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A06500	A commentarie vpon the fiftene Psalmes, called Psalmi graduum, that is, Psalmes of degrees faithfully copied out of the lectures of D. Martin Luther ; very frutefull and comfortable for all Christian afflicted consciences to reade ; translated out of Latine into Englishe by Henry Bull.	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Bull, Henry, d. 1575?	1577 (1577)	STC 16975.5; ESTC S108926	281,089	318

the Church vexed through false brethren and heresies For thus will it be and no otherwise that where so euer the word ioyned with publike peace and concord is found there Satan that lying and murthering spirite will alwayes goe about to trouble them both And this is the cause of seditions of warres of sectes and heresies Wherefore we must be well armed that seeing our aduersary slepeth not we may valiantly oppose our selues against these offences and thinke that they are certein warnings and often times also roddes or punishments which God sendeth to amend vs and not to destroy vs Our sinnes haue deserued more greeuous punishments Better it is therefore to be afflicted of the wicked world then to be condemned and perish for euer God be mercifull vnto vs and turne from vs that we haue so iustly deserued The .133 Psalme Behold how good c. In this Psalme the Prophet commendeth loue and concord in both the kingdoms corporall and spirituall but specially in the spirituall kingdom and for the same he giueth thankes vnto god For this is not onely a singular gift of God when there is vnitie in the Church and quietnes in the common wealth but it is also the founteyne and headspring of inestimable benefites and blessings Here peraduenture you wil aske where Dauid learned that these are so excellent and so profitable things But he which marketh the historie of Dauid shall easily perceaue that the maisters of whom he learned this knowledge were Saul Doeg and other monsters in the Court of Saul his predecessour also Absolon Achitophel and such like that is to say Dauid by many tentations and by long experience did learne that nothing is better then loue and concord But they which haue not felt that Dauid did doe thinke that nothing is better then dissention discord according to the prouerbe Warre is sweete to those which haue not tryed it For yong men which are yet full of ho●e and youthfull blood thinke nothing more excellent then the glory of warre and victorie whereby they may winne prayse and fame These carnall motions and affections afterwardes are easily quenched when men haue felt the calamities both of them selues and theirs But before the calamities be knowne and felt the commodities of peace are not knowne vnto the world and so warre is sweete and pleasant to those which haue not felt the miseries thereof as the histories doe witnesse wherein we may see that often tymes seditious heades haue complayned of peace saying that in rest and quietnes men be come sluggerds cowards and dastards Therefore they desire warre as an encrease of glorie and occasion to set forth their manhood and courage This poyson is rooted in our nature through originall sinne that those thinges which are most excellent and necessary we loth and shunne and those things whereby Satan seeketh our destruction we greedely desire according to that dutch prouerbe Men often striue and take great paynes to bring them selues into misery and daunger It is naught it is naught sayth the byer For the mindes of men doe commonly mislike and loth the most excellent thinges when they haue plenty and are full thereof Wherefore it is an enestimable gift of God to haue peace both in the Church and in the common wealth And this is also a singular gift to acknowledge that it is a gift For howe many doe we see amonges the enemies and persecutors of the Gospell which haue an outward and worldly peace and yet they enioy not this gift For in the middest of this quietnes their mindes be vnquiet and they haue no rest nor inward peace whiles they being inflamed with an hatred against the Gospell deuise and continually seeke newe occasions to condemne and vtterly to roote out our religion Let vs therefore be thankfull vnto God for this gift and let vs not be like vnto the vnthankefull world which vnderstandeth not this gift and great blessing of God but in the very vse thereof forgetteth god God hasten his kingdom and giue vs a better life For I protest that this life is naught in the which we neither regarde the greate giftes of God nor yet acknowledge them to be his gifts To maintaine this gifte it is not in the power of the temporall or the spirituall Magistrate but men being both blind and deffe will needes doe not that they like and approue but that sinne and Satan prouoketh them vnto It is the Lord alone therfore which is both the giuer and maintayner of peace whiche preserueth kingdoms and common wealthes that they fall not to vtter ruine by warres vprores and tumultes This gifte the Psalme commaundeth vs to acknowledge and exhorteth vs to be thankful for the same For it is the mightie hande of God that there is any peace or concorde amongst vs And thanks be vnto God that we haue this knowledge that peace is the gifte of God although we be not able of our selues to maintaine and defend the same For this is a meanes not onely to stay vs that we despaire not in these outrages and hurly burlyes of the wicked world but also to driue vs to harty prayer that God would preserue that peace which he hath giuen vs and defende vs from the power of Satan and wicked men Verse 1. Beholde how good and how comely a thing it is brethren to dwell euen togither Dauid had bene in many and great daungers and by experience had learned in the troubles which he suffered through greate and long seditions and other afflictions not onely what mischiefe there is in discord and the doctrine of error but also what inestimable good things doe proceede of concorde and sincere doctrine Wherefore he assureth him self that God preserueth gouerneth blesseth these things For the Psalme treateth of both kinds that is of the peace and concorde of the common wealth and of the Church like as they also in nature are coupled togither For the peace of the common wealth is also the peace of the Church for that in the time of peace the worde of God may be freely published and preached Brethren he calleth as well those that liue in any societie togither as also the Ministers and Preachers of the word These liue in vnitie and concorde when they feede the people with one vniforme sound doctrine when the people obey and beleue the worde and when there is no contention among them This is a singular gift of God and not onely a ioyfull but also a profitable and a comely thing in the Church So is it also in the common wealth when the lawes are obeyed and the Magistrate hath a care of the people and againe when the subiectes doe loue and reuerence the Magistrates and obey their authoritie These gifts the Psalme exhorteth vs to acknowledge and to be thankfull for the same Verse 2. It is like to the precious oyntment vppon the heade that runneth downe vpon the bearde euen vppon Aarons beard

which went downe on the borders of his garments This is a homely and familiar phrase of the holy Ghost The place is knowne 30. of Exodus where Moses was commaunded to make a certaine precious oyntment with this inhibition that it should be made of none else but of him nor employed to any other vse then to anoynt the bearde of the high priest With this oyntment the Psalme compareth vnitie and concorde as an holy heauenly thing whiche by no power or policie of man can either be gotten or kept For although it be giuen euen to the wicked also as we may see in those kingdoms which are out of the Church yet is it the gift of God and a most holy gift which ought to serue especially vnto holy vses for the aduauncing of religion for the confirmation of matrimony for the education of children and for the maintenance and continuance of all honestie and godlines In that he saith from the head he sheweth the nature of true concord For like as the oyntment ranne downe from the heade of Aaron the high priest vpon his beard and so descended vnto the borders of his garment euen so true concord in doctrine and brotherly loue floweth as a precious oyntment by the vnitie of the spirite from Christ the high priest and head of the Church vnto all the members of the same For by the beard and extreme partes of the garment he signifieth that as farre as the church reacheth so farre spreadeth that vnitie which floweth from Christ her head Or by the beard we may vnderstand those to whome the office of teaching belongeth because the bearde is ioyned vnto the mouth which is the instrument of doctrine and by the extreme partes of the garment the rest of the church which is the garment of christ This similitude expresseth most liuely how great the vertue of the spirite of concord is wherewith all the members of Christ are anoynted For it maketh their life sweete and pleasant in so much that whatsoeuer they do it giueth a sweet odor in the sight of God. If the vnquiet spirits which trouble the Church at this day could beleue that the peace and concorde of the Church is such an holy and a pleasant ointment to the Lord separate from all profane vses they would be more sober and circumspect then they be But because they beleue it not therefore they employ this holy ointment to vnholy vses seeking therby their owne glory Yea they turne the Psalme cleane contrary and say in their harts Behold how pleasant a thing it is to trouble the brethren they would not haue them to enioy this holy oyntment that is to dwell and liue togither in this heauenly concord These we must flie to these we must in no wise be like but must learne that the vnitie of the Church is the gifte of God which we must defend and maintaine with all our power For there is nothing more pleasant in the sight of God and his Angells then when the Pastors and gouerners of the Churches doe dwell togither in godly concorde teaching and following with one consent one true sincere and vniforme doctrine Betwene the Pope and his rable there is great concorde for there is a concord euen amongest theeues as there was betwene Iudas and the Phariseis But this is not the concorde whiche the Psalme here speaketh of but the Psalme commendeth that concord which is amongst those that haue the pure and sincere worde Therefore the Prophet here vseth a similitude which onely perteineth to Aaron named to be y high priest by Gods owne mouth signifying thereby that this concord is spread by the preachers of the word throughout the whole body of the Church so that not onely the body it selfe is refreshed with this oyntment but also the sweete smel thereof is dispearsed euery where and the fame of the Church is glorious both before God men those I meane which vnderstand and acknowledge this heauenly benefite Verse 3. As the dew of Hermon which falleth vpon the mountaines of Sion for there the Lorde appoynted the blessing and life for euer Hermon is a mountaine ioyning vppon Libanus Hereof it commeth that in an other place he calleth Iudea which is compassed with mountaines the land of Hermonijm As touching this similitude I thinke the Prophet vseth the common maner of speaking For whereas the mountaines often times seme to those that beholde them a far of to reach vp euen vnto heauen the dew which commeth from heauen seemeth to fall from the high mountaines vnto the hills which are vnder them Therefore he sayth that the dewe descendeth from Hermon vnto the mount Sion because it so seemeth vnto those that doe behold it a farre of And this clause after my iudgement perteineth to ciuill concorde like as the former similitude perteineth to the Church because God through peace and concord maketh common wealthes and kingdoms to flowrish euen as seedes herbes and plants are fresh and flourish through the morning dewe The beginning of this peace commeth from the Princes Magistrates as from mount Hermon ▪ From whom it floweth vnto euery particular person and to the whole common wealth which is refreshed therwith as it were with the dewe of heauen wherby all things doe prosper and flourish For like as by the dewe all things that growe vpon the earth do spring and encrease euen so small things through peace concord do grow to great increase Contrariwise like as in the time of great heat drowth all things wither away perish so warres seditions tumults su●uert and destroy common weales kingdoms Wherfore we haue neede not onely of diligent exhortations but also of continuall hartie and faithfull prayer vnto God that he would gratiously continue this heauenly benefite of peace and concord amonges vs as the Prophet now addeth There the Lorde appointed the blessing and life or liues for so it is in the Hebrewe As much to say as There will God dwell where concord is This is in deede an excellent commendation wherewith he so bewtifieth and extolleth peace And with this commendation ought the hartes of all men to be stirred vp to the loue of peace since they heare that God wil dwel with such Princes such Pastors and such people as loue peace and defende the same It followeth then that where the enemies of peace are and such as delite in vnnecessary warres as are those monsters which are idlely and wickedly brought vp in the Courts of Princes and courtly life togither with the profane godles multitude there dwelleth the deuill with his angells and there hath God appoynted malediction death and destruction There is a certeine vehemency in this word life or liues in the plurall number For it signifieth all kindes of life as the Priests the Leuites the faithfull the Magistrates artificers citizens husbandmen c. As if he sayd All states of life shall be blessed with