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A35945 A brief explication of the other fifty Psalmes, from Ps. 50 to Ps. 100 by David Dickson ... Dickson, David, 1583?-1663. 1653 (1653) Wing D1396; ESTC R19237 330,684 408

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among_o foolish_a man_n but_o indeed_o it_o be_v nothing_o before_o god_n but_o brutish_a folly_n i_o be_v as_o a_o beast_n before_o thou_o ver._n 23._o nevertheless_o i_o be_o continual_o with_o thou_o thou_o have_v hold_v i_o by_o my_o right_a hand_n the_o second_o use_n of_o thi●…_n exercise_n be_v the_o acknowledgmen●…_n that_o hi●…●…nding_v in_o grace_n and_o god_n obedience_n depend_v only_o upon_o the_o lord_n by_o who_o powerful_a sustein_v of_o he_o he_o be_v keep_v from_o be_v utter_o overcome_v by_o the_o tentation_n of_o satan_n and_o from_o fall_v from_o the_o way_n of_o god_n by_o the_o tentation_n whence_o learn_v 1._o the_o ●…verance_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v not_o of_o themselves_o but_o of_o the_o lord_n who_o do_v not_o forsake_v they_o when_o they_o of_o themselves_o be_v ready_a to_o forsake_v he_o but_o by_o his_o power_n secret_o uphold_v they_o and_o keep_v they_o fast_o to_o himself_o this_o do_v the_o psalmist_n here_o acknowledge_v nevertheless_o i_o be_o continual_o with_o thou_o 2._o ●…hen_o we_o have_v get_v proof_n of_o our_o own_o folly_n and_o weakn●…_n 〈◊〉_d deserve_a then_o do_v we_o most_o clear_o see_v and_o confes●…_n 〈◊〉_d ●…e_n and_o power_n in_o preserve_v of_o we_o thou_o have_v hold_v i_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hand_n ver._n 24._o thou_o shall_v guide_v i_o with_o thy_o counsel_n and_o afterward_o receive_v i_o to_o glory_n the_o three_o use_n be_v the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o faith_n and_o hope_n in_o god_n for_o time_n to_o come_v whence_o learn_v 1._o the_o believer_n how_o sensible_a soever_o he_o be_v of_o his_o own_o weakness_n may_v be_v persuade_v of_o his_o own_o perseverance_n by_o look_v on_o god_n constancy_n and_o feel_v experience_n of_o his_o work_n of_o grace_n in_o he_o in_o time_n past_a thou_o will_v g●…_n i_o with_o thy_o counsel_n etc._n etc._n 2._o there_o be_v a_o unseparable_a connexion_n between_o walk_v by_o god_n direction_n in_o the_o time_n of_o this_o life_n and_o our_o receive_n into_o 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〈◊〉_d earth_n that_o i_o d●…_n 〈◊〉_d thou_o 3._o as_o to_o find_v all_o thing_n to_o fai●…_n we_o except_o god_n in_o the_o time_n of_o trial_n do_v serve_v to_o loose_v our_o affection_n and_o confide●…e_n off_o they_o so_o to_o find_v help_n in_o god_n when_o all_o thing_n do_v fail_v serve_v to_o tic_o the_o hear_v of_o a_o believer_n strong_o to_o the_o lord_n my_o heart_n and_o my_o flesh_n fail_v i_o but_o god_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o my_o hea●…t_n 〈◊〉_d 4._o when_o the_o believer_n have_v see_v his_o own_o strength_n fail_v he_o and_o yet_o not_o the_o less_o do_v believe_v in_o god_n he_o shall_v find_v his_o sail_a heart_n and_o faint_a courage_n uphold_v and_o his_o own_o exhaust_a strength_n
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lord_n meek_a one_o may_v seem_v for_o the_o present_a to_o obscure_v god_n glory_n and_o to_o tend_v to_o his_o dishonour_n yet_o when_o he_o have_v hu●…bled_v try_a purify_v his_o own_o and_o do_v his_o work_n in_o mount_n zion_n all_o the_o rage_n of_o persecutor_n shall_v turn_v to_o god_n glory_n undoubted_o sure_o the_o ●…rath_n of_o man_n shall_v praise_v thou_o 2._o when_o god_n have_v glorify_v himsel●…_n in_o the_o purge_n of_o his_o saint_n and_o punish_v their_o pe●…secutors_n yet_o the_o enmity_n of_o the_o wicked_a world_n against_o god_n people_n will_v not_o cease_v there_o will_v be_v still_o as_o here_o be_v presuppose_v a_o remainder_n of_o wrath_n 3._o let_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o wicked_a against_o the_o godly_a be_v never_o so_o great_a inveterate_a last_a and_o unquenchable_a yet_o it_o shall_v vent_v itself_o only_o as_o the_o lord_n see_v fit_v he_o shall_v madera●…e_v the_o outletting_a of_o it_o as_o he_o see_v expedient_a for_o his_o pe●…ples_n good_a it_o shall_v not_o break_v out_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o his_o people_n the_o remainder_n of_o wra●…h_n sha●…t_v thou_o restrain_v ver._n 11._o vow_n and_o pay_v unto_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n let_v all_o that_o be_v round_o about_o he_o bring_v present_n unto_o he_o that_o ought_v to_o he_o fear_v 12._o he_o shall_v cut_v off_o the_o spirit_n of_o prince_n he_o be_v terrible_a to_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o use_n of_o the_o former_a doctrine_n be_v to_o teach_v god_n people_n to_o give_v unto_o god_n that_o respect_n and_o praise_v which_o be_v due_a to_o he_o from_o they_o and_o to_o exhort_v all_o nation_n without_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n to_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o he_o lest_o he_o cut_v off_o fearful_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o whence_o learn_v 1._o the_o use_n of_o the_o lord_n deliverance_n of_o his_o church_n which_o the_o people_n of_o god_n shall_v make_v be_v to_o call_v on_o god_n in_o their_o trouble_n engage_v themselves_o to_o 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