him nor tary in his sight That by this division the Enimyes of God may bee soon cutt off and dissolved from the citty of God and his habitation The knowledge wherof is also a wonderfull benefit For by this description and separation and excommunication of the wicked the just may bee saveed and the church increased For how shall they
invadeers Like the frozen and setled ones Zeph. 1. The despisers and deriders Iob. 12. Ne. 4. Mat. 6. Luc. 16. Pro. 30. Caph of Caphaph the second letter to bow oppressed made to stoop bowed Ghimel the third letter reward the giveing of grace and countinance for their waiting as fit gifts for children And this as it is the work of the eye Prov. 30. So hee that dwelleth in the heavens the great regarder and great derideer is prayed unto Psal. 2. Maâ—k the repetition through out agreeing Deuteronomy Hee that prayeth unto God doth glorifye God Psal. 50. hee that commeth unto God confesseth that God is his praying for countenance is as much as confessing and publishing of his grace and repeating of his eternall life and everlasting way and wonderfull work of salvation Thes 15 Psalmes have a figurative excellence in them Is. 38. returning and reciteing and climeing higher and higher to heaven and understanding by words PSALM CXXIV MOnt Sion was the glory of Ierusalem and the Musitians the glory of Sion as Psal. 87. and thes Psalmes the glory of the Musitians The mery songs of Sion which they so much longed to hear and inquireed for in Babilon Ps. 137 by which men are sung alive again from death every Psalme beeing a step from misery and a step to honour and that of the Kingdom of heaven from the greatest ignorance and darknes to the greatest knowledge and light Heerby the Apostles sing open the prison doores and sing off the bandes of their feet for the word of God is not bound Psal. 68. Act. 16. 2. Tim. 2. and take the keeper prisoner For heer is a new earth a new citty and a new Sion and a new tabernacle of God with men and a new and a heavenly knowledge in man a new man which captiveeth all power and can not bee captiveed The fruit of the spirit beeing in all goodnes righteousnes and truthe sendeth out such hymnes and Psalmes and spirituall songes of thanks of melody in their hartes for salvation that maketh all manner of subjection captivity and bonds and imprisonment tolerable God is ever good unto his people and ever neer his elect as Ps. 73 to glorify his chosen as Psal. 84.86 when all the troubles and malice and anger in the world aros and kindled against them And hee cracketh all the building and plots of the Enimye by his goodnes kindenes when hee is called upon as Ps. 118. After long waiting as Ps. 40. and great affliction as Ps. 90.109 when the people of God bee even eaten up alive with reproche and scornful biteing and defamation at the handes of the proud at last God useeth to bee good and gratious and mercyfull and comfortable unto them by takeing theÌ„ out of thos lions jawes which in long gapeing get the cramp and neuer close again And though a world of nations like stoods of Enimyes set upon them yet ther is that dullnes in their understanding and sottery in proceeding dissention and division and imperfection in the manifacture of their cordes which they lay that they are soon brokeen for the devill beeing author of confusion of discord they no better agree one with another then they agree with the Church and their work is soon destroyed For the works of discord are not stâ—ong nor durable And thus ofteÌ„ times by the muteny of the Enimye the Church is safe as in Aegypt Assur Babilon c. Absolom c. wher the salvation of the Godly is out of the sight of the wicked and they have a miraculous deliverance and all by their invocation and calling upon the Name of God and serving of their Creator as 92. which in due time heareth yf they faint not And this is the Experience and hope which they have by patience wherby this Psalme suiteth with the former Construction Quoph of Jaquaph to inviâ—on is of the compassing of the Eâ—imy by the abundance and inundation of them compared to the swelling of Iordan and the proud warrs of the men of Adam their invasion Ios. 3. of the Church Iob 22. Ps. 42.116 Ier. 12. Ion. 1. The opposition is Gods present assistance and standing to them and with them by his existens and name Iehovah And about them in helping Rom. 8. Consider the first and last wordes doubled Caph for bowing down and pressing of the Enimye in captivity by snares and waters to wit the 70 of Babel See the affecting of Iod with Zain in Azza and in Zedonim to be multiplyed for 70. as Zain Gnain Ps. 25.34 Daleth a door is Gods discipline and remedy as the Medes and Persians to dissolve the captivity of the Babylonians Mark the repetition to all Deuteronomy Thes songes of return bee sufficient confâ—ssion of Gods mercyfull and miraculous deliverance which hee would have the Church still in minde of and to use them for repetitions as beeing so much bound for their salvation to him PSALM CXXV THey that beleeve not shall not bee established Righteousnes and God and the Kingdom of God is the same thing for other gifts of government are conteined in it Ther is no stedfastnes but in justice nor any trust or beleeff or assurance but in the everlastingnes therof becaus for this are Gods people immutable and immovable haveing the light of the Law and the glory therof shineing about them to guard them for ever That ther shall no wicked dominion Lordship or punishment rest wher the righteous dwell becaus they doo not wrong as Psal. 15. and that the wicked doo overgripe themselves that medle with them and are forceed to loos their hold and releas their captivityes Therfor hee that seeketh righteousnes seeketh all and hee that seeketh it findeeth all It is found in the Law called the face of God as Psal. 24. that pure Israel only seeketh and is blessed therwith The Church now prayeth for judgement favour to the upright strait and plain mindeed men and condemnation to the variable and crooked and declineers in hell with the mischevous and evill dooers as Ps. 5. That Israel may once have peace and the Ark have rest and the Church never faile Mat. 16. Construction Quoph the compassing heer is in the term about as the hills and the eternall Existence God doth guard his people by his providence the wicked shall not rest among them for fear of corrupting them the confident and faithfull shall not miscarry no more then hills or rockes Mat. 16. and this is the Eternall presence of God the faithfull according to the third letter He behold and the absence of the wicked that must not com nighe the Righteous The faithfull are defineâ—d good and upright strait and direct in their harts against declineers and benders and wrong and crooked wayes and this for Caph to bend or crook also So the cherishing of the good and the banishing of molesters is the way of peace Caph a hand or a shaft or rod as of the wicked Mark the
pitty and compassion for his long patience and great benignity kindenes for his goodnes and mercyes to and over all his works because his Kingdom and power and glory is eternall for susteining them that are falling and in decay and setting upright them that are declineing and giving all things their meat in due time and liberally and freely and bountifully satisfyeing all living creatures with his open handes For his justice in all his wayes and kindenes upon all his creatures of his Church for his neernes to them that call upon him faithfully by performing what soever they request and hearing them and saveing them and destroying all the wicked as Psal. 92. That therfor seeing this Kingdom is of this kinde of heavenly operation not of the world which is the seed of the word sowen in the hart of man to govern him hee now as in the conclusions of all the rest of the books exalteth greatly this God and King of his and blesseth his name and the calling upon him for ever and ever Which exaltation and hallowing of his Name is a new work after the petition is ended to finish all which shall last for ever as Psal. 111 for makeing him sundry wayes ripe in the word of God and cherishing him therwith for setting him in the doctrine that lasteth for ever and ever That ever generation from the beginning to the end might prais his workes and the power therof And that hee will esteem the glory of his worshipp and tell of his wonderfull acts by the mystery of the priesthood and that they may speak of and confess the reverendnes and the strength of all his worship as Psa. 92 and mighty terrors ps 90. Hee hath thus reckoned his magnificence and greatnes that all his works and holy creatures might confess him and bless him and tell out his glory ps 57. and speak of his power to make known to all the children of men his powers and most inestimable glory of his kingdom that all eyes do wait for for their food of wisdom and understanding which is never out of season ps 1. For which he would that his mouth should alwaies speak Gods prais and all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever Construction Quoph of Jaquaph to compass or circuit as 1. K. 7. Heerto hee bringeth the greatness of his mercy and huge extent of his kingdom and power and glory therof by his infinit working without all circuit or bounds to receive all that call Mem waters for a kingdom rule domination Is. 8. the king is Jehovah as ps 24. by the curious takeing of the letters of his name in a new spelling of Iehovah for Iod He and Vav his miracles glory and mercy the salvation is the Scriptures for his kingdom of drawing and allureing when men hear and read and are ruled by them which is the calling upon them and serching them drawing and governing Ier. 31. Is. 54. Io. 6. behold for the admirable glory and shineing of it in all his creatures as by all words of utterance and declaration Quamah to stand or endure for the eternity perfection and infinite stature of his name for his exaltation and therfor the defective letter Nun or N. is left out of the row of the A. B.C. also Quamah for a field of standing corn Mark the doubleing of the words in all Deuteronomy The confession is the continueing of words of declartion of his acts of eternall life and wonderfull kindenes and way and workes of salvation and exaltation of his name Mark the repetition PSALM CXLVI IN this psalme hee considereth that hee will make his confidence sure and then spend all his life in prais and psalmes unto his God as ps 92. Therfor takeing away all vanity of worldly confidence hee seeketh the heavenly happines therof that the God of Sion and the Church and his righteousnes is to reign for ever and to bee exalted and praised Therfor heer as ps 118. hee willeth not to trust in unchariritable princes or any human men which know not the high wisdom of God nor the depth of the mysterie therof determined for the glory and safety of the Church which have no salvation or help in them that by and by consume and turn to earth as soon as the breath is out of them and in the same day all their estimation and reputation and thoughts are at an end and perish hee now sheweth a more than fleshly revelation to them that love him that is the godly of a sound rock to build upon that spirituall things must be set to spirituall things our faith in spirituall charity becaus God is spirit and this a healing faith hee commendeth greatly the beleeff in God and his word the Creator maintainer and restorer of all things and the happines of him that reposeeth all his help and hope in him setting him forth by his heavenly properties Tell Iohn what things ye have seen a preserver of truth and keeper of faithfullnes for ever a Releever of the oppressed and a graunter of his request and a righter of their caus a feeder of them that hunger for him a resolver of all that be tyed in ignorance and doubt or haesitation a giver of sight and knowledge to the blinde and unlearned and a streighter and director of them that bee of a wrong and a crooked opinion or lame and declining in their understanding and a lover of them that be right and most charitablely preserveth strangers with hospitality and mainteineth parents for orphans and husbands for widdowes as ps 68. a perverter crosser of all the wayes works of wicked men as ps 1 that they may perpetually bee seen to perish and com to naught the everlasting God and his most charitable word of righteousnes the God of Sion that reigneth and helpeth for ever for all ages and throghout all generations And thus much concerning a right beleeff confidence as in the 15 psalmes of degâ—ees as uppon the end of the petition Construction Quoph to compass hee keepeth 2 Kin. 11 salvation for walles Is. 26. faith salveth thy faith hath made thee whole c. Mem waters Lam. 3. G. the working doctrine of the Kingdom of the king God Iehovah Eternall the works of righteousnes great works of God by the word doeing makeing for his mighty reforming of all sorts Is. 42. Mark the repetition for one part of the kingdom Vau a hook or crook faith hope and love for affection and appetite the distinction and opposition of his trust The tree letters Quomo are for the raiser and comforter Is. 26.42 the opposition is God and man the one a releever and a reformer of the godly of all sortes Am 7. and the other a decayer Is. 2. God is an euerlasting erecter and helper of his and an overthrower of the wicked Mark the repetition Deuteronomy The praising and blessing of the Eternall doth intend his miraculous Acts and works of eternity and