was blessed and so must stand it coulde not be altered If they desired so to destroy them that they shoulde bee no people or but a fewe it was playnly tolde them that they shoulde bee as the dust of the earth that is innumerable If they desired but to holde them vnder for that point they had their aunswere also that they had the strength of the Vnicorne and that as a Lion they shoulde anietly sende on their pray Easilie distressed by others when the Lord was offended with them but afterward invincible wheresoever they cam and rise vp and lie downe at their pleasure During the time that the Lorde was offended with them and for that cause woulde not giue them any entrie yet into the lande of promis nor to preuaile against their enimies a fewe of the Canaanites beate them away when they approched but somewhat neare to the border of them But afterwarde when the time of that his displeasure drewe towardes an ende and that nowe hee was disposed to bring them in and to make it known that they were his people howe notably did they preuaile in whatsoeuer they tooke in hande Nom. 21.3 They notably preuayled against certaine of the Canaanites that prouoked them in the way Ib. 21.35 they vtterly destroyed the two kingdomes of the Amorites that denied them passage and they did so great an execution against the Midianites who by their wiles had wonne certaine of the Israelites to idolatrie Nom. 31.32.35.49.50.25 and whoredome that being but twelue thousande in all they stewe the fiue kinges of the Midianits and Balaam their lewde Prophet with them and tooke a notable pray besides of sixe hundred threescore and fifteene thousand sheepe threescore twelue thousande beeues threescore and one thousande asses and thirtie and two thousand maidens and yet notwithstanding lost not one man of their companie whereupon they gaue a free-will offering of sixteene thousande seuen hundred and fiftie shekels of golde amounting vnto in our coine about 7468 ounces When they were to make their entrie howe did Iordan that great water stay his course beeing at that time strong and great and gaue them passage on the drie grounde and immediatly after how did those strong and high walles of Iericho of themselues fall downe on euery side as the people of Israel stoode about them A while after again when a great power of the enimies had gathered them selues together against the people of Israel Iosh 10.11.14 howe did the Lorde destroy a great number of them with haile from Heauen and howe did both the Sunne and the Mooone stay their course and stoode still where they were at the commaundement of Ioshua to giue them time and light to make an vtter destruction of them And so proceeding in the conquest hee slewe one and thirtie Kings tooke away their kingdomes and parted the same among the people But the whole course of the scriptures besides doe playnely witnes that howsoeuer it hath pleased God oft times to stay for a season the iust and due aduancement of his owne glorie and therein to holde his children vnder some harde and grieuous discipline yet in the ende and when the time appointed was come hee hath fully declared what regarde hee had both vnto the cause it selfe and vnto those that tooke part with it And seeing that by these fewe not culled out of the whole but taken as they lie together within that compasse it is apparant ynough what comfort we might haue in the rest that are of this kinde therefore it shall not bee needefull to prosecute all but to holde our selues contented onely with these 17 Wherein if yet this once more wee come in our selues what letteth The application of those former examples unto our selves and to the present estate of the Church now but that out of the examples before set downe wee also might rayse vnto our selues the selfe same comfort that before wee spake of Hath Ishmael beene so long grieuous to Izhak already and yet may wee in no wise hope that hee can bee cast out as yet Shall Esau still bee so heauie to Iaakob for the blessing that is bestowed on him shall hee make him still to runne his countrie and to serue in so harde a bondage else-where and shall the Lorde playnely pronounce that the elder shoulde bee subiect vnto the yonger and yet may we not after so long and grieuous banishmentes endured hope in the end to see the performaunce of that his promis no not nowe when wee see that from Heauen hee hath giuen vs such helpes and made vs so ready a way vnto it May wee in Ioseph so plainly behold the very cause why they haue bin so grieuous vnto vs liuely set forth in perfect colours and yet may we in no wise hope to find the like issue likewise in the end for what other cause haue they but for that they doe perceiue that God meaneth for to aduaunce the selfe same cause that wee haue in hande And seeing that for a time they haue kept it vnder why may we not hope that there is a time likewise when it is to preuayle against them and to attayne vnto the honour that is due vnto it In bondage likewise long wee haue beene with the children of Israel in the lande of Aegypt and may wee not looke with them also to bee deliuered When the Lorde wee see hath sent his Moses and Aaron with the worde of his mightie power when wee see that those his seruauntes faythfully doe their message to Pharaoh and require him in the name of the Lorde to let his people goe when wee see it is euident also that the Lorde so ioyneth with them that notably hee sheweth foorth his power before them all and strongly shaketh certayne of those states that stande against him must wee notwithstanding be so farre out of heart without former oppression that wee may in no case hope although wee haue so pregnant tokens that nowe the Lorde is in hande to worke foorth our wished deliueraunce And what though nowe it doe repent many of them that they haue set vs goe so much as they haue what though hearing that we are sometimes intangled in some wildernesse of theirs thereupon they come foorth against vs with a freshe power either to bring vs back into bondage againe or else to put vs all to the sword Is it of necessity that because they woulde so haue it therefore it must bee so in deede Can they in no wise otherwise take it but that if once we bee entangled then are they sure to preuaile agaynst vs When they haue seene such iudgementes of God before and themselues haue lately ynough sufficiently felt the hande of God in this quarrell can they notwithstanding neuer suspect that the wrath that of Lord which they haue so many ways so iustly prouoked may by such meanes trayne them foorth to further vengeance Or if the oportunitie of the place giue heart
passe away when he shooteth his arrowes let them be as broken 58.7 As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes so let him carie them away as with a whirl-wind in his wrath 9. Let them be as chaffe before the wind let the Angel of the Lord scatter thē 35.5 Slay them not least my people forget it but scatter them abroad by thy power and put them downe ô Lord our shield 59.11 For the sinne of their mouth and the words of their lips and let them be taken in their pride even for their perjurie and lies that they speake 12. Consume them in thy wrath consume them that they be no more let them know that God ruleth in Iaakob even unto the ends of the world 13. Let their way be dark slippery and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them 35.6 Let coales fall upon them let him cast them into the fire and into the deepe pits that they rise not 140.10 Let destruction come upon him at unawares and let his net that he hath layd privilie take him let him fall into the same destruction 35.8 Let the wicked fall into his nets together whiles I escape 141.10 Set thou the wicked over him and let the adversarie stand at his right hand 109.6 Whē he shal be judged let him be condēned let his praier be turned into sin 7. Let his dayes be few and let another take his charge 8. Let his children be fatherlesse and his wife a widow 9. Let his children bee vagabonds and beg their bread comming out of their places destroyed 10. Let the extortioner catch al that he hath let the straunger spoyle his labour 11. Let there be none to extend mercie unto him neither let there bee any to shew mercie upon his fatherlesse children 12. Let his posteritie be destroyed and in the generation following let his name be put out 13. Let the iniquitie of his fathers be had in remembraunce with the Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be done away 14. But let them alway bee before the Lord that he may cut off their memoriall from the earth 15. Let destruction be unto him as a garment to cover him and for a girdle wherwith he shal be alway girded 19. Let this bee the reward of mine adversarie from the Lord and of them that speake evill agaynst my soule 20. As for the chiefe of them that compasse me about let the mischiefe of their owne lips come upon them 140.9 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their confusion as with a cloake 109.29 O let the malice of the wicked come to an end but guide thou the just 7.9 Let them be confounded and put to shame together that rejoyce at mine hurt let them be clothed with confusion and shame that lift up themselves against me 35.26 But let them be joyfull and glad that loue my righteousnesse yea let them say alway let the Lord be magnified which loveth the prosperitie of his seruant 27. The third Psalme of the second sort The Argument In the third he prayeth for the praeseruation of himself and the godlier sort as hauing consecrated themselues vnto him and for that they haue deserued no such thing at their enemies hands as was by them intended agaynst them And as there is in these dayes of ours good cause as earnestly for to beg for our safetie at the hands of God so may we likewise in these respects bee bold to do it and hope well of the successe that God shall giue it The Psalme The fifth Psalme IVdge me ô God and defend my cause agaynst the unmercifull people deliver me from the deceitfull and wicked man 43.1 Incline thine care ô Lord and heare me for I am poore and needie 86.1 Be mercifull unto me ô Lord for I crie unto thee continually 3. O my God deliver me from mine enemies defend me from them that rise up agaynst me 59.1 Deliver me from the wicked doers and save me from the bloudie men 2. For the voyce of the enemie and for the vexation of the wicked because they have brought iniquitie upon me and furiously hate me 55.3 Hearken unto me and answer me I mourn in my prayer and make a noyse 2. Heare my prayer ô God and hide not thy self from my supplication 1. O Lord my God if I have done this thing if there bee any wickednesse in my hands 7.3 If I have rewarded evill unto him that dealt friendly with me yea I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemie 4. Then let my enemie persecute my soule and take me yea let him tread my life downe upon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust 5. Stand up O Lord in thy wrath and lift up thy self because of the indignations of mine enemies arise up for me in the judgement that thou hast commaunded 6. But judge thou me ô Lord my God according to thy righteousnesse and let them not rejoyce over me 35.24 O Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth 26.8 Gather not my soule with the sinners nor my life with the bloudie men 9. Iudge me ô Lord for I have walked in mine innocencie my trust also hath 1. been in the Lord therefore shall I not slide Arise and wake to my judgement even to my cause my God and my Lord. 35.23 Be mercifull unto me ô God for man would swallow me up he fighteth continually and vexeth me 56.1 Deliver my soule ô Lord from lying lips and from the deceitfull tung 120.2 Deliver me ô Lord from the evill man praeserve me from the cruel man 140.1 Least he devour my soule like a lion and teare it in peeces while there is none to helpe 7.2 Keepe me from the snare which they have layd for me and from the grens of the workers of iniquitie 141.9 Let not them that are mine enemies unjustly rejoyce over me neither let them winke with the eye that hate me without a cause 35.19 Keepe me ô Lord from the hands of the wicked praeserve me from the wicked man which purposeth to cause my steps to slide 140.4 But thou ô Lord my God deale with me according to thy name deliver me for thy mercie is good 109.21 Lord how long wilt thou behold this deliver my soule from their tumult even my desolate soule from the lions 35.17 For thou art the God of my strength why hast thou put me away why go I so mourning when the enemie oppresseth me 43.2 Helpe me ô Lord my God save me according unto thy mercie 109.26 And they shall know that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done
him and as he loved not blessing so shall it be farre from him 17. As he clothed himself with cursing like a rayment so shall it come into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones 18. For the backbiters shall not be established upon the earth evill shall hunt out the cruel man to destruction 140.41 And in the evening they shall go to and fro and barke like dogges and go about the citie 59.14 They shall runne here and there for meat and surely they shall not be satisfied though they tarie all night 15. The righteous shall rejoyce when he seeth the vengeance be shall wash his feete in the bloud of the wicked 58.10 And men shal say verily there is fruite for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that judgeth the earth 11. And he wil recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their owne malice yea the Lord our God shall destroy them 94.23 But I shal be like a greene Oliue tree in the house of God for I trusted in the mercie of God for ever and ever 52.8 But malice shall slay the wicked and they that hate the righteous shall perish 34.21 The Argument Fiftly he calleth on the godly to their further incouragement shewing the great goodnesse of God towards them and that in the way of godlines whatsoeuer their troubles are yet notwithstanding they shall neuer fall A very good exercise for vs also in respect of the weaknesse of many and loosenes of others the shorter that Dauid is in this matter and the more thereby we are left to our selues the more carefull we ought to be thereof The Psalme The 10. Psalme WHo will rise up with me agaynst the wicked or who will take my part agaynst the workers of iniquitie 94.16 Come ye children hearken unto me I will teach you the feare of the Lord. 34.11 Tast ye and see how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 8. Offer the sacrifices of righteousnesse and trust in the Lord. 4.5 Praise ye the Lord with me and let vs magnifie his name together 34.3 Feare the Lord ye his saints for nothing wanteth to those that feare him 9. What man is he that desireth life and loveth long dayes for to see good 12. Keepe thy tung from evill and thy lips that they speake no guile 13. Eschew evill and do good seeke peace and follow after it 14. Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee he will not suffer the righteous to fall for ever 55.22 The righteous crie and the Lord heareth them and delivereth them out of all their troubles 34.17 The Lord is neere unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be afflicted in spirit 18. Last of all hauing layd all these things together before him he notably acknowledgeth the great goodnesse of God towards him and promiseth thankes and praise And so it is our duetie likewise in such sort to vnfould the goodnesse towards vs in all these poynts before rehearsed as that thereby we stirre vp our selues euer to be thankefull more and more Vnto which apperteyne these two Psalmes following The first Psalme of the sixt sort The Argument In the former of them he doth no more but promise or set downe with himself that he will be thankefull A good purpose in him and such as is as iustly deserued at our hands also The Psalme The 11. Psalme I Will give thankes alway unto the Lord his praise shall be in my mouth continually 34.1 I will give thanks unto the Lord greatly with my mouth and praise him among the multitude 109.30 I wil praise thee ô Lord my God withal my heart yea I wil glorifie thy name for ever 86.13 And my tung shall utter thy righteousnesse and thy prayse every day 35.28 That I may declare with the voyce of thanks-giving and set forth al thy wonderous works 26.7 I will praise thee ô Lord among the people and I wil sing unto thee among the nations 57.9 So will I give thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people 35.18 Thus will I magnifie thee all my life and lift up mine hand in thy name 63 4. My soule shal be satisfied as with marrow and fatnes and my mouth shall praise thee with joyfull lips 5. When I remembred thee upon my bed and when I thinke upon thee in the night watches 6. Because thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoyce 7. Thy loving kindnesse is better than life therefore my lips shall praise thee 3. For thy mercie is great unto the heavens and thy trueth unto the clowdes 57.10 For great is thy mercie towards me and thou hast delivered my soule from the lowest grave 86.13 For thou hast delivered my soule from death and also my feete from falling that I may walke before God in the light of the living 56.13 All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poore from him that is too strong for him yea the poore that is in miserie from him that spoyleth him 35.10 When I sayd my foote slideth thy mercie ô Lord stayed me 94.18 In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart thy comforts have rejoyced my soule 19. Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee which forgeth wrōg for a law 20. My foote standeth in uprightnes I will praise thee ô Lord in the congregations 26.12 O Lord God the strength of my saluation thou hast covered my head in the day of battell 140.7 Among the Gods there is none like unto thee and there is none that can do like unto thy works 86 8. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee ô Lord and shall glorifie thy name 9. For thou art great and doest wondrous things thou art God alone 10. O Lord of hosts how amiable is thy Tabernacle 84.1 For a day in thy Courts is better than a thousand other-where I had rather be a dorekeeper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tabernacles of wickednesse 10. For the Lord God is the Sunne and shield unto us the Lord will give grace and glorie and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke uprightly 11. I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercie in the morning for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble 56.16 Vnto thee ô my strength wil I sing for thou art my defence my merciful God 17. S. D. G.
unto them they that looked upon me shaked their heads 25. Surely mine enemie did not defame me for I could have borne it neither did mine adversarie exalt himself agaynst me for I would haue hid me from him 55.12 But it was thou ô man even my companion my guide and familiar 13. Which delighteth in consulting together and went into the house of God as companions 14. He layd his hands upon such as bee at peace with him and he brake his covenant 20. Yet when they were sicke I was clothed with sack I humbled my 35.13 soule with fasting and my prayer was turned upon my bosome I behaved my self as to my friend or as to my brother I humbled my self mourning as one that bewayleth his mother 14. I have not haunted with vayne persons neither kept companie with the dissemblers 26.4 I have hated the assemblie of the evill and have not companied with the wicked 5. Lord mine heart is not haughtie neither are mine eyes loftie neither have I walked in great matters and hid from me 131.1 Surely I have behaved my self like one weaned from his mother and kept silence and I am in my self as one that is weaned 2. My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace 6. Wo is me that I remayne in so long an exile and still wander as those that dwell but only in tents 5. I seeke peace and when I speake thereof they are bent to warre 7. The Argument of those three Psalmes that are of the second sort Secondarily he praieth for help beseeching the Lord that he will consider the estate they are in and that himselfe will giue them help whereunto appertein these three Psalmes that follow The fyrst Psalme of the second sort The Argument In the first of these Psalmes he stirreth vp the Lord to heare and to regard his praier and to addresse himselfe to help Whereby we also may better see how in this case of ours we may powre forth such praiers also The Psalme The third Psalme O Lord I call upon thee hast thee unto me heare my voyce when I crie unto thee 141.1 O God heare my prayer hearken unto the words of my mouth 54.2 O Lord God of hostes heare my prayer hearken ô God of Iaakob 84.8 Behold ô God our shield and looke upon the face of thine annoynted 9. Giue care ô Lord unto my Prayer and hearken unto the voyce of my supplication 86.6 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me 7. Thou art my God heare ô Lord the voyce of my Prayers 146.6 Heare me when I call ô God of my righteousnesse thou hast set me at libertie when I was in distresse have mercie upon me and hearken unto my Prayer 4.1 Let my Prayer be directed in thy sight as incense and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice 141.2 Hold not my toung ô God of thy prayse 109.1 Arise ô Lord in thy wrath and lift up thy self agaynst the rage of mine enemies and awake for me according to the judgements that thou hast appoynted 7.6 O Lord God the avenger ô God the avenger shew thy self cleerely 94.1 Exalt thy self ô judge of the world and render a reward to the proud 2. Thou hast seene it o Lord keepe not silence be not farre from me ô Lord. 35.22 Pleade thou my cause ô Lord with them that striue with me fight thou agaynst them that fight agaynst me 34.1 Lay hand upon thy shield and buckler and stand up for my helpe 2. Save me ô God by thy name and by thy power judge me 54.1 Turne unto me and have mercie upon me give thy strength unto thy seruant and save the sonne of thy hand-mayd 86.16 Shew a token of thy goodnesse towards me that they which hate me may see it because thou ô Lord hast holpen me and comforted me 17. Exalt thy self ô God above the heavens and let thy glorie bee upon all the earth 57.5.11 Wilt not thou ô God which hadst cast us off and didst not go forth ô God with our armies 60.10 Giue us helpe agaynst trouble for vayne is the helpe of man 11. O God thou art my God earely will I seeke thee my soule thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth after thee in a barren and drie land without water 69.1 Bring out also thy speare and stop the way agaynst them that persecute me say unto my soule I am thy saluation 35.3 So shall the congregations of the people compasse thee about for their sakes therefore returne on high 7.7 The second Psalme of the second sort The Argument In this second Psalme ensuing he doth more specialy direct his praiers against the enimies desiring God to abate their force and to bring them downe This he doth verie earnestlie and by manie apt similitudes and other force of speach notably expressing how much he desireth on the behalfe of Gods glorie their vtter destruction And we likewise comming to these that are enimies to vs for the Gospels sake if so be that we firmely retaine an vnfeigned loue of their persons and of such good things as are in them and in that respect pray for them not only we may in such sort pray against them in respect of the glorie of God but also we ought so throughlie to be touched therewith that how deare so euer otherwise they are vnto vs yet in this respect we should spare them nothing at all to the impeachment of any part of his honour The Psalme The 4. Psalme LOrd how long shall the wicked how long shall the wicked triumph 94.3 Even thou ô Lord God of hostes ô God of Israel awake to visite all the heathen and be not mercifull unto those that transgresse maliciouslie 59.5 Let not the wicked have his desire ô Lord performe not his wicked thoughts least they be too proud 140.8 Let them not say in their hearts ô our soule reioyce neither let them say wee have devoured him 35.25 Break their teeth ô God in their mouthes break the jawes of the young lions ô Lord. 58.6 They think they shal escape by iniquitie ô God cast these people downe in thy anger 56.7 Destroy ô Lord and divide their tongues for I have seene crueltie and strife in the citie 55.9 Let death cease upon them let them go downe quicke into the grave for wickednesse is in their dwellings even in the mids of them 15. Let him consume like a snaile that melteth and like the vntimely fruit of a woman that hath not seene the Sunne 58.8 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule let them be turned back and brought to confusion that imagine mine hurt 35.4 Let them melt like the waters let them