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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13069	A fourth proceeding in the harmony of King Dauids harp That is to say; a godly and learned exposition of six psalmes moe of the princely prophet Dauid, beginning with the 62. and ending with the 67. Psalme. Done in Latin by the reuerend Doctour Victorinus Strigelius professor in Diuinitie in the vniuersitie of Lipsia in Germany Anno 1502. Translated into English by Richard Robinson citizen of London 1596. Seene, perused, and allowed. ...; Hypomnēmata in omnes Psalmos Davidis. Psalm 62-67. English	Strigel, Victorinus, 1524-1569.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1596 (1596)	STC 23362; ESTC S105184	33,513	60

waste groundes which are farre distant from Cities These also haue the wealth of the countrey as for example milke butter cheese egges hennes c. The hilles are compassed with Vines In pasture groundes whole flockes doe feed The vallies are full of corne All these benefites doe cheere and reioyce our minds both because they are beautifull in our eyes and also because they are most beneficial for our vse And here the conclusion of this Psalme PSAL. 66. Iubilate Deo omnis terra c. A Psalme of Dauid to him that excelleth vpon Alamoth a song committed to the sons of Korah THE ARGVMENT DAuid in this Psalme giueth not only thankes vnto God for publicke priuate deliuerances but also by his example exhorteth the whole church of God and all the godly ones that they would with thankful voice publishe abroad the noble testimonies of Gods presence For albeit God is present with all his creatures so farre as to the preseruing of the substance of them appertaineth so long vntill they be preserued yet notwithstāding he is otherwise present with persons regenerate not onely preseruing the substances but also by his Sonne and holy Spirite beginning in them new light and righteousnesse Touching this degree of Gods presence in the true Church memorable is this saying of S Augustine Deus est vbique per diuinitatis praesentiam vt non vbique est per habitationis gratiam sed in solis tantummodo fidelibus God is euery where by the presence of his godhead but God is not euery where dwelling by grace but in the alone faithful ones only And howe I pray you doth hee defend and preserue the whole body of his Church although some members of her be persecuted either by temptation of abiectiō or by confession of their faith For these great benefites I giue thankes vnto God the eternall father of our Lord Iesus Christ and I beseech him with all my whole heart that for his sonnes sake our Lord Iesus Christ for vs crucified and raised from death to life hee woulde henceforth and for euer gouerne vs with his holy spirite Amen The Psalme and Exposition therof Verse 1 O be ioyfull in God all yee landes sing praises vnto the honour of his name make his praise to be glorious Verse 2 Say vnto God O how wonderfull art thou in thy workes thorough the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies be found liers vnto thee Verse 3 For all the world shall worship thee sing of thee and praise thy name Verse 4 O come hither and beholde the workes of God howe woonderfull hee is in his doing towardes the children of men TRuly spake one of the ancient writers Raram esse ho●oram breuē moram laetitiae spiritualis quae Deum ardent●r syncere suauiter celebrat Seldome comes the houre and short is the stay of spirituall gladnesse which feruently and sweetly worshippeth God For our heartes are too colde in setting forth Gods benefites and the multitude of conflictes and dangers hindereth the sinceritie and sweetnesse of thankesgiuing Let vs therefore acknowledge and bewaile this our coldnesse and craue of God with his spirite of grace and praiers hee would kindle in vs true thankfulnesse And although the beginning of the Psalme consisteth in a proposition exhortatory Yet there is placed in the same a little clawse which is not to be neglected viz. Verse 2. In the greatnes of thy power shall thine enemies be found liers This consolation let vs fix fast within the depth of our heartes and now let vs set the same before vs in our present dangers Great is the power of the Turkish tyrantes great are the furies of the Pope and his Champions but they shalbe found liers That is the purposes and practises of these enemies shalbe disappointed so far as to the effect of the matter it may appertaine For they shall neither destroy the kinde of doctrine deliuered from God nor yet the whole Church as it is said Acts. 5.39 That which is of God shall not be destroied Verse 5 He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot there did we reioyce thereof Seeing the circumstances doe bring a speciall light vnto histories I will briefly speake touching the place and time of that wonderful transporting of the people of Israel by the riuer of Iordan for albeit wee are mooued with consideration when we reade and heare that the people of Israel could not passe ouer that water vntill by gods power the course thereof being stayed gaue safe passage to al the company by drie steps yet if wee consider the circumstances in wondering at Gods worke we stand as it were made vtterly amased for first some light shal appeare vnto the historie if a man be instructed that the Israelites passed on that side of the countrey by the riuer Iordan which was neere vnto the citie of Iericho sometime most flourishing whereas not farre thence the same riuer runneth into the dead sea being first increased with very many little riuers and floods which discharge their fulnesse into the same Wherefore it must needes seeme that the streame was there much more broader and deeper then it was in other places neerer to the chanell or springs thereof so the description of the place makes more famous the greatnes of the wonder and of gods goodnesse Againe if a man consider also the other circumstance namely the time of that same wonderfull passage ouer Iordan we shal see yet euen in this circumstance the power and goodnesse of god more notably manifested for we reade in Ioshuah chap. 3. That the people was carried ouer that place in the first moneth of the yeare as the Hebrewes accounted which aunswereth almost to our Aprill which was the beginning of their haruest what time Iordan was wont euery yeere to runne ouer the brimme so that it filled not onelie both riuers but also passed ouer and out of the same But this same Iordan before this time an inuincible wall namely running and flowing ouer with ful brimme did God make to giue way for his people so as the water standing and gathering vpon an exceeding great height aboue towards the spring and the other water belowe running into the lake Asphaltite the Israelites might passe thorow Iorden with drie feete So also the consideration of the time very much augmentes the greatnes of the myracle For the church so liueth alwayes euen as the people iournieng through the red sea and by the riuer Iordan for as that same terrible huge heape of water gathered vnto an exceeding height alwayes threatned destruction to the passengers so the church is neuer without great dangers but like as Iosua transported the people by Iordan into the land of promise so the sonne of god the true captaine and guyde of his church bringeth vs through the middest of death and great calamities of this world into life euerlasting Verse 6 Hee ruleth with his

from other sectes Also that they might be meanes to strengthen the ministerie Dauid therefore offereth bullockes and goates not being bewitched with a pharisaicall opinion but vnderstanding those endes whereof I haue briefly spoken Let vs nowe that the policie and temple of the Iewes is destroyed offer vnto god the calues of our lippes that is thankesgiuing and confession and let vs walke in our vocation for the glorie of God Verse 14 O come hither and hearken all yee that feare God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soule Verse 15 I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue him praises with my tongue Verse 16 If I encline vnto wickednesse with my heart the Lorde wil not heare me Verse 17 But God hath heard me and considered the voyce of my prayer Verse 18 Praised be God which hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me Hitherto hath he celebrated the publique deliuerances of the church nowe makes hee mention of priuate deliuerances to the end he would increase and confirme in others faith prayer and hope of deliuerance for as one saide elegantly The examples of godly persons are towers builded vpon the wall of faith Also this place teacheth that god seeth the sighings of our heartes and discerneth hypocrisie from true prayer For prayer is not heard except it be made in spirit and trueth And hee can not pray which hath in him an errour striuing with faith or goeth on forwardes in sinning against conscience because it is written in the first epistle of the holy apostle Saint Paule the sixt chapter and the twelft verse Fight the good fight hauing faith and good conscience Againe God heareth not sinners which do not repent them of their sinnes And it is saide in the first epistle of Saint Iohn the third chapter If our heart condemne vs not then haue wee boldnesse towardes God that whatsoeuer we aske wee receiue of him c. vers 21. and 22. Let vs therefore walke wisely not as fooles that wee may rightly call vpon God PSAL. 67. Deus misereatur nostri To him that excelleth on Neginoth a Psalme or Song or Prayer for the Church to obtaine the fauour of GOD that his iudgementes may bee knowne throughout the world and for the comming of his vniuersall kingdome vnder Christ Iesus THE ARGVMENT THere is extant a most sweete sentence in the first epistle of saint Paul vnto Timothie the third chapter and the sixteenth verse which containeth the effect of this Psalme Without controuersie great is the mysterie of godlinesse which is God is manifested in the flesh iustified in the spirit seene of angels preached vnto the Gentiles beleeued on in the world and receiued vp in glory For thinke with your selfe what a thing it is that the Sonne of God being consubstantial and coequall with his Father hath not taken away the equalitie of God that is hath not abused his power against his vocation but hath debased himselfe taking vpon him the forme of a seruant that is nature of man hauing all the strength and desires proper to nature onely without sinne and at length was made obedient vnto death euen to the death of the Crosse Againe this Messias for vs crucified and raised from death to life is endewed with notable and vnfallible testimonies of the holy ghost for publickly doth the holy ghost beare witnesse touching the person and benefites of this Lord not only by the preaching of the Apostles but also by new strange and vnusuall miracles which were the Seales of doctrine and publickly martyrs and other the godly ones haue felt ioy to bee enlightned in the acknowledgement of Christ which is the vanquisher of death And where he addeth that Christ was seene of Angels let not that bee vnderstood of an idle or vaine contemplation but of that sence or meaning whereof S. Peter speaketh that is To whom the Angels and powers and might are subiect For although we earthly persons doe not greatly maruell at the copulation of the two natures in Christ yet Aungels which are the most wisest spirites and alwaies as S. Math saith Behold the face of the father Math. 18.10 being astonished with maruelling at this mysterie stād amazed and cannot take pleasure inough with beholding it For what is more maruellous then that fleshe of our fleshe and bone of our bones shoulde sit at the right hand of God This mysterie as the Poet saith I'ts not enough we once it see It vayles we still ●t viewing be Furthermore what is so much to bee maruelled at as that the Gospel touching Christ is not only preached vnto the Gentiles but also that the effectes of faith are left in many mens heartes Wee doe lesse maruell that the doctrine of the gospel is spred amongst the Iewes in whom there haue alwaies remained some of the doctrines of the Prophets and honest Disciples But whereas this pearle is cast vnto the Gentiles seperated from the policie of Israel which were nothing but hogges and dogges that indeed is most worthy of admiration For the Ethnikes or heathen people hauing forsaken the doctrine of the fathers haue deuised Idols without end and haue polluted themselues with all vices and sinnes whereof the filthinesse is such that I eschew and tremble with feare to speake of them Neither indeed must wee maruell lesse that the Apostles being furnished with no power and destitute of all humane helpes within a small time haue gathered vnto God out of this rable of mankinde an euerlasting Church For that I may say nothing of the miserable and weake outward estate of the Apostles which estrangeth in a sort many from the gospel who would not by right maruel that the same kind of doctrine ordained farre aboue and beyond the reach of mans reason and ioyned with greatest dangers could take root yea and spread abroad also amongst so many and diuers impedimentes For some doe deride the gospel as it were a monstrous fable and scoffe at this opinion which affirmeth that the death of a man crucified was the cause and merite of Iustification before God and of life euerlasting Others doe iudge this new doctrine to be the fire brand and trumpets of seditions But Hypocrites which are in loue with their owne righteousnesse doe much more bitterly hate the gospel as it were the corruption of good maners and the liberty of discipline Therefore although the thinking heereof seemed hard and almost impossible wherewith wee must withstand so many diseases togither yet the Apostles the sonne of God guiding them and the holie Ghost accompanying them within 40. yeares space haue culled and chosen out of mankinde a good and great part of the Church in spite of the diuels their instrumentes Last of al the sonne of God is taken vp in glory that is He was from death gloriously restored vnto life and when hee had shewed himselfe familiarly for the whole space of 40. daies vnto his Apostles he ascended