Law of Moses is to trick out and express the righteousnes of Abraham it must not forget his faith nor his love nor his bountifullnes and giftes of the minde that last for ever Iudgement fidelity and mercy the weighty matters as Psal. 112. but in one Ceremony or other precept or complement the whole man must be thought upon as well for grace and adoption as for judgement and condemnation as Ps. 101. seeing life is promissed to the observers And this part of the Law is that which Christ in the new Testament so much preferreth as uprightnes and cleernes of the inner man which is the absolute holynes and perfection of godlynes the way to grace which hee requireth Wherby a man seemeth to bee divided against himself the flesh against the spirit grace becommeth opposit to workes as the Apostle sheweth by division of the Law And this is Christes fullfilling of the Law and baptisme of the holy Ghost that angered the Iewes and sett all the world on fire beeing beyond the comun understanding In this Psalme hee cometh to the kingdom and citty of their great king and defendour their God of righteousnes in the last Psalme this is Ierusalem their university mount Sion his holy hill the school of all godlynes and virtue and of the Law of God The Law shall com forth of Sion and the word of God out of Ierusalem c. Now as all types of holynes were to bee moste glorious for worship and majesty as Psal. 45.145.111 So the Iewes for fame of their religion would have the place like the tabernacle to excell So that all the world might take delight in the structure and order of the temple and Synagogue of Ierusalem this theatre and oracle of the Law and stage wher the word is acted more then the Queen of the South took in the sitting of Salomons servantes Wher two or three are gathered togeter in my name ther am I in the midst of them so experience hath taught them and assureth the Church that Gods love is allwayes in his Temple where his service is and never away from them that fear him And shewing first the greatnes of God in this place for his dayly worship and his fame his name calling upon him their munition his presence and releeff upon their Batlementes Psal. 56. by confounding their enimyes his kindenes in his temple which is better then life as Ps. 63. his fame praise over all the world and because hee doth nothing but Iustice with his right hand and scepter of his lerned ministry that breaketh all the heathen in peeces as Ps. 2. that Sion and all Iudah may be glad of his judgements they would not have this place ever forgotten For that this is the very God their only God that hath saved them from death And therfor likewise they will haue no other God but him for ever As in the former Psalmes according to the Tabernacle Exod. 36. wherin the love of God was dayly resident Construction Mem waters for the Citty and Godly policy therof the habitation of Godlynes and holynes Is. 33.48 of kindenes and Iustice and Iudgement the waters of the Law The letter Cheth to break or terrify by the ship-wrack and astonishment of the Enimy Macha applauding Zach. 12. as of the Citty and of the townes of Iudah Or Machah for abolishing as of the Enimy Ps. 9. in the contrary by Sapper to register or tell or write up for Is. 33. to book and not to blot out Marck the repetition and resounding of the termes Exodus Heer is the dwelling of the great God and righteous King the King of Salem and Sion Ps. 76. heer is the place of blessing heer hence righteousnes doth flow and salvation is all about it and God doth lead men from death as a kinde of passover For another Name of God The God of Shem Gen. 9. of renowm and fame foâ— Iustice even Melchisedeq an other of Gods Ministers Sacrificer of the most high God Gen. 14. Heeris the Altar of God and heer is the Priesthood and place of service and sacrifice which Israel in Aegypt so much desired Exo. 7.8.9 according to the promiss to return to and to make mery at and the Name of the Citty is Ther is the Eternall Ezech. 48. as the Name Iehovah the Eternall is Righteousnes PSALM XLIX THe wisdom and understanding of this Prable which hee would have all the world to know is this The vanity of riches to be trusted in and of the Owners their foolish wayes that glory in them and their disappointments that keep not their honour but dye like beastes and consume in the pit like rotten sheep and their wealth commeth they know not to whom to make mery withall while death and the grave get dominion over them And the comfort of the Poore in a hard time in famine or other adversity or perplexity the crossnes of his life called the iniquity of his heeles That when as the Richeman that likeed this life and the worship belonging to it shall dye without riches or glory to descend with him the Poor-man shall bee redeemed from his misery and bee accepted and live to bee heire to his fathers that are deceasseed and injoy his substance the word of God Thus is the Poor man for his patience exalted up to heaven and the Richman condemned to hell for want of understanding the one beeing alive and happy and the other dead and in hell for sorrow They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them c. Yf Moses and the Prophets can quench the wrath of God and extinguish the flames of Hell quiet a tormented conscience then surely Moses and the Prophets are the true and living way to grace and to Christ as Christe is the way to the father and the understanding of Moses and the Scriptures Abrahams bosom And fâ—om hence is that parable luke 16. which is heer proclaimed to Riche-men and Men in adversity Which doctrine as it is called a parable in the greek and a comparison in the hebrew so in latine it is moste properly to bee termed a conjecture which is a doctrine much used of the Iewes called Signes and is moste frequent in the Psalmes parables beeing a good demonstration a principall evidence of truthe As tokens shew freendes so signes are a peece of knowledge wherby wee are brought to beleeff and as wee know in part by them So is it a step of faith And by this observation David is mightily confirmed highly honoureth the doctrine through-out the Psalmes and greatly complaineth that Ierusalem wanted lerned men therin as Ps. 74. Therfor hee first propoundeth the Riche-mans travaile concerning the world counting it a hard thing for him to enter into the kingdom of heaven And makeing all his habilements facultyes of riches nothing worth and all his pleasure to bee but the flattery of the world and but for a short season because the Rich hath many
reconcilement between the word and the faythfull beleevers for the mutuall love of wedlock and chastity and continencey in religion by an Emblem of an eternall comfort and a pleasant love song or Epithalamion most sweetly That as Mariage make-eth glad and mery hartes that they bestow their hartes and delightes and whole love one upon another so that the Church should have none other God but one And to this purpose hee handleth both partes of the Ephithalamion which sheweth to bee more glorious and more virtuous then the earth can bear yet occasioned by Salomons Match with Pharohs daughter And beginning with the Groom hee makeeth him the fayrest and best spokeen of all men becaus by his gracious cariage hee got worship and honour from all men and is blessed of God for ever And this is his Cincture and strength and virtue Ps. 111.145 that makeeth him like a Giant or a worthy Ps. 19.89 Hee makeeth him also a Knight that is mounted upon victorious Truthe and caried with meek Iustice with true humility to ride prosperously That insisting and insideing heerupon his Ministry and right hand may teach him terrible things and from hence to steek his Enimyes to the hart And with sharp and keen words subdue the people under him Lastly hee makeeth him a King that hath none but God for his Throne and rest and confidence for soundnes of Iudgement and defense of religion as Psalm 89. And his Rod of Iustice gets him a crown of rejoyceing and anoyntment above his fellowes from his very God that hee serveth The pretious matter hee had to write of His clothes are all perfumed with lovely cariage and sweet behaviour to make him delectable and amiable before the Queen and her women all in Gold and perles the lovelynes of the church for pureity of religion and cleernes of doctrine to delight him And now haveing runn through all the kindes of fansyes and bravery of the word of God of Christ the Law and the Bridegroom that can move love or affection to allure the Church to his society and familiarity and to woo them hee passeth to the other part of the Epithalamion of the Bride the Church how shee might possible stirr the love of Christ unto her And this is all by her inward service of him her allegiance and obedience to him to forsake father and mother and all the world for him to subject herself only unto him And bow unto him and follow him whither-so-ever hee goeth And this is the bewty of the Bride that winneth her Husband and this is the cariage that shall get her honour and presents and exaltation from the richest even her Humility Besides the Bride hath no outward glory nor pompe neither is the churches bravery in visibility or worldly Eminencey but is both secret and sacred and moste spirituall and inward to make it the more worthy the more pretious the more optative expetible and desireable so that as shee is inwardly moste glorious and rich so the bravery of the Church and riches of religion is only in the depth of the spirit and divine wisdom and secrecy of understanding moste maydenly chaste and holy Which being of a pure conversation shall bee reveled and brought unto Christ with a train of pure virgines and undefiled Saintes the Catholick Church which is holy by the mysteryes of godlynes And the better to affect him they shall com flowing to his court with all alacrity and cheerfulnes to pleas him The end of all is that in steed of Abraham Isaak and Iacob his fathers the principall men of religion by this affinity and union ther may bee propagated a stemm of princes out of their children they beeing becom one flesh to rule all nations to make his Name a famous memoriall in every generation for the people to worship for ever For his defense and deliverance And this is a great secret concerning Christ and the Church for the convoy of the Church to the service of God shewing their God and King and Defendour and Conductor As the Poet hath Hector and Andromache for the Generall and his host Construction Mem waters peoples and Nations and kingdoms c. Throne for kingdom Name for kingdom as in the Lords prayer By the repeating of the eternity of both This Throne is for ever c. And thy Name and fame I will make remembred by the people for ever and ever c. as Ps. 145. For the property of water thes wordes doubled the Queen and her women shall bee brought flowing and com unto the King c. and unto his closset c. He for the bravery of his presence the choisest presence Mem and He for Meh what for the definition being a good matter and his work of the King his mariage beeing the best for the Ioy therof And Mahah to linger mentioneth the expedition as swift c. flowing c. Exodus The Passover of the Queen to the King and their famous Issue for ever as before The Name of God and the Termn King is heer confounded as Ps. 95. 2. Kings 18.19 c. by definition the King is called a God as the poet called Augustus c. Elohim beeing taken vocative but in the greek it is doubtfull Heb. 1. as both vocative and nominative PSALM XLVI WHer God is present and people well advised ther wanteth no redy help in distress so the Church of God haveing allwayes the Ark and the doctrine therof called the river-chanels of the citty by them to instruct them fear nothing Though the rageing Hethen called the roreing sea set upon them and though the Kingdomes called the mountains shake with their proud invasion and many Kingdomes overthrowen by it and great alteration be in the world yet they assure themselves Ierusalem cannot be stirred becaus God their Ark and confidence is in it and will help them early before the Enimy be up beeing sure by the word the God of warr is with them and will releeve them That useth to make strange work in the word as Ps. 76. to cease warrs and make them hold their handes that hee himself onely may bee exalted A virgin shall conceive and bear a sonn and thou shalt call his Name Immanuel All the Churches conception is peace and the childe that is born is wonderfull for counsel and the prince of peace and hath all the government to himself as a God of valour and father of eternity And this is the God of Iacob that is all their Munition the God of hostes that is allwayes with them by their confidence in the wisdom and righteousnes of the Law And in all their distresses they call upon him as Immanuel and in all commotions for the God of Iacob the God of war and prince of peace their safegard and whole relye Beeing perswaded of present help from him becaus they see by the Scriptures what wonderfull debate hee hath quieted and the strife and contention hee hath ceassed and the peace that hee hath made
clens him from the spots of his iniquity which compassed his heeles and marred his goeing as Ps. 49. and giue him inward wisdom to sanctifye him and purge him like Issop and clense him to justify him and wash him whiteer then snow and deliver him out of temptation and cheer his krokeen bones That hee would not look upon the sorenes of his sinnes and that hee would blot out and deface his iniquity that hee would clens his corrupt thoughtes and clothe him with a clean skinn skinn him over again with a right spirit and make him a new man That God would not put him out of the Church for his plague and sores of Sinn not deprive him of all his spirit of holynes but make him glad with his salvation and sustein him with the spirit of zeal and willingnes Ps. 145. that hee may convert trespassers and sinners to the wayes of Godlines And that the very God of his salvation would deliver him from Murther that hee may be able to speake of Gods Iustice and tell out his Prais For the Matter becaus it is the confession and confidence requireed in the last Psalme and becaus God refuseeth all other sacrifice and offering hee commeth now with his brokeen and contrite hart and a minde all in peeces with greeff for his sinn That hee would mend up Zion repair his knowledge and re-edify his understanding by the walls of Ierusalem that God may pleas himself with a perfet offering and sacrifice of righteousnes when they offer up bullocks upon his Altar Math. 8. Le. 1.14 Construction Nun defective His great defect is his sinn his trespass his iniquity with all these termes doubled Aleph to teach teach mee the wisdom c. That I may teach trespassers c. The letters Nun and Aleph Na or No to annihilate frustrate refute abolish or make void is intended in these wordes washing rensing clensing wipeing blotting out to doe away and salving The Accidents to make a whole and a clean subject To deliver him and cure him Exodus His Sacrifice heer is a Sinn-offering or Burnt-offering a brokeen hart Penitencey and Greeff for his sinn And a broken spirit for a meanes of a new Creation of a clean hart right and firm of a chaste and of a holy spirit of a free spirit and a willing minde and the whole man that God may delight in his Sacrifice c Marke how all the wordes are doubled to shew the intention And save him make him glad once again and to rejoyce in him with righteousnes and prais Hos. 14 Heb. 13. For another kinde of sacrifice to perform their promiss in Egypt a God of Salvation for his Name PSALM LII BEtween us and you is firmed a great gulf they that would goe from hence to you cannot and they that would com from thence to us cannot So is the difference and distance between the Rich and the Poor not small and the passage impossible For when the Poor hath all his hope and trust in God the Rich reckoneth not of God at all haveing gotten what his hart can wish but blasphemeâ—h as Ps. 10. Neither can the Rich-man bee brought to the Poor-mans faith nor the Poor bee made profane or can they be reconcileed ech to other So farr a sunder is Prosperity and Adversity pride and bashfullnes Neither by any meanes can their punishment or reward be changed so great a firmament and so unpassible a space is set between them Disdeigne keepeth off the one and fâ—ar the other And likewise when their lots be changeed the one beeing made happy the other accursed to make the righteous mery And this opposition is good by the divers and contrary sens of divers wordes in the same Psalme as Havoth welth and corruption Chesed blasphemy and kindenes and Sheresh in a contrary sens as Psal. 80. The occasion of this Psalme is Doegs discovery of David and complaining of his freend Ahimelek to get his life and that the Poor in affliction might have no place left him at all and this by the practise of a keen and subdole tongue that causeth all mischeeff and division variance and debate strife and contention never to bee reconcileed or appeased more It is corrupt and fals and subdole and sharp malitious and spitefull and inflameed with blasphemy and useeth al the wayes of destruction devouring subversion so his judgement must bee to feel eternall flames therin and his own overthrow from God and an expelling out of his hous and plantation and an utter rooting of him out of the world with disgrace for trusting in his highe place his welth because the hevenly Father plaÌ„ted him not wheÌ„ David is still green in the hous of God with the fayth in his merceyes and admireing the mighty goodnes and operation of his Name for ever The form is from the tree of knowledge of good and evill and the tree of life Gen. 3. Behold I put before you good bad life death blessing cursing c. Now wher the tong should bee kept froÌ„ evill and the lips from guile and they should hate shunn evill doe good yf thâ—y mean to have life and good dayes as Ps. 97.34 Doeg is blameed heer for his loveâ—ng of ill more then good and therfor held accursed and to be throwen out of his habitation and out of the favour of God For man liveth not by bâ—ead onely but by the word of God and faith theron Which is the tree of life as Psal. 56. The favour of God Ps. 30. The tree of the everlasting mercyes of God that are never to bee spent and consumeed but by faith men gather them continually like Manna in the wildernes and they be renewed every morning allwayes green by a lively fayth And this is Davids plantation and habitation in the hous of God The matter is the abjection rejection coÌ„demnation of the Rich out of all favour of God the everlasting continuance of the Godly in the bosom of Abraham and pleasant study of the Law And as Lazarus is raised in David by prayer as Ps. 51. by such a faith to be entertained and comforted in heaven so the rich Doeg is thrown down into torments of disgrace in hell in this Psalme by the final judgement of God that is of a mighty depth as Ps. 36. and that is an everlasting gulf betwixt them So as the 50. is for judgement the 51 and this Psalme for the partyes so all are from the Parable Ps. 49. Construction The letter Nun defective or the word Nun to spring or grow or from Nub Ps. 6.2 to bring forth riches grow or increas The whole is defection or affection and the end destruction or flowrishing How the great man misseth you may see Ps. 34.97 both in his tongue and affection delighting in evill in steed of good and speaking of falshood So missing of truth the fear of God his life is shortened David delighteth in the best good the
would so fain have refreshed healed and released The wrath of God for sinn causeth all diseases so hee falleth into an enumeration of them by the shakeing cleaving breaking and dissolution of the earth Which is for their infidelity their strife among themselves their sedition muteny and discord loosnes and unconstancy and because they have been put to much hardnes and were made giddy faint harted with the cup of their adversity Ier. 48. and could not tell what to doe they now beeing in this Acatastasy and unsetlednes and not knowing what to think hee remembreth by Gods word what Nations were to com in and that the world was not quite at an end with them but as the Priests lips preserves knowledge so they yeld also faith Therfor hee prayeth for Gods right hand called his Ministry their oracle and advise to save them From whence they haue this assurance from the word that God will fall to shareing of the world and to partition of the Nations to inlarge the borders of the Church That Shechem should bee divideed and Succoth measured That hee would haue Gilead and Manasses his own Ephraim should bee confirmed unto him and Iudah should be written and conveyed That hee would wash his feet and take possession in Moab And put off his shoos and take his rest in Edom. And triumph keep holy day in Phelistia And out of this promiss the Church doth hope for victory over all their Enimyes For this hee thanketh God for their salvation and prayeth still for his most prosperous help to tread down the Serpent as Ps. 92. and vainquish their Enimyes for them as Ps. 108. Construction Samek to uphold it is heer taken all along for help and salvation as Isai. 63. as O consider and help c. and O give us help And arm thy beloved c. God sheweth the Assistantes and the strength of the Church when it felt all kinde of weakenes when God stood not to them but forsook them Ther is nothing shewed but dissolution and susteyning And that God is their onely stay Exodus From Isa. 34. To kill Gods Enimyes is good service so that this great slaughter is counted for a sacrifice as that in Bozra and Edom according to the title See Ier. 49. Ezech. 25.35 Iehovah Nissi Exod. 17. God his standard PSALM LXI DAvid haveing fled out of the land for Absolom and beeing now faint and feeble harted in his old age and allmoste out of the world also for greeff of hart because hee was absent farr from the Church of God prayeth God as hee had been his relye and strong tower from the Enimyes which is the instruction of the Ark that hee would safe-conduct him by that highe Rock also the word as Ps. 27.18 to his Tabernacle That ther hee might now dwell for ever relyeing under his winges which is the Cherubs his Mercey And as God giveth possession to them that fear him the Israelites after 40 yeers in the wildernes so that hee would hearken to his wishes now after his reigne of 40 yeers and ad abundance of yeers more unto them that hee might abide still in the presence of God preserved by loveing kindenes and truth his portion his meat his Manna And as Ps. 81. paying hiâ— vowes and chaunting his Name for ever After the Tower the Ark and mercy seat Rock and Manna And seeing by the Scriptures the way is to pleas God and get up to his tabernacle and dwell with him as Ps. 15. and to obtein the habitation of godlynes and Mount of holynes and heighth of sanctification as in the Psalmes of degrees which are their shelter and tower of defens and safety from the floodes of wicked Enimyes by the quiet waters of refreshing flowing from them Ps. 23. When Davids hart fainted hee knocketh at this Rock and prayeth for direction thither to receiue a heavenly possession with them that fear God and length of dayes and all requests by the sustenance therof the way of godlynes grace and truthe Psal. 25. That feeding heerupon as upon unperishing Manna hee may bee allwayes preserved by God to serve him And this is the spirituall rock of Christ that followed the Host and served Israel and was the Exodus and Passage and conveyance of them 1. Cor 10. Construction Samec is heer taken passively as Nismac to rely or lean upon As in a feeble estate by repeating the word rely And the reckoning up of all his stayes the rock for a guide Tabernacle and tower and cherubs and kindenes and truthe for preservation Aleph for instruction or education is signifyed by the rock tower whose top reacheth to heaven and is a name exalted so much in all the world by prayer and prais Sa of Nasa both the letters to lift up Exodus They that fear the Name of God shall have the possession of all that they long for then vowes upon condition are due for hearkening to their wishes they must make unto God full satisfaction and pay their vowes and this serveth for a sacrifice in the wildernes also as by the doubling of the word vowes His vow heer is an everlasting devotion yf God will give him dayes As by the termes of eternity so oft repeated God his Rock 1. Cor. 10. For his susteining PSALM LXII ILL Servants marr good children The subtilty and reach of Ahitophel Davids counseller hit upon the pride and vanity of Absolom his sonn as Ps. 55. and puffed him up to rebellion to rob his father of his subjects and kingdom The matter now beeing at open hostility and they in counsell agreeing to a murtherous practise upon his person for it yet David by a cleer judgement faileth not of his faith and trust in God nor doubteth of his salvation as Ps. 42. but is sure of his redeemer Iob. 19. and that hee shall not bee overthrowen bâ—caus they bee lovers of falshood and dissembling traitors that seek his life the Godhead of truth and Iustice and the strength of the word called his rock beeing the glory of his salvation and relye and willeth to all his people that from their hartes they utter the same profession And seeing the children of men are more fals and light than vanity it self they should not trust to bee rich or strong by robbery or oppression Ps. 17. becaus all strength is Gods that still prevaileth and Kindenes that rewardeth every man aright which is according to his request Ps. 55. to his Enimyes half their dayes by a desperat end to Ahitophel for miscarrying of his wisdom and the foolish end of Absolom for his vain hope The Church as it is Catholicque and also holy so it doth hold either by the Law or by the Promiss By the Law it standeth in performance and that is impossible for the flesh by reason of weaknes and sinn and condemnation and death enter therupon and the letter killeth which is the face of the church but the minde and spirit of God which quickneth every
man unto eternall life is by the Promiss which is holy of things unseen gracees and mercyes of God and forgivenes and a better and an everlasting life by fayth and hope and this knoweth no man but the holy spirit of God in man And thus is faith the rock to build upon as divers times in the word wherby hee payeth every man according to his work and judgeth all men according to their minde As the minde is conteined in the body so the Promiss is the soul of the Law and as wee are forbid to care for the body so the church is commanded to provide for the soul to cast them selves upon God to seek contentment by a gratious government and let all rudiments goe And this is his sure rock of victory and of salvation even his faith Construction Heer Samâ—c is taken passively also shewing his relye repose and trust and the strength of his support which is God The weaknes of the pâ—oples confidence that trust in the vanity of misgotten riches or in the falshood of Man Ps. 146. Beth a house they thrust hard at him and set upon him to overthrow and beat down all his riseing and his exaltation and dignity of his hous and to ruine all his repose by falshood which is a kinde of dwelling of the minde Sab to compass or inviron Gods wall about him which is his kindenes grace favour Ps. 21. cannot bee beaten down it is so strong And this confidence deceiveth no man but payeth every man for his travaile Exodus Hos. 12. The people play the crafty merchants in sacrificeing their misgotten welth and set their mindes wholely therupon for their salvation wher their faith is reprooved Beeing in an opposite cours to the sacrifices of righteousnes Ps. 4. faith of David which is counted righteousnes so hee dealeth by privation Every one that worketh righteousnes is accepted with God c. Marke the repetition of termes concerning all pointes God his rock and trust PSALM LXIII ASk and you shall receive and seek and you shall finde and knock and it shall bee opened unto you In the Last Psalme 62. hee sheweth that his life is sought by flaterers and dissembling hypocrites that use smooth wordes and have throtes like open graves and wicked and corrupt thoughtes to devour him and gape wide to receive him as Ps. 5. wher hee casteth off his confidence in Man for vanity and welth that groweth by wrong hee counteth nothing worth to save him and therfor relyeth wholy upon the strength of the kindenes and mercyes of God Heer they seek his life with the sword and hunt him into holes and corners of the earth and in this for playing the foxes with him hee prayeth that foxes may prey upon them and baite upon them in the ground and that hee may bee mery and have good cheer in the hous of God as Psal. 23 and be ravished with his glory and releeved with the living waters of his mercy which hee counteth better then life that hee may bless and prais his Name for ever and all their treacherous mouthes may bee stopped That this may bee hee knocketh at the word of Grace beeing athirst in the wildernes for waters of the scripture to refresh him Which wildernes hee maketh his solitary bed as often as hee awakes and thinks on him then to call upon him That hee himself may rejoyce in God and all may boast and glory to bee sworn in him Construction Samec again for the function of Godlynes the work of relyeing dayly adoration and admiration of his strength and glory and commendation for his grace as thanks of triumph after great good cheer of his mercyes dayly conversation and comunication with him Ghimel for Ghamul a wainling as hee was from all his affections in the wildernes Sag both the letters to depart or goe back This sense shineth through the whole Psalme beeing contrary to Appetition longing and adheering which is the whole tenor therof Zeph. 1. mark the report of the phrase Davids seeking of God and his Enimyes seeking of him Exodus The first of Zephany also shall shew what sacrifice the Lord will somtime have and what sacrifice is heer ment by the fullnes of the termes and sense of this psalme in it destruction of them that turn from the Lord and them that seek him not That they that play the foxes and betray him may have a foxes part in the wildernes Eze. 13. their trecherous mouthes stopped in the earth God will have his sacrifice aswell of his own sworn children that depart from him as of them that be devoted to other Gods and have never yet served him He will serve him self out of all sortes when he ordeineth a destruction PSALM LXIV COnsidering the deadly fear of persecution which David felt as Psal. 55. the sharpnes and egernes of his Enimyes dayly plots and secret conspiracy for his life to kill a just man without fear and to compass it suddainly by means not to be descryed nor discovered by any eye by deep prying into his hart and all his wayes rekoning that none can see them hee prayeth to bee delivered from this horror And as Servantes make their quarell their maisters so David concluding that they conspire against God belyeing him because hee seeth all their dooings and giveth warning in the hart by som passion and light of every action hee prayeth that God may give them a just recompens by this meanes of their own inventioÌ„ That their own reckoning may fall upon them that their own tonges that belye him may bee true upon themselves to strike them sudainly that they never see the stroke till it light upon them and they feel it to destruction That the very standers-by man perceiue the plain judgement of God upon them and that the just may rejoyce and glory in their relying in him O full of all subtilty the childe of the Divill and Enimy of all righteousnes This is the man hee feareth this is hee that hee cryeth out upon to bee defended and his life to bee preserved from That hee fall not into his handes whom hee describeeth by his practise and combination the secret pryeing and conspiracy against him and creeping into his bosom to beguile him by plotting and consulting against him as the Hethen doe in the same termes Ps. 2. This man is above all the Enimyes in the world to bee feared Ps. 55. This man keeps him company to Church and home prayes with him and eates with him and lernes with him and holdes with him as yf hee wear of the same religion and Diet with him and all to devour him What beast or fowl is so wilde or so vigilant to look to his life that dayly conversation will not tame and beguile and in time secure him Against such a one a man hath need to bee awake and watch early and late and at noon day Ps. 55. mischeevous greevous hurtfull and moste dangerous men As great Enimyes as