of the kingdom expressed and way of eternall life for a confession celebration or rehearsall PSALM CXLVII BEcause Gods prais is so desireable a thing and so comely and God so good and so pleasant for building Ierusalem as a nest for his Saints and a Synagogue of all the Church to salve all their dispersion cure their broken harâ—s bindeing up their grief keeping the number of all his starts ministers in the book of life and makeing a catalogue of them becaus their lord is of great power and of infinite understanding continueing the lowly makeing the weakest to last longest and humbling the wicked and proudest and strongest to the ground for covering the heavens of understanding with parabolicall clouds and makeing lerning to rain on the earth and grass and food for all creatures that call for it and hath his onely delight and pleasure in them that fear him and wait for his kindenes and not in mans desires or humane delights as ps 37.33 Because hee hath made their citty strong gates of salvation by the doctrine of the Prophets to keep it as ps 127 and blessed their children with the comfort of the word of God within it as ps 28.29 and peace and plenty of fine wheat flower in all her borders sending out his word and servants that most speedily runn through the whole land that when a winter season of frost and snow and hard clumpers of ice are cast out to possess the intractable hearts of men to correct the stubbornnes of man and to mollifie their hardnes and to make them more fruitfull and to add strength unto them for increas and multiplication of them hee by and by sendeth his spirit the south and warm winde of his word and thaweth them and they yeeld doctrine that no other nation should know his judgements which follow properly after the commandements as just payments for the breaches of them and a perfect recompens of all mens works giveing them waight for waight and measure for measure Therfor according to ps 92. hee willeth to prais God and chant out his prais and becaus his wisdom in this psalm is so infinitely set out as his speciall property heer hee ascribeth that unto him and willeth that they sing psalms to him with thanks on the harp ps 92 and that Ierusalem and Sion above all should commend and prais him for their so great benefit for the service of him ps 92. Furthermore haveing done with the preacher hee commeth now to the sermon which is righteosnes and this is the content of all the Scriptures and summ of them the word of God and sword of the spirit which hee handleth ps 141· Therfor in this psalm hee reckoneeth the books of the bible as Ovid reckoned the books of Virgill Am. Eleg. 15. then fo this work and authority and first the five books of the Law then the first Prophets conteining Iosuah Iudges Samuel and Kings the charets and horsmen of Israel and lastly the sixteen last Prophets the strong barrs of the citty gates of Ierusalem as ps 127. the garrison of peace in their borders and plentifull provision of chois blessings within it with sweet annotations for mention of them wherein hee sheweth that although God hath given the church the cup of his wrath to taste and sent them the hard weather of his swift judgement by the law of condemnation and makeing their hearts as cold as hard as a stone yet turning the winde about ther commeth a thaw of comfortable doctrine out of the Prophets to save them So that the whole Scriptures and scope of them and the iudgements and prescripts and comfort and salvation beeing onely known unto the Church all the world could not compare with them as ps 47. And heerin is the pleasantnes and sweetnes of the everlasting And this is a most seemly prais and that which best becommeth Preachers and that which they are bound unto Construction Quoph to compass or invireon by the building of Ierusalem by the walls borders and limits that contein them Lam. 3. g. seeing the termination of the word Ierusalem is peace another part of the kingdom Mark the doubling of the word kindes of compassing gathering bindeing and summing or telling c. Scatter Mem waters his saying word prescripts judgements sending drop waters rain thaweth snow frost ice and cold for properties Zain to hear or make to hear by the coactive sens and this is by words of declaration tell number declare all doubled His hearing is by contenting them that call and giveing them dayly food and sustenance of the word Miqra the Scripture and accepting of them Mat. 6.4 to them that hee delighteeth in and wait for his kindenes Mark the doubling and definition bread wheatenflower morsels c. according to Quemach the number of the next psalm which is flower or meal Deuteronomy The confession heer is in all kindes of words of prais and commendation of the eternall in three places of the psalm For his sundry acts of his way of eternall life in sundry manners by Ierusalem for his goodnes to them and especiall regard of them Mark the doubling PSALM CXLVIII IN this psalm because Gods words and commandments have formed them and made them that they are hee willeth that of right and by good reason they should all creatures in the world do his commandment and set forth his prais out of heaven in the highest as ps 92. and that hee willeth his angels and ministers of his church and all the army of them beeing the whole hoste of heaven and heavenly sanctuary to doo And out of the earth all the instruments and organs of his wrath ps 72.18 that are his executioners as in the Revelation that they prais him the great mountains and kingdoms of the world the most glorious trees and liveing creatures to prais and commend his creation and the installing of man to a second and a better wisdom of repentance and amendment of life and reformation and regeneraon of the Church of God that bringeth still their salvation and all sorts of people to doo the same Becaus his name onely is to bee exalted and his worship spread above and over all the earth and the heaven and all â—lements psal 68. for exalting the church For now is salvation in heaven by a cleer judgement and separation of the clean from the unclean and just to life and the unjust to damnation by his message of ill angels ps 90. the whirling and side-long wheeles of Gods angry judgement Is. 5. Ezek. 10. Like tempestuous whirlwindes from the creation Gen. 1. That all the starrs of the ministry should prais God out of the Scriptures in lofty stiles for their glorious creation and limitation from the Law even the angels that sail above the heavens in the waters therof as Abraham Isaac and Iacob and the tribes Moses and Aaron and the Levites and all low degreees of creaâ—ures either by sinne or destiny to prais him
THE BOOK OF PRAYSES CALLED THE PSALMES The KEYES and Holly Things of DAVID Translated out of the Hebrevv According to the Letter and the Mystery of them AND According to the rule and Methode of the Compile-er Opened in Proper Arguments vpon every PSALME following the same BY ALEXANDER TOP ESQVIER AMSTELREDAM Printed by Ian Fredericksz Stam. M. DC XXIX To the Highe and mighty Prince CHARLES By the grace of God KING of England Scotland France and Irland Defendour of the faith c. All Grace peace and felicity Everlasting MOSTE GRATIOVS SOVERAIGNE Becaus the children of God bee peaceable and the Kingdom of heaven belongeth to the poore in spirit and contention is a hinderance of understanding and Skorners are farr from it becaus wisdom is the true happines and stops the mouth of iniquity becaus the lion and the serpent is vanquished and Iustice raigneth and the Turtle dove is com and heard in our land becaus the glory of the law the strength therof shineth in your Majesties hart by cleernes of judgement golden verity becaus your Majesty is the Prince of peace an endles gouvernment is layd upon you and none els is fitt to sit upon the Throne of David I humbly present unto your Majestyes handes this Scepter of the Psalmes of David his service my paines to your Majestyes service as fear to whom fear and honour to whom honour Scepters to whom Scepters belong beeing an instrument full of eyes sharp provident fitt for gouvernment made of Moses and the Prophets hath Christ and his Apostles looking on it That your Majesty may never bee weary of beholding it when your Majesty shall perceive how potentiall it is made for the Church by sweet invitation of skorners by revelation to the Ignorant and resolution to the straitened How therby the wisdom of the Ministry of that great congregation and Allowance of the Temple of Ierusalem and their blessing of the poore with instruction crowning of them that keep the law reprobation of the contentious to answer all reprochers the most heavenly perfection of the church that beareth all peace and beatitude is brought to light By dividing the waters of the Scriptures and making a cleer passage through the depth therof The rod of government that ceaseth all contention in them and melteth the hard rocks bringeth liquor of life out of the same Considering the heighth of the stile and depth of the invention the reach of the work and largenes of Matter becaus the world I suppose have no more such piles I make your Majesty the Pillar and stay of all And as the deliverance is upon the knees of your Majestyes Dominion that your Majesty may live in them and they bee susteined by your Majesty that your Majesty my live eternally with them and they with your Majesty that your Majesty bee ever blessed by them they by your Majesty that your Majesty may sanctify them they may sanctify your Majesty That your Majestyes name may bee their sanctuary they the Ministers to extoll the same as long as the sunn and moon lasteth That by the light in the night of them the clowdynes in the day time they may the Church may all the Godly may walk safe untouched of the Enimy and live and Conquer for ever Seeing all kinde of rule and art government regularity is conteined in them that nothing is wanting That your Majesty like David may lead yours with a skillfull hand feed them hartily And thus have your Majesty a most glorious entrance into the strong and invincible citty of David the fort of Sion Where all the blinde and lame are smitten and a most heavenly pile of cleernes and uprightnes and Kingdom of knowledge is erected By Principles in the tongue and in religion and in divinity by letter and figure till it come to a perfection of strength glory for the defendour such was the occasion of this work The work is so well knitt together from Psalme to Psalme one matter to another and one thing with another that they are not to bee sundred for the strength therof And that your Majesty may say the same and perceive how the stile is lifted from the ground how the heavenly understandÃng is overcovered with cloudes I here present a revelation therof by naturall Arguments rising from them for your Majesty to lean on while your Majesty ministreth just judgement giveth the strength of the Law to your people to feed on And that your Majestyes endes may bee ever blessed that the wicked bee Cutt off and the just may ever possess the land peace enough to delight them And now the vail of all is drawen the light is manifest I moste humblely submit all to your Majesty the Shield of Truthe and end with Iob. No man can bee silent for want of knowledge I therfor repent and give over pray your Majestyes pardon conclude with prayer for your Majestyes dayes and raigne as the dayes of heaven with all happynes Your Majestyes moste humble subject ALEXANDER TOP To the Reader COnsider Gentle Reader that all Knowledge and Learning is descended fâ—om rudenes and inclines to return unto it With much pain it was brought forth so with might and main it must bee held up lest all runn into confusion again And this is the work of the Prophet All piles incline to confusion theâ—for hee seeketh to save the Law Because in language ther bee many kindes weigh his rule hee writeeth upon the five books five books under the five beginnings out of the five books to wit the first wordes of every book That he so purposed the ends and the beginnings do throughly prove They make every one a perfect conclusion and beginn directly upon the first wordes of the same book in the Law Though the books bee precisely five yet the number of the psalm continueth through all which cannot but intend mystery This way is not strange to Poets to descant upon words by allegoricall discours by this hee travaileth onely upon the mysteryes and doubtfullnes of the Law or the termes of it in the propheticall or heavenly stile takeing his frame from the Prophets And this shall suffice to make the psalmes to argue the Law Every glory hath his covering Is. 4. so the psalms are a brief copy of the Law They treat of the Law and of the King as every Law must have a King as it is a kingdom The Law is made out of the vertues and the psalms extâ—ll it much out of the names of God The psalms do carry a fair outward stile but their treasure is within them and that is their holines They are indeed the revelation of the Law and the Prophets His way is all upon A. B. C. defect abounding or disordered becaus the Letters bee so significant This is no strange lerning for most of the other books of â—he bible play the
are euen consumed and driuen out by oppression and I CALL on thee dayly ô ETERNALL and spread my palmes vnto thee Wilt thou doe a wonder vpon the Dead shall the deceased rise againe and confesse thee surely Shall thy LOV KINDENES bee told in the grave thy FAYTHFVLLNES in the place of destruction shall thy Miracles be manifested in the dark and thy wonderfull IVSTICE in the land of forgetfullnes that I when I shoute vnto thee my PRAYER come early before thee why doest thou reject mee and hide thy face from mee J beeing afflicted and yeelding vp the Ghost vvith trouble vvith bearing thy Terrors am amaseed thy sore Kindlings are vpon mee thy terrible Passions press mee They compasse about mee dayly like vvater and goe all-about ouer mee together Thou estrangest my Loueing freends from mee my familiar Acquaintance vvith obscurity LXXXIX A Mascil of Ethan the Ezrachite I Will euer SING the KINDENESSES of the ETERNALL to all Generatiōs make known thy FAITHFVLLNES with my mouth To wit The Kindenes that the world was built by and thy Faythfullnes which thou hast CONFIRMED in the Heavens I have made a Covenant sworne to my servant David I will establish thy seed for euer and build vp thy throne for all generatiōs surely And let the Heaven confesse thy wonderfullnes O ETERNALL yea thy FAYTHFVLLNES in the Congregation of the Holly ones For who among the children of the GODES in the cloudy skyes equalleth or may compare with the ETERNALL a terrible GOD in the counsell of the Holly ones and dreadfull over all that be about him O ETERNALL GOD of Warr who is so mighty a GOD as thou art and thy FAYTHFVLLNES about thee Thou rullest over the pride of the Sea and allayest the waves thereof when they rise the maine Ocean thou beatest down like a slain man with thy strong Arme scatterest thine Enimyes the Heavens are thine yea the Earth is thine the whole world and all the Implements therof for thou foundedst them the North and the South thou hast created them Tabor and Hermon to resound out thy Name Thou hast a conquering Arme and thy Right hand doth highly prevaile the firm Base of thy Throne is Iustice and Iudgement and Kindenes and Faythfullnes stand before thy face Happy are the People that know Triumphing and walk ô ETER in the Light of thy Countenaunce are dayly meery with thy NAME and Exalted with thy IVSTICE Because thou art the Ornament of their Strength and by thy good will is our Horne Exalted For our DEFENDOVR is the ETERNALLS our KING the Holly ones of Israel whē as thou spakest in a VISION to thy GRATIOVS ONE and SAYEDST J haue leuyed raysed and Ayde a Chose-en one out of the People aboue a VVORTHY J haue found my Seruant Dauid and Anoynted him vvith my holly oyle vvith vvhom my hand shall firmly bee mine ARME shall strengthen him No Enimye or Iniurious childe shall intercept him or oppresse him J vvill beat dovvn his foes them that hate him flat before him my FAYTHFVLLNES LOV KINDENES shall bee vvith him and in my NAME shall his Horne bee exalted vpon the Sea vpon the Riuers vvill J make his Right hand to bee Hee shall CALL mee O my Father my GOD Rock of my SALVATION I vvill make him my ELDEST-SONNE the SOVERAIGNE of all the Kinges of the Earth J vvill make his seed his Throne to bee for Euerlasting like the dayes of heauen if his children forsake my Law vvalk not in my JVDGEMENTS if they violate my PRESCRIPTIONS keep not my Commandements I vvill visit their Transgressions vvith Rods their Jniquity vvith Scourges but my Lov Kindenes vvill I not break off from him neither deal falsly in my Faythfullnes J vvill not violate my Covenant nor change the thing that is gon out of my Lipps I haue once SVVORNE in my HOLLYNES and shall J lye vnto David His Seed shall bee for euer his Throne as the Sunne before mee hee shall be established as firme as the Moone a faythfull witnes in the SKYE for euer surely And thou lothe-est and drawest back and art angry with thine ANOINTED Thou avoydest the COVENANT of thy Servant and defile-est his Garland one the ground thou hast broke-en down all his walles and made a ruine of all his Fortifications all Travailers by the way trample on him hee is a Reproche vnto his Neighbours Thou holdest vp the Right hand of his Foes make-est all his Enimyes glad yea thou turnest the edge of his sword and make-est it not to stand in the Battail thou make-est it rest from his brightnes and hast pulled down his Throne to the Ground Thou hast shortened the dayes of his youth and covered him over with Bashfullnes surely How long wilt thou continue hid and shall thy hot Anger burn like fire ô Remember thou of what continuance I am wherfor in vain hast thou create-ed all Human men what strong man is ther that shall not see death or his life shall escape from the hand of hell surely Wher are thy first KINDENESSES ô Lord which thou SWAREST to David in thy FAYTHFVLLNES Remember O LORD the Reproche of thy Seruāts which I put vp in my bosom of all the great ones of the Nations wher with thine Enimyes have reproched ô ETERNALL wher with thine Enimyes haue reproched the Steps of thine Anoynted Blessed bee the ETERNALL for ever Again and Again THE FOWRTH BOOK XC A Prayer of Moses the Man of GOD. O LORD thou hast been an Habitation for vs in all ages before the Hilles wear brought foorth and the Earth and whole Confusion had travailed in paine of birth and from one generation to another thou hast been our GOD. Thou bringest miserable man to a fragment and SAYEST Com againe yee Children of men For a thousand yeers in thy sighte is as yeesterday that is past and as a watch in the night Thou rainest them down and they are like a sleep in the morning hee is fresh like grasse that in the morning florisheth fresh and at evening is cut down and withered for in thine Anger and thy Heat wee are terribly consume-ed Thou settest our iniquityes before thee and our youthfullnes in the lighte of thy presence for all our DAYES glaunce by in thy wrath wee spend our yeers
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
signe his keeping himself undefile-ed in religion His keeping of Gods word and not denyeing his name and holding his fayth Now Salomon sayth the way of God is strength to the upright man like a Ps. 18. and so may the King well delight in his salvation Ps. 24. hee that looseth his fayâ—h looseth his strength And this strength in this Psalme is called the morning strength or strength of youth the strength of the Law of God and way of godlynes Which as the adulterers bestow the same upon the harlot and strange woman so they that revolt from it are called adulterers and make the members of righteousnes the meÌ„bers of an harlot Ps. 73. and this is the matter of Davids complaint in this Psalme That God hath left off saveing of him cry hee never so sore and his strength fayleth Psal. 71. and why hee should not be saved by his faith as well as the fathers of the church before him like Hebr. 11. seeing his trust was upon God from his mothers brest and had no other succour but was wholeley cast upon him all his life And why hee receiveth all reproche in the world while they are highly commended that his trust was so notable that hee suffered all kinde of floutes and mocks and skorn for the same His adversity is the terriblest enimyes set upon him in the terriblest manner and hee is as a man without any strength and like a dead man Psal. 88.71 with neither courage nor strength to save himself or face to look upon them But is like water spilt on the ground of no strength quite lost and undon his bones hang not together his hart is molten his marrow is dryed and his tong cleaves to his Iawes and that God hath even turned him to dust They tear him in peeces and quarter him like dogs and lions that hee may see his bones in their mouthes by their looks upon him and his clothes divide-ed among them Now that hee hath made himself so strengthless so helpless so vile in Name and so sore in affliction that of all men hee saw himself moste contemptible and his distresses so nigh hee prayeth to add continuall presence and favour and his speedy might again to deliver him and save him That hee and all that fear God the seed of Iacob and Israel may declare and praise his name in the church and glorifye him and stand in aw of him for his grace and countenance and attendance to the humble and aflicted and they that seek God may feed upon his doctrine with full contentment and refresh their hartes for ever that the ends of all the earth may therby bee converted and haue minde to com to God and Iaphet may dwell in the tents of Sem. And becaus the Kingdom and rule of all nations is Gods that all the fanilyes of the Hethen may bow down and worship before him yea the miserable soules that haue no life in them and are going to their grave may be fed and bow down and worship like him That the gentiles may com in to prais God and serve him and be counted for his children and declare his Iustice and tell what things hee hath don to all that shall be born heerafter The summ af all is this that seeing hee was cast upon the Eternall from his birth and hath had no friend but God in al his life hee that for deliverances had all the praises of Israel and that hee hath committed no aduletry that way Ps. 73. now in extreame distress hee prayeth for speedy comfort and not to bee cast off that hee may also prayse God and so that all people may be fed with his doctrine that even the very hethen may admire it and worship the eternall for his infinite Kingdom and likewise becom his childeren to prais him That God leaveth not his servant in any low estate nor despiseth them for any affliction nor turneth at any time from his servants and children that turn not from him his servants beeing counted for his children and generation that all sortes should seek him and not for any affliction change their God seeing hee is King of all nations Construction The letters are to extinguish or put out from Cabha or to bee extinguished as the seed of the godly shall never bee This is seen in repetition of the word seed of Iacob the seed of Israel the Seed that serveth the Lord and feareth the Eternall shall be an everlasting posterity and no affliction or adversity shall extinguish it That feed upon the word and adore the Eternall Thes words also are repeted as caph to bow â—arang outcasts and afflicted Dust Ashes aged feeble all degrees and kindes of extincts His misery can not extinguish him becaus the unquenchable spirit of the word comforts him Caph a hand for might beth for be ezra helping be as the grammarians call and this sense and wordes is three times repeated Far from may help be not far wheÌ„ distress is nigh and I haue no helper Ps. 32. Is. 58. and ô Eternall my might make hast to my help as goe the letters so goe their allusions together easy to be marked Genesis The mighty God hath left him helpless and is far off and the just God heareth him not for all his calling Though the fathers triumphed in his deliverance But hee hath his delight in the mercyfull Eternall upon their faith and cryeing to him Their quiescency is their faith his quiescencey is in his fayth in the Eternal and his Kingdom in the help of God The token therof is in El Ejaloth For might the same word in a double forme perfect and imperfect and the words of delivering often repeated and fayth the means of help be gnezra ha El by the help of God Hee is delighted with the invocation upon the Eternall Ps. 14. which also is a reformation of man PSALM XXIII WHen God is sheepheard then is the church the flock Psal. 80. and the scriptures and word of God the pasture hee that in this Psalme is sheepheard in the last and in the Psalme following is King as you see Heer in David findeth such refreshing and releeft in distresses that hee reckoneth himself heerby to abound to be strong and rich in all want and poverty and persecution what soever that hee hath ever stusteined him that hee need not despaire for hee wanteth nothing that is good Ps. 37. Now becaus ingratitude is a theevery and not to restore as great a stealth as taking by force and hee hath received heerin and heerby the highâ—st blessings that can bee and that they have been his guide his meat his drink his companion his feast his anoyntment his mirth his peace and plenty in darck and cloudy times of adversity and that in the sight of his persecutors and hath still brought him through for his own names sake and to shew the power and strength of his word as in Psal. 22. and therfor from hence hee getteth this
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
submissive and the gentle well indued but the froward hamperd are kirbed Psal. 18. As the letters Lamed beth are first over the Psalme so are they the last signifying the hart Wher all crosses and comfort meet wher sinn harboureth wher grace entreth faith repentance worketh and amendment groweth confession and all plainenes issueth and remission commeth and all salvation and joy and happines and triumph followeth Genesis The Retoricall Accent Metheg a bridle is used compared to the Law to check the froward and to pardon the penitent the happy estate of remission to the refreiners the great grace of continence as Metheg is to the word for sweetnes and especially for distance and Gaja for roaring and crying as the prince of Accents Is. 55. Ps. 22. All language is doltish and senseles without the Melody of time and quantity in syllabes and pointes and stops in Oration according to all degrees of Declination in the sentence Ther is no trespass but against righteousnes the virtue of the Eternall and ther is no forgevines but from the God therof nor happynes nor joy but to trust in him and indevour it PSALME XXXIII NOw hee willeth all the just to triumph royally for the certainty and effect of Gods word which hee fully-ly describe-eth the happines of the Nation that are the Eternalls inheritance And for that in all the Scriptures called the heavens and his dwelling seat from whence hee hath his prospect which are formed to the hartes of all men no salvation is found to haue been by great Armys of Kings or strength of men and horses as Psal. 147. but by the vigilancey and care of the Eternall in his Law called his Eye to deliver and releeve them that fear him and because their Soul waiteth upon the Eternall whom they make their sole defence and delight and trust in him hee craveeth the like mercy upon the whole Church as their hope is in him Now seeing the counsell of Gods word passeth the counsell and all conceipt of the heathen for creating and reforming of mankinde and bringing them to knowledge that they may bee strong in fayth and of a sound hope unto salvation and that instruction is a new Creation hee willeth a sabath of praise and sanctification to bee solemnized as Psal. 92. by the just for the godlynes of them and praise of his maker For salvation is not by strength but by fayth as appeereth in the Lordes battailes by patience the Armour of the saintes Gods holy Oracle and mercy seat considereth all men From hence was Moses admonished Num. 7. by the brest plate of Iudgement the ingraven form of Godhead and wisedom Exod. 28.39 Construction Lamed leerning shewing the instruction promissed Ps. 32. The preservation of the Saintes and beleevers Levit. 8. shewing judgement justice mercey and truthe to be the definition of the word of God Ioh. 1. Math. 23. that yee may know what it is and this is a lerning This Psalme belongeth to the former by repeating the wordes therof and the mystery in the prospect of the Eternal doubled for the preest and deeps in treasures and counsell and cogitation for the brest plate of judgement imbrodered The Efficacy and power of the word of God the eternity of the light the advisement discretion therof the brest plate and the vanity of humane lerning What reverence it asketh what fear of offending how precious the observing and how painfull the offending is Fear yee the Eternall c. Ghimel hee rewardeth according to all mens workes how sure it cometh how beneficiall to the elect the providence to thē that fear God for the best understanding Ther is no safety by multitude fortitude nor faculty but all grace and pardon and forgivenes help and protection is by fayth and patience The fear of God is the observing of the commandements which is his word and the makeing conscience of transgression therof seeing all that is don is for fear or love and this is finall and a principall lerning as the End of the commandement is love c. 1. Tim. 1. The Scriptures are an Eternall Oracle of counsell and advise they have both Vrim Thummim in them light of knowledge and perfection of life The tree of knowledge and of cariage that is taught of God Gen. 3. Io. 6. 1. Thess. 5. and this is that which the preest is to bear upon his hart and to be indued with all to shew that the kingdom of God standeth in suffering and not in pomp Genesis Metheg a bridle so is the word of God a rule to hold us in and direct us it is full of regularity right and strait and true as the world it self in his cours the honour of upright mē For Metheg Jasher or Munnah Metheg turned to Munnah to serve Zakeph caton the grammaticall Acent Metheg gaja the accutest and loudest musick Accent Other propertyes of the rule bee expressed by the words counsel Actions by faith and patience by the waiting and trustinge by refreining absteining from ill restraining the minde And this is a moderation above all kingdom or worldly dominion of hors or man whatsoever and governeth all things PSALM XXXIV FOr Gods mercyes upon him giving him that strength of beleeff hee resolveth to praise him and bless him allwayes and with all his might and allureeth a whole congregation to the sanctifying of him for the releeff of his distressed case by his great goodnes and mercyes in guarding him by the spirit of his word Therfor hee will now let them know the use and benefit of Gods service and fear that is that it will make men like giants for countenance and continuāce and state of Eternity Psal. 112. And for stature like goodly Cedars and as it is the way to long life by description so what this service and fear is by definition Psal. 92. and how it is accomplished to speak plainly and truely without any hypocrisy or dissimulation to doe good and not evill following the way of peace And in this way the Lord will look upon them and hear them allwayes and deliver them out of all evills Bee the woes of the just never so many yet hee will save him whole from falling into temptation when the wicked by som ill shall be utterly desolate wasted and slaine And this is expressed farther by a mystery between P and P in the A B C rew shewing that the afflictions of the church shall have joyes sevenfold after captivity of 70. at 490 yeers end as in two Reshes and Tsade in the Vers Resh wher hee sheweth eternall comfort to the just by Gods favours and the utter condemnation of the wicked by Gods angry lookes upon thē out of his word And this behaviour David accounteth to availe much to the strengthening of his faith to waite for all promiss of this life and that to com And thus much for the upright childe of the Church begotten by much misery and affliction
with all speed deliver him presently save him The mistery of this Psalme is easily gathered from the first wordes which are plain from the promiss as for the 400. yeers in Ribhah Ribhi wher the two Arrs make the 400 of affliction by their travail and servitude and unhumane usage whom God will judge The same wordes com again to the same purpose in Psalme 119. R. 74. And thus hee intendeth to tune his harp in this book wholely to the first commandemēt play upon the promiss Gen. 15. for the strength of beleeff that hee would never give over his confidence for any affliction bee it never so long or so sore For Truthe the other part of the way of God Construction Mem waters For nations and deceitfullnes and failing also Iob 6. light and truth for the waters of the Law Other kindes and propertyes in the last Psalme oppression Enimy trouble confess which is to make to flow abrode c. Ghimel for reward is heer answered by judgeing and revengeing Gen. 15. for the equity and justice in the office of a judge 1. Sam. 24. And by his solemne celebration as a sacrifice Ghimel for waining also as by his waiting Ps. 131. Mog both the letters are to melt as when the soul is troubled and the hart fainteth Exodus Gods name his strength confidence and his Mirth and his celebration as Ps. 28. For his salvation his mirth depends upon his salvation and his salvation upon his presence and that upon his fayth And these are Termes and definitions of God-head as Names of God PSALM XLIIII AS the people of God in old time prospered not by the strength of their own armes as appeered still by the ods against them but by their wise direction Ministry and discipline called the right hand and arme of God and the knowledge of the Law called the light of his countenance and his favour because their Religion pleased him God himself beeing leader of their armyes as a sheepheard leadeth his sheep and seeing God hathe now failed to goe with his people erring in their understanding and made no reckoning of them but hath given them and sold them for nothing to their Enimyes obscured them among the Dragons the Hethen to shame them that they suffer all manner of reproche of all about them that Iacob is ashamed of his commande now because hee himself trusted not in his own strength for salvation but hee and they all of the same faith and the same Religion and that they never failed a Iot of the covenant between God and them notwithstanding their misery but held themselves from all forain worship and for that all their punishment was for him that is for their Religions sake The church as Ps. 134. prayeth for his loveing kindenes likewise that hee would consider their oppression not to sleep as Ps. 121. but redeem and help them and by his Name deliver them That they might have a victorious Issue over their Enimyes with shame to them and prais to his Name for ever In the first part of this Psalme is the manifest majesty souveraignty worship of God in his workes of old as Ps. 111. hee makeeth him a king for the bringing of the childrē of Israel out of Aegypt by his judgemēt in his Law placeing thē in the lād of promiss pittying their case favouring thē Makeing Iacob a cunning wrestler to trise up the heeles of the hethē supplant thē So now as the church hath need hee prayeth God to help Iacob the Church against their Enimyes because their trust is onely in him not in weapons the strength of man In the second part hee sheweth that the Church is in wors case them that in Aegypt and their suffering slavery subjection and servitude far greater in somuch as hee sheweth heerin true sacrifice for the love of God Affliction standeth for Sacrifice as sacrifice is a Type of affliction in the Law which beeing indure-ed for the love of God and his Law and covenant doth chalenge favour from God reconcilement to him Now the Church offereth to bee tryed by God to whom no secrets of the hart are hid that dureing all this heavy burden of oppression they haue never forgotten nor been fals in his covenant neither in thought nor deed have once fallen back or turned their steps aside out of his way or have been out of minde of him or haue once held up their handes or besought any other God And for this great love they beeing thus dayly slain according to the second commandement as it belongeth to the first hee prayeth for Gods favour and redemption out of their low estate by affliction and oppression with a sound hope and confidence of salvation as they have offered their syncere and clean harts and upright and pure mindes the sacrifice of righteousnes and innocencey before him as Psal. 4. from Abrahams offering of his sonn Gen. 22. Construction Mem waters As the Hethen Nations and peoples Enimy afflictors misery and oppression place of Dragons great rivers or sea of Aegypt Daleth a door the door of hope Hos. 2. Is. 65. from Ios. 7. door for a vally The Entrance of their plantation in Canaan Which was in the vally of Akor wher they received discomfiture and fled before Aie The Allusion is plain by repeating of the word Achor beeing of the same sound Is. 45. Their turning back Ther is a kinde of entrance by the sword which is called a door Likewise the door of faith Actor 14. by the Ministry called the right hand Arme of God And by the light of Gods presence which is instruction Wher by Christ calleth himself a door and a sheepheard for goeing in and out by him and his feeding of them Ioh. 10. as of Cirus Is. 45. Mad to meat for the division of the land by Iosua Mad a garment for both the letters Exodus His King and his Lord the God of Isaack that hee would not sleep when hee is called upon and let his people be made a laughing stock to the world but rise and help them In Isaak was his covenant Iacob hitherto hath syncerely kept it therfor they would not be made a scoff to the world a reproche shame to their neighbours and all ignominy to suffer as sacrifice when they have Gods Name in such singular honour and reverence From Isaaks Name and sacrifice Gen. 17.22 which is heer meant by the vilenes of reputation and sorenes of affliction which they got by their defect in warr when Gods word and his presence shined not unto them Remember the Echo like sheep for their meat c. like slain sheep c. Again thou puttest us a laughter c. thou puttest us a byword c. PSALM XLV HE sheweth in this psalme the Espousals of the Lamb and his wife of Christ and the Church the Kingdom and majesty of God Ps. 145. and the heavenly Ierusalem the
Law of Moses is to trick out and express the righteousnes of Abraham it must not forget his faith nor his love nor his bountifullnes and giftes of the minde that last for ever Iudgement fidelity and mercy the weighty matters as Psal. 112. but in one Ceremony or other precept or complement the whole man must be thought upon as well for grace and adoption as for judgement and condemnation as Ps. 101. seeing life is promissed to the observers And this part of the Law is that which Christ in the new Testament so much preferreth as uprightnes and cleernes of the inner man which is the absolute holynes and perfection of godlynes the way to grace which hee requireth Wherby a man seemeth to bee divided against himself the flesh against the spirit grace becommeth opposit to workes as the Apostle sheweth by division of the Law And this is Christes fullfilling of the Law and baptisme of the holy Ghost that angered the Iewes and sett all the world on fire beeing beyond the comun understanding In this Psalme hee cometh to the kingdom and citty of their great king and defendour their God of righteousnes in the last Psalme this is Ierusalem their university mount Sion his holy hill the school of all godlynes and virtue and of the Law of God The Law shall com forth of Sion and the word of God out of Ierusalem c. Now as all types of holynes were to bee moste glorious for worship and majesty as Psal. 45.145.111 So the Iewes for fame of their religion would have the place like the tabernacle to excell So that all the world might take delight in the structure and order of the temple and Synagogue of Ierusalem this theatre and oracle of the Law and stage wher the word is acted more then the Queen of the South took in the sitting of Salomons servantes Wher two or three are gathered togeter in my name ther am I in the midst of them so experience hath taught them and assureth the Church that Gods love is allwayes in his Temple where his service is and never away from them that fear him And shewing first the greatnes of God in this place for his dayly worship and his fame his name calling upon him their munition his presence and releeff upon their Batlementes Psal. 56. by confounding their enimyes his kindenes in his temple which is better then life as Ps. 63. his fame praise over all the world and because hee doth nothing but Iustice with his right hand and scepter of his lerned ministry that breaketh all the heathen in peeces as Ps. 2. that Sion and all Iudah may be glad of his judgements they would not have this place ever forgotten For that this is the very God their only God that hath saved them from death And therfor likewise they will haue no other God but him for ever As in the former Psalmes according to the Tabernacle Exod. 36. wherin the love of God was dayly resident Construction Mem waters for the Citty and Godly policy therof the habitation of Godlynes and holynes Is. 33.48 of kindenes and Iustice and Iudgement the waters of the Law The letter Cheth to break or terrify by the ship-wrack and astonishment of the Enimy Macha applauding Zach. 12. as of the Citty and of the townes of Iudah Or Machah for abolishing as of the Enimy Ps. 9. in the contrary by Sapper to register or tell or write up for Is. 33. to book and not to blot out Marck the repetition and resounding of the termes Exodus Heer is the dwelling of the great God and righteous King the King of Salem and Sion Ps. 76. heer is the place of blessing heer hence righteousnes doth flow and salvation is all about it and God doth lead men from death as a kinde of passover For another Name of God The God of Shem Gen. 9. of renowm and fame foâ— Iustice even Melchisedeq an other of Gods Ministers Sacrificer of the most high God Gen. 14. Heeris the Altar of God and heer is the Priesthood and place of service and sacrifice which Israel in Aegypt so much desired Exo. 7.8.9 according to the promiss to return to and to make mery at and the Name of the Citty is Ther is the Eternall Ezech. 48. as the Name Iehovah the Eternall is Righteousnes PSALM XLIX THe wisdom and understanding of this Prable which hee would have all the world to know is this The vanity of riches to be trusted in and of the Owners their foolish wayes that glory in them and their disappointments that keep not their honour but dye like beastes and consume in the pit like rotten sheep and their wealth commeth they know not to whom to make mery withall while death and the grave get dominion over them And the comfort of the Poore in a hard time in famine or other adversity or perplexity the crossnes of his life called the iniquity of his heeles That when as the Richeman that likeed this life and the worship belonging to it shall dye without riches or glory to descend with him the Poor-man shall bee redeemed from his misery and bee accepted and live to bee heire to his fathers that are deceasseed and injoy his substance the word of God Thus is the Poor man for his patience exalted up to heaven and the Richman condemned to hell for want of understanding the one beeing alive and happy and the other dead and in hell for sorrow They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them c. Yf Moses and the Prophets can quench the wrath of God and extinguish the flames of Hell quiet a tormented conscience then surely Moses and the Prophets are the true and living way to grace and to Christ as Christe is the way to the father and the understanding of Moses and the Scriptures Abrahams bosom And fâ—om hence is that parable luke 16. which is heer proclaimed to Riche-men and Men in adversity Which doctrine as it is called a parable in the greek and a comparison in the hebrew so in latine it is moste properly to bee termed a conjecture which is a doctrine much used of the Iewes called Signes and is moste frequent in the Psalmes parables beeing a good demonstration a principall evidence of truthe As tokens shew freendes so signes are a peece of knowledge wherby wee are brought to beleeff and as wee know in part by them So is it a step of faith And by this observation David is mightily confirmed highly honoureth the doctrine through-out the Psalmes and greatly complaineth that Ierusalem wanted lerned men therin as Ps. 74. Therfor hee first propoundeth the Riche-mans travaile concerning the world counting it a hard thing for him to enter into the kingdom of heaven And makeing all his habilements facultyes of riches nothing worth and all his pleasure to bee but the flattery of the world and but for a short season because the Rich hath many
dead in sorrowfull lives buryed deeply in distresses and covered with wrongfull oppression shutt up from their freindes and acquaintance by remotenes and terriblely amaseed by affliction and Gods angry terror upon them Now how can they confess him aright as Psalm 86.137 and shew his kindenes and faithfullnes among the Destroyers and make his Miracles plain among them that understand nothing or manifest his Iustice wher it shall not bee remembred For this hee prayeth aloud in the night as Psalm 134. And holdeth up his handes and calleth dayly for salvation and redemption with early shouting and praier for the same to wit their return to Ierusalem to prais him counting all placees els in the world but an absolute state of death whersoever they were captiveed Construction Pe a mouth mouth to mouth or face to face for manifest as by prayer and Oration to God Affliction is the contrary for obscureity signified by the whole nature of the grave and dead men What theyr estate is mark his presence in these words before thee praying shouting and cryeing and calling confess told manifested Gods wrath remember And a miserable estate is compareed to a grave for all propertyes So his life is full of all evills none evill escapes him Hee is at the mouth of the pitt expireth Hee is dead slain weak out of minde cutt off in the deep in the dark in place of destruction land of forgetfullnes out of his acquaintance in abhomination shut up for ever In wrath hee rejects and hides his face Hee doth no wonderfull and secret thing his mercey is not revealed Cheth fear prostration and breaches amaseed terrors terrible passions oppression c. Bothe the letters spelt make Pach a Governour Duke or Prince Neh. 5. according to Ie. 48. also a snare which for his adversity hee maketh death and the grave as Ps. 18. Leviticus Nehemiah chap. 5. sheweth by useing the like wordes of this Psalme that hee is the Cryer and Governour and cheeff Prelate heer meant haveing the like occasion in the behalf of the church PSALM LXXXIX THe faithfullnes and kindenes and justice and judgement of the Everlasting by which the heaven and earth and all thrones are built and preserved must bee for ever sung And happy are the people that can delight and bee merry in the presence and light of the Everlasting beeing exalted by him Wher hee hath ordeined the sounding out of his Name And that ther is none to bee comparâ—ed either in heaven or earth to the Eternall for his warlikenes for might or counsell or terror for beating down the proud Nations and scattering of his Enimyes Now haveing exalted David and covenanted with him and sworn that his Throne shal be for ever and his seed after him and that hee would so strengthen him that no enimyes should hurt or oppress him and that hee would make him as deer as his Eldest sonn and give him a supremacey above all the kinges of the Earth and that hee would never take his kindenes from him onely correct him with â—odds for transgression of his Law Now hee noteeth that the Enimye hath the advantage and rejoyce God is angry and breaks his covenant Ierusalem is takeen and layd desolate the crown of his Anointed is cast on the ground the church is in captivity even in their prime their swordes nor their hartes have any edges to battell and his Throne is overturned and hee is abashed and is a reproche to his neighbours and prayeâ—h that hee would no longer now hide his face in his angâ—y dealing thus against them but remember what stripes they bee able to carry and not to make an end of them in his wrath but let them see his salvation in time and redeem them and to think of what continuance they are seeing oppression makes an end of the strongest and what was their Creation worth wâ—thout Redemption and think upon his kindenesses again and faithfull covenant to David and consider all his wayes after this correction and the Reproche that the church putteth up at the handes of thes great Nations their Enimyes that cannot abide his steps Construction Pe a mouth for all kindes of speech covenant swear confess triumph sing be mery with exalt speaking saying falsifying of promiss violating of covenant breaking his word changeing the thing that is gon out of his lipps lying reprocheing c. covenant law Iudgements prescriptions commandements his word or mouth Kindes of mouthes the edge of the sword the hand of hell or mouth Ps. 141. gaps in hedges and breaches in walls thou hast broken down all his walls c. Tet dirt or clay as beating for dust his throne is down and his garland and crown and all his exalting defiled in the ground and abaseed and all Kingdom and honour in the dust and shame and reproche to cover it His song is the Merceyâ—s and miraculous dealing of God and his truthe in promiss which is all his way Ps. 25. his mighty way of salvation rule and assistance See the repetition of kindenes and faythfullnes and wonders for kindenes and walk of divers writeing to bee noteed Mark the eternity and throne of God wher hee sitteth in his word which is his mouth for ever world without end for the wisdom and uprightnes therof Iudgement and Iustice. Leviticus The Seed of the woman shall crush the serpents head Ge. 3. Michael the Archangel of the covenant is cheeff prince and prelate heer Da. 7.10.12 Zac. 3. Ap. 12. Iude. Like Immanuel Is. 7.8 Nu. 13. as by Gods Name of might and strength to help and rule and commande El and Chasin Iah c. Mark the admiration who among the children of the Gods c. who is so mighty a God c. So Mi Ca El signifyeth who is like God Deut 33. cheeff in the congregation and counsell of the holy ones Hee beateth down the grown seas and lofty billows and heads of the Enimyes By his ministry called his Arm and right hand and strength therof which is called his help For this help hee peeked David out of the people to conquer the Enimyes one that no Serpent could prevent Ge. 3. The seed of his doctrine shall bee for ever Mark for the creation of the church the woman out of the Mans side from â—ll the wordes repeated build help before or for finde Enimy for serpent c. beguile c. onely the serpent shall reproche his steps and blaspheme or hurt his heeles Mark still the repâ—tition THE FOVVERTH BOOK PSALM XC COmpareing the age of man with the age of the Church they finde the ods to bee infinite not a wakeing in the night to a thousand yeers which they call but a shower of a sleep that they were in God before the creation and hath lasted ever since without extinguishment His servants bee brought to a few and pounded to dust but hee reviveeth them with sonns and daughters and when they flowerish moste their youthfullnes in iniquity angreth God
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
upright men and are not many but have many adversaryes God will by their own consistance of righteousnes and peace the fruit therof subdue their Enimyes and bring their Enimy the Devill and Satan underfoot which shall fall by their own wrong and perish by their wicked wayes for what can bee the fruit of wrong but destruction By the flowerishing rod of Iustice and judgement the strength of the Law and ten commandements out of Sion ten stâ—inged instrument of the Decalogue Ps. 92.98 Hee shall subdue them and rule among them for their wrongfull resisting the promiss and their right to Canaan Which rod of governement that divideeth waters and bringeth doctrine out of hard rockes of Scripture beeing once cast out of their handes was turned to serpent like Enimyes of God as Ps. 92. But Moses was shewed by catching it by the taile and the returning to a rod that they should have the governement again which should bee an iron rod and hard governement as Ps. 2. to the Resisters For his battail hee will have none but Levites and the first born the flower and choise of the wombe and seed of woman the best lerned in the Church The right hand and dexterity of the Ministry shall wound kings his Enimyes and heades of them as Ps. 68. when hee is angry even the head of the Arch-enimy the King of the land of Rabbah of the Amonites by uncrowning him and tortureing the bodyes of his people striveing with him Hee drank of the river of doctrine the discipline of the Law Ps 36. Thus by the Church shall God bring Davids Enimyes under his feet and hee shall conquer and hold up his head as Ps. 92. and shall bee a Priest for ever Is. 61. like Melchizedeq not born of flesh and blood nor of the will of man Io. 1. but of the spirit of God and to walk with God without father and without mother without beginning or end of the dayes of life or any worldly respect And hee shall sit at Gods right hand Ps. 16. and continue in speciall favour and grace with God for the Eternity of the Church And this from the conquest of the Serpent Gen. 3. For the Instrument of subjection and goverment for the sweetnes of majesty Lordship Rule and Dominion and victory of ש Shin over Sin yee sheep to the right hand and yee goates to the left Iamin over Smol the right hand over the left the Ministry over the devill and Satan and all temptation Psal. 119. Sh. Construction Quoph to compass or besiege is expressed by Enimyes as Ps. 17. that are all wayes attempting mischeeff invadeing upon all sides which is the subdole and hurtfull serpent Ge. 3. to the Church The second letter Iod for a hand is expounded by the right hand the Ministry favour and pre-emenence of God Mark the repetition Hee sheweth how the armed with the word Sem or Melchizedeqs Kingdom Isa. 33. the seed of Sion Is. 2. They are the destruction of the Serpent and his adherents by the power and glory of the Kingdom and â—eople of â—xpedition Ps. 68. in the Church Mark the wordes head and wound repeated day when Lord and judgement c. Hee alludeeth also to the dexter point that makeeth ש Shin that signifyeth weaponed men as Ps. 68.119 N. and the victory the inevitable power of Gods mâ—ssuage Mich. 4.5 2. Sam. 17. like dew over the Heathen and the head of them Mark how Shin is compassed with the next letters on both sides Resh and Tau in the first and last wordes to shew the allusion Deuteronomy The recitation is God wil have it is own work and the victory his and that a wonderfull work and way of the Law and word of God the rivers in the Law called the way Ier. 31. conceived and born in Sion And the Serpent by a Gospell preached the river of wisdom out of Sion Prov. 18. shall bee made to stoope for a footstoole and to lick the dust Psal. 72. and heathen Kings subdued and Archenimyes conquered and the head of his Anointed shall bee exalted that medleth not So that with the armour of God and his hoste and excercise only the Serpents head is brokeen And this is a great kindenes Ps. 119. N. Ps. 68. And such were the soldiers of Christ of another world preachers and not fighters Ioh. 18. tormentors of the divills free men and voluntary 1. Cor. 6. Ps. 119. N. Ps. 68. Spirituall men against spirituall Adversaryes Mat. 8. PSALM CXI HEer hee passeth from the Instrument to the work according to the order in Ps. 92. to shew us the miraculous effect of the Law and covenant and promiss which in his mercy and compassion hee preached to his people hee recorded to feed them And the mightynes of the work of God by this Instrument of his appeareth by his conquest of the heathen and recovery of their country again out of so many strong handes and lions clawes consisting in truthe and certainty and judgement justice and mercy and the fear of God wherin it excelled Wherby it becommeth durable and credible for at end of the 430 and after the fourth generation intended in the vers Lamed and again in Tau hee sendeth for his Church out of Aegypt by his covenant and his promiss in the handes of Moses Aaron feeding them all that space by faith in his promiss and covenant which hee made last for ever unto them and redeemed them And because this Instrument beeing vseed for all their delightes and sportes by his everlasting Iustice worketh also great worship and honour wisdom which is begunn in the fear of God their profession and perfected by performing the Law as ps 99. Hee willeth the same evermore to bee reverenceed and hallowed And because his works by this Instrument are so many so mighty so great so sweet and delightfull and searchable hee willeth all the whole Church in all meetings to prais and worship God as hee will doo the same himself with all his hart And this from the promiss Gen. 15. for the spirits of the Law and works of performance and possession of Canaan for the Spirit and worship and reverence and fear of God the profession that beginneth wisdom and therfor together with the next psalme is made by the Abce also the 119. wher the performance of the Law bringeth good understanding To perform the commandements satisfyeth this Appitite and temptation and the Kingdom of heaven hath all Hee that is wise will undeâ—stand and observe thes things Io. 14. Christ calleth himself the way the truthe and the life which hee spake hebraically This to bee translateed into our phrase is the true and liveing way or the true and very way of life And this consisting so much of the grace of God and so much of faith and truthe that it is beyond all imagination his work and his way is called so wonderfull is fitt matter for continuall prais dayly worship repetition the subject of
in this psalme hee makeeth every letter a preacher and keeper of the Law Hee dealeth not onely by A B C as in other psalmes to ground them in the profession of Godlines but by mood and method in all art to instruct them to felicity and to crown thâ—m with eternall life that is the best understanding the wel performing of the Law according to the true sens therof So as every letter useeth to vary according to the work this is eight fold for the number of consequencees and workes of the Law For now hee seeketh not the way of the Lord as ps 25. nor the fear of God ps 34. nor faith psal 37. nor the work of God psal 111. nor charitable riches ps 112. but the whole perfection and light of the Law ps 19. the stone that slew Goliah psal 9. and perfect way of God the sunn and moon light of judgement ps 19.37 the flood that drowneth the Enimyes and destroying meteors ps 29. and bridle of humility 39. and redemption 49. the cloud 99. the curs of the serpent 109. by note and collection wher all the 22 letters doo shew their skill in keeping the Law that hee may drink a helth unto them as ps 116. and hee may bee throughly welcom for doctrine as in the last psalme haveing on the whole armour of salvation against all sweet temptation as of riches prais and strength and favour The second third fowerth and fifth verses in Râ—sh contein Chronicle in their first wordes and first letters For the severall states from the promist and time of peregrination in Egypt and till they returned to Canaan again 430. for the time of the judges 480. For the time of the Kingdome till the end of the captivity 477. from thence are the 490 Daniels weeks to Christ. which St. Math. hath by generations fâ—om Abraham to David to the captivity and then to Christ. Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass is moste proper the grace and love of God the truthe of the word the way of eternal life to guard him save him Iod for continuall publication and confession therof Teth of Natah to decline as the keeping of the Law or swarving from it Quit for Quot to greev or bee yrksom or lothe Hee disputeth by the contrary his exceeding love and delight that hee hath to the Law Therfor that hee might be perfected Deuteronomy His recitation heer is of the grace and truthe of the word and of the wonderfull effects of it propertyes and parts of the Law which bee 8 according to Exo. 20. Com. 2. Hee prayeth for mercy infinite for his infinit love and observation of the same That hee may have life therby The Abce is eight-fold frameed to the eight termes of the Law so that not one vers in all the Psalme doth fail of som one of the sayd remnes and ever more in every vers one of them is doubled to make you mark it In He the eighth letter himself onely excepted And these bee the words heer meant by a kinde of Mishne or duplication by A B Ces to eight PSALM CXX THese fifteen psalmes have not one word of the Law nor Elohim the name of God for judgement once in them wherby it appeereth they argue tresspass and transgression according to the title and the stile as for trespass offerings for grace and peace and pardon and forgivenes wholely Because hee dares not stand to the Law for his salvation as ps 130. The number agreeth with Iah the eternall for his grace and goodnes and continuall presence Exod. 33. The Iewes affected a heavenly Kingdom and the heathen them This Psalme keepeth reckoning of the dayes of strife Gen. 6. the degrees of excellence of the Law 15 cubits above all nations and Kingdoms of the world by the baptism of the holy Ghost The divill was a murtherer from the beginning the serpent and Enimye of God and his Church by lyeing and fals dissembling which is his whole practise against the truthe for which hee is accursed and condemned as ps 109. heerwith hee woundeth moste deeply with greeff the hart of the Godly that love the truthâ— that a Giants strength can not pierce so deep with the sharpest arrow and kindle-eth hotter wrath and more smarting strife then can bee resembled by the hotest burning coles that can bee This Enimye is Meshek and Kedar an ill neighbour of the Church the country of Gog of the sonnes of Iaphet northward which yet could not like to bee of Sems religion beeing sowen among them For they were mighty and desireed warr with the Church and hateed the peace therof For this the Church is far from building tabernacles among them for their preachers glory But for the coursnes of their neighbourhood and entertainment thought themselves accursed to dwell with them and the time too long they had spent among them the time too long they had spent among them and set their minde upon them And becaus they know not what belongeth to this peace and prosperity of the Church and are good for nothing but to offend it and have nothing in them but this kinde of persecution as they are scattered among them the Church beeing in this woe and dâ—stress prayeth for deliveranâ—e from them Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to inviron is heer to gird too streit by the termn distress or affliction Hee is besieged with spitefull and contentious neighbours Thes 15. compass by the figure Anadyplosis duplication or repetition according to Mishne torah Of the suns goeing back Is. 38. adding to the kings dayes by life of the Law Psal. 61. in repairing Hezekias according to his Name Caph to bow or bend transferred to thâ— bow of the tongue that is sayd to shoot falâ— and deceiptfull words Ier. 9. Ps. 64.58 like arrowes of wildfire and inflammations unquenchable Ia. 3. Mark the repetition to be invironed and confineed as to inhabit sojourn or dwell affliction peace warr deceiptfull tong c. Caph a hand for the betakeing their handes to weapons And arrowes are for handes and also tongues Psal. 35.64 Deuteronomy This kinde hath nothing to doo with the Godly no more then the divills with Christ. Math. 8. Mar. 5. Luc. 8. Not to talk grace or truth or to medle with a godly way or repeating of God his miraculous works or confessing his kindnes or preaching his truthe and eternall life beeing Enimyes to peace What shall it give c. What shall it add c. Which is heer for recitation They can not doo God any service beeing quite opposite PSALM CXXI BY faith all men are made the sonnes of God therfor stand fast in the faith for by faith yee stand This psalme is fitted to the former to shew the succour releeff for such distress That against the fals-hood ther is no such strength as uprightnes and no such confidence as in a cleer conscience and in right perfection and no such preservation as that of the Creator him self That
God wil still lead him in plain ground and by this meanes bring him out of all distress and destroy his Enimyes and for his names sake revive him and that hee would graunt him this kindenes with speed not to hide his face and the understanding of his law from him and confound him This power is such as Christ gave to his Disciples over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all disseases that is to purge and rid men of all ill conversation of life by their doctrine speaking by the spirit of the father the word and addressing them to the keeping of the commandements which is the power of the Kingdom and government here prayed for Yf I cast out divills by the spirit of God then is the Kingdom of God com unto you Construction Quoph to compass by the words distress and torment and loveing kindenes and supplication c. Mem waters for doctrine teach mee lead mee revive mee let mee hear let mee know hide not thy face hear consider meditate remember talk c. For an Enimy pursue or flood or persecution Ghimel a reward loving kindenes servant Psal. 62. Hee chalengeth much becaus of his service of him his instruction to him and destruction to his Enimyes and heerunto is Enimy opposeed Mark all his works how they witnes nothing but desolation body and minde God must testify by his grace and favour to him in his deliverance Mark all the repetitions Eternall hear righteousnes consider servant liveing Enimy soul ground spirit dooing handes unto thee distress c. Hee prayeth God to cut off his working by his way of righteousnes opposed to falshood Causes why upon Ghimel to reward heare or answer twenty six according to the letters of Iehovah Deuteronomy Hee sheweth himself to bee a sound profession before God and diligent in all the imployment of godlynes and prayeth for the fruit and testimony of the way of godlynes and the liveing way and everlasting life by finding the mercyes favour of God upon him by his instruction as mens works witnes of them Ioh. 5.8.10 and this for a confession also to cross fals testimony PSALM CXLIV BEcaus his servants life and his hous is so greedily coveted hee prayeth God to take it to hart and with a furious judgement to descend to deliver him from thes uncircumcised tonges and handes of the seperate ones and aliens from his glory or welth called great waters That according to Psal. 92. hee may set the ten stringed violl to work with a new song a song of judgement and grace as Psal. 101. by saveing of Kings by his servant from the hurtfull sword according to his precept thou shall not covet his servant c. that seeing the commandements bee out hee may beginn with the Petaroth of judgements laws and statutes of condemnation and justification the Vrim and Thummim or the two hills and brefts of the Priests That so great a glory of Israel and the Church should not be extinguished That all estates might have their full utility plenty and ripenes that their sonns and daughters may bee safe without any ravenous or untimely covet or stealth to grow up wel educateed and neatly and gloriously facioned and edifyed in their youth in the fear of God And this for his man-servant and his maid servant becâ—us Gods servants are his Children That their cup-bord may never bee empty and that their sheep may bee infinit many increased in their streets the ox and the ass with their dayly burdens of wealth and store without any freebooting or robbery or covetous filching or wrangling or violent stealing or caus of out cry among them This hee counteth a moste glorious and happy estate of all with whom it thus fares and whos God and neighbour the everlasting is against whom ther is no prevailing and when the childe and hous-hold servants of God doo flowrish and are well replenished like Temples of holynes So as men are commanded to doo good especially to them of the hous-hold of faith so heer the strictest forbidding of Covet is that the Godly may injoy their quiet and their labours as Ps. 128. whithout deprivation or disturbance that God would bow the heavens and decline the Scriptures and touch the mountaines and Kingdomes and nations therwith that they may smoke again with the condemnation and firey judgement of them And that hee would blast them and dispers them and with terrible arrowes of his lightning destroy the Churches Enimyes And deliver his servantes from them Becaus all means of deliverance and way of salvation is his to rely on the shield of faith That hee takeeth notice of the Church and Ark of Noah under the person of Adam whos dayes are 930. And keepeth such computation of it as in the word Tsel 930 a shadow moste like to vanity and this agreeth with the posterity of the just in the termn Shalom 930 yeers Psal. 37. This Psalme keepeth the square of the Church the length and bredth to bee one Ezech. 41. Apoc. 7. Construction Quoph to compass or inviron is heer the great waters of falshood and injury of strangers that are opposit to all vicinity and good society Ps. 18.22 Ioh. 2. Also by all parts of his fortification defense and safety and Gods mercy about him Mem waters his heavens or waters above the firmament lightning Gods Arrows Zach. 9. Gods handes and messages and judgements Kings montaines Mem finall is 600. and that number is in the letters Shequer falshood or wrong Waters for people abundance or wealthy estate warr or doctrine of deliverance Daleth a door Doors of heaven Ps. 78. By breaking in running out streats without doores c. Math. 6. Ioh. 10. The effect of all is condemnation opposed to felicity how voyd of damage and hurt all neighbour hood should bee ps 15. And how improper improsperous all covet is but God only Mark all the repetition blessed happy handes fingers warr battail people man heavens highthes waters lightnings arrows handes scatter Kings mountains send rid or open deliver falshood wrong Alians mouth c. sing song Psalm salvation and hurtfull one in respect of the other sonnes buttersses buttryes Zach. 9. meat thousands cattell with other relations Deuteronomy Hee maketh heer happynes the eternity which only consisteth in relyeing in God That saveth him that hee can not bee hurt nor suffer any depriveing by foreiners at all Hee reckoneth up Gods safegard and his gracees to him for a confession and sings his deliverance The fathers before the flood their long lives desolation of the Church quite overwhelmed with the waters of warr as Dan. 9. strangeers and falshood beast Apoc. 13. PSALM CXLV TO sum up the Lords prayer and petition which holdeth out after the commandements in one word which is the Kingdom of heaven and power and glory therof Hee sheweth becaus the greatnes of God far passeth all magnificence and his estimablenes far beyond all examination Ps. 50. For his
by subjection and the kings and judges in the person of Adam reigning and ruleing over all things liveing and therfor were they to prais him Young men and maides becaus hee was created male and female Old folkes and children by their fructifying and multiplication of a godly seed from the word Increas and Multiply And in this becaus Israel was best entertained and the nearest people to him and had all preferment that his worship and exaltation of his name should in no wise bee neglected of them his Saints for ever Construction Quoph to compass or to inviron as with the cloke of prais Is. 61. from all his creatures and his dwelling in praises and inhabiting of them Ps. 22. that all his works and especially his people Israel and his messengers neerest about him for his exaltation of them should inviron him with prais Apoc. 19.4 Mark the words highthes hold up above exalt doubled Iehovah only Mem waters The name of the Eternall to be praised before and above heaven and earth and all the most commendable things of the world becaus they were made and exalted by him Hee worketh upon the term Iehovah By all the moods and tenses in the Hebrew how hee was imperative future and infinite and never preterite and transitory according to the present tens Hove Jehovah hee shall bee and remain for ever in his works and decrees ps 119· and therfor is called Eternall The waters all kinde of nations kindes and degrees Mark people heaven earth c. The name is six times for six dayes work Hee is to prais the name of Iehovah and that hee doth in the term Hu the affix of Iehovah as Elihu Abihu which two letters in number make iust the repetition of the word prais Heth to prostrate is implyed in the adoration and exaltation and worship of him and casting down their crowns before him Apoc. 4. Quemach meal for all sorts Persius sat 3.5 Deuteronomy Infinite praises and worship is due to him for leaving so many commendations behinde him in his works of all sorts ps 11 1. and this must needs bee confessed a work of great mercy and kindenes also and way of eternall life PSALM CXLIX NOw that the judgement may bee the cleere hee maketh this Psalme a copula or Medium suitable to the former last gon before To tell this judgement was the work of all the Prophets untill Iohn and then this kingdom was takeen by violence and force and men pressed unto it So that now after all places of invention hee now commeth to a collection or syllogizeing of the whole work by the judiciall part for ever unconfuteable That God that made the world should judge the same by sound confirmations consequences and proprietyes and rightes and lawes according to the power of his name Eloah and Elohim of Alah to swear to doo judgement and justice and right and to perform the oath which hee sware to bee a perpetuall redemption to his Church Psal. 110. and a glory to his people Israel with a reprooveing of all injury and injustice of the reprobate So the end is com the end is com as the Prophet sayth and Satan with all his perversity and adversity with all his malice and falshood and subdolity and treachery is judged and the day of wrath is com and hee is discovered and overcom and cast down and condemned for his cotinuall persecution of the Church For this benefit they are greatly to prais his name and sing Psalmes to him in honour of his name make invocation therupon that hath don all for them for reprooving confuteing and tormenting all their adversaryes and cheeff of them and that the Saintes for this peace should leap up in their beds for joy and make a glorious exaltation and triumph for this great day of victory and salvation with accents of exaltations and highe prayses of God and choise songs in their throats and a sharp sword in their handes lyeing by them to shew their meanes of deliverance and courage and valour and preparation of the word of God their defendour that whispers in the ears of all men and warneth them Heerto belong the fignified vertues in the apparell of the Priesthood that they may bee happy whom the Eternall the God of justice chargeeth not with iniquity Psal. 32. So that now it is in vain for to strive as Psal. 2. or the Kings and heades to think of casting away the cordes and bandes of their yokes of subjection to the Church for hee hath appointed his King over Sion and his horn and his anoynted and his prais as Psal. 141.92.86 God hath still favoured them that fear him and planted a gardine of pleasure for them that hee hath begotten a paradise of safety and salvation for his children and hath appointed his Angels and Ministers to pitch about them as Ps. 34. King of Iacob Is. 41.43 Ier. 8. to keep and preserve the way of righteousnes in this life the tree of their lives in holynes And with this grace hath God clotheed his saintes while their Enimyes are judged as ps 2.92.79 and for this ornament and Paradise and comly weed of salvation the skinn that covereth all nakednes that hath no cloud of shames upon it no spot or wrinkle in it Eph. 5. That his saintes should prais him in their congregation with a sonet of all confidence as ps 118. Construction Quoph to compass or inviron as the gratious ones Israel and the children of Sion in praising of him with Ioy in the holy Ghost another part of the Kingdom ps 145. in commendation of Iah their King and makeer Is. 53.22.41.43 Ier. 8. ps 29.48.24 by the spirituall and gutturall sound and prononciation of Iehovah psal 115.135 For every Law must have a King Jehovah calamity Jad a hand He the coactive conjugation of Hiphil working salvation and revenge Mark the words gratious ones and saintes maker work and fullfill Mem waters people heathen nations Kings Nobles c. The calamity and captivity of them and cutting them off and wearying of them according to Quamat to bee wearyed or dissolved Iob 16.22 Jah is intimated By exaltations in his Throat is the aspiration of He meant beeing a gutturall letter so is Iod signifyed by sword for hand ps 17. And thus hee is taken for maker King and God and Almighty and Revenger So they have the name of God or God in their throat and in their hand Mark all the words of Ioy rejoyceing and prais according to it and the repetition upon all Is. 45. Deuteronomy By all kindes of rejoyceing for their salvation the glory of their Kingdom 145.111.112.45 for his notable acts and the majesty of his name Jah in them in makeing and governing and saveing of them in beeing kinde to the kinde c. as psal 18. And this prais is also a good confession or rehearsall of his grace in the other Psalme his works and frame of the world set him out in
this his gratious ones his Ministry must bless him ps 145. with all their might and all the wayes they can PSALM CL. THe things in this Psalme to bee set out are the everlasting strength of God by his judgement and justice and his holynes and his great stature and estimation by his victories and salvation and his great prevailing and overcomming by the Law and that in his sanctuary and in the highth of his hollynes and all solemnityes And for creation and conservation that all things breathing should again and again prais him and evermore extoll him glorifye him world without end with many an Amen and many a hallelujah and God be praised for the same The voice of God in his sanctuary requireeth great strength and glory as psal 29. and great confidence in the firmament of the heavens therof ps 68. And because his word and all that is spokeen in his Temple is glorious hee must have a lofty and a bold utterance and a loud pronuntiation even in the skyes for the syncerity therof Because the scriptures bee the creators of the children of God so they bee their Elders their father and authorityes and witnesses to judge all men quick and dead and by their testimony to disscide all strife and contention So hee that speaketh from hence speaketh soundly and ther is no replyeing against the authority heerof This prooff and testimony putteth the Divil to silence and this of great validity in judgement Becaus it belongeth to all partes of the sylogisme to proov or reproov the same So that the commandements beeing positive and the Cases divers that rise from thence and all condemnation is by judgement so in all casâ—es testimony must bring foorth truthe and truthe an upright sentence which in this psalme for an approbation of all men hee willeth the whole Church to confirm and to justify all that is spoken and that in a high majesty in his Church and that they should prais God in a firmament of faith and confidence as the faithfull and true witness Amen That they should prais him for his victoryes dignity and excellence and for his great magnificence and worthynes honour and estimation as ps 146. And for testimony that hee should protest and witness the same and prais him with all kinde of musique yee the lowdest and willeth that every breath and gasp and aspiration should testifye the judgement and applaude it and sing prais of God Becaus by this the way of God and all just men is manifest and plain as ps 1. Ther is no witnes like the father and a testimony of the Scripture is a good demonstration So to conclude the strength of the Law and lawes and judgements therof with judgement as ps 99. and all the praises of Israel with prais hee hath thus finished the book for the Church that ther is salvation for the people of God ps 3. and that by the Law psal 4. and Kingdom of righteousnes ps 5. with this high glory to God above the heavens ps 8. and worship over all the earth Now is the wrath of God upon the gentiles com and the time of the dead that they should bee judged ps 145.149 and that hee should give reward to his servants the Prophers and to the sainctes and them that fear his name to small and great and should destroy them that destroy the earth Deut. 28. Apoc. 11. and all the mystery of God and of the Law and of the Prophets revealed and finished Apoc. 10. Construction Quopb to compass is heer meant by praising and assemblies about him as the last declareed the person ps 48. the Church is the element of his strength and principall dwelling of the Law and word of God by the preaching and extolling of it ps 29. compared to the sunn as ps 19. for visiting all men with all kinde of lustre and grace about them as Saul Act. 9. as the mighty king according to the power and greatnes of him being possessor and conquerour of heaven and earth Gen. 14. by the letters Quen a nest seat or possession Ier. 22. psal 84. of Quanah to get or obtein or conquer That his name Iah may spring and grow in the sunn as psal 72. according to the letter Nun or N. to grow for his publike prais by musick full of aspiration to express his name Iah exceeding triumph for his exceeding greatnes Hu is a name of God from Iehovah as well as for his excellence and onelynes In respect wherof the term is heer so oft repeated and affixed to praise to wit 11 times the number of the two letters hee is praised in respect of his onelynes wher and wherin and in measure also wherwith and those bee the instruments iust 11. Deuteronomy A hundred and fifty dayes the flood increased so have the praises of God who sitteth upon the flood as ps 22. Hee is king for ever and the strength of his Law is infinit that hee giveth to his people and feedeth them withall ps 28.29 that they should for ever prais him and ever comment upon him and confess his wonderfull kindenes to the children of men Praised bee God FINIS psalmes 26. the law and first prophets 2 Cor 22. Pâ—o 1 4 2 Coâ— 17. the last proph the n t Mic 6 Ier 15 23. psalmes a m 40 112 119 111 101 119. psalmes 37. the law and first prophets Deu 17.6 Pro 1. Ios 1. the last proph the n t 2 Pet 3 3 psalmes 44 137 the law and first prophets Nu 24 the law and first prophets 1 K 18 the last proph the n t Eze 17.31 47 Ier 16 17 Isa 44 Apo 22 psalmes 37 112 the law and first prophets Gen 39. Pro 7. 2 Cro 31. psalmes 37 18 69.68 35 125.69 the law and first prophets Deu. 18 18 Iob 21. the last proph the n t Mth. 2 Ih 21 Hos 13 Ier 13 Isâ— 29 Mal 3 Isa 41 29 Mth 3 Dan 2 the law and first prophets Ios 22. psalmes 103 144 37â— 112.107.16.104.146 the law and first prophets 1 Sa 16 25 Pâ—o 14. Lev 5. Iob 8.17.29 the last proph the n t Ier 6 psalmes 83.35.64 149 the law and first prophets Pro 11 26 the last proph the n t Act 4. psalmes 31â— 64 71 129 107 18â— 105 the law and first prophets Iu 4 5.6 7.8 the last proph the n t Is 30 Is 8â— Eze Ieâ— 5 27 Na 1 the law and first prophets Prov. 1. psalmes 59.52 the law and first prophets Prov. 11 26 1 Sâ— 16 Iu 4.5 6 7.8 Exo 4 6 23. Exo 4 6 23. 2 Sâ— 6 7. Iob 12 De 26 27 32 19 20 29 Nâ— 9 1 Cro 12 Lev 20. Num 10. psalmes 69 81 3 psalmes 40 45 the last proph the n t Is 37. psalmes 89 44.80 35 105. the last proph the n t Hos 11. Act 13 4 Luc 1 Mt. 2 psalmes 22 72 111 11.81 the last proph the n t Hâ—b 1 5 13 the