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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13878	A learned and a very profitable exposition made vpon the CXI. psalme	Travers, Robert, fl. 1561-1572.	1579 (1579)	STC 24180; ESTC S120253	54,089	124

in the congregation of the iust meaning in the temple whe● the children of God were gathered together to teach them whom God hath called out of darknes into light that they are called euen to his feare to his seruice to iustice to godlines to sobernes to modestie to all partes of holynes Thus the Prophet Dauid in the 50. Psal. in the person of God calling all the Iewes together before who● the Lord would reproue the wicked vngodly men that notwithstanding their vngodly liues yet tooke the name of God 〈◊〉 their mouthes calleth them Sainctes And thApostle S. Paule writing to the Romane● sayth Beloued of God called Saincts vnto the Church of Corinth Saincts by calling And to the Ephes he exhorteth them to pray with watching and perseuerance for all Sainctes And in the end of his Epistles the Saincts salute you Euen as the Scripture speaking of the reprobate describeth them by those frutes and practises to the which the deuill hath framed them My sonne if sinners doe entise thee say come let vs lay in wayte for blood and 1. Psalme Happie is he that is not conuersaunt with the wicked with sinners with mockers of al godly and profitable instructions so that by those names which the Scripture geueth vnto vs we see our calling we see the ende of Gods mercies and benefites bestowed vpon vs Not as they which know not God to feare no godly maiestie to serue no diuine power to lead a carelesse and dissolute life to walke in licence and wantonnes to geue our mindes and bodies as seruauntes to sinne and vanities but in feare and reuerence of him who hath powred his benefits vpon vs in his seruice and will to walke all the dayes of our life This we learne by this title of the faithfull which the Prophet geueth to them and because it commeth to be spoken of againe in this Psalme I referre it till then Onely beseching you that we lay our owne hartes in this balance see whether we answere to them or no. Alas I know before we be put in what waight we haue● how light we should be found although we shoulde take euen any of the least of Gods benefites to be wayed withall Let vs onely remember this pray which the Lorde hath geuen vs and wrong it out of the handes and teeth of the Epicures and Papistes which enioyed these liuings before vs our knowledge of the Gospel is somthing more our light greater our conuersation no do● somethinge better But howe litle is ou● knowledge howe obscure is our light ho● farre is our godlinesse from that we migh● haue knowne and attayned to if we had loued the Gospell of God with all ou● soules and all our desires Who is not g●tie to him selfe that in fewe yeares within the yeares of a Maister of arte he might haue gotten as much learning as we commonly get in seuen yeares more added vnto them that in foure or fewer yeares might not get all the artes that we attayne to commonlie in eight or nine yeares tha● might not in a yeares studie get such knowledge of the Scriptures as we get not i● seauen yeares For we spende the good tyme God geueth vs in feasting often in the countrie in bedde in walkinge in gaminge in idle and vnprofitable exercises that oftentimes a whole moneth together some thinke not of any thinge but cunninge and rehearsinge of partes to play and God knowes the least time is geuen to our studies our profitable and frutefull our godlye and honest studies In playing we are of labour pacient whole nightes and dayes In godly exercises for the encrease of our faith and knowledge too too vnpacient to tarie a litle time earnest in vanities slacke and slowe in prayers and wearie in sermon time carefull wise and swift in attayning th end of our deuises but negligent foolish and slowe to any good thinge quicke in vnderstanding euill but deafe and doltishe and not able at twise telling to perceiue a godly instruction As Hasael or as the Roe of the fielde to ouer take a vayne man whome we propounde to vs to followe but heauie as the sande and slowe as the wormes or messengers of euill newes to followe a good and vertuous and learned example And yet we say wherein are we to be reproued It is but for fashions sake or because we find a fitte phrase in the Scripture yet we may haue grace commendacions An idle belly ah prophane hart ah Epicure ah the depth and bottom of sinne my hart telleth me there be such euill beasts in the Colledge Nay my eyes and my eares are witnesses of this my minde telleth me a great deale more which the iust God will to the shame of these idle beasts bring vppon their heades as he hath done vppon some already Wel these be the frutes of the Egyptians whose spoyle the Lord hath giuē to vs to feare and serue him which he will if we hinder him not by our securitie and carelesnes make more plentifull with new blessings or els as to this people will giue these and more too but to our condemnation onely for his promise sake For it followeth he wil alway remember his couenaunt Here the Prophet noteth the cause of this benefit which the Lord bestowed vpon the Israelits not their fathers deseruings For Abraham Isaac and Iacob had their many infirmities as appeareth in the Scriptures much lesse their owne being now as it were Egyptians Idolaters worshippers of oxen and calues and serpents and hauing forgot the God of their fathers but for the mercifull couenant and promise which he made to Abraham their father that after their bondage in a straunge land foure ages he would bring them forth with great substāce Here is the ground of the ioy and comfort of the Sainctes euen the Lordes mercie in promising truth in performing We haue no other title to the least of Gods benefites but euen his truth to clame them by that the worlde shall be no more destroyed with water what assurance haue we that deserue euery momēt to be ouerwhelmed with waters but onely his couenaunt that according to his mercie he wil alway remember What certainty haue we for our resurrectiō to life but only the truth of Gods promise Seeing we haue deserued euen the best of vs to lye and rotte in the earth for euer But O Lorde thy faith endureth for euer Thou wilt for thy promise sake haue mercie vpon vs although our sinnes the bondes and chaines of our sinnes are able to kepe vs in hell without redemption It followeth in the next verse He hath declared the power of his workes vnto his people c. As the Lorde presenteth stil his blessings vpon his people so the Prophet followeth the commendation of them And as the Lord riseth in mercie and fauour so Dauid acco●ding to th●● degree speaketh of them The benefit of their deliuerance was as we haue seene wonderfully