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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07789	Nyne songs collected out of the Holy Scriptures of Old and New Testament, drawne foorth of the pure fountaines of Hebreuu and Greeke ; translated, paraphrased in prose, summed, analysed, notted vpon, grounds for vse and doctrine observed in every one of them, and finally paraphrased in English meeter, by Mr. William Moray ...	Morray, William.	1634 (1634)	STC 18166; ESTC S1306	47,991	144

shall eat flesh of the blood of the slaine and captivitie from the beginning of revenges vpon the enemie Yee nations praise his people for hee will auenge the blood of his servants and render vengeance to his adversaries and will be mercifull to his land and to his people Paraphrase 1. IF you people will not hearken to my words the Heavens and Earth all creatures other shall be witnesses against you 2. If my people bee a soft soyle and good ground my doctrine shall be fruit full in young and olde in weake and strong 3. Glorifie God in hearkening to his word for I will make him manifest to you who howbeit hee be alwayes infinite yet hee abases him to be our God his will I will declare 4. To whome will yee goe from this God who is so stronge so righteous in all his actions so true in all his wordes and in whom no defect can bee found 5. Yet Israel hath corrupted his owne wayes which proveth they are not the children of GOD but a wicked and perverse generation 6. Is this the reward where with ye recōpence God who hath adopted you to be his children when ye were his enemies passing by the rest of mankinde who were as sib to him by creation as you who hath redeemed you from the bondage of Egypt hath magnified you above other people when you were worse than nothing 7. The historie of Abraham Isaak and sacob and of the rest of your predecessors shewes your small be ginning Gods great mercy goodnes toward you 8. When God in his providence allotted to everi nation a dwelling place he had minde of Israel and appointed for their number a place most convenient and most excellent 9. For hee had freelie chosen the posteritie of Iacob to bee his peculiar people beside all the World 10. When they were in a Wildernesse where there was neither bread nor water nor other thing to sustaine their life GOD fed them and clad them and because of their infidelitie he caused them go about the Wildernesse fourtie yeares during the which time hee taught them by his benefites and chastisments yet hee had exceeding great care of them to keep them from all hurt 11. And look wha● care the Eagle or any other fowle have of their young ones in hatching them covering them vntill they can come foorth or flee and guiding them from the nest such care had God of his people 12. Hee needed not the helpe of any other besyde himselfe would haue none for hee would haue the guyding of his people to himselfe alone 13. Hee placed him in Canaan an hillie countrie full of fertill valleyes whose craigie places were no● barren but there was to bee found honnie there olyves grew and it was a land flowing with milke and honny 14. Nothing was wanting for delicate meate and drinke as butter milke fat lambs rams choyse wheat most excellent claret wyne all these the LORD gaue liberallie to Israell 15. For all this Israell who should haue beene vpright became vnthankfull to GOD in their prosperitie like bruit beasts mis●enning their maisters they rebelled against their maker and redeemer 16. Lyke vyle harlots they made the LORD their husband angrie committing sprituall whooredome with strange gods abhominable Idols 17. They came to the hiest degree of idolatry to giue the worship propper to GOD to devils yea they were so foolish that leaving the God whom they knew or rather who knew them they worshipped vnknowne gods and did not follow their holy fathers footsteps 18. All this thou didest not of simple but of wilfull ignorance after so great experience of Gods loue to thee and care for thee 19. After that the Lord considered this their apostasie hee cast off these that before by outward cal●ing appeared to bee his children 20. Then hee said I will misken them I am wearie of them there is no good to be looked for from them they will in end perish miserably 21. As they haue done to me so shal I doe to them they forsooke mee and followed idols I shall forsake them set other nations aboue them yea the Gentiles whom they despyse I will take in their place to be my people and cast them off 22 I shall be to them a consuming fyre hie nor low shal not escape my wrath their land and all the increase thereof will I destroy 23 I will multiply my plagues vpon them as arrows out of my quiver shotte at them 24. Namelie famine pestilence wyld beasts Serpents so openly and secretly without and within they shall bee plagued 25 No sort of person no sex neither younge nor old without or within shall bee free from the feare and stroake of the sword of the enemie 26. Whereas I had made thē as the starres in number and glorie I purpose to put them in obscure places and roote them out 27. If I had no respect to my glorie that it should not be the subject of blasphemie of the Gentils I should vtterly haue destroyed them 28. Their madnes is vncurable why should I spaire them no counsell will they follow neither haue they any wit 29. It is a pittie to see the hardnesse of their heart that after so long experience of punishment they cannot consider their case nor what will be their end 30. So long as I fought for them and was with them no multituds could resist them now while as man of them are overcome by few it is evident they want my protection 31. I take to witnesse the infidels who by experience of my power finde that I am not lyke their idols 32. Moreover they their workes are wicked as if they had beene the seed of Sodom and Gomorah venemous and bitter fruit bring they foorth 33. No nation so wicked as they being lyker to Dragons and Aspes nor men 34. This their wickednesse is laid vp in store with mee and treasured vp in the treasure of my wrath against the day thereof and revelation of my righteous judgement 35. I am judge of all the world it is my office to punish howbeit I seeme to delay you shall fall in due tyme your destruction bee the evill that shall come vpon you at hand 36. Albeit the LORD shall judge his people yet at last hee shall be appeased and moved with repentance to mitigate the rigor of his wrath when hee shall see all their strength gone and all almost destroyed at home and abroade 37. Then shall they say to their enemies where are your gods where are your rocks your particular patrons in whom ye trusted 38. Before whō the Priests did eat the fat of the sacrifice and dranke the wine of their drinke offering let those idols helpe you now and take your protection 39. Let them who haue eyes to see behold mee and make no gods my companion for I haue power to kill and to keepe aliue to wound make heale let them in all changes trust in mee

and feare to offend mee whose hand none can escape 40. For I hold vp my hand to Heaven and sweare saying As I am the everliving GOD. 41. My enemies thinke my sword wil alwayes be hid in the scabard and because I am patient that I cease to bee a iust judge but they shall feele the contrare when my wrath shall breake out against them 42. There shall bee no end of my vengeance vntill the earth bee filled with blood and dead bodies my enemies be made captives vpon whom I will haue no mercie 43. Seeing GOD will manifest his goodnesse to his people I sraell his mercie it is the part of all nations to acknowledge the same and to praise him in the cōmunion of Sancts both of Iewes Gentiles The argument and analysis of this song GOD caused and commanded Moses to write this Song preach it to Israel and to testifie Gods goodnesse and grace to them and to convince them of vnthankfulnesse towards God and to prepare the catholick kirk of the Iewes who were to bee dispersed through the world Therefore hee commanded this song to bee put in the mouth of the Israelites and to be preserved in writen monuments Deut 31.19 The summe of this Song is this GOD the Father of his Church and Iudge of all the world contests with the people of Israel by this solemne Song of his goodnesse towards them of their ingratitude and contumacie seene already in Moses dayes and now forseene by him that it would bee greater heereafter and therefore prophesieth by Moses of the rejection of the Iewes calling of the Gentiles The parts of this song are three 1. the preface verse 1.2.3 The 2. a narration from the 4. verse to the 43. The 3. the conclusion of the Song verse 43. The 1. part which is the preface or beginning of the song con taineth an exhortation to the Heavens and earth to attend to this Song verse 1. a reason of this exhortation verse 2. a precept to the people to bee attentive docile with the reason thereof verse 3. The 2. part of the Song containeth in it first a narration of things bygone before the penning of this song from the 4. verse to the 19. Secondly a narration of things that were to come from the 19. to the 43. The summe of the narration of things bygone is set downe verse 4.5 The enarration or exposition thereof from the 5. verse to the 19. and the summe containeth in it 2. things The 1. concernes God verse 4 The 2. concernes the people of Israel verse 5. which is aggredged and they taxed with foule ingratitude verse 6. The enarration and exposition of these thinges keepes this order 1. the part of God is set downe from the 6. vers to the 15. Next the part of the people is set downe from the 15. verse to the 19. Gods part verse 6 proved by antiquitie and testimonie of their fore-beears verse 7. and from his providence for them from the beginning of the world verse 8. with the reason therof verse 9. Thirdly from his care of them when they were in the Wildernes verse 10. illustrated by similitude verse 11.12 Fourthly from his placing of them in the land of CANAAN verse 13.14 The enarration of the part of the people and the exposition thereof verse 16.17.18 The 2. part of the narration concerning things to come containeth 2. things 1. Gods justice against the vnthankful and rebellious Iewes from the 19. to the 35. Secondly the work of Gods mercy to a remnant of them from the 35 verse to the 43. The worke of Gods justice is set downe in this order 1. that he abhorred them and the reason verse 19.2 that hee resolved to leave them to themselues with the reason thereof verse 20.3 That hee will pay them home with like for like lege talionis verse 21. with the reason thereof verse 22. 4. That he will multiplie plagues vpon them verse 23.24.25 5. That hee purposed to haue put away their memorial amongst men were not the respect hee had to his owne glorie and the pride of their enemies verse 26 27. 6. Hee wisheth they had a minde and heart to consider and bee sensible of his dealings with them of their end together with the reason of all verse 28.29.30 which he proves by the testimonie of Gentils their enemies verse 31. and subjoyneth reasons of his severitie against them verse 32.33.34.35 The work of his mercy to the remnant of them is set down verse 36. Amplified with the triumph and iusulting of his people over their enemies verse 37.38 Which hee confirmeth by the demonstration of his power verse 39. and by his oath verse 40.41.42 The conclusion of the Song verse 43. containeth an exhortation to the Church catholick of Iewes and Gentiles to praise God with the reason thereof Annotations vpon this Song Verse 2. My doctrine the Hebrew word signifieth received learning a good description of the doctrine of true religion because it is receiued from GOD not devysed by men 1. Cor. 11.23 Ioh. 8.28 and should be receaved by the hearers with this respect 1. Thess 2.13 and this imports that the teacher receaues it frō God and the hearers also from him by his ministers Shall drop so Micah 5.7 Esay 55.10 The doctrine of false teachers not so Iud 6.12 Pro. 25.15 and this is a wish rather then a promise Raine dew figures of heavenly graces Gen. 27.28 Grasse here vnto people compared for their frailtie Es 40.6 or admonition to bee fruitfull Heb. 6. Verse 3. The name that is his majestie his workes of mercie and justice Verse 4. ROCK The septuagints translate this word GOD who is a Rocke to his Church Mat. 16.18 1. Cor. 10.4 and this word imports GODS constancie wherein his servants trust His worke The Greeke translats workes Heb. 3.9 Verse 5. Not of his sonnes for they sinne of infirmitie and this showes the effect of the law differing from the effect of the Ghospelf Rom. 7.9 Phil. 2.5 Verse 6. Requyt see the contrare spoken to God by David Psal 103.10 Father that bought thee this aggredges their vnthankfulnesse forgetting the benefites of their redemption adoption regeneration Made thee that is not onely created thee but also redeemed and called thee and put thee in a high estate whē thou was nothing 1. Sam. 12 6. Es 43.7 Mark 3.14 Verse 7. The dayes of old That is looke not so much what thou art now as what thy forbears were once Ios 24. this argument also is vsed for consolation Ps 77.67 Psal 119.52 Psal 14.3.5 Verse 9. Thy Elders who are yet living among you Portion that is the Church and members thereof are the heirs of God coheirs with Christ Ro. 8.17 Verse 10. Wildernesse that is I fand them needie vnworthy flying frō the enemy enemies to me but I gratiously and mercifullie receaved and intertained them though most vnworthie Ezec. 16. Rom. 5.10 Aple of his eye that is