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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

glory praise and honour for euer and euer so long as no space of time may fully describe Thou arte to be magnified with word and writings of all men for thy institution and preseruation of the chiefest things wherein shine thy wisedome goodnesse and righteousnesse For whereas nothing may be more excellent then order who maruelleth not by right that mankinde is by Gods prouidence most wisely distributed into three degrees or orders as it were and certes to this end that the true knowledge of God should be of euery one according to their vocation preserued and aduanced For as it is ordained that Physitians do teach that is by the prouidence of the workeman to be directed vnto a certaine rule and to a certaine ende And how great goodnesse is that where these three estates as I may so say are not ouerthrowne by the outrages of the Deuil and the Worlde but are by God effectually preserued and defended for albeit our vnthankefulnesse deserue the vniuersall destruction of our churches policies and matrimoniall estate yet God such is his goodnesse doth withstand infinit molestations and generall hauocke then which nothing may be thought or conceiued more greeuous Last of all the iustice of god shineth and is manifestly seene in the punishments of Heretikes and seditious persons The historie of the tragicall end of Arrius is knowne But no lesse are knowne the histories touching the punishing of seditious persons whose last end agreeth with the rule Matth. 26.52 He that taketh the sword namely not giuen him by the lawes shall perish with the sword These punishments declare that god is a iust Iudge destroying things contrary to his order But why in this place is added before the wordes praised in Sion after some translation in silence Because as Isaias saith 30.15 The churches strength consisteth in quietnesse and confidence That is in patience and hope of Gods helpe And S. Paule willeth the church To pray without wrath or doubting 1. Timot. 2.8 That is without grudging against God such as for most part appeareth amongst men in a great violence of tempests and concourse of calamities and without Academicall doubting touching the wil of God yet howe hard a thing it is to performe both the godly ones do finde by experience in great calamities and temptations wherein they seeme to be forsaken or cast away from God But here is required a meanes of godlinesse and this is the way whether it bee easie or hard by this must we needes go And if any man seeke for any other let him call vpon Fortune as some do vse to say for it liketh me to borrow the same wordes in this place which Plato vseth in Epimaenides praising the studies of the doctrine touching numbers figures and heauenly motions Againe some man would peraduenture aske why maketh hee mention of Sion Verely to bring vs downe to the testimonies wherein god made himselfe knowne for like as Sailers direct their course vnto the little star Cynosura so let vs bend our mindes and eies vnto gods manifesting of himselfe and as in the old testament the prayer of the godly ones was tied vnto the Arke of the couenant so now the whole world is Sion according to that saying Iohn 4 23. True worshippers shal worshippe the Father in spirit and in trueth For now the Propiciator or mercifull Sauiour whom the golden table laid vpon the arke did signifie is prepared or set downe before the face of all the people as Simeon singeth most sweetely verse 3. Also that may be demaunded touching what vowe the psalme may here speake saying Vnto thee shall the vow be performed The answere is most plaine that the vowe in this place signifieth the couenant of the first precept or the promise made in our baptisme for like as the first commaundement rehearseth vnto vs dueties touching Feare and Faith so Baptisme bindeth vs vnto the acknowledgement and prayer of the true God as Peter saith 1. Pet. 3.21 Baptisme is the promise of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Christ For Baptisme is a mutuall league wherein god receiueth vs for his sonnes sake and indueth vs with his holie spirite and nowe againe promise perpetuall due obedience and true woorshippe vnto Almightie God Verse 2 Thou that hearest the prayer● vnto thee shall all flesh come There was in Creet an image of Iupiter without ears which doubtles some Epicure had placed euen to signifie that mens prayers are neglected of God Against this fury the psalme setteth downe a constant affirmation yea he saith as it were our God is neither dumbe nor deafe but hath made himselfe knowne both by his word and notable testimonies and also in purpose and euent prooueth that he heareth the praiers and sighings of the godly ones And lest any man should thinke that there is respect of persons with God he saith expresly that all flesh shall come vnto thee That is all men shal easily come vnto God and that no mans minde is so ready to receiue as God is ready and diligent to giue benefites Whereas then wee doe not obtaine nor attaine vnto all things that comes to passe by our fault and not by gods for although he willingly heareth vs without grudging loathing yet our hearts waxe too cold in praying therefore let vs not accuse God who is liberall towards all men but our owne coldenesse and our slouthfulnes which scarcely asketh any thing faintly much lesse can it strongly knocke at the gates of God or complaine doubtfully and earnestly that God hideth himselfe But let there be alwayes in our heartes eares and tongues sounding and resounding this most sweete title wherewith the psalme aduanceth God Hee saieth God is not onely a hearer but also a full hearer of our prayer whereby it followeth that wee are not onely suters but full suters So in the one hundred and twentie psalme and in the first verse it is saide When I cryed vnto the Lorde in my trouble hee heard me fully Let vs therefore imprint this title no otherwise in our mindes then the image of the seale is printed vpon waxe that wee may most stedfastly beleeue that our praiers are receiued and heard at full Verse 3 My misdeedes preuaile against me O bee thou merciful vnto our sinnes The Psalme taketh away the chiefest impediment of prayer for this obiection troubleth men in time of their praying to wit Iohn the ninth chapter God heareth not sinners I am a sumer with what face then shall I come vnto god who is angrie with sinne● God is a consuming fire That is punishing and destroying the guiltinesse of the offence Dauid graunteth the minor and feeleth sinne by the lawe to be made sinne mightily as appeareth in the seuenth chapter of the epistle of the holy Apostle saint Paul to the Romanes but therewithall hee craueth forgiuenesse of sinne promised in the gospell and such sinners truely repenting and crauing forgiuenes shall without doubt be heard Let vs therefore learne by

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