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A10583	The solace of Sion, and ioy of Ierusalem. Or consolation of Gods church in the latter age redeemed by the preaching of the Gospell vniuersallye. Beeing a godly and learned exposition of the Lxxxvij. Psalme of the princelye prophet Dauid: written in Latine by the reuerend Doctor Vrbanus Regius, pastor of Christes Church at Zelle, in Saxonie. 1536. Translated into english by R. Robinson citizen of London 1587.; Psalmus octuagesimus septimus, de gloriosa Christi ecclesia	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1587 (1587)	STC 20852; ESTC S119789	35,218	86

Christ may be reckoned amongst the people of GOD that is the Church of Christ Our Scholemaister D. Martin Luther that he might also open the mister●● of the calling of the Gentiles in this place vnto the ●ares of y ● Germanes doth th●● translate it Ich will predigen lassen Rahab vnd Babell das sie mich kennen sollē that is to say I will let pr●●ch Rahab Babilon that they may knowe me And this rightlie and perspicuously so he doth For that this is the rule of a good Interpreter S. Ierome writing vnto Summa and Fretela teacheth vs That he might expresse the phrase of an other language in the proprietie of his owne tongue which thing also amōgst y ● anciēts y ● be slearned writers haue done as Tully in Protagora Platonis in Oeconomi●o Xenophontis in Demosthenes his oration against Aeschines many others In which place heare that folly bragging of the outragions Sinagogue is beaten backe wheras it crieth Abraham is our father we are the heritage of GOD the Gentiles are accursed Iohn 8 vers 39. For it is a cleare and euident Testimonie of the calling of the Gentiles out of the whole world to the Gospel of Christ For by the calling of the aforesaide Nations in this place are all other Nations also to be vnderstood wheresoeuer they be thronghout the worlde And like as the Prophets do prophesi● of the grace of Christ to be imparted vnto the Nations that the kingdome of Christ may be Catholike or vniuersall Therefore not onely shall God remember the posteritie of ABRAHAM after the flesh but also the Gentiles in the whole worlde out of whome by faith he maketh the sonnes of Abraham that if not in consanguinitye yet in the same Faith they may resemble their true beleeuing father Abraham Therefore doeth the Apostle call Abraham the Father of all the faithfull by Circumsision that vnto them also Righteousnesse might bee imputed euen as vnto him beleeuing the promise concerning Christ Faith is imputed vnto righteousnesse Rom. 4. 16. vers 9. 7. Gal. 3. vers 7. 22. The Lawe worketh nothing theare nor the generation as touching the flesh For the promise happened not vnto Abraham by the Lawe nor to his seede That hee should be the heire of the worlde but by righteousnesse of faith Like as in 3. cap. Gal. vers 7. he saith They which are of faith are the Children of Abraham Wee vnderstande here that the flesh hathe no prerogatiue in respecte of iustification but faith in Christe Wherefore wee which were taken from among the Gentiles and which as the same Apostle saieth were once farre off are now made neere by the blood of Christe Ephes 2. vers 13. Who from out both Iewes and Gentiles hath made one and hath broken the stoppe of the partition wall vers 14. Nowe wee both through him haue an Enterance vnto the Father of mercies by one spirite vers 18. This doth the promise of God in this Psalme I will thinke vpon Rahab and Babilon c. that is to say I will call and take vnto me Children from out of al the Nations in the world and not out of Canaan onely which surely ought to be reckoned by good right amongst the glorious thinges which are spoken off touching the Churche of Christ For the Apostle also in the third chapiter to the Ephesians fearmeth the calling of the Gentiles into the Church or Congregation of ISRAEL a Misterye which was not alwayes knowen vnto the Sonnes of men but is reueyled vnto the Holye ones the Apostles of Christ and his Prophets by his holy spirite namely that the Gentiles are fellow-heires with the Iewes members of one body and Coo-partners of the promise of life in Christ And the Prophet Dauid here addeth in the ende of this verse Loe there is hee borne that is to say the people of the nations before remembred Where are they borne I answere wheras hee reconeth vp by the name of those Nations it is certaine that he speaketh of them which are now borne but he affirmeth the misterie of regeneration To be by water the Sperite as in Iohn 3. And he teacheth also that those Nations borne anew theare that is within the gates of SION in the citie of God haue giuen their name vnto Christ forsaking their Idols and are to be conuerted from darknesse vnto light and from the power of Satan vnto the true and liuing God that they may also receiue forgiuenesse of Sinnes and inheritance amongst them which are sanctified by faith in Christ Vers 5 And of SION it shal be reported that manie are borne in her And hee euen the most high shal stablish her IN this place the translation as S. Hierome sayeth to Summa and Fretela according to the places times and pleasures of olde writers differeth frō the Hebrue veritie For that saith Vnto SION it shall be reported many are borne in her But the Greeke translation hath it thus The Mother Sion shall say many persons are borne in her Finallie the west church hath now for a long time read Shal Sion say many are borne c In which place not without cause do we detest the negligence of the Prelates of the Church in whose power at this day consisteth the chéefe regarde of thinges who do surmount the Princes of the Empire both in wealth and reuenues much more are equal vnto them and yet in so many ages not euen one hath bene sound who at the charge of the Church goodes hath reformed the exemplars of the Byble or at least wise the Psalter within all the Churches is song nightes and daies such faithfull Stewardes of God are they for sooth But let vs suffer them to fill vp the measure of their Fathers indeede the Pharises whoe euen themselues with like periurye gouerned their Sinagogue in time past so long that whiles they woulde not repent them they vtterly perished from the face of the earth Firste wee will showe foorth what meaninges the Hebrue Text hath Of SION it shall bee reported that is of the Church of Christe it shall bee preached Manye are borne in her That is euerye one that is regenerate by the Spirite is borne in that SION For in the Church are the worde of life and the Sacramentes of our saluation Wherefore they which remaine out of the Church are the Children of wrath the Children of olde ADAM yea carnall Children dead in sinnes and subiect vnto eternall damnation But they which in SION addresse or reedifye the Cittye of GOD doe finde the Gospell of Saluation and the Sacramentes by the whiche they are borne anewe and are made the Children of grace the Sonnes of GOD and new men are raised vppe from the Death of Sinne and made Spirituall heires of eternall life The Hebrue Phrase is Vir Vir Homo Homo for the worde Vnusquisque Luther whome the Spirite of Christe taught by moste grieuous tribulations not onely to singe with

ioine the Hebrue phrase vnto the Gréeke te●t and you shall see a goodly consonancy Glorious sayinges are ther of thee but in thee O City of God For without thée of thée is all euil spoken For those same glorious thinges which are spoken off touching y e Church are vndoubtedly not spoken of her but in the Church for without the Church the world that is the cōgregation of the vngodly the spouse of the deuil the enemie of Christ with her Ruler is not glorious but speake meer extreame infamies or slaunders of the Church Without the Church wher the Gospell is scorned and hissed out of doores so soundeth the verse Reprochful things are spoken of thee O city of Satan For so also y e vngodly ones flatter thēselues that they are the Catholike Children of God the ancient Christians and the City of God But others not honouring the Pope them doe they cal the children of Satan yea they condemne the Gospel of the grace of God or as the damnable doctrine and errour of Satan At Augusta one of those Papistes a Doctor of the Popes Diuinity by suggestion in presence of Duke Maurice cried out vpon thē which beleeued in y e Gospel of Christ which hee called the new Doctrine as persons infamous and vnworthely requested rightly to beare witnesse of y ● Truth before Judges or Magistrats as we say in Duch Sie sollen mir zukey ●er warheit odder zeugknus gut genug sein So Paul that most excellēt light of the Church was contēptibly reckoned for a Sower of strange doctrine Actes 17. Paule and Silas were called Disturbers of the whole worlde ibidem And●n times past as it appeareth in y e Apollogie of Tertullian against the Gentiles the Christians were of Gentiles named murtherers Church-robbers incestuous persons publique enemies murtherers of Infants procurers of wicked lusts Bawdes and Asse-heades in that they worshipped an Asses head as it were a God which suspition Cornelius Tacitus had stirred vp The assemblye of Christians to the Supper of the Lord was counted of the vngodly ones a Faction Christians were named the cause of all publique mischiefe and of all inconuenience amongst the people of the world If the riuer Tiber rose vp to the walles If the riuer Nilus flowed not vp ouer the fleldes if the Skies stood still if the earth quaked if euer any Famine or pestilence were by and by it was denounced Cast those Christians to the Lions Finally they were reprochfully called vnfruitful in their businesse and not good for any thing They were also called Sarmentitij Semitij because being boūd to a block of greate waight standing vpright and compassed about with fier wood they wer brent to ashes And for this cause also they were accompted desperate and cast away In Ciprians time there was among the enemies of the Christians one Demitrianus a man of great name which saide that all misschiefes whereby the world was tossed and turmoiled was to be imputed vnto the Christians for that the Boddes of the Gentiles wer not worshipped amongst them And then it was an offence to be a Christian Iulianus the Apostate in respecte of reproch called the Christians Galileans as Nazianzenus writeth The Iewes at Rome called the Christian faith and that congregation a Sett Of this sect say they vnto Paule it is knowen vnto vs that in euery place men speake against it Act. 28. Christ the head of the Church the husband and foundation thereof heard himselfe called of the Iewes a Samaritane aSeducer and deceiuer of the people one hauing a Deuill aud a sedicious person And in our time such as beleeue the Gospell and reiect the doctrines of men disagréeable to y ● Gospel y ● I may omit infinite other slaunders are called of the vngodly ones Lutherane Heretikes But Christ the husband of the Church in this world despised and abiect such is his vnsearcheable wisedome turneth euen these slaunders also into glorie for the Christians For who had not rather heare tenne hundreth thousande reproches of the vnprais-worthy Gentiles and vngodly persons abhominable before God and that for the name of Christ then to beare the state of a king and enioy at ease all the honoures and benefites of this worlde ● This one blessing of Christe confoundeth all the cruell curses of this worlde Blessed are you whē men reuile you and shall speake all euill against you for my names sake falsly Reioice and bee glad because your rewarde is greate in heauen Math. 5. verses 11. and. 14. Vers 3 I will thinke vpon Rahab and Babilon with thē that knowe me Vers 4 Beholde the Philistines also and they of Tyre with the Morians loe ther was hee borne FIrst of al the names of the aforesaid Nations must be declared and the meaning of the Prophet shall more easily appeare Rahab therefore is a Sirname which Esay also in his 30 chap. giueth vnto Egipt because it was a proud People in whome when the Iewes put their hope and confidence they were deceiued Wherfore Esayas saieth For the Egiptiansare vanitie and they shall help in vaine Their Rahab or strength is to sit stil And in the 51 chap. Art not thou that same Arme that hath smitten the proud Egipt Arnobius and Augustine vnderstand by that same Strumpet in Iericho those y ● are wise in their owne conceites Unto the other Doctors Rahab seemeth to signifie rashnesse and insolency or pride wherewith the Egiptians are by good right entituled as the speciall Enemies of the the Iewes And Thargus the Hebrue writer in this place hath Mitsarri that is to say Egipt for Rahab Those persons called Allophili as it is in y ● Gréeke translation are Philistines For the Hebrue text hath Phelesser which S. Hierome translateth for Palestine And the same Hierome vpon the first Chapiter of Amos giueth to note that the 70 Interpreters called the Philistines alwaies Strangers borne For wheresoeuer saith he in the olde Testament w●● read Straungers borne they are to bee vnderstoode not commonlye as touching all forraine Nations but properly of Philistines which nowe are called 〈…〉 These Nations that is to say Egiptians Babilonians Palestines Tyrians and Ethiopians were well knowen to the Iewes for their Neighbourhoode and for their malignant mindes towardes them Hereby therefore y ● Prophet teacheth in the person of God that the before mentioned people although hetherto they knewe not God and were manifestly vngodly and accursed as all other Nations being without hope and wanting knowledge of God in the world shall yet notwithstanding be receiued into the grace fauour of the Gospell As if he saide I wil remember those Nations amongst them which will knowe me that is amongst my elect true Christians which knowe and worship me by Faith in Christ Blessed is he which God so thinketh vpon that he is written in the booke of life what maner of life soeuer he led before hee yet through grace by

the voice but also with the spirite and trueth expressed this verse to the Germanes vnderstanding on this maner Man wirt von Zion sagen das aller ley leut drinnē geboren werden It shall be said of Sion all Nations shall be borne therein which we out of the Hebrue text doe thus expound Vir Vir that is euery one in whatsoeuer Nation he be borne at length yet againe hee is borne anewe in SION As Peter also in the Actes Cap. 10. sayeth Of trueth I perceiue that GOD is no 〈…〉 of Persons but in euerye 〈…〉 that feareth him and worketh Righ●●ousnesse is accepted with him vers 34. and 35. According to y e Gréeke edetion we read The mother Sion y is y e church which is the spiritual mother For within y ● ●hurch we were borne a new with w●ter and of the Spirite and in the lap of the Church as infantes are in their mothers bellie And first we are nourished with milke afterward with strong meat that is with the word of God preached vnto vs according to our capacitie vntill we all meete together in the vnity of faith and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christe as the Apostle S. Paul saith Ephes 4. Unto this spirituall byrth by or from God had Esay respect with whome in his 49. thay The Church marueiling at the multitude of her Children crieth thus Who hath begotten these Seing I am barraine and desolate a Captiue and a Wanderer to and fro and who hath 〈…〉 them And the Lord God answereth her 〈…〉 I will lift vp mine hande to the Gentiles and set vp my Standerde to the people and they shall bring thy Sonnes in their armes and they shall carrie thy Daughters vpon their shoulders ibidem vers 22. And the Apostle S. Paule in the 4. Gal speaking of the Church saith But Ierusalem which is aboue is free which is the Mother of vs all For it is written Reioice thou barraine that bearest no Children Breake forth and crie thou that traueilest not For the desolate hath many mo children then she which hath an husband Esay 54. Augustine in this place vnderstandeth by the word Homo Christ by reason of the disposing of the nature humane taken vpon him which though it haue a godlye ser●e or meaning yet is it not spoken in place Arnobius not marking the Hebrue sence Homo Homo vnderstandeth Adam begetting sonnes which may possesse the earth Christ begetting sonnes which may possesse the Heauens But these wordes make nothing for the purpose For he rehearseth before diuers nations purposing to shewe that not onelye the Iewes but also the Gentiles wheresoeuer in the world they be shal fully attain to that Citie of God and shall be borne anew in her that this second and spiritual byrth may not onely pertaine to Israell after the flesh but without respect of any person euen vnto all Nations For by the Commaundement of Christe The Gospell was to be preached vnto all Creatures Which thinge sith it bringeth regeneration all Nations are altogether to be admitted into this Citty That they might be borne anewe as Peter sayeth not of mortal seed but of immortal seed by the worde of the liuing GOD which abideth for euer 1. Peter 1. vers 23. For so our Lorde himselfe openeth openeth vnto vs all the Prophesies touching the saluation of the Gentiles in Math. 8. and Luke 13. Manye shall come from the Easte and the West from the North and the South and shall rest them with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the Kingdome of GOD. Mathew 8 verse 11 Luke 13. vers 29. Wee haue also in this place a moste strong weapon against the argumentes of the Iewes and those which embrace Iudaisme who doe wrest and arrogate the promises made vnto this Spirituall SION to them and to their earthlye IERVSALEM as if these so great cōmendations were spoken of the earthly Cittie And in our age the newe Donatistes and secte of Chiliastes most foolishlie also dreame with the Uncircumcised promising themselues earthelye thinges where the Spirite of Christe promiseth in the Prophetes with moste swéet allegories spirituall and celestiall thinges Unto which fanaticall persons also the moste delicate Table of the worde of GOD is turned into a Snare and Trappe yea into an offence and Retaliation Their eies are darkened that they sée not and their backes are alwaies made crooked that they sée nothing but earthlye thinges whereas meere Celestiall thinges are promised vnto the elect ones of GOD. For those Nations whome the Prophet and Psalmograph here reckoneth vp and affirmeth to bee borne in SION for a trueth are not borne in that earthlye SION and IERVSALEM Wherfore we doe most necessarilye vnderstande the verse to bee set downe as concerning the Spirituall SION For so the Apostles and Euangelistes as the Interpreters of the Prophetes taught by GOD haue instructed vs to vnderstand and handle the Oracles of the Prophets on that maner Christ the spirituall king a high Prieste of good thinges to come promised in the Gospell vnto a spirituall people thinges spiritual and eternall and not méere temporall good things wherfore as Augustine writing vpon the 39. Psal admonisheth vs Let no man promise himselfe that which the Gospel promiseth him not The scrip tures promise vs not in this worlde but tribulations persecutions Calamities encrease of sorrowes aboundance of temptations to these thinges let vs speciallye prepare vs least vnprepared wee vtterly fall These saith he That halfe verse The most High euen hee shall stablish the same hath in it more consolation then our slender capacity can comprehend It is a certaine special thing of those glorious ●ytles which are declared of y ● City of God For what can bee spoken more glorious and more excellent of the Church of God then that the same is not founded and estabished by humane handes strengthes or counsels but of the selfe same GOD the workmaister and preseruer of all things For euen he Iesus Christ the sonne of the highest God the power and wisedome of God the father was sent to be a Rocke foundation a Wall and couering of this holy Citie Here vpon it followeth that this Citie shall alwayes be safe from the tyranny of death and of the Diuel which hath dominion ouer Death much more then shall shee be safe from ●ickle fading and britle power of this world For seeing that God himselfe is the founder confirmer and defender thereof it cannot be destroyed nor subuerted yea the foundation of this Citie shall stand vnshaken or immoueable euen to the vtmost and for euer As it is in the 47. Psal God hath founded the same Citie his Church for euer vers 7. Therefore although it bée oppugned or assaulted of most cruell and most mighty enimies without all t●uces namely of Sinne feare of Death the Deuell the World and the Flesh yet it shall not

haue pleasure in thy beautie ibidem verses 9 and 11 Of this City saith the Lord I will be a wall of fire round about her and wil be the Glorie in the middest of her Zach. 2. In Sion wil I giue saluation and my glory vnto Israell Esa 46. vers 13. The vineyard of the Lord. Esa 5. vers 1 The Sister of Christ Canti● 5. vers 1. My Doue is alone and my vndefiled Cap 6. vers 8. The Garden enclosed a Spring shutivp and a Fountaine sealed vp Cantic 4. verse 12 An Orcharde of Poungranets with sweet fruites c. Cantic 4. vers 14. The peculier people of Cod and folowers of good works 2. Titus ve 14. A Sprituall House 1 Pet. 2. cap. vers 9. A holy Priesthood 1 Pet. 2. cap. vers 9. A Chosen Generation 1 Pet. 2. cap. vers 9. A Royall Priesthood 1 Pet. 2. cap. vers 9. A Holy Nation 1 Pet. 2. cap. vers 9. A People which haue come out of darknesse into light 1 Pet. 2. cap. vers 9. The Heritage of God Esay cap. 19. Of this Cittie it is saide I will make an euerlasting couenant with you euen the sure mercies of Daui●d my faith seruant Esay 60. The Nation and Kingdome which wil not serue thee shal perish from the earth Esay 60. I will giue my lawe in their inwarde partes and write it in their heartes and I will be their God and they shall be my people Ieremy 31. verse 33. And they shall all knowe me from the least to the greatest and I wil forgiue their iniquity and remember their sinnes no more verse 34. But to knowe GOD is eternall life Iohn 17. The Lord buildeth SION Psal 102 vers 16. In SION is the Lords name declared and his praise in Ierusalem ibidem vers 21. The blessed of my Father Math. 25. For whom the kingdome of God is prepared from the beginning of the world vers 34. The Chlldrē of God Hosea 1. Iohn 1 Galat 3. phil 2. The Heires nf Christ and Co-heires with Christ Rom. 8. The fellow-Citizens with the Saints The housholde seruants of God Ephes 2 vers 19. The Vessels of glorie Rom 9. vers 23. As Lights shining in the world 2 phi verse 25. Iuda and Israell Hosea 1. Rom. 2. and 9. Which names are full of misteries The Children of promise Gallat 3. vers 29. 4. and 28. The Children of SARA the free woman Gal. 4 vers 31. The Church builded vpon the Rock against which the Gates of Hell shall not preuaile Math. 16. ver 18. Called Christians as of the Lord Christ Act. 11. vers 26. The seed of Abraham Gal 3. vers 29. The kingdome euerlasting of the Messias Abdias cap. 1. ver 21. 2. Pet. 1. The brethren of Christ Psal ar The holy ones Rom. 1. The new man Ephes 2. New Creature in Christ Gal. 6. A Garland of glory shalt thou be in the hande of the Lord and a royal Diadem in the handes of thy God Esa 62. vers 3. And thou shalt be called Hiphzibah that is My delight is in thee vers 4. Of her it is said by the Prophet Esay cap 54 Feare not for thou shalt not be a shamed neither shalt thou be confounded vers 4. For a momēt in mine anger I hid my face from thee for a little season but with euerlasting mercie haue I had compassion on thee saith the Lorde thy Redeemer vers 8. My mercy shall not depart from thee neither shall the couenant of my peace fall away saith the Lord that hath compassion on thee vers 10. Of her againe Esay 60. I will make thee an eternall glorie and a ●●y from Generation to Generation vers 15. Thou shalt call Saluation thy Wa les and Praise thy Gates vers 18. The Lord shal be thine euerlasting light vers 20. Iuda shall be saued and Israell shall dwell safely Ieremy 23. vers 6. And in Esay againe cap 49. Though a woman for get her Childe yet will not I forget thee O SION vers 15. Beholde I haue grauē thee vpon the palm of mine hands thy walles are euer in my sight vers 16. Briefly out of Sion was the true Messias and Sauiour of Israel looked for as Dauid singeth in the 14. Psal Who shal giue saluation out of SION vnto Israell vers 7. And S. PAVLE saieth Rom. 11. Out of SION shall hee come which shall deliuer c. vers 29. And GOD by his seruants the Prophets Apostles throughout al y ● Scriptures hath spoken glorious thinges in figures and euident promises For shee hath Promises of this present life and of the life to come 1. Tim 4. After this maner hath the gréeke text as in Latine de te of thée But the true meani●● of y e Hebrue hath in te in thée this preiudiceth nothing to vs for both are true Those excellent things which I haue made mencion off are spoken of the Church by the Prophets and Apostles and in the Church For what other thing are they but sacred holy misteries of the Gospell touching euerlasting life saluation which surely are dailie preached and sounded foorth both of the Church and in the Church that by hearing of so great matters faith might come vnto vs and by Faith Justification and Saluation The Hebrue text addeth Selah which S. Ierome translateth Semper alwaies For the Church as a Bride glorious in her Husband shal euermore be preached off glorious things shal be spoken of her and in her shall be continually sung the ineffable glorie of the euerlasting grace of God in Christ our Lord. And so the Iewes for the most parte interpret the word Selah for euerlasting like as it is euident in their Epitaphes as the Iewish Epitaph is in Hebrue at Basill His soule continue in Paradice Amen Amen Amen For euer and euer For it is vnderstood by that verse in the 84. Psalme They shall praise thee for euer and euer And so likewise by Thargus the Hebrue writer vpon this 87. Psalme Rabbi Aben Ezra expoundeth it for trueth or truelie Dauid Kimhi writeth that it is a token of lifting vp the voice in this Psalme from the roote to lift vp So as indéed by this persuasion the cogitaciō of y e mind is moued ernestly to way cōsider a great matter for in this place it is a worthy little verse to the meditation wherof all the powers of the minde may be profoūdly and earnestly moued For our matter is now in making wee are that Church the excellent Cittie of God cōcerning which so glorious things are spoked off Al which things are promised and surelye giuen vs from God in Christ For so greate and vnspaakeable are they that the Prophet Esay and the Apostle Paule write of these That for them which loue God such thinges are prepared which neither eie hath seene nor eare hath hard neither yet the heart of man conceiued Esa 64. 1 Cor. 2. Now let vs