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A06532	A very excelle[n]t [and] swete exposition vpon the XXII. [sic] Psalme of Dauid called in Latine Dominus regit me, &c. Translated out of hye Almayne into Englyshe by Myles Couerdale.; Dreiundzwanzigste Psalm der Tisch ausgelegt. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. aut; Osiander, Andreas, 1498-1552. Wie und wohin ein Christ die grausamen Plag der Pestilentz fliehen soll. English. aut	1538 (1538)	STC 17000; ESTC S104352	54,883	122

Dauid se and he rehearseth it for a speciall benefyte to be vnder the custodye of the LORDE whyche shulde not onely fede hym in a grene pasture but also in the heate bryngynge hym to the fresh water c. Shortly his meanynge is to declare the as lytle as a mā can come to the knowlege of God and the truthe to the ryght fayth without the worde of God So lytle can ther ony comforte and peace of conscience be founde without the same Without gods word cā no mās conscience be at rest The worldly haue also theyr comforte and ioye howe be it that endureth but the twinkelynge of an eye Whan trouble and anguysh commeth and specyally the last houre it goeth awaye As Salomon sayeth Pro. 14. After laughter commeth sorowe and after ioye commeth heuynesse But as for them that drynke of this fresshe and lyuynge water they maye well suffre trouble disease in the worlde but they shal neuer lacke the true consolacion And specyally whan it commeth to the poynt the leafe turneth ouer with them whiche is as much to saye as After shorte wepynge cōmeth euerlastynge laughter and after a lytle sorow commeth excellent ioye ii Cor. iiii For they shall not wepe mourne both here and there but as Chryste sayeth Blessed are you that wepe here for ye shall laugh Luce. vi He quyckeneth my soule and bryngeth me forthe in the vvaye of ryghteousnesse for his names sake Spiritual pasture 〈◊〉 water Here doth the prophet declare hymselfe of what maner of pasture and fresh water he spake namely euen of the same the strengtheth and quyckeneth the soule This can be nothynge els but Gods worde But for as muche as our LORDE God hath two maner of wordes the lawe and the gospell the prophete whan he sayeth He quyckeneth my soule geueth suffycienlty to vnderstonde that he speaketh not here of the lawe but of the gospell The lawe The lawe can not quycken the soule for it is a worde that requyreth and commaundeth vs to loue God wyth all our hartes c. and our neyghbour as our selues Who so doth not this hym it condempneth and speaketh this sentence ouer hym Cursed be euery man which doth not all that is written in the boke of the law Deut. 27. Galat. 3. Now is it certayne that no man vpon earth doth this therfore commeth the lawe with his iudgement fearyng and vexynge the consciences And yf ther be no helpe it goeth thorow so that they must nedes fall into dispayre and be cōdempned for euer Of this occasion doth S. Paule saye Rmo. 3. By the lawe cōmeth but the knowlege of synne Item the lawe causeth but wrath Rmo. 4. As for the gospell it is a blessed worde It requyreth none suche of vs The gospell but bryngeth vs tydynges of all good namely that God hath geuen vs poore synners his onely sōne to be our shepherde to seke agayne vs famished and dispersed shepe and to geue his lyfe for vs that he myght so delyuer vs from synne from euerlastynge death and from the power of the deuel This is the grene grasse and the fresh water where with the LORDE quyckeneth oure soules And thus are we made lowse from euell cōsciences and heuy thoughtes Of this shal we speake more in the .iiii. verse He bryngeth me forth in the waye of ryghteousnesse Here sayeth he doth not the LORDE my faythfull shepherde leaue that he fedeth me in a grene medowe leadeth me to the fresh water so quickeneth my soule but he bryngeth me forth also in the right waye that I departe not asyde go astraye so perysshe That is he holdeth me fast to the pure doctrine that I be not deceaued by false spretes To be led in the ryght way what it is and that I fall not awaye by ony other temptacion or offence Item that I maye know how I ought to leade myn outward conuersacion lyfe that I suffre not my selfe to be perswaded by the holynes and strayte lyfe of ypocrites Item what is the true doctrine fayth and seruice of God c. An excellent vertue of Gods worde This is now agayne a goodly frute vertue of the worde of God that they whiche cleue fast there vnto do not onely receaue strength cōforte of the soule therby but are preserued also from vntrue doctrine false holynesse Many mē optayne this treasure but they can not kepe it For as soone as a man is to bolde presumptuous and thynketh hymselfe sure of the matter it is done with hym Or euer he can loke aboute hym he is deceaued For the deuell also can pretende holynesse and transforme hymselfe into an angell of lyght as saynt Paul sayeth And euen so lykewyse can his minysters shewe thēselues as though they were the preachers of ryghteousnesse come ī shepes clothyng amonge the flocke of Chryst but inwardly are they rauenynge wolues Therfore is it good here to watch praye as the prophete doth in the last verse that our shepherd maye kepe vs by this treasure whiche he hath geuen vs. They that do not this certaynly they shall lese it And the ende of that man as Christ sayeth shall be worse then the begynnynge Luce. 11. For they shall afterwarde become the moost poysened enemyes of Christes flock and do more harme with theyr false doctryne then the tyrauntes with the swearde This had saynt Paul well proued by the false Apostles that made the Corinthians Galathians to erre so soone and afterwarde made diuision in all Asia We se it our felues also this daye by the Anabaptistes and other false spretes For his names sake The name of God The name of God is the preachyng of God wherby he is magnifyed and knowen to be gracyous mercyfull longe sufferyng true faythfull c. which notwithstādynge that we be the chyldren of wrath and gyltye of euerlastynge death forgeueth vs all our synnes and taketh vs for his owne chyldrē and inheritours This is his name thys doth he cause to be proclamed by his worde Thus wyll he be knowen magnifyed and honoured And accordynge vnto the fyrste commaundement he wyl euen thus declare hymselfe towarde vs as he hath caused it to be preached of hym Lyke as he doth styll strengtheth and quyckeneth our soules spiritually and kepeth vs that we fall not in to erroure hetteth vs lyuynge for our body and preserueth vs from all misfortune This honoure that he so is as we haue now sayd is geuen hym onely of them that cleue fast vnto his worde these beleue confesse playnly that all the gyftes goodes whiche they haue goostly and bodely they receaue them of God euen of his mere grace goodnesse That is to saye For his names sake not for theyr owne workes and deseruynges For this do they geue thankes vnto hym and declare the same vnto other This honour can not be geuen vnto God of ony presumptuous iusticiaryes

shall smyte the wyth swellynge feuer heate burnynge blastynge drouth c. and shall persecute the tyll he vtterly destroye the and brynge the to naught And certaynly this is the playne truth and the very originall of these plages No man ought to doute theron For thoughe the forsayd natural causes do somwhat also thereto yet is it sure and vndouted that the same causes be sent and steared vp oute of Gods wrath for our synne and vnthank fulnesse And truely that it is euen so the holy scripture declareth not wych bare wordes onely but sheweth it also wyth notable ensamples For in the fourth boke of Moses the fourtenth Chapter whan all the spyes excepte Iosua and Caleb spake euell of the lāde of promyse and made the people vnpaciente and vprourysshe so that they chose them a captayne and thought to go agayne into Egypte and to stone Moses and Aaron which commaunded them the contrarye we reade thus Then appeared the glorye of the LORDE and spake vnto Moses Howe longe doth thys people blaspheme me And howe longe wyll they not beleue me for all the tokens that I haue done vpon them therfore wyll I smytte and destroye them with pestilence and make of the a grater nacion then thys Lykewyse also whan Dauid caused the people to be nombred agaynste Gods commaundemēt he displeased the LORDE God horibly therwith Therfore layed he the punyshment vpon hym so that he was fayne to chose hym selfe whether he had rather haue seuen yeares derth or thre monethes myschaunce in battayl or thre dayes pestilence in the lande And whan he chose the pestilence ther dyed in thre dayes seuentye thousande men as it is wrytten in the laste Chapter of the .ii. boke of Samuel Seynge then that out of the word of God we knowe the very cause of thys horryble plage Namely that it is the defaute of our synnes as vnbelefe disobedience vnthankfulnesse therfore before all thynges it shall be necessary that we refrayne from the same repent and aniende our lyues Yf we wyll els be preserued and delyuered from thys horrible plage For yf God punysh vs because of synne it is good to consydre that we must fyrst knowlege and eschue our synnes in case that he shall withdrawe and take awaychys wrath punyshment from vs. Yf we amēde not God continueth ī puny shynge For yf we cōtinue in our euell synfull and culpable lyfe certaynly he shal not ceasse with the punyshment but go forth more more tyll he geue and recompence accordynge to our workes But yf we knowlege our synne refrayne frō it repent and axe grace thē shall he also take awaye hys wrath And thys horrible wrath with other heuy burthens as warre derth that lye vpon oure neck shall he mercyfully take away from vs agayne As holy Paule sayeth .i. Cor. xi Yf we iudged our selues we shulde not be iudged But whan we are iudged we be chastened of the LORDE that we shulde not be damned with the worlde And out of all thys maye youre charyte well perceaue howe vnwysely and vnchristenly they do that out of inordinate feare of thys plage leaue theyr callynge and offyce maliciously wythdrawyng the loue helpe faythfulnesse which they out of gods commaundement are bounde to shewe vnto theyr neghbours and so do synne greuously agaynst the commaundement of God For certaynly they do but steare vp the wrath of God more earnestly agaynste themselues that he may the sooner take hold vpon them and pluck them awaye with thys plage For men maye heare on euery syde A pyteous case that some do shone and flye not only the syck but also the whole Yee that yet more foolyshe is euen the platters and candelstyches whiche come out of straūge houses as though death dyd surely styck therin And out of suche fonde chyldyshe feare it commeth that not onely some syck folkes be suffred to dye away with out all kepynge helpe and comforte but the wemen also greate wyth chylde be forsaken in theyr nede or els commeth there vtterly no man vnto them Yee a man maye heare also that the chyldren forsake theyr fathers and mothers and one houshold body kepeth hymselfe awaye from another and sheweth no soue vnto hym Whyche neuertheles he wolde be glad to se shewed vnto hymselfe yf he laye in lyke necessite Howbeyt I suppose ther come not manye such chaunces to passe neuerthelesse I must speake therof that it be done nomore from henceforth For certaynly it is vnwysely vnchristenly handled we nede not thynke that the same is the waye to escape thys plage but rather an occasion that it raygne the more myghtely ouer vs. The more we flye the punishment the farther daunger we rūne in For seynge it is sure as ye haue herde afore that such plage is sent for punyshment of oure synnes and Christe hath geuen vs a new cōmaundemēt that we shulde loue one another as he hath loued vs it followeth that the farther we departe from the loue of our neghboure the more we lade synne vpō vs and deserue thys plage but the more Agayne the more diligētlye that we take hede vnto the loue of oure neghboure the surer shall we be from thys plage No man nedeth to doute therof Noman ought to preasse in the daūger wythout necessite But here wythall wyll I also counsell or compell no man to ony vnuedeful daunger that he is not bounde vnto by his callynge nor by loue but onely warne those whyche for feare leaue that whiche they are bounde to do before God To the intent that for suche naked feares sake they do not transgresse nor omytte the commaundemēt of God hope by synne to escape this plage which neuerthelesse cōmeth because of synne For that were a foolysh vnaduysed counsel yf one wolde go aboute to escape the wrath of God by transgression and by synne to auoyde the punyshment of synne Besydes thys doth experience shewe also that they which be so sore afrayed do cōmunly miscary Agayne they that wayte vpon theyr offyces and serue theyr neghbours be delyuered As it is well sene in the minysters of the churche and other mo that shone not the syck but muste vyset and comforte them wyth Gods worde and prouyde for them wyth the holy sacrament For we se no where that they therfore must also be soone syck and must dye Yee how must the hygher powers of the worlde do which by reason of theyr callynge and for the cōmune profyt regimentes sake abyde also in the ioperdy and must mynystre because of loue Specyally the chefest on one wherof ther lyeth more thē on a thousād of other And yet doth God cōmunly preserue thē also that they be delyuered left styl on lyue and dye in a good quyet age Vnbelefe and mist rust in God is cause of flyenge Therfore certaynly such inordinate feare and flyenge agaynst Gods commaundemēt is nothynge els but a declaryng of a greate and sore

them selues with the name and tytle of the Christen stenchurch yeethough they raysed vp dead men yet are they wolues and murtherers whiche spare not the flocke of Christ scatter them abrode torment them and kyll thē not onely spiritually but bodely also as mē mayese now before theyr eyes The names that the worde of God hath in this Psalme Lyke as the prophete here afore doth call Gods worde or the gospell grasse water the ryght waye a staffe a shephooke Euen so afterwarde in the fyfth verse he calleth it a table prepared an oyntment a full cuppe And thys simslitude of the table oyntmēt and cuppe doth he take out of the olde testament from the Gods seruyce of the Iewes and sayeth euen in a maner the same that he had sayd afore namely that they whiche haue the worde of God are rychely prouyded for in all poyntes both concernynge the soule and body saue onely the he speaketh it here wyth other fygures and allegoryes Fyrst bryngeth he in the similitude of the table A table where vpon the shewebreads laye contynually Exod. xxv xl And then declareth he what the same dyd sygnifyeth and sayeth Thou preparest a table before me agaynst myne enemyes thou anoyntest myne heade wyth oyle and fyllest my cuppe full Here doth he knowlege playnly that he hath enemyes But he sayeth he kepeth hym from them and dryueth them backe by this meanes namely because the LORDE hath prepared a table before hym agaynst those his enemyes Is not this a wonderfull defender I wolde haue thought he shulde haue prepared before hym a stronge wall a myghtye hulworke depe dyches armour and other harnesse weapens where by he myght be sure from his enemyes and discomfite them And now cōmeth he and prepareth before hym a table to eate and drynke on and so to smyte hys enemyes There coulde I be content to fyght also yf the enemyes myghte be ouercome without ony teopardye care trauayle and laboure And I to do nothyngeels but to syt at a table to eate and drynke and be mery With these wordes Thou preparest a table befor me agaynst myne enemyes wil the prophet declare the great excellēt The great power of Gods worde wōderful power of the worde of God As yf he wolde say Thou offrest me such kyndnesse OLORDE and fedest me so well and rychely at thy table whiche thou hast prepared for me that is Thou enduest me so psenteously with the exceadynge knowlege of thy good worde so that thorow the same I haue not onely plenteous consolacion in wardly in my harte agaynst myne owne euell conscience agaynst feare and drede of death and the wrath and iudgemēt of Godt but outwardly also thorowe the same worde I am become so valeaunt and so inuincible a giaunt that al myne enemyes can bryng nothynge to passe agaynst me The more wroth madde and vnreasonable they are agaynst me the lesse I regarde it Yet I am so much the more quyete in my selfe glad content And that of none other occasion saue onely that I haue thy worde The same geueth me such power and corage agaynst all myne enemyes So that whan they rage fearsly and are moost madde of all I am better content in my mynde then yf I satte at a table where I myght haue all that my harte coulde desyre meate drynke myrthe pleasure mynstrelsye c. An hye cōmendaciō of Gods worde There hearest thou agayne how hyghly this holy Dauid magnifyeth prayseth the good worde of God namely how that by the same they that beleue ouercome and wynne the victory agaynst the deuell the worlde the fleshe synne a mans owne conscience and agaynst death For yf a man haue the worde and take sure holde of it by fayth then must all these enemyes whiche els are inuincible be fayne to geue backe and to yelde them selues And it is a maruaylous victory and power yee and a very stoute boastynge of suche as beleue that they subdue and ouercome all these horrible yee and in maner almyghtye enemyes not with ragynge not wyth bytynge not wyth resystynge not with strykyng agayne not with takynge of vengeaunce not wyth sekynge of counsell and helpe here and there but with eatynge drynkynge pleasure syttynge beynge mery and takyng of rest Which thynges as it is sayde afore come all to passe thorowe the worde To eate and drynke what it is For to eate and drynke is called in the scripture to beleue to take sure holde on Gods worde wherout ther followeth peace ioye comforte strēgth c. The naturall reason of man Natural reason can geue no iudgemēt in this wonderfull victory of the faythfull for here commeth the matter to passe cleane contrarye to the outwarde senses of man The worlde doth alwaye persecute slaye the Christen as the moost hurtfull people vpon earthe Now whan naturall reason seyth thys it can not thynke otherwyse but that the Christen lye vnder agayne that theyr enemyes preuayle and haue the victory Thus dyd the Iewes intreate Christe the Apostles and the faythfull and put thē euer to execucion Whan they had slayne them or at the leest banished thē then cryed they Now haue we the victory these fellowes that haue hurte vs shall now trouble vs no more Now shall we handle euery thyng as we wyll But whan they thought them selues to haue bene surest of all our LORDE God sent vpon them the Romaynes whiche dealte so horriblye wyth them that it is a terrible thynge to heare Then after certayne hundreth yeares as for the Romaynes whiche thorow oute all the empyre of Rome had slayne manye thousande martyrs God rewarded them afterward and suffred the cytie of Rome in few yeares to be four tymes spoyled by the Gothies and Vandalyes finally to be brent destroyed and the empyre to decaye Who had now the victory The Iewes and Romaynes that shed the bloud of sayntes lyke water or the poore Christen that suffred them selues to be ordred lyke slaughter shepe and had none other harnesse and weapen but the good worde of God Howe it goeth with the multitude of thē that beleue in Christe Thus doth Dauid declare wyth these wordes howe it goeth wyth the holy Christen congregaciō For he speaketh not here of his owne person only setteth her forth in hyr coloures and descrybeth her well fauouredly Namely how that in the syghts of God she is euen as a pleasaunt grene medowe whiche hath plentye of grasse and fresshe water That is to say that she is the paradyse and pleasaūt garden of God garnysshhed wyth all hys gyftes and hath hys vnoutspeakeable treasure the holy Sacramentes and that good worde wherewyth he instructeth gydeth refresheth and cōforteth his flocke But in the syght of the worlde hath thys congregacion a farre other appearaunce euē as though she were a blacke darke valleye where a man can se nother pleasure nor ioye but trouble sorowe and aduersyte For the deuell wyth al his