aspireing and ambitious appetite 1 Ioh. 2. not fit for a scholler Lamed and Alâ—ph for learning and instruction they make Lo not so that hee is no such but humble and a reformed man meek and docible fit to attend doctrine and the pleasure and kindenes of God He is not carried away with pride and worldly pleasure but is content to be taught as a childe his A. B Ce. Is. 28. and so hee sheweth by a double mention of the first letters of the rew And is contented with the things revealed Deut. 29. And so hee would have Israel to bee perpetually All the three letters make Quala to dis-esteem as hee was vile in his own eyes Mark these words repeated soul waiting not c. and words varyed high lofty great hard opposed to tame and plain and wained c. as Aspireing to contentment Deuteronomy All waiting of Israel is for grace and kindenes and performance of promiss to such as bee fitt and adopted and chosen c. while Israel serveth c. PSALM CXXXII THer is a majesty of Godlines ther is a heavenly countenance of pure religion but zeal and devotion make the dignity therof that a man may be found approoved and in all pointes perfect and holy before God Which is heeâ— shewed by Davids vow and the Lords considering both that is the place that David so devourly sought for and found the Lord so much delighted and affected And becaus their affections so met and their harts so well agreed and because God promissed to David all benefit of salvation from Sion by the Priesthood and aflowershing and a lerned and a dureing estate of the Kingdom yf hee kept his covenant and that hee will victuall the citty well with the word of God Psal. 81. and confound his enimyes therwith till they blush and retire therat hee prayeth God now to take his rest upon his holy hill and by the strength of his Law Ps. 99. the Ark of judgement and right to send it that the Priests may preach righteousnes Ps. 40. and the people doo all worship and the queristers sing out aloud holy holy holy and highly sanctifye the God of Sabboth with all habit and behaviour of holynes That the anointed may never remove or turn back again but seek unto their patience and faith and love and spirituall knowledge provide for all their wants that nothing may bee wanting but that they may overcom in their triall and bee refreshed in the paradise of God bee made Kings and weare the crown of Eternall life and be fed with the scriptures and to receive holy names in the book of life never to be blotted And reign over nations bee like everlasting pillers in the temple with new names of their new creation graven upon them sit in the throne of Godlynes blessed with all dignity and honour by thes keyes of knowledge that open all undeniable truthe shut the mouthes of fashood that bindeeth the divill and Satan hand and foot in his arguments and casteâ—h him into utter darknes and giveeth cleer light to them that sit in darknes and that hee would dissolve the chains of ignorance of them that walk in absurdity and redeem them and save them Construction Quoph to compass or inviron by his affliction and his vow of absteining from rest and fasting from so great an appetite to finde an entertainment and contentment for the great Pastor of Israel Lev. 23. Is. 58. also clothing or indueing Iob 19. Is. 61. Lamed doctrine from Beth-lehem and Sion wher the poor have their fill of bread Ier. 50. of righteousnes salvation perpetually preached and praises Beth a hous dwelling habitation place of rest footstool c see the doubling of the words and the synonimyes throughout appetite affliction and satisfaction is all Deut. 12. Hee reckoneth heer all the kindes of rests that can bee imagined because it is Gods rest and that by doubling the word Tabernacle hous bed sleep dwelling habitation footstool right doctrine a joyfull Ministry their Anoynted throne meat and bred of salvation a flowrishing crown their anoynted and shame to their Enimyes neither is hee unmindefull of the Quiescents grammaticall as in the word Jvva hee desired doubled Deuteronomy Sion is the place hee hath chosen to be served and glorifyed in Deut. 2. for a perpetuall countenance to his elect and a shame to their foes yf they observe his word and keep his covenant the life therof shall bee their life for ever Deut. 32. and they shall not bee stirred PSALM CXXXIII THe Church beeing setled in a quiet conscience and haveing a peacable Kingdom within them hee now commeth to the admiration of the goodnes and the benefit the glory and the sweetnes of it Wher hee makeeth the subjects all of one degree wher ther is no difference between the servant and the sonne male and female servant and servant far or neer ther beeing one maister and father and reconcileer unto all for they are both by grace and both by adoption nor between Iew and gentile bond or free for ther is a redemption from bondage and a freedom from servitude to which as well they in the house as out of the hous are predestinated â—o becom all alike the children of God beeing led by the spirit of God And thus Christ was before Abraham and thus Abraham rejoyced to see his dayes by haveing the same Kingdom and religion in his bosom So that ther is no priority or preheminence heer to take place and as they are all children and sonnes of God by faith so they are all heires and all part-takeers of the Kingdom and blessednes therof as they have been part-takeers of the suffering belonging to it And therfor are they called bretheren for all have one and the same birth parentage haveing the same conceites dooing the same workes leading the same lives minde the same thinges knit together all in one minde beeing of the same study affection the same indevour the same subjection and the same protestation and this in the same service of God the father and maister in all holynes and rightheousnes when all their hartes agree in all things and God with them how admirable indeâ—d may they say is their dwelling together It yeeldes a sweet prospect for how sweet are the sermons of righteousnes that flow over the Priests lips and drop down his beard and the gift of grace and the indument of them that runneth down all the coat of Levi from highe to low even to the skirts and the doctrine that falleth upon them as the dew upon the grass Theâ— is no ointment so sweet and good nor rain so pleasant as thes savery showers of heavenly understanding and spirituall blessings and everlasting life when as from hill to hill one hart lendeth another grace and knowledge and peace joy eternall in a quiet minde Construction Quoph to compass so the band of fraternity Za. 11. and vnity of religion Lamed the
like By any strangenes in the constructioÌ„ you shal find the mystery he works every psalm to agree with the number of it by the significatioÌ„ of the letters becaus the letters in the tongue be so significant that it were absurd to neglect theÌ„ of frowardnes to thwart the allusion or to cross them Vnder such a cloud hee passeth and with such a vail hee revealeth The curiosity is not to bee wondred at yf you consider the diligence of the Masorites and Rabbins and their thirteen rules for the study of the Law He draweth all to the immortall life of the Law and the kingdom of God and the power and glory therof the way of Godlines and commendation therof for his title PRAISES yf this bee his way I have set your feet therin and I rejoyce As for my way first I have not versed the Psalms becaus they can carry no mystery with us becaus the coherence is scattered by the curiosity of the work that it is like a latine vers with great distance between the Concords neither can a psalm be construed but with relation from end to end I have cut them into three parts so much the better to conclude them by how much the greater the sections are for the gathering of the more sens before the pause The busines of every psalm beeing threefold the section naturally agreeth As a Proposition Example and Conclusion Mark the first psalm Such a one is happy How Like a tree c. And why Becaus or for c. So moste commonly the division will answer to thes questions what how and why though the psalm cannot bee cut precisely at the question My Quotations are ordered in three Columnes unversed for the multiplicity of them The first of Psalms the next of the Law and first Prophets to wit all the books to Isaiah The last all from Isaiah and likewise the new testament They are of as many kindes as ther can be questions somtimes for the language somtimes for sens somtimes for matter sometimes for form sometimes for phrase sometime for wordes and sometime for construction quality time or place c. by the points they are to bee applyed You shall know them by their fruit and shall soon see by the recommendation of places in the psalmes what profit will com of the rest of all the books yf they were requoted accordingly for so the vers may well be spared For variation of the letter both in word and Clause it manifesteth how the Construction goeth and accenteth the matter and sense of every Psalme and that in many respects The Capitals are for Generals to which all parts have relation And they are usually doubled and multiplyed that they may be noted The change in the Clause is a satisfaction to all question according as the stile declineth often doubled and multiplied also My arguments are of this sort first a representing of the psalme in proper or figurative language Secondly a Construction which applyeth it self wholely to the letters and exposition of them And thirdly how every psalm hath dependance from the first words of his proper book of the law And all is to revive the Prophet and bring his glory to light for a light unto all nations and a glory to our own God give Light and also Grace Farewell Thine in the Lord. A. T PRAYSES HAPPY is hee that followeth not wicked counsell nor continueth in a sinfull way nor can abide mockers but delighteth in the doctrine of the ETERNALL and thinketh upon his lessons day and night For hee shal be like a tree planted by the water-bróokes that giveth his fruit in his season whose leaves never wither and that bringeth all that ever it doth to good The wicked shall not be so but as the chaff which the winde driveth away therefore the wicked shall not indure in time of judgement nor Sinners among the Righteous for the ETERNALL will make the way of the Righteous plaine but the way of the wicked shall perish II. WHY doe the nations keepe such stirr and the people TALK so idley the Kings and Princes of the earth oppose themselves and joyne togeâ—her against the ETERNALL'S Anoynted Let vs breake their bandes and cast away their cordes The LORD in heaven doth but laugh at them And hee made them sore afraid when hee tolde them in his kindled anger I have appointed my King over Sion my holy Hill I will shew the Decree of the ETERNALL that saith of mee Thou art my Sonn this Day I begat thee Aske mee and I will give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance and the worldes end for thy Posession thou shalt rull them with an iron rodd and beat them in pieces as a Potter his potts And now ye Kinges and Iudges of the erth beware and take heed serve the Eternall gladly with feare and trembling make much of the child least he be angry and yee perish quite away if his anger be but a litle kindled Happy are all they that put their trust in him III. A Psalme of David when hee fled from Absolom his Sonn O ETERNALL how many are mine afflictors how many rise against mee how many say of mee God hath no salvation for him surely Yet thou ô Eternall art a Buckler about mee my glory and holder vp of my head I complaine to the Eternall and hee heareth mee from his holy Hill Surely I ly down and sleep and wake againe for the Eternall susteineth mee I feare not if ten thousand people sett vpon mee and besiege mee round about vp ô Eternall and save mee ô God smite my wicked enemies on the cheek and break their teeth Salvation is with the ETERNALL and thy blessing vpon thy people surely IV. For the Maister in Musicque A Psalme of David O God my RIGHTEOVSNES heare mee when I cry and widden to mee in my destresse haue pitty on mee and heare my Prayer Men how long in repróch of my Glory will yee love vanity and invent falshood surely And be sure the ETERNALL severeth the Gratious one to himselfe the ETERNALL will heare mee when I cry vnto him Therefore sinn not in your murmuring bethink you in your mindes and imagine quietly on your bed surely Sacrifice sacrifices of RIGHTEOVSNES and trust in the ETERNALL Many desire to see som good doe thou ô ETERNALL open vpon vs the light of thy countenance thou shalt make mee merier in hart then they are at the great increase of their corne and wine and besides I shall ly down and sleep in quiet for
thee ô ETERNALL vvhich deliverest the oppressed from him that is to strong for him and the Poore Afflicted vvrech from him that vvould spoile him False Witnesses arose such as I knew not saluteed mee to requite mee Euill for Good and take away my life When they were sick I wore fackcloth punished my body with fasting but my Prayers returned again vpon mine owne bossome I was as sory for them as for my freend or my Brother I went wailing for them and mourned as for my Mother yet they are mery together at my halting The vile people are gathered against mee er I am ware and never rest tearing of mee while the Slaves derideing mee gnash their teeth vpon mee ô LORD thou markest it well deliuer my Deere Soul out of their Daungers and saue mee from thos Lions whelps I will thank thee in the great Congregation and Praise thee among a number of people Let not them that are mine Enimies for nothing and hate mee without a cause LAVGH and WINK at mee for they desire no peace with any quiet people in their talke but still devise Coussening talk and deceiptfull words against them They com against mee with wide mouthes SAYEING Oh Oh ah Sirr ho wee saw it Thou seest ô ETERN and be not thou silent nor be away from mee ô my Lord. Awake and arise ô my LORD GOD to IVDGE my Quarell and Iudge mee according to thy IVSTICE ô ETERN my GOD and let them not reioyce and LAVGH at mee let them not SAYE in their mindes Ho wee haue our desire we haue devoured him But let them be ashamed and confounded that are glad of my hurt and weare shame and Ignominy for euer that reare themselues against mee and let them be mery and Triumph for ay â—hat wish my RIGHTEOVSNES and allwayes SAY The ETERNALL be magnified for delighting in the Peace of his Seruant And my Tonge shall tell out thy IVSTICE and thy PRAISE for euer XXXVI For the Cheeff Of DAVID the Servant of the ETERNALL IN my minde the TRESPASSE of the Wicked doth shew there is no feare of GOD before him Because he thinketh to make light vnto him his moste haynous iniquity for all his vvords are Greeff and Deceit and hee hath left lerning to doe vvell hee deviseth Greeff vpon his Bed hee persisteth vpon the VVAY that is not good and vvill not leaue that vvhich is euill O ETERNALL great is thy LOVEING-KINDENES in the Heavens and thy TRVTHE even to the Cloudes thine vpright IVSTISE is of a mighty highth and thy IVDGEMENTS aâ—e of a great Depth For thou ô ETERNALL sauest both man and beast O GOD hovv Pretious is thy LOVING-KINDENES vvhen all human men are safe vnder the Shadovv of thy vvings VVhich are refreshed vvith the fat of thy House and of the vvater thou giuest them of thy Plesant Riuer For with thee there is a quick wellspring of life and by thy LIGHTE doe wee see Lighte ô Draw vp KINDENES for them that know thee and RIGHTE-DIRECTION for them that are of an VPRIGHTE MINDE Let not the Foot of Pride cary mee avvay nor the vvicked Hand leade mee astray vvher the VVORKERS of Greeff doe fall and are dovvn and cannot rise no more XXXVII By DAVID CHAFE thou not at Naughty men and spite not WRONG-DOERS for they shall be soon cut off like Grasse and wither like a green blade Feed thou vpon the TRVTH doe Good and TRVST in the ETERN and inhabit the earth Set thy whole delight vpon the ET and hee will giue thee thy hartes desire committ thy course vpon the ET trust wholely vpoÌ„ him and hee will bring it to passe bring thee foorth thy righteous IudgmeÌ„t as cleer as the light at none Therefore RELYE thou on the ETERNALL and haue Patience in him and chafe not when the MISCHEVOVS man doth prosper in his course but forbeare from Anger and forgoe thy Choler Chafe not when hee thriveth onely by doeing of Euill for NAVGHTY men shall be cutt off they that WAIT for the ETERNALL shall Inherit the Earth and haue their roome For after a little while the WICKED will be gon and his place to seeking and the Poore Meek people shall haue the Inheritance of the Land and peace enough to delight them The WICKED man inventeth MISCHEEFF against the IVST and skrasheth his teeth vpon him for malice but the LORD LAVGHETH at him for he see-eth his Time is come The VVICKED dravv their Svvordes and bend their bovves to kill an slay the Poore and all them of an vprighte Course But their Swords shall peerce their owne hartes and their bowes be broken in peeces A little of the IVST-Mans is better then the Abundance of welth of many wicked men for the Armes of the VVICKED shall be broken but the ETERNALL will hold vp the IVST The ETERNALL will teach the dayes of PERFECT MEN and that their Inheritance shall last for ever They shall not be abashed in any hard time in Time of dearth they shall haue enough But the VVICKED shall perish and the VNGODLY for all their Honour and Advauncement shall vanish and all consume as in smoke The VVICKED vvill borrovv not pay again but the IVST man hath Pitty and bestoweth for the BLESSED of the ETERNALL shall inioye the Land and the CVRSED shall be cutt off All mans Proceedings are from the ETERNALL and they are sure if hee delighteeth in them For hee will not let them fall but the ETERNALL will stay them vp in his hand I haue been yong and now am gon an old man yet in all my Time I neuer saw the IVST MAN destitute with his seed begging bread but allwayes mercifull and lending and his children blessed Therfore shunn EVILL and doe that which is GOOD and you shall ABIDE for ever for the ETERNALL loveth RIGHTE and his Saintes hee will not forsake They shall ever be preserued but The Children of the WICKED shall be cutt off The IVST shall INHERIT the Earth and DWELL everlastingly vpon it for the JVST man will talke wisely and speak that which is Righte and haue the LAW of GOD in his minde that his steps slip not The WICKED watcheth and
ouer all Godes VVho hath the discoueryes of the Earth in his hand and the Excellencyes of the Hilles are his VVho ovveth the Sea for hee made it the Dry-land vvhich his handes formed O come let vs bow down and prostrat our selues and kneel before the ETERNALL that hath made vs for hee is our GOD and wee the PEOPLE and SHEEP of his owne hand feeding To day when you hear his VOYCE harden not your hartes as in the PROVOCATION and as in the day of TEMPTATION in the Wildernes VVhich your Fathers tempted mee and tryed mee though they savv my VVORKES Forty yeers was I vexed with a Generation which I SAYED were a people that erred in their hart and knew not my WAYES Which in my Anger I swore should not enter into my REST. XCVI O SING yee to the ETERNALL a NEW SONG Sing yee to the ETERN all the Earth Sing yee to the ETERN and blesse his NAME and Preach his SALVATION from day to day Tell out his GLORY among the Hethen and his Wondeâ—full WORKS among all people Because the ETERN is great and very much to be PRAYSED and to be Reverenced aboue all GODS For all the GODS of the Nations are Idle-Idoles but the ETERN Made the Heavens Worship and Honour is in his Presence and in his Sanctuary STRENGTH MAJESTY Yeeld vnto the ETERNALL yee Nation-familyes yeeld vnto the ETERNALL GLORY and STRENGTH yeeld GLORY vnto the NAME of the ETERNALL Take vp Presents and com into his Courtes prostrate your selues to the ETERNALL in his stately Sanctuary and tremble at his Presence all the Earth TELL among the Heathen The ETERNALL RAIGNETH KING and the whole world shall bee established and not be moved that SENTENCETH Nations vprightely Let the Heavens reioyce and the Earth be glad the Sea his fullnes roare the field leap and all that is in it and the Trees of the wood TRIVMPH SING when hee cometh when hee cometh to IVDGE the Earth that with RIGHTEOVSNES Iudgeth the World and with his FAYTHFVLLNES the Nations thereof XCVII THE ETERNALL RAIGNETH KING let the Earth be glad and the multitude of Ilandes reioyce with a dark cloud round about him RIGHTEOVS IVDGEMENT beeing the Firmnes of his Throne fire shall goe before him and shall flame round about his foes His Lightenings lighten the world that the Earth trembleth to see it Mountaines melt like wax at PRESENCE of the ETERN before the LORD of the whole Earth The Heavens set foorth his IVSTICE that all Nations may see his GLORY let all them that serue Sculptures and glory in Idle-Idoles bee abashed bow your selues downe to him all yee GODS That Sion when shee heareth it may reioyce and all the Townes of Iudah bee glad because of the IVDGEMENT of the ETER Because thou ô ETERNALL art SOVERAIGNE over all the Kinges of the Earth and greatly surmountest overall GODS Yee that loue the ETERN that keepeth the lives of his GRATIOVS ones and delivereth them from the hand of the Wicked hate euill Ther is sown to the IVST and VPRIGHTE minded man a JOYFVLL LIGHT ô yee JVST ONES reioyce in the ETERNALL and celebrate his holly Remembrance XCVIII A PSALME O Sing yee to the ETERNALL a NEW SONG for that hee hath don Wonderfull Works Hee whom his RIGHT HAND and HOLLY ARME hath holpen The ETER that hath made his SALVATION knovvn and reuealed his RIGHTEOVSNES in the sight of the Heathen That hath remembred his Lov Kindenes and Faythfullnes to the House of Jsrael that all the Endes of the Earth haue seen the Salvation of our GOD. TRIVMPH to the ETERNALL breake out aloud and chaunt out Psalmes play vnto the ETERNALL on the Harp vpon the Harp with an inchaunting voice With the shrill soundes of the Trumpet Triumph to the KING ETERNALL Let the Sea and his fullnes roare and the WORLD and all that dwell therin make anoyse and Riuers clap their handes and Hilles also sound out Triumphes before the ETERNALL when hee cometh to Iudge the Earth That Iudgeth the world Iustly and the Nations vprightly XCIX THE ETERNALL RAIGNETH KING inhabiting the Cherubs Let the Nations and the Earth tremble and stoop The ETERNALL that is great in Sion that is highe aboue all Nations let them celebrate his great and reverend NAME which is holly Because thou the KING that loueth JVDGEMENT and STRENGTH confirmest Righte and dost Just JVDGMENT in Iacob Exalt yee the ETERNALL our GOD and prostrate your selues at his Holly foot-stoole Moses and Aaron and Samuel among his Priests and them that call vpon his NAME called vpon the ETERNALL and hee Answered them He spake vnto them in a CLOVDY STILE and they kept his TESTIMONYES and PRESCRIPTS which hee gaue them Thou O ETERNALL our GOD didst answer them and wast a GOD of Pardon to them beeing about to revenge their Heynous workes Exalt the ETERNALL our GOD and prostrate your selues at his holly Hill For the ETERNALL our GOD is holly C. A Psalm of Thanksgiuing SING yee Triumphes to the ETERNALL all the Earth serue the ETERNALL with REIOYCEING and com before him with a cheerfull SONET Knovv yee the ETERNALL is GOD and Hee that hath made vs and vvee are his his PEOPLE and Sheep of his PASTVRE Com vvithin his Gates vvith THANKS and into his Courtes vvith PRAYSE and SET FORTH and BLESSE his NAME because the LOV KINDENES of the ETERNALL is bountifull for euer and his FAYTHFVLLNES vntill all Generations CI. Of DAVID A Psalm I Will sing a Psalme of KINDENES and IVDGEMENT vnto thee ô ETERNALL that when thou shalt come vnto mee I may instruct in the perfect WAY and walk in the soundnes of my hart with in my House I will haue noe naughty thing in my sight to make declineings I hate and with mee it shall not steek A froward hart shall depart from mee and an euill hart I will not know Hee that accuseth his neighbour privily him will I put away who is of high lookes wyde of hart him I cannot abide Mine eyes are vpon the FAYTHFVLL of the Earth to dvvell vvith mee hee that vvalketh in a perfect VVaye he shall serue mee Hee that worketh deceipt shall not within my House and hee that
the Earth That thy beloued ones may be released saue vs with thy right hand and hear vs. GOD SPEAKE in his Sanctuary I was glad I vvill diuide Shechem and meat out the vale of Succoth Giliad shall be mine and Manasses shall bee mine Ephraim shall bee my Cheeff strength Judah shall bee my Lavv-maker Moah my vvashing pot vpon Edom vvill I cast off my shoes vpon Palestina vvill I triumph Who conducted mee to the Citty Mibhzar who brought mee to the strong Citty Edom didst not thou ô GOD that dost giue vs the back and goest not foorth with our Armyes O GOD ô giue vs help in distresse for vaine is the help of man Through GOD wee shall doe prosperously and hee will tread down our Besiegers CIX For the Cheeff A PSALM of DAVID O GOD of my PRAYSE bee thou not Deaf for the deceiptfull mouthes of the Wicked are opened vpon mee and with false tongs they talk with mee and with hatefull wordes goe they about mee and oppugne mee for nothing for my loue they are against mee and I PRAYE them and they put vpon mee evill for good and hatred for my Love Set over him a Wicked man and let the ADVERSARY stand at his right hand and when hee is iudged let him goe out a Wicked man and his PRAYER be sinfull let his dayes bee few and another take his Oversight let his children be fatherles and his wife a Widow and let his Children goe about asking and seeking from their desolate dwellings Let the Creditor intangle all hee hath forrein Enimyes make a Prey of his labours Let him haue none to extend KINDNES let ther be none to pitty his Fatherless ones let his Posterity be cut off and in another Generation let their Name be clean blotted out Let the iniquity of his Fore-fathers be remembred vvith the ETERNALL and his Mothers sinn not blotted out Let them bee allvvayes before the ETERNALL that hee may cut off their Remembrance out of the Earth Because hee remembred not to doe KINDENES and pursued the afflicted and needy one to sley him of a contrite hart and loued cursing Let it com vnto him and had noe delight in blessing let it be far from him And let him put on Cursing as his Robe let it soke into him like vvater and like oyle into his bones let it bee to him like a vvrapping vveed and for a girdle to gird it allvvayes to him Let this bee the Revvard of them that STAND VP against mee from the ETERNALL and speake ill against my PERSON And thou ô ETERNALL ô my LORD shew mee for thy Names sake thy Favour and for thy Bountifull KINDENES deliuer mee because J am miserably afflicted and my hart is slaine vvithin mee as a Shadovv at his declineing I am gon I am driuen avvay like locusts my knees are feeble vvith fasting my flesh denyeth fatnes and J vvhich am a skorn to them and they vvag their heads vvhen they see mee ô ETERNALL my GOD. Help mee and according to thy LOVING KJNDENES saue mee That they may know that thou O ETERNALL with thy hand hast don this very thing When they reuile doe thou blesse when they rise vp let them be confounded that thy Servant may reioyce let them that stand vp against mee put on shame and wear their Confusion like an vpper garment that with my mouth I may exceedingly set foorth the ETERNALL and prayse him in the midst of many Because hee standeth at the right hand of the Destitute man to saue him from the Condemners of his life CX Of DAVID A Psalm THE ETERNALL SAYETH to my LORD Sit thou at my right hand vntill I set thine Enimyes thy foot stoole The ETERNALL will send the rod of thy STRENGTH out of Sion and Rulle thou in the midst of thine Enimyes Hee will send thee thy PRINCIPALL People in the day of thy Battail the timelines of the Womb and dew of thy youth in thy seemly Sanctuary The ETERNALL hath SWORNE and will not repent Thou shalt bee a Priest for euer like MELCHISEDEK By thy right hand the LORD will wound Kinges when hee is angry hee will Iudge among the Hethen his fill of Bodyes Hee will wound the Head over the Land of Rabbah Hee drank of the river in the way therfor shall hee hold vp his head CXI PRAISE the ETERNALL in the Counsell and Assembly of VPRIGHT men I will worship the ETERNALL with all my hart Great are the WORKES of the ETERNALL and to be sought out with all their DELIGHTS WORSHIP and HONOVR is his VVORKE and his RIGHTEOVSNES that standeth for euer Hee hath made remembrance of his WONDERFVLL WORKES The ETERNALL beeing GRATIOVS and MERCIFVLL Hee gaue food to them that fear him and was euer mindefull of his COVENANT Hee declare-ed the MIGHTYNES of his WORKES to his People to giue them the JNHERITANCE of the Heathen The Works of his handes are Truthe and Iudgement all his Precepts Faithfull They are established for euerlasting Eternity being made vvith TRVTH and PLAYNENES Hee sent Redemption to his people his Couenant that hee commaunded for euer holly and reuerend be his Name The beginning of Wisdome is the Feare of the ETERNALL and a good Vnderstanding haue all they that doe them His Prayse to stand for euer CXII PRAISE the ETERNALL Happy is the man that Feareth the ETERN and greatly delighteth in his Commandemēts his Seed shall be mighty in the Earth and the Generatiō of Vpright men shall be blesse-ed He shall haue vvelth Riches in his house and his Righteousnes shall indure for euer In darknes ther ariseth Light for Vpright men the Gratious the Mercifull and Iust man that a good man beeing Pittifull and lending may mainteine his Substance vvith Judgement because the Iust shall neuer be mooued hee shall be had in perpetuall Remembrance of any ill Nevves hee shall not bee afrayed his hart is firme and confident in the ETERNALL His hart is established that hee shall not bee afrayed vvhen hee looketh vpon his Foes Hee DISTRIBVTETH GIVETH to the Needy ones his Righteousnes shall last for euer And his HORNE shall be highe in GLORY vvhen the VVicked man seeth it hee shall freat and gnash his teeth and melt The Longing
propertyes and forcees that hee hath in him and all that ever hee can doo and all the Excercisers of the Ministry that hear his voice and may doo his will and commandement and all the rest of the Church his works to bless him and thank his Name for all his benefits Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass Heerupon hee handleth the infinit reach and work Kingdom of Mercy and grace and love and kindenes of God the excellence therof to his observers and all them of tender harts that fear transgression His angels pitch round about such Psal. 34. This is equalled in the words and guardeth thee with kindenes and Mercey See the repetition kindenes mercey fear him Eternall c. For his kingdom and property of merccy domination dominion kingdom c. Ghimel the second letter to reward or bee beneficiall unto which is first in the word good deeds c. Hee hath not don according c. but c. and then by returning of thanks by the termn bless so often repeated And requireed of all degrees of ministers the kingdom and of the word and his will as grace for Grace Hee handleth here Gods lenity Mercey and goodnes onely according to the letters and also the Name Iehovah and of his virtue Exo. 33. Ro. 9. The Psalme hath just the A B C number of verses to shew that of som one letter hee treateth which is Ghimel for his great Goodnes to all sortes Mark the repetition Numbers The wildernes is wher the word of God is not hard of wherfor the preaching of the kingdom of it was in wilde countryes such as was Iohn Baptists and Pauls c. To Nations rude and hard harted which is heer intimated by the precisenes and great ability of the Ministry the contrary that can hear and are able to doe his word his will and his Kingdom of forgivenes their place is to thank him Because mercy kindenes and charity raigneth in them This is that which wee crave in the Lords prayer Math. 6. See the repetition in commandements word voice hear c. For untill the Kingdom bee com which is compassed with all heavenly civility Wee remain still in the wildernes ungoverned and unformed barbarous and rude PSALM CIV THe everlasting righteousnes of the Law of God the word by which all things were made and without it was made nothing that was made and that giveth life and breath and all things and that all have their living and their mooveing and their beeing in him the everlasting father and creator of the Church and Prince of peace beeing heer describeed for the utility and benefit heerof the people must meeds continue his blessing of the everlasting in his soul and thanks unto his God his discipline beeing of this sort First of his majesty and greatnes then his apparell then his habitation then his goeing and his sending and his work that the word of God is a comely a reverend a grave and a stately thing to behold and for beehaviour and counsell to listen to It is arrayed all with light glory and manteled with the heavens of understanding It dwelleth in the Scriptures and rideeth in parables out of sight in a dark stile above the cloudes It is swift and speedy in operation as the winde and his message and Ministry so swift and so firey that ther is no withstanding or disputing hee so establisheth the earth in doctrine that shall never bee mooved the waters of the scriptures are so deep about it that all the world is drowned in them yet his thundering spirit mooving upon them by doctrine divideeth them and discouvereth the deep and his secrets therof and sending the rivers of his doctrine between the hills among the villages to instruct the brutish wher the heavenly birds of men may sing praises in the woods the books of the Bible by the fruit of his creation the hills are taught to bear fruit to satisfy and content the earth with grass for beasts as Nabuchadnezar that proud King outward man with that base diet of uncapability and hearbs fruit to make themselves all manner of sustenance countenance and confidence and grace to his creature the Church and inner man with all deintyes Psal. 23.21 That they may bee contented with the doctrine of the cedars the Ministry which God hath set in his Church wher the queristers dwell wher for loftynes of building and edification the holy stork is safe so is the Roe by the hills and the cunny by the rocks so that all salvation is by it Hee putteth of his light at seasons and layeth down his clothes of understanding by setting waneing and eclipsing of the lightes and makeeth darknes for the wicked to seek their pray and wilde and savage brute men to walk in ignorance that couch as soon as it is light and knowledge ariseeth at hearing of the word that the Church may travail safe and have all the understanding and injoy the light therof till the evening all their lives And what is ther in all the earth that the wisdom of God hath not wrought His wisdom is in the broad sea the Heathen and the deep is round about him ther is knowledge and understanding of all the creatures therin and the sport of the devill among them and of the ships upon it the Arks and the Churches saveed and transported by it All which doo hope upon him to receive instruction in their time who dealeth unto them his doctrine and they are well satisfyed and contented Yf they want the word or it bee restrained from them they are dead ther is no life in them and consume to nothing but at his sending out of his spirit the Law his firey message the face of the earth is clean changeed and the Church renewed and repaired and re-edifyed again And now that the glory of God the righteousnes of the Law Psal. 19. may bee revealed by him and God may rejoyce in him his Minister and work of his word and because his â—peech pleaseth him who is so terrible hee promiseeth to sing Psalmes unto him And because God likeeth it hee wil never have don that the wicked may bee quite consumeed And willeth his soul still to bless him For benefits as before Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass or inviron which is heer by all kindes of habit all habitude of apparell or worship or reputation that a man weareth or putteth on or that hee is indued with or is bestowed upon him or covereth Ps. 109. Chariots Chambers Servants c about him as light heavens garment clothed putting off covering chamber winde breath Ghost spirit c. See the repetition· Daleth the second letter for a door is expressed by the riseing and setting the goeing out and in of the Sunn in the Hebrew Ps. 19. For the use or end therof Both the letters Quad of Quadad to incline or bow down the head or croune for a worship after the manner of the