is here girding besieging and constreining strictnes affliction or distress which is here argued by the contrary releasing inlargeing saveing and helping prosper Pro. 11. Mark the repetition help save releas distress besiegers c. Cheth to prostrate is argued by exalting likewise as up awake a bove the heavens to the cloudes â—xâ—lt over all the earth also to lay prostrate and tread down Bothe the letters make Quach of Laquach to take or receive as for ones own or proper or belonging and doth intend propriety and right to thes countryes which hee chalengeeth as for his proper people by the often itterateing of the habit and term of propriety in expressing his officers Deuteronomy The reciteing and repeating of their conquest by their singing and celebrating of â—ods highe way which is grace and truthe kindenes and faithfullnes of his word Io. 1. which shineeth above the skyes in his wonderfull works by subdueing of the countryes within the promiss and bringing them into subjection these wilde countryes to the word according to the letters as before in makeing them of the Church and to appertain unto it That makeeth men so glorious over all the world The light and glory of God that is farr out of reach and not atteined unto And hereto hee setteth his hart and his whole delight And wher hee sayeth thes are the words c. Hee meaneth the effect and the summ of them an Eternall life That is Gods promiss I will divide c. PSALM CIX NOw because the mouthes of the wicked are full of dissembling opened against him and talking with him and they compass him with hatered and backbite him for nothing and are against him for his love while hee is in prayer and playeth implyâ—th himself herein putting upon him evill for good and hatered for his love The thing that hee moste hateed loathed detested and abhorred Ps. 26. in steed of that which hee moste longed for and affected falshood for truth the Instrument of all his glory Ps. 4. gall for meat and vineger for drink Psal. 69. for all his charity and because of the mercylessnes of the wicked that never thinketh of any compassion on the afflicted but pursue the poore to make an end of the brokeen harted Psal. 35. loveing cursing and not blessing hee prayeth the God of his prais that is all Iustice reason and equity to hear him as Ps. 4. That a wicked man may bee sett over him and that is adversary may have the better hand of him and when hee is to bee censureed that hee bee counted a guilty and a wicked man and all his prayers and requests sinfull and faulty That for his dissembling and falshood and repugning without caus wherby hee deceiveth injures all and mischeeffs every thing may likewise deceive him and inflict injury and mischeeff on him That hee may have nothing in deed and in truthe that hee desireeth and would have or keep any thing that hee hath or injoy ought that hee delighteth in But that all things may faile him as Ps. 5.37 That hee may dye quickly and loos his office leave his childeren fatherless his wife a widow that his childeren may goe about and beg and seek out of their desolate Cotes and have none to have compassion or pitty upon them That the deceiver may catch all that hee hath and strangeers robb him of his labour That for the iniquity of his father and mother hee may bee cut off and have no posterity or memory in the next generation That the Curs may light upon him all blessing may bee far from him upon an other hill Deut. 27. That hee may allwayes wear it about him In sum that hee suffer all adversity and misery and bee frustrate of all his hopes that hee bee every way accursed for a just reward of God upon them that slander his life and speak ill of him And that the Everlasting would have commiseratioÌ„ compassion on him for his names sake deliver him his hart beeing slain with affliction with in him his age declineing fadeing his knees faile with fasting and his flesh will not bee fatt and hee is a mocking stock a reproche with them and help him and save him That they may know it to bee his dooing and that hee will turn their cursing to blessing that they his adversaryes may bee ashameed all over them of their riseing against him and his servant may rejoyce and that hee may set foorth the Eternall with the instrument of his mouth and prais him openly assisting him and saveing the needy and destitute man from his condemner And this from the curs of the Serpent and enimyes of the Church Gen. 2. For prayer and for the cursed Construction Quoph to compass or besiege or inviron and such are hatred and the words of hatred called Sineah doubled For improsperousnes of sinisterity and left hand affayres signifyed by the letter Sin called Smol with his prick on his left hand thus ש to paint out the crossnes and untowardnes of the devill Ps. 119. Sh. They goe about and oppugne c. Hee dealeth also e diametro by the opposit point Satan the adversary Bothe the circumventing and the resisting Enimy Mark the repetition put on wear upper garment to be wrapping weed girdle gird c. goe about E diametro oppugne bee or stand against adversary c. right haÌ„d c. kindenes c. intangle blessing cursing c. Teth to decline or sweep a way as a declineing driven away weak knees lean flesh c. Bothe the letters make Quot to bee yrksom and greevous His way is wholey yrksom and advers to all good motion Mark the repetition prayer Mark again the declineing of Jehovah into Iehovi to shew the Mystery Deuteronomy His whole life is an yrksom way and without the compass of grace or favour fâ—om God and his reward from God is as yrksom God giveth him all adversity improsperity that can bee and worketh him no deliverance because hee is fals and mercyless God forsaketh him and hee dyeth accursed and his name is out See name blot remembrance c. doubled The recitation is destruction and deliverance Heer mercy and truthe kiss not ech other but are far a sunder Ps. 85. and have no habitation in such And somuch for a Deuterosis or an enumeration of a cursed and wicked man PSALM CX THe Kings right hand is his Ministry By discipline fayth and prayer the Serpents head is brokeen and the Church delivered from bondage and thus hee commeth to conquer him and cleer the Grammer Yf God bee on our side who can bee against us yf God fight for us whom should wee fear Therfor yf hee take our part wee may sitt down and bee still And yf the quarell bee his what need wee stirr God hath no quarell but for his Church which heer is personed by David the defendour and head of the same Which because it is a flock of perfect and
hast very FAYTHFVLLY afflicted mee O let thy LOVING KINDENES be to comfort mee according to thy SAYING to thy Servant O let thy MERCYES com vnto mee that I may live because my greatest Respects are thy LAW O let the Proud be abashed that wrongfully torment mee when I talk of thy PRECEPTS Let such as fear thee and know thy TESTIMONYES com vnto mee Let my hart be wholely in thy STATVTES that I may not be abashed K. My Soul is consumeed for thy SALVATION J wait for thy WORD mine eyes are spent for thy SAYING Saying vvhen vvilt thou comfort mee Though J am like a botle in the smoke yet I forget not thy STATVTES How many are the dayes of thy Servant when wilt thou doe Judgement against my Persecutors The Proud dig pittes for mee which is not according to thy LAW all thy COMMANDEMENTS are TRVTH but they persecute mee wrongfully O help mee Within a little they had made an end of mee in the Earth notwithstanding J forsake not thy PRECEPTS O revive mee according to thy LOV KINDENES that J may keep the TESTIMONYS of thy mouth L. O ETERNALL that thy WORD abideth in Heauen for euer and thy FAYTHFVLLNES standeth for all generations as sure as thou hast made the Earth that they at this day doe stand by thy IVDGEMENTS for they are all thy Servants except thy LAW had been my respects J had then euen perished in mine Affliction J shall neuer forget thy PRECEPTS because by them thou hast revived mee ô saue mee for I am thine for J seek for thy STATVTES The Wicked lay wait for mee to destroy mee and I am lerning to vnderstand thy TESTIMONYES I haue seen an end of all Perfection but thy COMMANDEMENT is exceeding large M. Oh how I love thy LAW for it is my talke all the day By thy COMMANDEMENTS thou hast made mee wiser then mine Enimyes For it is for ever with mee J get more skill then all my Teachers because thy TESTIMONYES are my Meditations J lern more vnderstanding then the Age-ed because I obserue thy PRECEPTS J refraine my feet from all ill wayes that I may keep thy Word I will not depart from thy IVDGEMENTS because thou hast taught mee How sweet are they to my Palat thy SAYING is sweeter then hony to the Palat of my mouth by thy PRECEPTS J lern VNDERSTANDING therfor I hate all wrong wayes N. Thy WORD is a candle to my feet a light vnto my foot path I haue sworne and J will confirm it that I vvill keep thy righteous IVDGEMENTS I am extremely afflicted ô ETERNALL revive mee according to thy WORD ô ETERNALL accept I pray thee the voluntary Offrings of my mouth and teach mee thy IVDGEMENTS My life is allwayes in Danger but I forget not thy LAW The Wicked set a snare for mee but I err not from thy PRECEPTS I inherit thy TESTIMONYES for ever because they are the ioy of my hart And I bend my minde to doe thy PRESCRIPTIONS to the vvorlds end S. I hate Scismes and I love thy LAW ô thou my SHELTER and my SHIELD I waite for thy WORD Away from mee yee Naughty men I may observ the COMMANDEMENTS of my GOD. Support mee according to thy SAYING that I may liue and make mee not ashamed of my HOPE stay mee vp J may be safe by looking allwayes in thy PRESCRIPTIONS Thou ouerthrowest all them that err from thy PRESCRIPTS because their dissembling is falshood Thou takest away the Wicked ones of the Earth like a skum therfor J loue thy TESTIMONYS My flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afrayed because of thy IVDGEMENTS GH I doe righteous IVDGEMENT ô leave mee not to mine Oppressours Gard well thy Servant and let not the Proud oppresse mee Mine eyes are consume-ed for thy SALVATION and for thy Righteous Saying Deal with thy Servant according to thy LOVEING KINDENES and teach mee thy Prescripts I am thy Servant ô lern mee Vnderstanding that I may know thy TESTIMONYES When they should perform it to the ETERNALL they breake thy LAW Therfor doe I loue thy COMMANDEMENTS more then gold more then Paz gold Therfor because of all the PRECEPTS all which J allow all wrong wayes doe J hate P. Wonderfull are thy Testimonyes therfor my Soul observeth them The opening of thy WORDS giueth light and maketh the simple to bee of Vnderstanding I opened my mouth vvith Longing because I had Appetite to thy COMMANDEMENTS O look vpon mee and pitty mee as thy Custom is to them that loue thy NAME Set my feet firm in thy SAYINGS and let noe sorrovv haue Dominion ouer mee Redeem mee from the oppression of men that I may keep thy PRECEPTS Lighten thy FACE vpon thy Seruant and lerne mee thy PRESCRIPTS Riuers of water runn down mine eyes because they keep not thy LAW T S O ETERNALL that art IVST and RIGHT in thy IVDGEMENTS and with exceeding IVSTICE and TRVTH hast commanded thy TESTIMONYES my zeale torments mee because my foes forget thy wordes Thy SAYING is an exceeding tried Saying thy Seruāt loueth it shakē off despised as J am J forget not thy PRECEPTS O thou that thy Righteousnes and thy Law is with Iustice and TRVTH for euer miserable torments haue found mee but my whole Respects are thy COMMANDEMENTS ô thou that thy Testimonys are with Iustice for euer giue mee Vnderstanding that J may live Q. I Call with all my hart O ETERN answer mee J that obserue thy Prescripts J CALL thee ô Saue mee and J keep thy TESTIMONYES J am present in the Twilight shouteing because I wait for thy WORD Mine eyes prevent the Night waches that J may muse vpon thy SAYING Hear my voyce O ETERNALL according to thine accustomed LOVEING KINDENES and revive mee When the followers of Mischeeff approched which wear far from thy LAW ô thou ETERNALL most nighe and all thy COMMANDEMENTS are TRVTH by thy TESTIMONYES I knew before because thou hast founded them for ever R. O see mine Affliction and release mee because J forget not thy LAW Defend my quarell and ransom mee and by thy SAYING revive mee SALVATION is far frō the Wicked because they seek not thy PRESCRIPTS ô ETERNALL that thy MERCYES are great after thy IVDGEMENTS revive mee When my Persecutors and Afflictors are many
I decline not from thy TESTIMONY When I saw Transgressors which kept not thy Saying I was exceedingly greeved ô mark how I love thy PRECEPTS and according to thy LOVEING KINDENES revive mee The beginning of thy WORD is TRVTH and every one of thy IVST DECREES is for ever SH When Prince-es persecuted mee for nothing and my hart was afrayed because of thy WORD I ioyed concerning thy SAYING as a man that had found a great Booty I hate and abhore falshood and I love thy LAW Seven times a day I praise thee for thy RIGHTEOVS IVDGEMENTS ther is great PEACE to them that love thy LAW And ther is nothing shall offend them I hope for thy SALVATION because J doe thy COMMANDEMENTS My Soul keepeth thy TESTIMONYES and I love them exceedingly I keep thy COMMISSIONS and thy TESTIMONYS because all my wayes are before thee T. O ETERNALL let my SOVND com before thee and according to thy WORD giue mee VNDERSTANDING let my Request com before thee and according to thy Saying deliver mee And that my lips may vtter Prayse ô teach mee thy PRESCRIPTIONS and my tonge report thy SAYING for all thy COMMANDEMENTS are IVST Let thy hand be to help mee for J make choise of thy PRECEPTS J long for thy SALVATION O ETERNALL thy LAW being my cheeff Respect That my Soul may PRAYSE thee as long as it liueth because thy IVDGEMENTS have holpen mee J goe astray like a lost sheep ô seek out thy Servant for J forget not thy COMMANDEMENTS CXX A Song of Gradations IN my Affliction I CALLED vnto the ETERNALL to hear mee ô ETERNALL deliver my Soul from false Lippes and a deceiptfull Tong. What shall it giue vnto thee and what shall it bring vnto thee a deceiptfull Tong sharp Arrovves of a strong man vvith hot Juniper coles VVoe is mee that I have sojourned in Meshek and dvvelt vvith the Tentes of Kedar my Soul hath dvvelt her ther to long vvith him that hate-eth PEACE For vvhen J speake of PEACE they are for vvarr CXXI A Song of Gradations SHALL I lift vp mine eyes to the Hilles from whence shall my HELP com My Help is from the ETERNALL maker of Heaven and Earth O let him not suffer thy foot to slip nor let him slomber that keepeth thee Behold hee vvill neither slombe◠nor sleep that keepeth Jsrael The ETERNALL that keepeth thee vvill be a Shadovv at thy Right hand that the Sunn smite thee not by day nor the moon by night The ETERNALL vvill Keep thee and preserue thy life from all evill the ETERNALL vvill preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time and for euer CXXII A Song of Gradations of DAVID I Reioyce-ed when they SAYD to mee Let vs goe to the House of the ETERNALL and our feet shall stand in thy gates ô Jerusalem Jerusalem that is built like a Citty vvell pack together vvith it self Because thither goe vp the Tribes the Tribes of the ETERN and the whole Testimony of Israel to worship the NAME of the Eternall for ther they sit in Trones for Iudgement the THRONES of the House of David wish PEACE with Ierusalem that they may prosper that love thee Let PEACE be in thy Trenches and Prosperity in thy Palaces for my Bretheren and friends sakes I vvish PEACE in thee for the House of the ETERNALL our GOD his sake J vvish thee vvell CXXIII A Song of Gradations VNTO thee I lift vp mine eyes ô thou Dweller in the Heavens Behold as the eyes of men Servantes are to the hand of their maisters as the eyes of a maide to the hand of her Mistresse so are our eyes to the ETER our GOD vntill hee shall Pitty vs. Pitty vs pitty vs O ETERN for wee are very full of Contempt our Soul is to full to it self of the skornfull Contempt of Idle and haughty men CXXIV A Song of Gradations of DAVID NOT for the ETERNALL that was with vs may Israel now SAY not for the ETERNALL that was with vs when men rose vp against vs even then they had swellowed vs vp alive when their Anger burned against vs. Then the waters had overflowed vs and the Current runn over our Soules then had a stream of swelling waters gon clean over our Soules Blessed be the ETERNALL that hath not given vs a prey to their teeth Our Soul is escape-ed like a bird from the fowlers Snare The Snare is broken and wee are escape-ed Our HELP is in the NAME of the ETERNALL the make-er of Heaven and Earth CXXV A Song of Gradations THEY that trust in the ETERNALL are like Mount Sion that shall not be moved but abide for ever The Hills are round about Jerusalem and the ETERNALL is round about his People from this time and for euer For ther shall noe vvicked shaft rest by the Lot of the RIGHTEOVS Because the Righteous set not their hands to any wrong Be good O ETERN to the good and vpright in their hartes and they that turn their crooked wayes let the ETERN make them walke with them that work the sorrow that Peace may bee vpon Israel CXXVI A Song of Gradations WHEN the ETERN brought again the captivity of Sion wee wear like men in a Dream Then wear our mouthes full of LAVGHTER and our tongs with SONETS Then SAYD they among the Hethen The ETERN hath don much among these men The ETERNALL hath don great things with vs and wee reioyce-ed ô ETERNALL bring our captivity again like the Rivers in the South That they that sowe with teares may reap with Songs that hee that went out weeping bearing his seedleep may com againe with SONETS bringing his sheaves CXXVII A Song of Gradations of Salomon IF the ETERNALL build not the house in vaine doe the builders therof labour in it If the ETERNALL keep not the Citty in vain doe the Warders wach It is in vain to you that yee rise vp early and sit down late and eat your meat with cares seeing hee giveth his BELOVED rest Behold children and the fruit of the womb are an hereditary reward of the ETERNALL As arrovves in a strongmans hand so are the Children of youth Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be abashed vvhen they talk vvith their enimyes in the gate
the Sunn but to bee suppressed for ever which is the cursed groveling of the wicked in the Ground never to look up beeing ashameed of the sunn And his Enimyes licking of the dust as Ps. 72. And for his Malice that as soon as the pot is over that it may buâ—n so that his own rancor may burn him and consume him as soon as hee is offended The end is that the Iust may bee cheered for his victory even his faith that his Enimy is ashameed of all his wayes and hath no fruit or comfort of them and that ther is fruit and reward for the just that they are revenge-ed of the wicked by the judgement of God that payeth every man according to his work as Ps. 62. And this from thes wordes of the Curs Cursed art thou above all creatures upon thy belly shalt thou goe and dust shalt thou eat all dayes of thy life Gen. 3. Construction For Nun defective hee speaketh of a generall defection in the sinning partes the tong the eares the hart and handes The tong is tyed from good and so are the eares stopped for hearing of good the minde is all buissyed about wrong and the handes with injury And all that they pronounce is nothing but error and falshood Therfor that they may be made defect in their pronunciation by breaking of their teeth and their Iawes and their arrowes according to the letter Heth to break Another defection is in consuming and another to bee an abortive never to bee any thing or never born Another that as soon as they live and have life they bee tormented Is. 9. for the two letters Nach for rest as they be all straying and erring and will not be instructed so that they may bee restless The whole subject is all of wrong Exodus Hee dealeth heer upon the privative The sacrifice and burnt offering of the children of wrathe for a defect of all righteousnes to oppose the sacrifice therof as Psal. 4. Deut. 33. that all wrong dealing may stopp his mouth For hee concludeeth that ther is a reward of righteousnes as Rom. 6. Mat. 6. Gen. 4. And as the wicked are wrong in all their actions so is their end utter destruction and that by a righteous judgement revenge upon them even in the earth So among the rest such sacâ—ifice also they used in the wildernes Gods â—amed judges c. by the first and last wordes and God the God of revenge as Ps. 94. PSALM LIX VPon thy belly shalt thou goe and dust shalt thou eat all dayes of thy life The divill like a roring lion seeketh to devour all hee can To this text hee bringeth the strong appetite of the Hethen to deuour the church of God and Sauls appetite to the life of David and thus they goe all upon the belly like hungry dogs about the town to satisfy themselves with the lives of the just Their appetite is sharp they lye in wait moste secretly and bable much with their mouthes they slay him with proud words behinde his back Ps. 94. but God sets him before their face as Ps. 92. and wills them and commands them not medle with his people that have their trust and confidence in him and laughs at their secrecy and promisseth â—o preserve him Against these hee prayeth God the Churches Lord and Defendour â—o quash them and debase them and prostrate them and subject them by his power to bring them down and subdue them and powre them strait along as durt in the street as Ps. 18. And that none may hear them none may take them up none may saue them none may pitty them that they may never rise again to afflict him And that God would make runagates of them and vagabundes like Cain and bring them to the lowest degree and scatter them as dust before the winde as Ps. 1.68 That their state may bee a cursed state And as pride goeth before the fall so that by their pride like Lucifer they may bee takeen and cast down into hell as accursed and that the cursses of their own mouthes and ill wishes towards him and proud pursuit of him for his life and their bloody mindes may all com home to themselves as Ps. 63.64 and work their own destruction and consume them And that God would in this very rage destroy them wherby they are offended and angry at him to teach them that God will bee master and have dominion in Iacob and in all the world also And so they may goe like hungry dogs about the town murmuring and curssing and beg from door to door as Ps. 73.109 and never bee satisfyed And as hee is bound to sing of the firmnes and strength of Gods promiss and his loveing kindenes for his escape and refuge in his affliction and sore distress so to his strength and confidence and the God of his mercey hee will sing in Psalmes for his escape Construction For Nun defective They seek heer deprivation of his life that had no defect in him neither sinn nor trespass nor iniquity they beeing both bloody cursed which maketh the equity of his salvation and preservation and their damnation with utter destructâ—on prayed for that they may like doges never be satisfyed Is. 56. And let them goe yelling c. which wordes bee curiously doubled to shew want and misery for their greedynes And from Nat and Natah to decline or bring down Ps. 17. their base life as vagabundes to buissy them according to the title that they hurt him not though they wait to kill him Against their strengâ—h of persecution hee applyeth Gods strength the Ark and truth of his word for his Garison and salvation which hee observeth And his kindenes in rewarding as Ps. 62. Thes wordes com often also to make them notable Exodus Hee intendeth heer the sacrifice of fooles that are hasty to vow as vowes for the sinn of the mouth Eccles. 5. Deut. 23. beeing with much pride and much furey uttered much swearing much curssing much lyeing and deceiving and with thes ginnes hee would haue them taken and destroyed for their defect Like the vow of conspiracey against Paul Actor 23. The God of Releeff for strength and kindnes repeated Psal. â—8 144 PSALM LX. THe promisses of God doe hold the Church to their faith and they are sweet all yea and Amen And by Gods promiss in the Scripture they all hold and live and are refreshed because hee is mercyfull in them all and faithfull to the end The Church is often sick diseased but through faith they are recovered and made whole The Sicknes of the people of God is persecution and famine of the word and tottering in religion yet as long as the fire is not quite out and faith quite extinguished and their knowledge of the word quite decayed ther is no fear of death And this is the hope that David hath when the people of God are even at deathes door as Ps. 9. even his beloveed whom hee
of his everlasting truthe and his word hath conquered for them as psal 18. and his gentlenes of doctrine hath excelled and prevailed over them and fitteth on them ps 29. the Church now wher kindenes truthe aboundeth seven times a day yea infinitely doo wish the nations and the heathen to prais him and commend him for his kindenes with a book of commendations for it for growing of the word of God and waters of the Law through them and among them as the number of clean creatures for the pureitey of language and preferment of a pure profession ps 19. becaus ther is so excellent reward of truth and kindenes the way of Godlynes psal 25. Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass is heer the mercy of the Eternall whose property is salvation for the compassing and saveing of them and pardoning of the Godly Which is ment the compassing waters by the nations and people heathen of one kinde and the waters of kindenes and truth another kinde And the wordes to abound or flow over and asswage Iod the second letter from Iadah to flow and so from Hodah to confess heer for prais and commend severall words of one sens so that the sens is doubled as Shabach to allay the flood And bothe agreâ— with Iod to confess or publish preach or celebrate for a note of repetition Zain the third letter is for the auditory to hear For hearing is supposed by great commendation prais and confession and often repetition Deuteronomy The Deuterosy and recitation heer is the buissines of prais and commendations of the way of God and the wonderfull abundance and riches of his grace upon them Ps. 103. Rom. 5.6 Eph. 1.2 This hee would have the nations take notice of How greatly his mercy and fidelity and waters of life exceeded over them By the name Iehovah which hath heer a new division into How and Iah as in termination Eli-jahu Ieshang-jahu c. also by inchoation as in Ie-hosuang Ie-hoseph c. for assistance Achaz-jah Jeho-shaphat Io-nadab c. For addition PSALM CXVIII HEe now propounds in this Psalme the Cup which he promissed as Ps. 116. of the waters of life freely to the Church out of the Law filled from Psal. 92. with the benefit of the worship of God and invocation of his Name and the worthynes of his reward to God for all even faith through which hee feareth not the threats nor looks of his Enimyes which is more worth then any confidence in man Therfor when hee is infinitely besett and afflicted and corrected hee findes life and salvation in the word of God and calling upon his name by works of strange success and kindenes from him as the whole Church can witnes whom hee willeth to worship God therfor And all his testimony shall bee of his salvation which is true and his oâ—ely note and song perpetually of his strange deliverance Ps. 143. This is the song of salvation that hee goeth into the Church to worship with and his invocation upon the Law in the Psalm following when the Church with great admiration and joy doe entertain salute and bless him with a Hosanna wishing all prosperity in the Church for comming in the name of the everlasting God And the better to welcom him and that God may the better accept of him and shine unto them they sacrifice to him that hee may worship and extoll the Almighty his God Hee now greets the Church with a Salve or Ave hail or wassail and cup of salvation by entring the Ministry and becomming a Preacher of righteousnes which was strange unto them For because of the uncleannes of his hands and impurity of his hart as Psal. 15.24.51 rejoiceing at the mercyes of God in him thâ—y wish all blessing and prosperity of the same as Ps. 15.2.4 with the like congratulation for the Church And that they had fed upon the rest therof in remembrance and token of their full and mighty redemption and great salvation from God so that the whole Church may confess the everlasting kindenes of God and worship him Because his throne is the right hand of God as psal 110. and the right hand of God is the Ministry and that is the word of God and that is judgement and Iustice mercey and fidelity as psal 89. the conqueror truthe the written word that rideeth upon the white hors and fighteth valiantly from which oracle all victory and succour proceedeth and all battailes are the Lords and the discipline his hee now exalteth greatly the dexâ—erousnes and prosperity therof And prayeth for an open door of the righteousnes of the Law and knowledge of the word that hee may enter into the service of him and extoll him and finde the way to pleas him That his testimony and song and burden of his song bee nothing but the everlasting kindenes and salvation of God and the faithfull recording testifying therof in presence of his saintes as psal 149. and with the help of them Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass or inviron Heer are divers kindes of compassing helping afflicting helping in thes wordes kindenes that is continuall help and salvation grace to help Heb. 4. Tit. 2. Eph. 1.2 It is of this sort God is by him and present with him allwayes The Eternall is with mee c. hee is the onely relye and trust and confidence they compass him c. but by his invocation hee circumcised them and cutt them off Mark the doubling of the wordes and kindes of compassing nations bees and circumcideing c. Iod for a hand by the right hand doubled Jod to confess and publish by worship Cheth to prostrate to cast down c. Ier. 23. the three letters Quiach of Quoach to take or receive are intended by the gates entertainment hearing and welcom in his name and also by the term of rejection or refuseing Hee prayes God to bid him welcom out of his word and the hous of God Gen. 28. Mark the repetition wee beseech thee give salvation bid God save you bid God prosper you wee bless c. Deuteronomy Gods everlasting kindenes in his word is an eternall liveing and food for human men mighty matters and wonderfull are don by his name and his right hand for which hee is to be worshiped Therfor for his recitation heer hee useeth the wordes worship declare exalt extoll say beseech c. sonet and loud voice for the mightynes of his Acts of salvation The term Almighty is doubled and also the abreviation Iah for Iehovah and Iehovah the Eternall six and twenty times according to the letters Iehovah for the mightynes of his salvation and kindenes Psal. 136. to shew the same and how beneficiall God hath allwayes been to his people by his Name Exo. 33. Mark the terms repeated PSALM CXIX THe door of righteousnes is a strait gate and prayer is a narrow entrance and the way of life is hard to finde and principles are the surest keyes therfor
of the ETERNALL by which the RIGHTEOVS ONES doe enter That I may vvorship thee for thou hast Afflicted mee and hast been my SALVATION The stone that the builders refused is becom the head corner stone This is from the ETERNALL and it is Miraculous in our eyes This day hath the ETERNALL brought that vve may Triumph and Reioyce in it Wee beseech thee giue Salvation O ETERN Wee beseech thee O ETERN giue prosperity Blessed bee hee that coÌ„meth in the NAME of the ETERN wee blesse you out of the House of the ETERN And that the ALL MIGHTY GOD the ETERNALL may Shine vnto vs Tye your Festivals vvith cordes to the hornes of the Altar that J may vvorship thee ô my ALMIGHTY and extoll the ô my GOD. Worship the ETERNALL because hee is GRATIOVS and because his LOVEING KINDENES is for euer CXIX A. HAPPY are they that are of a PERFECT WAY that vvalk in the LAVV of the ETERNALL Happy are they that obserue his TESTIMONYS and seek him with the whole hart and walke in his wayes yea and doe noe wrong to obserue dilligently thy VISITINGS which thou hast commanded I would to God my Wayes wear stedfast to keep thy PRESCRIPTIONS that then I might not be abashed when I looke vpon thy COMMANDEMENTS and I might worship thee with a right hart when I haue lerned thy JVDGEMENTS ô that I may keep thy PRECRIPTIONS ô leaue mee not vtterly B. O how shall a yong man keep clean his way To obserue it according to thy Word I seek thee with all my hart ô let mee not misse of thy COMMENDEMENTS I hide thy SAYINGS in my minde that I may not sinn against thee ô ETERNALL thou blessed one teach mee thy PRESCRIPTIONS I reckon with my lips all the SENTENCES of thy mouth J ioy in the WAY of thy TESTIMONYS as aboue all welth J talk of thy PRECEPTS and behold thy WAYES J haue Delight in thy STATVTES and forget not thy WORD G. O deal bountifully with thy Seruant I may liue and that J may keep thy WORD vnfold mine eyes that J may discerne the secrets out of thy LAW J beeing a stranger in in the Earth ô hide not thy COMMANDEMENTS from mee My Soul is beaten out with continuall Appetite to thy JVDGEMENTS Rebuke the cursed Proud that err from thy COMMANDEMENTS and turn from mee Reproch and Contempt for J obserue thy TESTIMONYS Yea when Prince-es sit and speak against mee thy Seruant communeth of thy STATVTS Yea thy TESTIMONYES are my Delightes and my Counseâ—lers D. My soul cleeveth to the dust ô quicken mee according to thy WORD I tell my WAYES and thou hearest mee ô teach mee thy STATVTES Make mee vnderstand the WAY of thy PRECEPTS that J may talke of thy WONDERS My soul droupeth for sorrow O Raise mee again according to thy WORD O take from mee the WAY of falshood and grace mee with thy LAW I choose the WAY of TRVTH I like thy IVDGEMENTS J steek vpon thy TESTIMONYS O ETERNALL make mee not ashame-ed ô inlarge my hart that J may runn the way of thy COMMANDEMENTS H. Teach mee to obserue the way of thy STATVTS to the end giue mee vnderstanding to obserue thy LAW and to keep it with my whole hart Direct mee in the PATH of thy COMMANDEMENTS because I haue pleasure in it Turn my minde to thy TESTIMONYES and not vnto GAINE Take away mine eyes from beholding falshood and revive mee in thy WAY Establish thy SAYING to thy Seruant which is according to thy FEARE Take away my reproche that I feared for thy IVDGEMENTS are pleasant Behold J haue an Appetite to thy PRECEPTS ô revive mee with thy RIGHTEOVSNES V. O let thy LOVING KINDENESES and thy SALVATION com vnto mee according to thy SAYING that I may answer my Reprocher the matter Because I trust in thy WORD and take not the WORD of TRVTH quite out of my mouth for I waite for thy IVDGEMENT That I may keep thy LAW allwayes for world everlasting And I may walk at large for I seek thy PRECEPTS that I may speak of thy TESTIMONYS before Kinges and not be abashed and delight my selfe in thy COMMANDEMENTS which I love and hold vp my hands at thy COMMANDEMENTS which I love and talke of thy STATVTS Z. Remember thy word to thy Servant which thou hast made mee waite for In my Affliction this is my coÌ„fort for thy SAYING reviveth mee The Proud make a mocking stock of mee aboue measure but I decline not from thy Law I remember thy IVDGEMENTS of old O ETERNALL and am comforted When a storm of Wicked men seissed on mee such as forsake thy LAW thy Statuts wear my SONETS in my dwelling House I remember thy NAME in the night O ETERNALL and keep thy LAW This happened to mee for obseruing thy PRECEPTS Ch. ô ETERN my PORTION I Sayd I vvould keep thy vvordes I intreat thee with all my hart pitty mee according to thy Saying I recount my wayes bring again my feet vnto thy TESTIMONYES J make haste and delay not to keep thy COMMANDEMENTS The snares of the wicked are about mee but J forget not thy LAW at midnight J rise to thank thee for thy righteous JVDGEMENTS J am a companion of all them that fear thee such as will keep thy PRECEPTS ô ETERNALL that the Earth is full of thy LOVEING KINDENES teach mee thy STATVTES TH. Deal well with thy Seruant ô ETERNALL according to thy WORD Lern mee the Goodnes of Vnderstanding and Knowledge for J beleeue in thy COMMANDEMENTS Before J was in misery J erred and now J keep thy SAYING ô thou that art good and perfect lern mee thy STATVTS The Proud lay-falshood against mee but J obserue thy PRECEPTS with all the hart Their hart is fat like tallow but J greatly respect thy LAW It was good for mee that I was afflicted that J might lern thy STATVTES I haue more pleasure in the LAW of thy Mouth then in thousands of gold and silver I. Thou that thy handes haue made mee and prepare-ed mee ô teach mee VNDERSTANDING that I may lern thy COMMANDEMENTS That they that fear thee may reioyce when they see it for I wait for thy WORD I know ô ETERNALL that thy IVDGEMENTS be with IVSTICE and that thou
God hee is not afrayd of any multitude nor the neernes of any danger becaus hee is sure of the promiss that God will bless his people and save them and beat their Ennmyes on the cheek and smite out their backbiteing teeth out of their cheeks while hee taketh his naturall rest so that no persecution can preuaile aginst the Godly for their Saluation is out of sight of the wicked vpon which word the whole Construction runneth according to the number and signification of the term Ghimel the Name of the third letter which is Retribution Benefit or reward Likewise all kinde of safegard is raised from hence that hee is defended and Iustifyed upheld mainteined and glorified hee is heard and accepted when hee calleth And both vp and down sleeping and wakeing hee is ever susteined and his Enimyes are withstood and are to be offended and plagued for him and this is the blessing that hee is grace-ed withall by his prayer and request to God the trebleing of the wordes shew the intent The Genesis is the plurall number in Grammer called in Hebrew leshon rabbim mentioned by treble admiration of the multitude of his Enimyes and also his defyance of them though they farr exceeded and also his confidence in this grace of God and blessing which hee findeth all manner of security and all kinde of salvation from him which is righteousnes and euerlasting life ps 24 127 133. c. Gen. 15. PSALM IV. RIghteousnes and Iustice is his God as Psa. 109 and his glory is his Law and his cheeff respect is the light therof Psalm 92 93. from whence is all his comfort and deliverance and joy of hart and peace and secureity Ps. 21. and from hence hee looketh for releeff in all distress and is sure to be heard when hee calleth as Ps 50 91. and concealed and glorifyed therfor hee reprooveth their reprocheing of him with the superstitious vanityes of their religion and fals God-heads willing them not to offend in any such commotion against him but to be contented quietly vpon their beds hartily to sacrifice the Sacrifices of Righteousnes unto God and cleer themselues before him as Ps 84. and then to trust in him for salvation seeing the resistance heerof is reprobation as in the divers oblations of Cain and Abel From the one with a great deal of stirr and fals-hood from the other quiet Innocencey of Confession upon his bed and uprightenes as an evening offering without sinne Ps 141. beeing led by the law according to the wordes most conveniently agreeing Genes 4. For Construction according to the fowerth letter which signifyeth a doore hee mentioneth all along many kindes properties of doores that hee would open the doore of instruction by the lifting up of the light of his countenance and keeping in security that hee will widen to him in distress the Lord will hear him the wicked open their mouthes to his reproch in lyes and vanityes the Lord will shut him within the vaile to him self hee commandeth them to their chambers and to silence and to shut their mouthes and that the Eternall keepeth the hous safe and maketh us sleep secure and hee shuts the doore From Doore the opening and shutting and keeping is the Mystery so righteousnes is the doore ps 118. and standeth for all sacrifice as the doore of Fayth and all sacrifice must bee at the doore Genes 3. The Genesis is that part of Grammer called biclam to wit fower letters b.c.l.m. by which the gerunds are performed being added to the Infinitive at the begining intended in the wordes Chebhodhi le climmah in reproche of my Glory which was all the practice of the wicked and his correction of them that they would be silent and thinck nothing but right in their harts upon their beds by the words bilbhabhchem al mishcabhchem wher the letters biclam are again repeated to assure you The third Psalm shewed all the kindes of Salvation so this psalm the way PSALM V. YF any man seemeth religious and refraineth not his tong but deceiveth his hart that mans religion is vain The like may be sayd of other partes and affections Now becaus the wicked and mischeevous men haue no dwellings nor habitation with God and are marked to be cast out of doores as boasters molestors and vexers lyers murtherers and deceivers which can not inherit the kingdom of God hee early ernestly and duely seeketh the same and the righteousnes therof for his Guide and protection and to explane his way as an Enimy to all transgression and hypocrisy and prayeth that for dissembling his enimyes may bee faulty as Psal. 109. and Ashamed in all their wayes and faile of their purposes for rebelling against God and their own hartes and that hee and all that love his name may triumph to see the righteous how gratiously hee is protected blessed and defended for ever and this according to the Sinn offring lyeing at the doore which is the resort of the Godly for a morning prayer that as the last Psalm teacheth how to goe to bed so this same how to rise from Gen 4 also The fift and the letter He which is behold as He Jedignah and signifyed in wordes of all kinde of beholding Lead mee by thy righteousnes and direct mee in thy wayes and in the negatiue or contrary hee hath no pleasure in the wicked they shall not dwell with him they shal not bee in his presence hee hateth them and lotheth them Ps. 101. and looseth and destroyeth them forsaketh them and scattereth and destroyeth them the corrupt and hidden subtilty and rebellion against God can not bee seen and for their flattery by Salomons rule their childrens eyes should be put out to hearken to look abroad to com in his hous to doe worship as his servant in his Temple Gods protection and covering of him with a shield of grace which is fayth and is for the mystery of construction in direct and opposit imagination This for presence to behold and see Ps. 101. for presenting his oblation and morning prayer which hee would haue marked by the letter and terme He to say loe behold and by the presence of God and approching of the Godly also The Genesis is he Iedignah a letter of denotation wherby hee prayeth for right direction and a plain way becaus ther is no certainty in his enimyes mouthes that can not be known by means of dessembling makeing thēselues more then treaspassers rebelling against all truthe also by the notable triumphing for the wonderfull favour and admirable blessing and salvation upon the righteous for degrees of Ioy expressed in sundry wordes and also of grace PSALM VI. THe whole tenor of his life beeing just now the Prophet hath made Iustice his God Ps. 4. and righteousnes his King and God Ps. 5. for his whole trust and comfort safe conduct and protection according to the honorable way propounded in the argument Ps. 1.2 which is a priuat way of salvation that the wicked
to keep him from falling as Ps. 15 and beeing sure by these graces hee shall not dye till hee bee perfect in the way of life and see the full Ioy and pleasures of the word and sweet exposition therof by the Ministry the Kingdom of Heaven a celestiall government and Ioy of the holy Ghost ps 49.27 hee is made exceeding merry therwith and accounting all other invocation or relye intolerable hee will have all his welth and good and delight and pleasure whatsoever to be nothing in respect of God and this his Name and way of Salvation Ps. 4. And becaus his whole relyeing is upon God and hee is a Saviour of all them that relye on him Ps. 17. and this is all his way of Salvation and becaus hee will haue no other God nor worship nor esteem any thing in the world but him he prayeth to bee preserved by him And this from preserving the tree of Life Gen. 3. And so purgeing himself of all idolatry vain triumphing pride glory and reioyceing in worldly things and relying whole-ly vpon God and makeing divinity his portion and is counselled by his word and preferreth his Law Ps. 127. hee is greatly cheered and is throughly confident of all preservation and of a long and pleasant life that is ever before God propounded by his Ministry called his right hand in his church as Psalm 73.110 Construction The two letters pointeing at Jehovah shew absteining from all strange Gods and also his Ioy in the Ministry hee taketh Iad a hand in all his senses for might welth Sorrow place lot or quarter of inheritance to counsel teach and maintein and the right hand for promotion Vau is taken privative with negative signes that though the signification be craveing as is the term hook or crook yet by construction it is sayd as wel to leave and let goe as to hold as both are the propertyes of a hand also Genesis The kindes of quiescents are many as welth and pleasure and delight and Ioyes and counsell and instruction from God They are for his harts ease like a Mariage day Gods word gives him all content by the Ministry his right hand in which words the Name of the Eternall so sweetly resteth and that without deficiencey For hee refuseth all the contrary with note of deficients as Iod in Iissarowni and Nun thrise with bal. And thus by avoyding of Defection hee mainteineth the Quiescents PSALM XVII LAy up for your selues treasure in heaven wher neither moth nor canket corrupteth nor theeves break through and steal David observeth from Samuel that moth-eaten and rusty imagination of Saul how hee robs God of his honour by his disobedience and the worm of his corrupt conceit that all together neglect his commandement and break it to have his own will and pleasure fullfilled for som respect that hee graved to himself and worshipped by his estimation of the goodly things of the world Princees and fatlings Which becaus it is rebellious transgression and a willfull offense against the Law of God not to obey the word of his mouth but to bee bewitched with his pleasure and to make an Idol of his will and marking this well hee excuseeth himself of counterfeiting in his prayer or dissembling in his request unto God but that all is according to justice and equity and that hee will bee tryed by God that seeth all Therfor hee requesteth ernestly that his steps may be kept still in the Law of righteousnes Ps. 16. that his feet slip not into the wayes of them that fall and that hee follow not a king or please a multitude in doing of evill and for this hee justly prayeth unto him that is saviour of all by his ministry that rely on him Ps. 18. and hee haveing repose-ed all his treasure in God his undefiled way of righteousnes Ps. 16. that hee will hide his grace-es and favours from them that rise against him and that hee will keep him as watchfully as the eyelid saveth the sleepy eye Ps. 77. and protect him and save him by his truthe called the shadow of his wings Ps. 91. from all his wicked enimyes that spoyl him Ps. 12. and his ill wishers that on every side lay siege for his life that haue greasy thoughtes and proud words and watch as greedily and as privily to overthrow him as a lion for prey Now his life beeing in hazard thus among his opposits that haue their bellye 's full of the treasure and blessings of this life and spare for their children after them that have their portion and delight therin that are their own carvers in this world and worship the work of their own handes and their wicked inventions becaus they be enimyes of God that with his sword and his power hee would stand before him make them stoop beat him down and deliuer him seeing when hee awakes and beholdes in righteousnes but the image of Gods Law called his countenance and hath a perfect understanding therof hee hath enough and is satisfyed and hath all hee looketh for with full contentment Construction It beginnes with the letter Zain to hear and therfor hath all the words of that sense comming together in divers places The other letter Iod or Iad a hand reacheth all over the Psalme in the attributes wayes and exploites of the wicked and also salvation by Gods right hand and by his sword and his hand from all such bothe the letters make Iez to sprinkle for the proud aspersion of the wicked Genesis For defectives hee sheweth his own syncerity that his mouth and his hart agreeth and hee abandoneth the way of ravenous incrocheing and defective men which he maketh the moste prosperous in this life which doth most spoyle The token of deficients bal thrise repeated mortall men twise They are counted dead men and deficient that haue their part only in this life The wordes of deficiency that in minde cast about to destroy c. His quiesciencey is in the image of God PSALM XVIII THe full assureance of understanding and the riches therof is to know the Mystery of God the father and of Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge Thou art my beloved sonn in thee I am well pleased in the last Psalme 17. hee prayeth hartily for the heavenly light and revelatiō heerof and in this Psalme hee seeth the effect of his prayer The heavens open the spirit of meeknes descendeth after affliction and hee becommeth wise Psal. 119. th after a sea of troubles whē hee is baptized and haue passed through fire and water and cō to refreshing Ps. 66. and seeing hee is saveed for putting all manner of rely and confidence in God and God heard him and is angry with his enimyes and commeth with a mighty rage and terror secrecy and swiftnes against them and bringeth him out of affliction and releaseth him to shew his love unto him and that hee should not call upon God in vain that keepeth his wayes but
resolution of thankfullnes lest hee should seem to haue any thing that hee did not requite or pay for which wear stealth And becaus hee was so much bound unto God for his great bounty and love all his life long for the true service of him hee will bee his true servant to his lives end And so seeing by following the doctrine of the Law of God called the green feeld and the quiet wateâ—s hee wanteth nothing his minde is converted and himself guided the right way to all blessednes of this life and seeing in all doubtfull cases hee hath great comfort and boldnes therby hee resolveth to continue in the contemplation therof for ever And this for one part of the way of God P 25. Construction Caph a hand wherby hee leadeth him and guideth like a sheep Psal. 77.78 by repetition of the sense in divers words to that purpose leadeth converteth guideth The office of a shephard Ciph a cliff or cave which to a sheep is by nature mostâ— fearfull also any dark passage The third part is from Ghimel to reward or waine As a sheep heard is a pastor or feeder so heer hee maketh him awaynlings feast as Gen. 21. and hee was ever favourable to him That was his reward as Ps. 62. Prov. 31. Genesis His quiescency is the doctrine of the ministry as Noah walked with God and found favour in his sight Gen. 6. so hee is no way deficient but for lodgeing cours directioÌ„ and diet is about him by him before him and after him with all consolation and comforts and graces Hee aboundeth by daylye feeding on the word The quiescents are full in many words to be marked so hee is begotten and reformed by grace PSALM XXIV THe last Psalme 23 was of the excellent Love and kindenes of God unto his faithfull servantes and this of the truth and faithfullnes of his word to them that loue him unite-ed in the next psalme 25. for the whole way of God The maner of the creation argueth and truely testifieth the Creator so the workes of a man be found to signify the hart then yf the hart bee pure and clean the testimony is good and true Hee that hath neither wrought with his hands nor thought wrong in his hart a man that is true and faithfull and just with his tongue and is not given to falshood dissembling and deceipt hee it is that shall bee blessed of God and receiue the crown of righteousnes and salvation Ps. 4.133.134 And thes are they that follow the Lamb. Apo. 19. Seeing this same and such was the very protestation of the Iewes and sâ—rvantes of God and the church which mightily excelled all nations for pureity of profession and religion as Ps 47. hee sheweth that their Testimony is moste neighbourly and moste Iustifiable before God and that all religion beside this did tâ—stâ—fy falsshood and was moste damnable to all Therfor seeing in this Psalme Religion is made a true protestation or protestation of the truth or verification or justification or truth it self and faith and strength Ps. 22. and illumination of the Law of God and glory of all men Ps. 4. and that the God of this religion beeing truth that rideeth on a white hors and fighteth valiantly the written verity and righteousnes that excelleth in strength and victory and is a mighty warrier and the people of the Iewes and seed of Iacob the protestants therof and becaus their religion and profession shone beyond all men for Glory which is righteousnes Ps 4. Therfor the Prophet maketh proclamation therof and cryeth room for them before all men and all enterâ—animent and preferment to be given them in all hollynes Aeternaque ferri robera c the everlasting gates to be set open for them Which without all question or doubt for glory are the cheeffest and their God the King of Glory This is a pure and undefiled religion free of all filthy conversation wherby a man may live unspotted in the world and unsteined of men Construction Caph the sole of the foot and that in thes words who shall goe up and who shall stand beeing the office and property of the feet as Ios. 3. Caph a hand by innocent handes which hee interprets the purity and syncerity of the Minde and also the office which is to take or receiue as in Nasa repeated Daleth a doore or gate often as open your cheeffe gates set up your mighty doores c. This was the gate of the Eternall and the Princes only the east gate of the temple Eze. 44. that never was to be opened but for them Ps. 118. Genesis The quiescents the letters Ehevi mentioned in Chi how and mi how And the letters Iehova are the replenishing of words beeing written as the Massorets call them Which is the generall domination of them in the perfection of wrighting Hee that is not defect in his devotion shall receive full quiescencey and content Thee only haue I seen righteous in this generation Gen. 6. The syncere shall entertaine the kingdom of glory the Kingdom of Righteousnes bee exalted dwell with God and rest with him Thou art my beloved sonn in thee I am well pleased The quiescency is entertainment and that is signifyed in Nasa diversly taken and Bo diversly written bothe full and defect with a quiescent and without called nah nirce and nah nister a quiescent seen and unseen written and not written mark the repetition PSALM XXV TO dash all worldly covetousnes which is the root of all evill and the net of all intanglements the witchery of all transgression and breach of all the Commandements by the wickednes of the minde and liquorishnes of Imagination he sheweth that his whole minde is set upon God and the way of Godlynes which is his faith and truth and love as Ps. 23.24 that his trust and whole relye is upon him and that all his hope and expectation is in him and all his waiting for him and all his covet is his Law Ps. 115. and all his honour riches and glory and strength delighte is God And that hee may not fail of his direction heerin that his minde is not set upon gain but to the Law of God Ps. 119. h. becaus Gods minde and promiss and covenant is to teach all them that will obserue his word and to make the humble and meek moste learned therin and to set them well at eâ—s and make them heires of the Land Now when a multitude of enimyes haue a moste unjust hatred to him and distresses very many and great are befallen him and his affliction and greeff exceeding much for his sinnes hee prayeth that for his dayly expectance hee bee not deceived nor ashamed of his hope but as his eyes are allwayes upon him that God will teach him the right way of salvation through his truâ—he and everlasting mercyes and kindenesses to him Ps. 143. That hee would forgiue the sinnes of his youth and pardon his extreame iniquity that
of Lamed for rarity by repeating the words Chaunt unto the Eternall That Glory may chaunt thee out c. For the lerned priestes Gods holy ones and gracious ministers Is. 42. the grace of Doctrine beeing a lively and a lightsom thing as ignorance is wrathfull and horrible Genesis Dagesh tephereth Dagesh of glory in beged cepet and Raphe As in thes wordes that Glory may chaunt thee c. And in thes words thou didst heale Tirpaeni Which Dagesh is used for sweetnes of sound in the oration and this Dagesh is only in six letters dagesht and six undagesht according to the six tribes on either shoulder of the Ephod wherin the priest was to Minister PSALM XXXI HAveing seen the goodnes of the Eternal wich hee trusted verily to see as Ps. 27. To wit his wonderfull kindenes that hee was at liberty among his Enimyes and that in a strange and strict citty Gath and sheweth the benefit therof and teacheth it as in Psalm 34. A B C. by his valiant waiting who giveth thanks for his deliverance for fearing the Eternall and that hee was not cutt off from the sight of God but had his request to inioye his service Now in great perplexity by his fals accusers and beeing mightily broken through iniquity for their privy plotting for his life by all manner of false reportes and violence hee prayeth for his own deliverance by this Argument first by the righteousnes of the Eternall and for his Name righteousnes sake which should lead and guide him aright to salvation Secondly to the Eternall his strength his fort and Garison becaus hee commended and committed his life into his handes with his whole trust and rely upon him And thirdly that the Eternall was a God of truth and that hee could not abide vain falshood but did put his trust only in the Eternall And against his Enimyes thus that all arrogant fals lofty proud and spitefull speakers against the Iust may haue an everlasting silence below and be dumb in the ground And seeing thes are the just rewards of the Eternall hee comforteth them that wait on him in hope that hee shall never be ashamed therof shewing in this Psalm what is his whole rely and confidence what is his Rock and Garison and fayth and beleeff and the first Article of his Creed even to beleeve in the truthe the Word Ps. 120 45. the God and power therof And to trust therin for Salvation and to committ him self wholy therto to bee redeemed by the knowledge of the Law and confidently trusting to work out his salvation by the obseruing therof And this is that which maketh him fayth full and patient and long suffering and constant and not faint in distersses and miseryes but to be of good cheer and of good comfort becaus God will strengthen their hartes with his Goodnes Exod 33. Construction· Lamed and Aleph lerning instruction for the strength of the Law Ps. 29. which is heer defineed and determined to bee Iustice Love and truth which is the firmnes of their faith and boldnes hope and patience and comfort of the beleevers and therfore called the church and the foundatioÌ„ and the Rock and stroÌ„g-hold for the sure preservation redemption and safe cariage of life unto salvation of them Math. 16. This is the spirituall rock that refreshed the whole campe which rock was Christ 1 Cor. 10. c. The brest plate of righteousnes that imboldned him Ephes. 1. as is seen by the doubling of thes wordes relying trusting and committing of him self in all kinde of distresses This is formed from Exod. 33. wher it is called Gods presence favour goodnes and glory and rock and safety by using the same termes as after a perfet modell also for Lo of Laah to be dissolved and deficient as hee was Genesis The term hiemanti in grammer to beleeve And heerby the Eternall preserveth the faythfull that are well fed with the word and wear this confidence and soundly payeth the wicked proud and contemptuous persons with destruction The word hasah to rely alludeth to hosen the fortitude the stones of reputation and hasin the strength of the Eternall Ps. 89. The number to the 12. dagghesfoâ—tes or hazakim sh q t s t s n v z l i m h. For comfort of the hart and confirming the minde That the minde be established in all good Doctrine in thes wordes hizkois lebhabhchen make strong your minde bee yee of good cheer and couragious PSALM XXXII HAveing felt the hevy hand of God upon him and the parching of his wrath by his trobles foâ— all his trespass sinn deceipt and iniquity which letted his Prayer and the happines of his forgivenes Ps. 65. After his confession and prayer to him hee counselleth the Godly to pray in time and conveniently left in time of inundation of trobles called waters Ps. 120. they finde impediment and harder entertainment And for this caus hee prayeth to his Defence the Eternall for preservation from Distress and to bee regarded by the Eternall his righteousnes for direction and righteousnes Who answereth yf they bee not Asses and will understand his Eye shall tend him and teach him his way And wher sorrows belong to the wicked his loveing kindenes shall inviron him about If you haue ten thousand Instructors yet you haue but one father and who can forgiue sinns but God only even the Allsufficient father of instruction The Law that bindeth and looseth saveth and condemneth The ever wakeing Eye of the Law shall tend them and advise them and teach them instruct them So they bee not like Asses and dull headed and except they will not lend their eares to understanding that for acknowledgeing their sinns they may be forgiven remitted and saved And thus by fayth are the righteous saved and blessed from the Mercy seat Exod. 25 26 27. In judgement remember Mercy wher Iudgement is expressed by the hevynes of Gods hand as love covereth a multitude of sinns S. Pauls rule So at the Mercy seat Attonement and reconciliation was to be made for all As Lev. 16. after confession The Mystery whose sinns are covered and condemnations wipeed out from kipporeth which is to cover or a Covering by all allusion As the mercy seat is over the Ark and Mercy rejoyceth over Iudgement and loveing kindenes shall be round about a faythfull man and they that cry for Mercy heer shall be rescued and let escape damnation as the goat c. Lev. 16. From hence was Moses admonished Num. 7. Construction Lamed lerned Lerning is still a guard to a wise man to keep him from sinn And what a great felcity is it to be found faultless or cleered by the word of God to beware of trespass and to see the way to Grace I will wise c. Beth is a house by his hideing and preserving or protection for favour and kindenes the walles of Salvation the good Edification that is dayly about the Iust. So the tractable are edifyed and the
submissive and the gentle well indued but the froward hamperd are kirbed Psal. 18. As the letters Lamed beth are first over the Psalme so are they the last signifying the hart Wher all crosses and comfort meet wher sinn harboureth wher grace entreth faith repentance worketh and amendment groweth confession and all plainenes issueth and remission commeth and all salvation and joy and happines and triumph followeth Genesis The Retoricall Accent Metheg a bridle is used compared to the Law to check the froward and to pardon the penitent the happy estate of remission to the refreiners the great grace of continence as Metheg is to the word for sweetnes and especially for distance and Gaja for roaring and crying as the prince of Accents Is. 55. Ps. 22. All language is doltish and senseles without the Melody of time and quantity in syllabes and pointes and stops in Oration according to all degrees of Declination in the sentence Ther is no trespass but against righteousnes the virtue of the Eternall and ther is no forgevines but from the God therof nor happynes nor joy but to trust in him and indevour it PSALME XXXIII NOw hee willeth all the just to triumph royally for the certainty and effect of Gods word which hee fully-ly describe-eth the happines of the Nation that are the Eternalls inheritance And for that in all the Scriptures called the heavens and his dwelling seat from whence hee hath his prospect which are formed to the hartes of all men no salvation is found to haue been by great Armys of Kings or strength of men and horses as Psal. 147. but by the vigilancey and care of the Eternall in his Law called his Eye to deliver and releeve them that fear him and because their Soul waiteth upon the Eternall whom they make their sole defence and delight and trust in him hee craveeth the like mercy upon the whole Church as their hope is in him Now seeing the counsell of Gods word passeth the counsell and all conceipt of the heathen for creating and reforming of mankinde and bringing them to knowledge that they may bee strong in fayth and of a sound hope unto salvation and that instruction is a new Creation hee willeth a sabath of praise and sanctification to bee solemnized as Psal. 92. by the just for the godlynes of them and praise of his maker For salvation is not by strength but by fayth as appeereth in the Lordes battailes by patience the Armour of the saintes Gods holy Oracle and mercy seat considereth all men From hence was Moses admonished Num. 7. by the brest plate of Iudgement the ingraven form of Godhead and wisedom Exod. 28.39 Construction Lamed leerning shewing the instruction promissed Ps. 32. The preservation of the Saintes and beleevers Levit. 8. shewing judgement justice mercey and truthe to be the definition of the word of God Ioh. 1. Math. 23. that yee may know what it is and this is a lerning This Psalme belongeth to the former by repeating the wordes therof and the mystery in the prospect of the Eternal doubled for the preest and deeps in treasures and counsell and cogitation for the brest plate of judgement imbrodered The Efficacy and power of the word of God the eternity of the light the advisement discretion therof the brest plate and the vanity of humane lerning What reverence it asketh what fear of offending how precious the observing and how painfull the offending is Fear yee the Eternall c. Ghimel hee rewardeth according to all mens workes how sure it cometh how beneficiall to the elect the providence to thē that fear God for the best understanding Ther is no safety by multitude fortitude nor faculty but all grace and pardon and forgivenes help and protection is by fayth and patience The fear of God is the observing of the commandements which is his word and the makeing conscience of transgression therof seeing all that is don is for fear or love and this is finall and a principall lerning as the End of the commandement is love c. 1. Tim. 1. The Scriptures are an Eternall Oracle of counsell and advise they have both Vrim Thummim in them light of knowledge and perfection of life The tree of knowledge and of cariage that is taught of God Gen. 3. Io. 6. 1. Thess. 5. and this is that which the preest is to bear upon his hart and to be indued with all to shew that the kingdom of God standeth in suffering and not in pomp Genesis Metheg a bridle so is the word of God a rule to hold us in and direct us it is full of regularity right and strait and true as the world it self in his cours the honour of upright mē For Metheg Jasher or Munnah Metheg turned to Munnah to serve Zakeph caton the grammaticall Acent Metheg gaja the accutest and loudest musick Accent Other propertyes of the rule bee expressed by the words counsel Actions by faith and patience by the waiting and trustinge by refreining absteining from ill restraining the minde And this is a moderation above all kingdom or worldly dominion of hors or man whatsoever and governeth all things PSALM XXXIV FOr Gods mercyes upon him giving him that strength of beleeff hee resolveth to praise him and bless him allwayes and with all his might and allureeth a whole congregation to the sanctifying of him for the releeff of his distressed case by his great goodnes and mercyes in guarding him by the spirit of his word Therfor hee will now let them know the use and benefit of Gods service and fear that is that it will make men like giants for countenance and continuāce and state of Eternity Psal. 112. And for stature like goodly Cedars and as it is the way to long life by description so what this service and fear is by definition Psal. 92. and how it is accomplished to speak plainly and truely without any hypocrisy or dissimulation to doe good and not evill following the way of peace And in this way the Lord will look upon them and hear them allwayes and deliver them out of all evills Bee the woes of the just never so many yet hee will save him whole from falling into temptation when the wicked by som ill shall be utterly desolate wasted and slaine And this is expressed farther by a mystery between P and P in the A B C rew shewing that the afflictions of the church shall have joyes sevenfold after captivity of 70. at 490 yeers end as in two Reshes and Tsade in the Vers Resh wher hee sheweth eternall comfort to the just by Gods favours and the utter condemnation of the wicked by Gods angry lookes upon thē out of his word And this behaviour David accounteth to availe much to the strengthening of his faith to waite for all promiss of this life and that to com And thus much for the upright childe of the Church begotten by much misery and affliction
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
freendes as Salomon sayeth and good likeing is highly commended of the world that taketh him clean away and deludeeth him and bewitcheth astonyeth his understanding that hee is no more capable then a beast Dan. 4. of the golden rules of righteousnes by law or by faith as a scholer of Ierusalem So dyeth hee and goeth into oblivion and descendeth into utter darknes and corruption like a dumb beast never to be mentioned more which for want of fayth or virtue to succed him or good education to out live or survive him hee dyeth a second death and all his honour and glory is ended with him in the dust as Ps. 7. and death triumpheth over him And as Pride goeth before the fall so the fall of man is the trusting in riches and honour and letting slip knowledge and understanding the fear of the Lord. When David seeth this end com of the Rich whose state all along is contrary 2. Thes. 1. to his hee beeing much perplexed with the errors of his life hee easily concludeth that by his dayly affliction and misery hee is therby to look for eternall comfort glory and felicity Therfor hee feareth not but hee shall bee made wise unto salvation and by correction escape the pit that his form and shape corrupt not as Ps· 16. but his faith and rigteousnes shall last for ever From the fall of Adam who was turned out of honour for disobedience Gen. 3. Construction Mem waters For understanding and knowledge waters of life the waters of Iudah c. Is. 48. also riches or abundance of wealth the Riche-mans way makes him a fool no better thaÌ„ a beast yf hee wanteth wisdom Hee seeketh for land houses to last for ever in his Name hee findeth suddainly the grave for his everlasting dwelling which shall have the dominion over him and wear him all to dust for the letter Tet and Mot both the letters for his translation such is his passing hence or demigration a kinde of passover The moste illustrious estate in this world moste glittering turneth to long lasting obscurity Eccl. 11. mark the resounding Man in honour c. and all the termes doubled Is. 8.11.32 Ier. 2.51 Exodus The ninth Petaroth and chapter 30. for the Sacrifice or offering mony of every person But that can not redeem from death No welth is sufficient but the waters of life and understanding of knowledge of the fear of God This is the substance hee presumeth on Ps. 16. mark the words of redemption no man shall redeem c but God will redeem c. again remember A kinde of Name is when a man desireth to leave a Memory PSALM L. THe word of the Everlasting the God of Godes by the mouth of Moses in his last testament to the children of Israel hath been preached in Sion to all the world for a warning of his angry fearfull and horrible judgement of his Law called a consumeing fire for falling away transgression Now hee beeing the God that judgeth calleth heaven and earth to witness of his Iustâ—ce which as in Psalme 40. in the Priestly part of service is an utter condemnation of sacrifice for the glorifyeing of God And also of the leviticall part the usurping of the word that is without regard of instruction or observation Therfor because hee is a God of mercy and in his mercy releaseth when they call on him in distress hee wil have mercy and noâ— Sacrifice a spirituall Thanks-offering rather then a cloveen footed bullock Ps. 69. to glorify him and hee will shew him the way of salvation least in his wrath they bee consumeed and devoured without deliverance As gifts are not gratious to the kinde and as presentes provoke not freendes and all the glory of freendes is to bee freely used and called upon in distress so al Gods glory is free mercy and not sacrifice to bee wholely and onely relyed and called upon because the best sacrifice serveth not in time of judgement but a penitent invocation in trouble for him that will be saveed and comforted And they must have no other freend or God but him to worship to call upon or to serve And this is for the profession of his deer Saintes and chosen Servantes and Elect mentioned in the first table whom in his Kingdom hee thus reprooveth for their drowzines in observing Again the wicked are utterly condemned before him for takeing his name wholely in vain through out the second table when hee observeth none of his commandements but resisteth his will breaketh his Law though it bee in his mouth To these also belong confession repentance and amendement a calling upon God yf they will be put in the way of salvation So that the book of the Law the two Tables beeing opened and the whole world to bee judged either for misdooing or not dooing wee are all condemned without repentance and the mercy of God Like the breaking of the Tables Exo. 31.32 for defect in the holy preesthood Levites as well as the wicked Lev. 6.7 And hee maketh prayer the calling upon God and his Name better then sacrifice as grace is ever more worth then woâ—kes Construction Nun. Defective That all are defective by the Law In manner of performance what the perfection is what the imperfection Nun for ofspring what is to be disanulled what to bee established what to bee condemned what to be justifyed I approove not c. but I will reproove thee c. Exodus The divers kindes of Sacrificers when they are com to sacrifice to their God as they pretended in Aegypt And what kinde of Sacrifice is best properest way of salvation and the greatest glory to God even the Fruit and Calves of the lips Hos. 14. Heb. 13. See these wordes repeated Sacrifice to God c. Hee that sacrifice-eth Thanks-offering c. God called a consumming fire for his Name PSALM LI. DAvid takeeth his occasion in this Psalme to accuse himself of Murther and Adultery though hee speaketh but of Murther which was caused by Adultery And seeing in his conscience the uglynes of this Sinn and transgression and the continuall blemish of his guiltines and that hee had onely sinned against God and highly displeased him by transgressing his word becaus the fleshly and naturall man had prevailed in him and that hee had this wickednes in him from the womb according to the truthe of the Scriptures as Ps. 58. and God loved the truthe from the hart and confession beeing requireed as Ps. 50. and as the story of the Leper doth follow sacrifice in the Law so heer And therfor hee turneth his sinning to Lepry and for his form proceedeth in the person of a Leper and prayeth for forgivenes as a Leper for clensing Math. 8. Luc. 17. And in this cloud hee beginneth at the mercy seat that God would shew his mighty kindenes and mercy upon him and wipe away all his trespass and wash away all his sinn and
Mercey and Name of God and the preaching of that and outliveth Beth hous and tabernacles c. thou lovest c. twise Exodus The life that pleaseth God or that God commandeth is in steed of a service and sacrifice unto God and heer David sacrificeth his whole time to the word of God For the fear of God as Psal. 34. his trust beeing called his Strength for another of Godes Names PSALM LIII THer is no folly so great as the denyeing of God and who is so foolish as my people sayth God with their filth an abominable wrong that maketh them stink in his sight Ierusalem had many eyes yet could they not see what belonged to their peace Pride and prodigality throweth them out of their estates sinn and transgression of the Law of God whippeth them out of doores like the rod upon the fooles back For disobedience they are made dâ—solate the flood hath swept them clean away they are cast into prison and utter daâ—knes and obscureity and carryed into a lamentable captivity wher is nothing but weeping and howling till their tongues be drye on fire and their harts burn with horror and wrath and sorrow and they have no comfort In this horrible affliction and torment they call and cry pittiously for Ierusalem again and for som of the joyes and praises of Sion the place of their salvation to tip their tongues and refresh them And this is the occasion The form is from Adams expulsion out of Paradise Gen. 3. as all the heavens are Gods but the earth is given to the children of men Ps. 115. so God haveing placed man innocent upon the earth hee by and by groweth full of corruption and moste abominable for wrong dealing Then God looketh out of the highest heavens and asketh for him and out of the Scriptures hee inquireeth for his innocencey and his wisdom in seeking of God and they play all hid and no such man was to bee found no not one good man at all as Ps. 12. They all stink with abominable corruption folly and goe backward and dare not com foorth but are a frayed abashed that God hath forsaken them because they are expelled for their trespass and their bones all scattered in captivity Shall wee sinn that grace may abound God forbid sayth the Apostle So all molesters and workers of Mischeff that call not upon God eat of the tree of life and devoure it like bread destroy the Scriptures and make havok of the word and spend the mercyes of God and waste and consume the people of God and eat up the Church with profanenes So the question is not wher man is but wher a good-man is and ther is no such which is the Mystery of this Psalme by repetition of the wordes The matter wherby it hangeth to the former Psalme is that they all love falshood more then truthe and wrong more then righteousnes and therfor they receiue the wages of sinn which is death because they loved not life nor the word of God that should save their soules Construction Nun to spring or grow the contrary is to fade or to be defective So the wicked are in the fear of God in dooing of good as Ps. 34. or of wisdom in not calling upon him Ghimel to doe good so bothe the Wiseman and the Goodman is wanting by their workes Both the letters make Nag of Nagah to be cleer Mark the doubling of the termns and it will express the intendement Exodus The Fear for the fear of God and the dispair that the wicked make Because God the Fear that guardeth them that fear him and worship him Psal. 34. hath scattered them The not serving of God because hee lets his people goe into captivity doth much hurt among them and freats them and much dismayes them therfor they pray for return The people are not in the right fear and ther is a defect in the service and the Sacrifice is reprooved as yf it would bee mended yf God would releas his people For with them ther is no God or els they dispair of the right God c. So the termnes Fear and God are equall heer and the one soundes to the other to express the same As the Fear of Isaack for the God of Isaack Gen. 31. PSALM LIV. SAtan shall seek to fann and winnow you like wheat and som of you shall hee cast into prison Ther is no safe place for the man of God but the divill and tirants will finde him out and beewray him strangers and such as have no respect of God at all as Ps. 53. as were the Zips which made haste to tell Saul as soon as they could discry him amongst them And thus bee all placees sifted for him that hee can have no rest which maketh him in the next Psalme wish for the wings of a dove to fly from them far enough into the wildernes for rest and all is for his life This sheweth that the rich hath many freendes and all places will serv the mighty Wherever David goeeth or wherever hee hide-eth Saul can hear of him Sayth Eliah they have slain thy Prophetes and I onely am left alive and they seek my life the same may bee sayed of David and more ther is onely one good man left and one after Gods own hart and they seek his life but this is the hower power of darknes From these David prayeth that seeing all their dooing is against God and his word and that God is all his help and confidence and the Lord is with them that sustein him that hee would by his victorious Name and light of his word defend him and save him and reward his Enimyes with the evill and destroy them as Ps. 89. according to his promiss That hee may liberally and freely sacrifice to him and worship his beneficiall Name and his word and the calling upon him for delivering him from all distress to stand in the face of his Enimye and behold him Construction Nun defective The whole is upon desolation resisting and deprivation as strangers and aliens and cruell ones they that are clean without God Eph. 2. that seek his life on the one part and on the contrary Assisting saveing and defending by the great calling upon God According to the word Nun to spring or wax great Ps. 72. Daleth a door for the enterteynment of his prayer from the door of his mouth Psal. 141. Mich. 7. door of utterance Col. 4. Nod a fugitive for another kinde of defection Exodus His Free will offering shall bee his commendation of prayer the Name of God for his deliverance and salvation and for the great benefit of calling upon him as you may see by the entrance and conclusion by the repetition His victorious Name c. the goodnes of his Name c. And this for another kinde of sacrifice and a reasonable serving of God Rom. 12. according to their promiss in Aegypt For his virtue the rigteousnes of his
them Construction For Nun deficient they seek utterly to devoure him and to constrein him even out of this life and used all devises to make him to fall Mark the doubling of the first wordes for this hee wisheth their destruction and his own preservation which hee findeth and is thankfull Vau the second letter a hook or crook is for fear to this is opposed boldnes faith and confidence both the letters beeing Nau of Navah to prais or adorn Exoâ— 15. all which you shall finde in the same repetition In God I prais his word c. Exodus The Sacrifice heer is praising of God which they vowed in Egypt to perform after their deliverance And this he promisseth to pay as Ps. 50. for the defeat of his Enimy and his own preservation which is upright with the construction also For his Name Immanuel God with us Is. 7. If God bee with us c. Ro. 8. PSALM LVII ALexander the Coppersmith did Paul much harm but the Lord delivered him out of that lions mouth so David is delivered out of the mouth of Saul at his request to God by the protection of Gods word called the shadow of his wings as Ps. 36. and his way of loveing kindenes and truthe fayth and love which hee counteth a wonderfull worke and therfor hee extolls his glory over all the world and with all his instruments sets out the highth of his love and faithfullnes of his promiss the highe tree of the mercyes of God and among all people and nations is thankfull to him Neither doo the wicked loos their reward they lay nets to catch them selves and digg pitts and fall into them This Psalme concernes the former by the same form It is framed from the Enimnity between the serpents seed and seed of the woman the one beeing the seed of warr and the other of peace The Serpents and Enimyes of Gods word sow sedition strife emulation contention debate and discord they sow speares arrows swordes by back-byteing and gnawing brawling quarelling bitter and cursed speaking as Ps. 14.53 never hearkening to the way of peace but are all for warr as Ps. 120. and from hence is that fine Metamorphosis of the Poet wher the Serpents teeth beeing sowen ther grow up armed men So biteing language is the seed of armes and hot and inflameed mouthes and fals tonges are weapons of warr Now the womans seed and the Churches is nothing but the way of God which is mercey and love and truthe with lips unfeined as Ps. 17. sowing concord and peace as Ps. 108. And therfor now David beeing saveed by God his hart brings foorth lutes and harps and viols and is all for musicque and instruments of peace and is ready to sing and set foorth his glory as Ps. 145. that hee may be heard beyond all nations and his noyse above the cloudes for his delivâ—rance The Mystery is shewed by thes wordes and Gloria in excelsis reported and repeated Be thou exalted O God above the heavens and thy glory over all the earth The Matter is his faith in the green tree of the merceyes of God as Ps. 52. and the highth of his love and promiss as Ps. 89. which is above all reach and shall bruse the serpents head as Ps. 56.74 Construction Nun defective devouring is for defection The devourer is devoured and the patient preserved The one waiteth all corruption and falshood reproch and disgrace and detraction according to bothe the letters Naz of Nazah to sprinckle as a kinde of sprinckling or aspersion The other waites for Grace and truthe to defend him and calleth upon God the high to glorify him as Ps. 50. And by his indurâ—ing and calling on God how mightyly his glory is exalted mark the repetition Zain to hear or conceive or listen hee will open the eares or the daughters of Musicque Eccl. 12. by his musicque and make them hear As by the coactive for a kinde of hearing Exodus His calling upon God in this misery and his whole relyeing on him serveth for a sacrifice and a glory to him as Ps. 50. in thes wordes I call unto God c. the Almighty c. For the Elect Calamity is shortened Math. 24. and passeth over and the righteous are mightyly redeemed So is Gods Glory the more mightyly advanced and to bee extolled the harder the deliverance is For it is full of grace and truthe Ioh. 1. in saveing God giveth both grace and glory all the good that can bee for trusting in him Ps. 84. therfor the same is to be ascribeed to him in the highest for the power of it the Name Elyon for the extolling c. PSALM LVIII BEcaus the wicked doo allwayes wrong in thought word and deed and miss and lye in all thinges Psalm 1. by reason of their furey and rage which is deaff to all reason and instruction and will no more be pacifyed and perswadeed like a spitefull and rageing Enimye then a serpent or a lion no not by the wiseest Moderator from their work of backbiteing and devouring talk therfor Davids prayer is that their serpentlike biteing teeth and their devouring grinders the seed of armes may be brokeen in peâ—cees as Ps. 3. That their Arrowes of bitter wordes their endles aimes as Ps. 64. may bee shunned as easy as water and beeing brokeen they and all their worke miscarry with unripenes melt away that it never com to â—ffect nor see the sunn That his choler may moste speedyly boil him alive for his defeat and the just may be comforted with their revenge and victory over the wicked and that men may bee sure and confess seeing som mens works goe before unto Iudgement and som mens follow after that ther is fruit for the just and ther bee Gods that are Iudges in the earth This Psalme from Iob 19. deserveth to bee written with a pen of iron and carved in stone for Eternity and drawen with lead that never may goe out God will judge every deed sayth Salomon and bring all a mans life in question and draw all his actions to judgement whether they bee good or bad Therfor David from his enimyes wicked life and the nature of the Serpent draweth a condemnation and out of the experience of his tribulations cannot but hope for an end of him And thus hee prayeth according to the curs as Ps. 109. That seeing hee can neither speak nor judge aright but all wrong and injury is in his hart and handes to recompens as Ps. 5.52.140 and his minde doth ponder nothing els and is fals as soon as hee is born with incorrigible error and malice hee entreth into this curs and prayer against him as Ps. 109.140 as against a murtherer and a temper from the beginning That all his instruments may bee brokeen that hee may bee easyly avoyded that his way may perish Ps. 1. and himself enter into consumption as followeth That his falshood may com to nothing and melt and not be able to abide
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
the word for meeting or kissing as mouth to mouth or face to face or neer or present by the itteration of the termes kindenes and truthe and righteousnes or Iustice and peace c. He to behold for the privative Thou forgavest and coveredst and thou contractedst break off c. For the habit shew Vs c. And the prospect of Truthe and righteousnes For his presence mark the doubling of the wordes Salvation Ps. 42. country and land The Eternalls likeing and goodnes to it In the first and last wordes Leviticus The good will of him that dwelt in the bush Deut. 33. is to his holy Land Exod. 3. his presence glory bounty Exod. 33. Ios. 5. and faith love and righteousnes and peace and salvation the rest of the Godly Armour and holy weapons and weedes of the Ministry Ps. 132. For mercy and remission and salvation in perill for sin that they bee not consumed with the flame of Gods wrath when they look in the Law Ministers of righteousnes shall goe before and lead as Prophets to direct his feet Luc. 1. PSALM LXXXVI THis Psalme is fitted to the former by the very wordes of the 25. That the reader should not misse but have an eye thither to mark the starr of his redemption and line of Gods Iustice and judgement which is seven fold the misery that they inflict upon the just and Gods vengeance and revenge upon the wicked and his payment of them to bring the Poor their hopes of inheritance and peace eternall with all plenty and delight with it by an utter rooting out of the wicked for ever as Ps. 37. And this is all for his kindenes and faith toward the Poor and distressed which hee calleth his way which also is his work which together is wonderfull that ther is none the like nor any God like him This way with many just reasons to be heard hee prayeth to bee taught and his hart to bee sharpened that hee may walk by the word of truth in the fear of his name to publish and glorify him for ever for his great deliverance by it as Ps. 88. That when many proud and terrible Tyrants which set not God nor his Law before them seek his life that God in the Kingdom of his compassion and kindenes would pitty them and bestow upon him his strength which is his Law and therby save the childe of the Church called the sonn of his hand maid and to shew som signe of this good unto him that the highe and fearfull looking men may bee abashed and abased when they see that God doth take his part against them Construction Pe a mouth for calling cryeing voice and prayer and name and hearing heaâ—kening and considering c. Relatives Mark the doubling of these wordes with requests and reasons which also is for Vau thâ— other letter for a crook a kinde of crooking or fetching by petition Likewise the two letters together make Po heer or hither which is also toward Which is the nature of pitty and kindenes also wordes often repeated By his mighty pulling of them out of hell and pittes of distresses and saveing them Mark the doubling of these words His perswasions and inducements Hee is poor hee is pittyfull hee trusteth to him hee calleth on him hee setteth his minde on him c. God is wonderfull kinde and a wonderfull doer 2. Cor. 4. And saveth strangely c. to the great glory and prais of his Name and calling upon him Ps. 50.91 and a shame to his foes by a signe of prosperity Leviticus Hee is com from Pastors Rulers and Kings and Gods and Angels and hostes Armyes exercisers or soldiers in the former Psalmes now to Ministers works creatures and servantes of God Psal. 134.103 Mark the often doubling of the word servant and son c. and the word Lord the relative to implye the same Such as bee the Priests dayly Callers upon God as was Moses and Aaron and Samuel Psal. 99. and Ezra c. For Saver or Helper of the people PSALM LXXXVII THer is no such mother as the Church of God nor any parentage like unto God his word ther is no such Church as Ierusalem and Sion from whence the word of God and the Law issueth that the gates the goeings in and out of Sion are better beloved with the everlasting then all the dwellings or cittyes of Iacob or the Church elswhere beside For when other citâ—yes are mentioned that this man or that man was born in them of Sion it is sayed more that this man was born in her in that which the most high built and established And when hee writeeth up his people hee will not leave out the place of their birth that were born there because of the excellent springs of musique that are in it And this commendeth the Childe of the Church and expoundeth the sonn of the hand maide in the former Psalme to shew the pretiousnes of the children of God the deernes of his servantes blood and the worthynes of their redemption Construction Pe a mouth by the ineffable fame of Ierusalem the mouth and talk of all the world By the words unspeakeable mention be sayd reckon c. for kindes of utterance springes singers and pipeers For mouth musique Zain for hear for the renowm and prais of the citty and what an honour it was to bee born in it and to bee brought up ther. Mark the word born doubled Zain for Zeh this for certainty by the repetition of that termn and sens so oft This man hee and hee or every one and hee c. both the letters make Paz for gold The golden citty new Ierusalem Apoc. 21. also Paz strength Gen. 49. Leviticus For the Church and Assembly and deer hous of God and his beloved Ministry for the place of highest degree of honour and prais called the gates of Sion The holy hill dwelling of Iacob Citty of God Gods founding and establishing c. for his service a place of harmony that ther is no place nor Church of the like Glory and strength authority The Leviticall office heer are the Musitians and praisers of God of which ther were 4000. 2. Cro. 23. PSALM LXXXVIII BEeing now in the Cadence and conclusion of this book and service also which is the proper place of praising and gloryfying of the name of God that in this Psalme by true cours nothing els câ—n bee expected but commendation and prais of the Everlasting for his great works of love and kindenes towards them Now by the languishing of the Church and their oppression in long captivity the Estate beeing altered the Memory and glory of Ierusalem dyeing and decaying every day seeing they now tell of their birthes in divers Nations and Cittyes and at length the Ierusalemites grow few as the Egyptian generation in the wildernes and they are estrangeed and their acquaintance obscureed and their estate abhorred and beecom abhominable like dead men now beeing thus
dead in sorrowfull lives buryed deeply in distresses and covered with wrongfull oppression shutt up from their freindes and acquaintance by remotenes and terriblely amaseed by affliction and Gods angry terror upon them Now how can they confess him aright as Psalm 86.137 and shew his kindenes and faithfullnes among the Destroyers and make his Miracles plain among them that understand nothing or manifest his Iustice wher it shall not bee remembred For this hee prayeth aloud in the night as Psalm 134. And holdeth up his handes and calleth dayly for salvation and redemption with early shouting and praier for the same to wit their return to Ierusalem to prais him counting all placees els in the world but an absolute state of death whersoever they were captiveed Construction Pe a mouth mouth to mouth or face to face for manifest as by prayer and Oration to God Affliction is the contrary for obscureity signified by the whole nature of the grave and dead men What theyr estate is mark his presence in these words before thee praying shouting and cryeing and calling confess told manifested Gods wrath remember And a miserable estate is compareed to a grave for all propertyes So his life is full of all evills none evill escapes him Hee is at the mouth of the pitt expireth Hee is dead slain weak out of minde cutt off in the deep in the dark in place of destruction land of forgetfullnes out of his acquaintance in abhomination shut up for ever In wrath hee rejects and hides his face Hee doth no wonderfull and secret thing his mercey is not revealed Cheth fear prostration and breaches amaseed terrors terrible passions oppression c. Bothe the letters spelt make Pach a Governour Duke or Prince Neh. 5. according to Ie. 48. also a snare which for his adversity hee maketh death and the grave as Ps. 18. Leviticus Nehemiah chap. 5. sheweth by useing the like wordes of this Psalme that hee is the Cryer and Governour and cheeff Prelate heer meant haveing the like occasion in the behalf of the church PSALM LXXXIX THe faithfullnes and kindenes and justice and judgement of the Everlasting by which the heaven and earth and all thrones are built and preserved must bee for ever sung And happy are the people that can delight and bee merry in the presence and light of the Everlasting beeing exalted by him Wher hee hath ordeined the sounding out of his Name And that ther is none to bee comparâ—ed either in heaven or earth to the Eternall for his warlikenes for might or counsell or terror for beating down the proud Nations and scattering of his Enimyes Now haveing exalted David and covenanted with him and sworn that his Throne shal be for ever and his seed after him and that hee would so strengthen him that no enimyes should hurt or oppress him and that hee would make him as deer as his Eldest sonn and give him a supremacey above all the kinges of the Earth and that hee would never take his kindenes from him onely correct him with â—odds for transgression of his Law Now hee noteeth that the Enimye hath the advantage and rejoyce God is angry and breaks his covenant Ierusalem is takeen and layd desolate the crown of his Anointed is cast on the ground the church is in captivity even in their prime their swordes nor their hartes have any edges to battell and his Throne is overturned and hee is abashed and is a reproche to his neighbours and prayeâ—h that hee would no longer now hide his face in his angâ—y dealing thus against them but remember what stripes they bee able to carry and not to make an end of them in his wrath but let them see his salvation in time and redeem them and to think of what continuance they are seeing oppression makes an end of the strongest and what was their Creation worth wâ—thout Redemption and think upon his kindenesses again and faithfull covenant to David and consider all his wayes after this correction and the Reproche that the church putteth up at the handes of thes great Nations their Enimyes that cannot abide his steps Construction Pe a mouth for all kindes of speech covenant swear confess triumph sing be mery with exalt speaking saying falsifying of promiss violating of covenant breaking his word changeing the thing that is gon out of his lipps lying reprocheing c. covenant law Iudgements prescriptions commandements his word or mouth Kindes of mouthes the edge of the sword the hand of hell or mouth Ps. 141. gaps in hedges and breaches in walls thou hast broken down all his walls c. Tet dirt or clay as beating for dust his throne is down and his garland and crown and all his exalting defiled in the ground and abaseed and all Kingdom and honour in the dust and shame and reproche to cover it His song is the Merceyâ—s and miraculous dealing of God and his truthe in promiss which is all his way Ps. 25. his mighty way of salvation rule and assistance See the repetition of kindenes and faythfullnes and wonders for kindenes and walk of divers writeing to bee noteed Mark the eternity and throne of God wher hee sitteth in his word which is his mouth for ever world without end for the wisdom and uprightnes therof Iudgement and Iustice. Leviticus The Seed of the woman shall crush the serpents head Ge. 3. Michael the Archangel of the covenant is cheeff prince and prelate heer Da. 7.10.12 Zac. 3. Ap. 12. Iude. Like Immanuel Is. 7.8 Nu. 13. as by Gods Name of might and strength to help and rule and commande El and Chasin Iah c. Mark the admiration who among the children of the Gods c. who is so mighty a God c. So Mi Ca El signifyeth who is like God Deut 33. cheeff in the congregation and counsell of the holy ones Hee beateth down the grown seas and lofty billows and heads of the Enimyes By his ministry called his Arm and right hand and strength therof which is called his help For this help hee peeked David out of the people to conquer the Enimyes one that no Serpent could prevent Ge. 3. The seed of his doctrine shall bee for ever Mark for the creation of the church the woman out of the Mans side from â—ll the wordes repeated build help before or for finde Enimy for serpent c. beguile c. onely the serpent shall reproche his steps and blaspheme or hurt his heeles Mark still the repâ—tition THE FOVVERTH BOOK PSALM XC COmpareing the age of man with the age of the Church they finde the ods to bee infinite not a wakeing in the night to a thousand yeers which they call but a shower of a sleep that they were in God before the creation and hath lasted ever since without extinguishment His servants bee brought to a few and pounded to dust but hee reviveeth them with sonns and daughters and when they flowerish moste their youthfullnes in iniquity angreth God
and consumes them All the whole time of man upon earth is but an angry time and it is gon ere they think of it his age is short painfull soon com about which beeing seventy or eighty at moste remembereth still their state of captivity and fain they would bee wise in reckoning of their yeers as Ps. 25.79.89 c. which is rightly to apply one time to another wherby concludeing their calamity to bee neer at an end their captivity allmoste out the Church now prayeth that God will now with all speed com again unto them and comfort his sâ—rvants And betime give them their fill of his kindenes and make them wise and redeem them that they may sing and bee merry and keep sabbath all their lives They love much to whom much is forgiven so that their heighth of joy might bee according to the sorenes of their affliction and the dayes and yeeres of their happines and mirth may infinitly exceed for their dayes of evill That they and their children may see his moste inestimable works and that in his pleasantnes God would make good the labour and long service of him According to Moses his request Ex. 32. Deut. 9. An Argument of the book of Numbers For so many reckonings as are in it of times and seasons which is the summ of all Construction Tsade meat The travail for wisdom serveth for meat and comforteth which Christ in the Gospell speaketh from hence Luc. 2. Io. 4. To dwell eternally in God in his power and live and beleeve in him for Eternall life is a kinde of food Io. 6.14 Gods wrath and terror is an eating or consumeing fire that wasteeth and diminisheth man with affliction for sinn by firy judgement Ps. 78. Ier. 10. Apo. 8.9.10 Is. 9.24 And out of the dust hee hath his conversion again and is satisfyed with comfort joy Gods plesantnes to him his estimation of him and blessing of all his works For mercey and kindenes which hee feedeth on Mark the relation of the partes and repetition of the termes Anger and terror and utter consumming opposeed to kindenes joy and prosperity Which is closely implyed in the beginning by the first and last letters of A B C Athbash for the terme of the Alphabet beginning the three first verses and in the third vers twise converted and â—urned backwards and made Tashba in thes words thou bringest c. and sayest com again c. so the yeer is a kinde of conveâ—sion or retuâ—n sleep and refreshing florish cutt and wither and all alteration to shew the confusion before the digesting of the word by confounding Athbash for the Alphabet Numbers is called Bammidhbar in the wildernes that they remained in eternity with God in time of rudenes Gen. 1. and have an everlasting dependance from him The opposition is eternity and temporality without variablenes and with change as between God and his creature Is. 29.40 Ps. 102. also Bammidhbar by the word their faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the word c. and thus they are made his subjects and hee their Lord and God by the termes of Adonah and El. And such effect hath the voice in the wildernes for reformation c. of a few out of manny by way of affliction See the doubling of thes wordes of eternity and of moment all ages c. generation Yeers night day sleep in wakeing morning evening fresh withered cut past â—â—y and haste c. bring com again return For recreation cheer and mirth c. God bringeth all to a wildernes and again maketh a habitation of the same so that habitation heer supposeth a wildernes PSALM XCI THis Psalme by way of answer to the former sheweth wherin the safety of the Church consisteth their victory also their rule of redemption haveing their dwelling with God and lodgeing and relyeing in the shadow of his wings under the book of God the word of truth They shall bee so defended and shielded therby that no weapons nor snares nor ods by night or day at home nor abroad can deaâ—e with them His Ministry hath such charge of them and with their doctrine so sound that with their voluble tonges their flowrishing blades and spirituall swordes they defend their lives and keep and save them They lead them right keep them out of harmes way and explane their wayes that they stumble not That by their faith and confidence heerin they may stop the mouthes of Lions withstand all fiercenes and vanguish all terror and beware of the subdolty of the serpent and escape the divillish crauling temptation of vipers and overcom all wrangling and spitefull Enimyes Ps. 41. With this consolation in counsell because they know him and honour him and call on him hee will graunt them their whole request in the former Psalme Construction Tsadeh from Tsad and Tsadah to hunt or fowle or lye in wait for prey La. 3.4 T s Ier. 16. Hee describeeth the chase of an Enimye how it is by day force and by night craft This hee termneth a terrible plague the stroke of fear and the smart of the arrow that commeth from him lighting on him Another sens of Tsade is Tsad a side wher as all fell beside him and no kindes of stroke nor scourge nor plague could fâ—ll on him c. The second letter is Aleph for a thousand and also many thousandes by declineing it And Aleph for study or lerning which is ment by the wordes imbrace and knowen c. also Tsadeh for food which is his study and instruction which bringeth salvation and his fill of dayes and all benefit and victory Ther is no fear nor dâ—nger in the word of God nor fetching any one out of his hous that is so full of instruction Mark the repetition bothe letters make Tse except or without or goe out or escape as concerning the snares Metsudah a fortress for the first letter concerning the stroke This thinkes upon Jah for Iehovah by the number of verses by protection against the plague of corruption in Havath Mark the seven affixed How 's or hims at the end for exception and onelynes for the whole Name Iehovah Numbers The wildernes is heer supposed by the sport beeing savage also by the dwellings the spoile of privative of desolation As you may see by insisting upon the wordes dwelling lodgeing relyeing truth habitation tabernacle c. The person is faith the hous is the word of the moste Highe and All-sufficient for his moste safe protection The Ministers are his Tutors to keep him from all offence and perill and shame in the world From hence is all victory their faith and love and dwelling with God and adviseing with his word and loveing of him and his grace is sufficient 2 Cor. 12. Because his trust is aloft in Eljon the Highe hee concludeeth his salvation from all and victory over all Mark the repetition and relation to Eljon and Shadda the Highe and the All-sufficient evermore
PSALM XCII MOste sweetly by the fowerth doth this Psalm hang to the former two for that Psalme hath all partes of the thâ—ee Haveing obteined their request and deliverance from evill dayes they can not but bee merry and sing the wayes and woâ—kes of the Eternall with solemn worship evening morning to advance his Name Which they acknowledge to bee a benefit of high transscendence and excellent consequence to them and past the understanding of the beastly and froward kinde of men which is let the wicked the Molesters of the Church and the Enimyes of God flowerish never so well and look never so green they note they shall bee rooted out for ever and perish as Ps. 109. and bee soon dissevered one from an other and all their combination frustrateeâ— when God shall survive for ever and hold up the horn and glory of his Church with a fresh anoyntment And they shall have a whispering intelligence out of the word by examples of all plottes and practises against them and shall behold their Tormentors as plain as in a glass And they the Iust as Ps. 36. shall bee green and floweâ—ish in their age bee in good likeing that are planted in the hous of God and grow as upright as Cedars to shew the uprightenes of the Eternall and their rock that ther is no wrong in him This from Eden the garden and plantation of God Gen. 2. for the Congregation Construction Tsadeh for meat or food and this is the Sabbath instruction out of the word of God the continuall praising and preaching therof the Sabbath service early and late hee makeeth it meat and drink to think upon and relate his creation Psal. 1. of so deep a cogitation Hee dealeth upon the effect as far of feeding with fresh oyle I am all perfused c. Deut. 32. Ne. 9. Prov. 21. to wit oiley oâ— fat Again they shall bee still farr and fresh c. that bee preachers of righteousnes Beth a hous the second letter for the plantation of his hous and courts and congregation And bothe the letters make Tsab or Tsaba to play the minister or to exercise the Ministry and leitourgy of the church to tell out c. to declare c which is to feed The food is Kindenes and faythfullnes and uprightnes c. also a kinde of feeding is seen by a flourishing and prospering and freshnes and greenenes Tsab also of Iatsabh to stand or abide Eljon above or surmounting as between God and his Enimyes is heer plainly argued Mark the repetition of the wordes for the eternity of the godly life and the vanity and frailty of the contrary This for the same number of verses must be considered to think of Iah for Iehovah 15. in bothe Mark the relation to Eljon All alludes to Eljon the Highe Numbers The wildernes heer is the sottish rude bruteish and froward kinde of people and wrong dooers and enimyes to the creation of Man and all reformation of manners which are against all culture and manureance of the church Thes for their wickednes in all their prime flower are supplanted rooted out perish When Gods hous and plantation and colony of the just shall flowerish with all manner of prosperity for ever It is a good thing to be thankfull for our reformation and to be disciplined unto eternall life Mark the repetition of wordes and also of kindes PSALM XCIII THis Psalme farther prooveth the benefit of the Sabbath service which according to Ps. 29. setteth out the strength and statelynes of the Ministry that at this time and place the word of God beareth swey that amaseeth judgeeth and confirmeth all the world It is the pretious attire of the Eternall imagined by the costly jewells stones and softnes of rayment which the priesthood ware Wherfor to this psalme and the former and the rest of the sabbath belongeth the whole epistle to the Hebrewes much of the revelation and Ezekiel and a great part of Exodus all buissines of the Tabernacle The Eternall is the righteousnes of the word of God and his Throne the Scriptures boâ—h ancient of dayes from everlasting antiquity the gaynes of habit and ornament therof is wisedom and the cincture truthe which is the whole strength and stay of the world and this is the law of God that holdeth all the world uprighte The rivers great waters and the seas all the degrees of the Heathen have lofty things to utter but the word of God far passeth all His Testimonyes and Law his protestation and covenant bee moste firme things and sure to leane unto ther is no fault or dissembling in them and that makeeth the holynes of his hous for which all the world have their affection and resort therunto as long as the world lasteth Construction Tsade for meat or food which is heer the word of God Deut. 8. Math. 4. intended by the iterateing of the termn voice as the moste high voice of the Cryer in the wildernes Math. 3. Mark 1. Luc. 3. Io. 1. Is. 52.40 the preaching of the word the raigneing and prevailing of the righteousnes therof what a wonderfull and everlasting nourishment the kingdom of God yeeldeth to the Godly and appetite of the faythfull after their creation and reformation It yeeldeth food and rayment Is. 59. Math. 6. Ps. 29. The word is indued with high excellencey and with great might And this is the strong angelicall food Ps. 78. Io. 6. even fayth the holynes of his hous mark all the repetition and relation to the Sabbath Ghimel hath a contrary sens heerunto as to wayne and may not bee useed heer but is useed in the next peece wher Daleth is spareed becaus it maketh the first letter by spelling Both the letters make Tsag of Iatsag to constitute or place For the place or constitution church or assembly Numbers The paradise of God Gen. 2.3 a place moste expetible and desireable a Kingdom and Dominion raised out of rudenes a requiteing and bearing down of the Nations called the waters by the waters of the Law farr excelling with all power and Glory and sanctification everlasting inclosed PSALM XCIV NOw when righteousnes reigneth is a time for the Church to call for Iudgement upon their oppressours Seeeing God that is the Iudge of the world doth hear and see and understand all the workes of the proud and wicked heathen and correcteth them and bringeth them to knowledge beyond and contrary to their imaginations hee well knowing the vanity of mens thoughtes Now seeing Iudgement is according to Iustice and answereth to all upright mindes after the Law they are sure to doe well and prosper at the last notwithstanding their correction Which beeing for the Law and for rest dureeth but while a pit of utter destruction is in makeing for the wicked which as great bodyes moove slowly so their end beeing delayed is surviveed by Iustice and patience at last Hee that makeeth the senses is not sensless but full of light and full of
the kingdom of heaven for the righteousnes and peace and salvation therof For this hee sheweth all kinde of of rejoycieing approoving therof amendment of life and a welcom singing leaping daunceing vaunting of all creatures and boasting and publishing therof which is the meat offering in his courtes at Ierusalem the joy of all the earth for the raigning of righteousnes and of the word And so commeth the kingdom of heaven to bee meat and drink by joy in the holy ghost and a heavenly delight in the power and glory therof the prevailing of the word in man and the lustre of a godlye life Mark the wordes and the insisting theron For Vav a crook or to take hold hee dealeth by the contrary to give and offer and bow unto and doo reverence and worship and tremble by the word yeeld c. Take up presents c. Mark the iteration Tsav of Tsivvah both the letters signify commend commaund or bequeath or send to the same purpose for the comming of the kingdom for which wee pray Math. 6. As all kingdom is with power and strength and commande Ps. 68. Numbers The wildernes heer is the wilde nations and marches of the Heathen wher the word of God and this Kingdom of a godly man is to bee preached and published all abroad to setle them in a sound doctrine that they may never bee moved more What a delight they have to entertain it what a rejoyceing and a welcom is at the comming of righteousnes Is. 52. when the nations bee conquered by it and the church increased mark the doubling of the word Hethen Nations familyes people c. what a God hee is in respect of their Idoles that is so to bee commended mark the charge bless him preach him tell out his glory c. And this for true and righte Iudgement the stay of the whole world Mark the doubling again PSALM XCVII THe kingdom of heaven of righteousnes and of God is not with outward observation but hee reigneth in darknes with a cloud about him in a dark and obscure stile of speaking that his Enimyes may not perceive him For right judgement and understanding of the minde is his Throne and the fire of the Law hee sets before him that burns round about his foes The flashes of his lightnings make all the earth afrayed and the hartes of great kingdomes the Mountains of the world to melt as wax at his presence and to becom soft and yeeld unto him And his Glory beeing like the heavens putteth down all idolatry and bragging worship and saveth his gratious ones from the wicked and to preserve their lives by forsakeing of ill by that subintellectuall light which is preached unto them And for these benefits may the Ilandes rejoyce and triumph keep holy Sabbath for the peace that preserveth their trade Mount Sion and Iudah for his Iudgements and advauncement of their God aboue all the Godly for their preservation and the just for light and understanding Construction Tsade for meat or food which is the delight which they have in the Kingdom of God and raigning of righteousnes by preaching and instruction of the Sabbath that all the earth may bee glad of And also for Gods excellent Iudgements of Zion Ps. 19. to rejoyce in Another part of the kingdom of God is his judgement and punishment sevenfold upon his foes when hee teacheth the Godly and his deer ones how to save their lives and this by fire work of his wrath out of the Law before him according to the letter Zain for sevenfold Mark the doubling of both partes of the throne the one part is of justice and of light and the other of darknes and of firey judgement The buissines of rejoyceing is all over light to the righteous and judgement upon the wicked that the earth tremble at Mark all the repetitions and relative speeches for that Numbers The wildernes heer is Gods Enimyes opposed to his beloved and deer ones and the Idolaters of the Nations and Image-makeers they are the cheeff that bee daunted and abashed at his Glory inviteed to his worship for his excelling of all Gods for judgements beeing Lord of all the earth Mark the relation and repetition between light and darknes God and Idoles rejoyceing c. And this for the glory of the kingdom PSALM XCVIII WOnderfull strange workes of salvation hath the Everlasting wrought by the Dexterity of his holy ministry and his righteousnes in the Law called his right hand and holy Arm even in the sight of the heathen which hee fullfilled in carrying them through the sea and drawing them out of mighty waters as Ps. 18. beeing kinde and faithfull to Israel that all the world have taken notice of the salvation of their God Therfor now they are to sing a new song unto him And that with all solemnity and greatest triumph that can bee before their king with Iubeling and chaunting psalmes and sonets with hart and musicall voice with shrill soundes of trumpets that the sea and all that is in it the world and all the dwellers in it rivers and hills and all creatures wher ever men goe may thunder and sound out Echoes of Ioy and gladnes and rejoyce and keep holy day before him hee commeth to judge the earth that judgeth all justly divideing the word Construction Tsade for meat or food They are fed with the great joy of his salvation by revelations and cleer interpretations of his mysteryes and hid things of the word Act. 14. Ier. 15. At his comming and raigning with righteousnes Eph. 3. and a cleer judgement within them Wherto all the world ought to bee obedient they are made wise unto salvation and to judge right with in them selves His food of mercy and truth they live by Mark the repetition salvation wonderfull work and reveled made known remembred and see relatives Mark the doubling of all the words reacting his prais joy The two letters Tsach cleer or to cleer Is. 66. by loudnes shrillnes plainnes c. the letter Cheth for fear is spareed becaus of the insisting upon rejoyceing the contrary Numbers The wildernes is implyed by the Heathen the endes of the earth and the confuseed world and her inhabitants that before the comming of the word unto them were without God in the world or any true judgement unto salvation to delight in Mark the repetition word judge justly c. They must needs therfor greatly rejoyce at the comming therof PSALM XCIX HOw bewtifull are the feet of him that preacheth good tideings and bringeth news of peace and salvation in his lips Now Righteousnes raigneth in the Ministers the Angels and Cheruâ—s woe bee to the Gentiles and nations of the Heathen And while God is so great in Zion and so farr exalted above them they were best to incline to his Kingdom and worship his Name that is so great so reverend and so holy For all the strength of a Kingdom is the lovâ—ing of Iudgement and prepareing
of Right which is the Law as Psal. 111. And God hath made in Iacob in that kingdom of priests a Law both of judgement and justice for the peace and salvation of his servants which hee committed to Moses Aaron and Samuel of his Priests in a cloudy and dark stile when they called upon him that they should handle the same and they observed it and received the understanding of it to preach it to all The summ of all which hee answered them was the two parts of the Law defineing himself unto them as Ps. 19. that the Law had reward and punishment in it and that hee was a God of forgivenes and a God of revenge for their works Therfor that they should exalt greatly the throne of that kingdom of justice of their God and fall at his feet at his footstool Ierusalem and becom his subjects becaus hee is holy and prostrate their selves in Zion at his holy hill for the holynes of the Law and the vtterance therof the everlasting Kingdom of God and his Righteousnes Construction Tsade for food for receiving of the word and preaching of it Exod. 19.20 Iudgement the strength of Government and of a King is heer for food Micah 5. This was Iacobs portion and the majesty of Zion Gods Testimonyes and prescripts answers out of the Law in a secret stile Heerwith is his ministry fed when they call and all rule preserved and kingdom established Hee raigneth within the vaile in the moste holy place and feedeth with mercey and forgiuenes from the mercy seat and reuenge a kinde of judgement from the Law And this is his holynes mark the word repeated and argued Iudgement answer holy strength and confirming calling c. Theth to decline or stoop or bow or prostrate as from Cheth the second letter in the other peece They extoll him with all humility and reverence for the same Marke the doubling of the words Exalt and prostrate c. and equalls footstool holy hill c. Numbers The Nations for want of Iudgement have no strength nor stay of government but are in commotion are declineing and tottering all in peeces kingdoms divideed against them selves they cannot stand The doctrine of Zion beeing so farr above theirs is to bee admirably exalted and reverenceâ—d and for the holynes of it opposeed to the wildernes of their profanenes PSALM C. WHat it is to tell out the loueing kindenes and faithfullnes of God at morning and evening prayer of the Sabbath Ps. 92. and the worthynes and benefit therof is shewed cleerly in this psalme to bee thankfullnes vnto him For what better thing can be then it by which God is best and onely gloryfied Ps. 50. and man best pleased seeing that the repeating of kindenes expresseth thanks Then as kindenes is measureed by the benefits and faithfullnes seen in all good turns so the greatest good turn and greatest benefit and the greatest kindenes deserveth the greatest thankes Now what greater goodnes could ther bee to the Church then their Creation and reforming of their heathenish manners and the makeing of them by his Word and Law wherby he became a father vnto them begetting them out of all darknes feare and distress to a most glorious light and boldnes and salvation to make them his own people his holy people and his onely inheritance his sheep and flock and congregation and to bee their dayly sheephard and Pastor as Ps. 23. giueing them their education and food out of the Doctrine therof And what worship thanks or blessing or prais or honour can bee sufficient for so great a benefit Therfore for the goodnes of his everlasting kindenes and faithfulnes it is required that they neglect not but come before him and keep Sabbath in his holy place and with all alacrity all triumph all glory and melody that can bee that of all offerings they remember to sacrifice thanks and praise in his courts with all their forcees And that they recompens worship and blessing of his Name the cheeffest service for evermore then which nothing can bee sweeter in the nostrels of God Construction Quoph of Jaquaph to compass beseege or invade Ios. 6. which hee expoundeth by the word bo to come vpon or to or invade Is. 41. wherfore the word is twise vseed that it may bee noteed As also by the rest of the words that intend the priests function that minister about him in the congregation on the Sabbath as triumph serue and thank and prais and bless c. the Eternall and his Name in his hous for his loueing kindenes that is alwayes round about them and compassing them Ps. 32. and imbraceing of them Numbers Hee imbraceed them with his grace in the wildernes and with his loue and kindenes drew them to him and built them vp with Faith in his Word Is. 31. The Eternall is the God that made them and owes them and feeds them What is heere intended but the godhead of grace and mercy in the Name Iehovah Eternall the way of God Psal. 145.116 Deut. 4. Exod. 33. Distinguished by the repetition of the demonstratiue Hee hee that c. And this his everlasting mercyes and goodnes and truth of his word his faith and loue haue compassed them and wonn them out of rudenesse and mended their manners So the Makeer Owner and Pasture is nothing but the way of God which is to lead liue an eternall life which neuer expireeth as the Law that dyeth not while the kingdom standeth which beeing a life for all and for ever and for rest is called Eternall PSALM CI. IN this Psalme David makeeth God to teach his way and to tell his minde to them that feare him promissed Psal. 25. which is the Iudgement and the kindenes mentioned in the Psalmes heere before which hee now makeeth a Psalme of to wit of Grace and of condemnation which the word yeeldeth at the hearing therof beeing the Baptism of the holy Ghost and of fire and the fann that purgeth the floor and makeeth clean the corn from the chaff and diuideeth the sheep from the Goats the blessed from the cursed and the Elect from the reprobate Wher God teacheth in his Church the perfect way that hee himselfe walketh in his hous with an intyre hart as Ps. 26. when they come vnto him shewing whom he setteth out of sight and who shall not cleane with him whom hee hateeth and whom hee will put away whom hee will take no knowledge of whom hee will utterly dissolue and whom hee cannot abide Whom his eyes are upon to dwell with him walk with him and serve him and who shall not dwell with him nor tary in his sight That by this division the Enimyes of God may bee soon cutt off and dissolved from the citty of God and his habitation The knowledge wherof is also a wonderfull benefit For by this description and separation and excommunication of the wicked the just may bee saveed and the church increased For how shall they
this book Construction Quoph â—o compass or invireon the band of covenant and strictnâ—s of promiss Neh. 9. the secâ—nd letteâ— Iod for a hand or to worship is to confess or repeat and remember c. For allusion to Jod in Sara the tenth vers is divideed and cast to the ninthe and the eleventh for Iod in Sara and the operation of the two He-es in the words Hodh Vehadhar in the letter He for example and princely habit of godlines Ps. 104.45.145.21 and reward of righteousnes makeing the one a Princess the other â— Monark according to Iah in prais of the Name of God which conteineth Iod and two He-es Aleph for their dayly instruction in the promiss and in the word wherwith they are sed to a perfect understanding All three letters spell Qui to vomit hee worketh by the contrary the good operation digestion and delightfullnes of Gods works beeing glorious and mighty Mark the repetition Deuteronomy The Recitation is the wonderfullnes of the work and way of God in the mystery of his promiss thus concealed Mark the repetition prais worship fear reverend convenant truthe rememberance works gracious and mercifull for ever for the eternity of the life and work and way of God and the comendation of it His works are wonderfull they are so delightfull so reverend so seemly so just so loveing and kinde and pittyfull so mighty so true so judicious and discreet and his word so faithfull and so plain PSALM CXII MErcifull and just men have more light then other men That when for pitty they lend that beeing good they may provide their matters by Iudgement because they remain still and are remembred for ever And having their faith and confidence upon this sure foundation of the righteousnes of the Law and their hart so established therin that for any ill report of the spyes and the promiss to Abraham or ill or hard look of their enimyes they fear not They likewise bestow their goodes upon the poor that heerin their righteousnes also may last for ever and that they may bee highly glorifyed therby Wheras in this the wicked for want of his desire melteth and gnasheth his teeth for envye to see it Now doth happines consist in abundance of riches or shall wee take care to fullfill the lusts of it or think yee that riches in godlynes No Godlynes is great riches yf a man bee content with that hee hath and great reward and happines followeth the profession therof Therfor laying away this shadow let us com to the light the sens then is that mens hartes by the fear of God shall bee storeed and mightyly blessed with knowledge and doctrine of the Law and promisses Psal 145. as also with great judgement to use it as Ps. 40. and great alacrity to impart it as Ps. 41. which is the riches of grace and of God and of the word of God and the constant preaching therof to those that want understanding and are without the same Which is the breaking and giveing to the poor thus cooling the tongs of the thirsty Through which the righteous are for ever blessed and their righteousnes remaineth for ever Ps. 1. in despight of all malignity of the wicked and to the great horror and tormenting of them This Psalme alludeeth wholely to the first because that is the beginning of wisdom shewing the everlasting prospority of righteousnes that tree of a godly life Psal. 1. Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to turn back or about As at hearing ill newes or sight of an Enimy by the word fear doubled and opposed to confidence reputed for righteousnes in Tsedhaquah Which letters yeeld a hundred ninety and nine to bear at the fruit of godly life That Abrahams great riches was the promiss which hee beleeved at 75 by the words Hon Vegnosher in the letter He. Iod for the commutation of the letter Iod idle in Sara the mutuall love and faith of them bothe by divideing and casting that vers of Iod the tenth into the nineth and eleventh like the former Psalm for Abraham According to Iah Gods name of eternity that counteineth in it Iod the two He-es Beth a hous for everlasting Mark the repetition Iust upright fear righteousnes remain for ever gracious pittiful c. Deuteronomy The recitation is the way of a just man that feareth God that shall bee mighty in haveing and mighty in dooing and greatly blessed in the way and work of eternall life mercey and truthe and faith and love and delight in the Law And hee shall have wonderfull and strange success to his harts desire when the way of the wicked shall melt PSALM CXIII THis psalme hangeth to the last by receiving tâ—e word from aloft from the Angels and Ministers from heaven beeing preached to the Poor and divideed and distributeed to the simple and destitute of knowledge and unlearned such as have need of understanding and are in distress and misery Likewise it prayeth by the prayer and confidence of Hannah for a third heaven of understanding Concerning the literall sens hee sheweth fiâ—st that ther is none so mercifull or compassionate nor to bee compareed for humility with God that vouchsafeth from his glorious dwelling to visit the base earth and to redeem them that bee troden to dust by oppression and as it were cast awayes and such as are throwen to the dunghill for things of nought and of no valew to make them valewable with the best and promote them to the highest and to quicken the dead and fruitless wombs and to cheer the barren woman with a houffull of children and to make the despiseed and upbraided woman an honorable mother and wipeing away all teares from the eyes Now beecaus ther is such prosperity by calling upon God and praying to him hee praiseth him again and again and willeth his Ministers from morning to Everning and for ever as long as the sunn shineeth to prais and bless the Name of the Everlasting So the excellent and moste soveraigne Name of God beeing Scriptures wherin hee is nameed the whole word and Law of God wherin hee is mentioned and beeing meditateed or preached or meditateed and preached is so repleat with Grace and mercey and favour and compassion from on highe on the afflicted and low degree that it giveth them all life and consolation and resurrection and comfort in the spirit Hee recordeth heer the prayer and prais of Hannah 1. Sa. 1.2 and Mary Luc. 1. for Sara Gen. 11. Merry for Isaak Gen. 18. For power and might and glory of creation Gen. 1. And whole dayes service of the Sabath Construction Quoph to compass or invireon Like houses and dwellings and Company by the multiplyeing the termn dwelling by sitt dwell and inhabit hous c. also doubling the word with people princees and childeren opposeed to barren or one rooted out poor desolat or cut off Is. 54. Iod of Hodah to confess publish or commend by the multiplyeing the termn prais for
in this psalme hee makeeth every letter a preacher and keeper of the Law Hee dealeth not onely by A B C as in other psalmes to ground them in the profession of Godlines but by mood and method in all art to instruct them to felicity and to crown thâ—m with eternall life that is the best understanding the wel performing of the Law according to the true sens therof So as every letter useeth to vary according to the work this is eight fold for the number of consequencees and workes of the Law For now hee seeketh not the way of the Lord as ps 25. nor the fear of God ps 34. nor faith psal 37. nor the work of God psal 111. nor charitable riches ps 112. but the whole perfection and light of the Law ps 19. the stone that slew Goliah psal 9. and perfect way of God the sunn and moon light of judgement ps 19.37 the flood that drowneth the Enimyes and destroying meteors ps 29. and bridle of humility 39. and redemption 49. the cloud 99. the curs of the serpent 109. by note and collection wher all the 22 letters doo shew their skill in keeping the Law that hee may drink a helth unto them as ps 116. and hee may bee throughly welcom for doctrine as in the last psalme haveing on the whole armour of salvation against all sweet temptation as of riches prais and strength and favour The second third fowerth and fifth verses in Râ—sh contein Chronicle in their first wordes and first letters For the severall states from the promist and time of peregrination in Egypt and till they returned to Canaan again 430. for the time of the judges 480. For the time of the Kingdome till the end of the captivity 477. from thence are the 490 Daniels weeks to Christ. which St. Math. hath by generations fâ—om Abraham to David to the captivity and then to Christ. Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass is moste proper the grace and love of God the truthe of the word the way of eternal life to guard him save him Iod for continuall publication and confession therof Teth of Natah to decline as the keeping of the Law or swarving from it Quit for Quot to greev or bee yrksom or lothe Hee disputeth by the contrary his exceeding love and delight that hee hath to the Law Therfor that hee might be perfected Deuteronomy His recitation heer is of the grace and truthe of the word and of the wonderfull effects of it propertyes and parts of the Law which bee 8 according to Exo. 20. Com. 2. Hee prayeth for mercy infinite for his infinit love and observation of the same That hee may have life therby The Abce is eight-fold frameed to the eight termes of the Law so that not one vers in all the Psalme doth fail of som one of the sayd remnes and ever more in every vers one of them is doubled to make you mark it In He the eighth letter himself onely excepted And these bee the words heer meant by a kinde of Mishne or duplication by A B Ces to eight PSALM CXX THese fifteen psalmes have not one word of the Law nor Elohim the name of God for judgement once in them wherby it appeereth they argue tresspass and transgression according to the title and the stile as for trespass offerings for grace and peace and pardon and forgivenes wholely Because hee dares not stand to the Law for his salvation as ps 130. The number agreeth with Iah the eternall for his grace and goodnes and continuall presence Exod. 33. The Iewes affected a heavenly Kingdom and the heathen them This Psalme keepeth reckoning of the dayes of strife Gen. 6. the degrees of excellence of the Law 15 cubits above all nations and Kingdoms of the world by the baptism of the holy Ghost The divill was a murtherer from the beginning the serpent and Enimye of God and his Church by lyeing and fals dissembling which is his whole practise against the truthe for which hee is accursed and condemned as ps 109. heerwith hee woundeth moste deeply with greeff the hart of the Godly that love the truthâ— that a Giants strength can not pierce so deep with the sharpest arrow and kindle-eth hotter wrath and more smarting strife then can bee resembled by the hotest burning coles that can bee This Enimye is Meshek and Kedar an ill neighbour of the Church the country of Gog of the sonnes of Iaphet northward which yet could not like to bee of Sems religion beeing sowen among them For they were mighty and desireed warr with the Church and hateed the peace therof For this the Church is far from building tabernacles among them for their preachers glory But for the coursnes of their neighbourhood and entertainment thought themselves accursed to dwell with them and the time too long they had spent among them the time too long they had spent among them and set their minde upon them And becaus they know not what belongeth to this peace and prosperity of the Church and are good for nothing but to offend it and have nothing in them but this kinde of persecution as they are scattered among them the Church beeing in this woe and dâ—stress prayeth for deliveranâ—e from them Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to inviron is heer to gird too streit by the termn distress or affliction Hee is besieged with spitefull and contentious neighbours Thes 15. compass by the figure Anadyplosis duplication or repetition according to Mishne torah Of the suns goeing back Is. 38. adding to the kings dayes by life of the Law Psal. 61. in repairing Hezekias according to his Name Caph to bow or bend transferred to thâ— bow of the tongue that is sayd to shoot falâ— and deceiptfull words Ier. 9. Ps. 64.58 like arrowes of wildfire and inflammations unquenchable Ia. 3. Mark the repetition to be invironed and confineed as to inhabit sojourn or dwell affliction peace warr deceiptfull tong c. Caph a hand for the betakeing their handes to weapons And arrowes are for handes and also tongues Psal. 35.64 Deuteronomy This kinde hath nothing to doo with the Godly no more then the divills with Christ. Math. 8. Mar. 5. Luc. 8. Not to talk grace or truth or to medle with a godly way or repeating of God his miraculous works or confessing his kindnes or preaching his truthe and eternall life beeing Enimyes to peace What shall it give c. What shall it add c. Which is heer for recitation They can not doo God any service beeing quite opposite PSALM CXXI BY faith all men are made the sonnes of God therfor stand fast in the faith for by faith yee stand This psalme is fitted to the former to shew the succour releeff for such distress That against the fals-hood ther is no such strength as uprightnes and no such confidence as in a cleer conscience and in right perfection and no such preservation as that of the Creator him self That
whatsoever is well preserved and don and wrought according to God Io. 3. is likewise well saveed and easily defended and mainteined And for this the Church hath their beleeff and faith in God the maker of heaven and earth for their ready help in distresses as Ps. 46.115 and for their continuall preservation Seeing that as a father hath pitty on his â—wn childe and a mother succoureth that shee bringeth foorth so that ther will wanâ— no care and vigilancey in the Creator for succour and maintenance and preservation of the creature who will not sleep from the shadow of the word from Ierusalem on their right hand that is on their south side and instruction from thence And so all things may bee possible unto them for their deliverance to keep them that they fall into no ill wayes that no season or weather shall hurt them That they bee not sunn buâ—nt and scorched with infamy and ignominious reproche and bee safe from the greatest dominions on either side round about them That all their goeing out and in all their Exodus and leading of their lives from morning till evening and from day to day shall bee with security from time to time for ever Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to inviron as standers by one or to one as helpers and assisters Ps. 94. a shadow at the right hand for a Defendour and a Protector Ps. 16. Ier. 3. And a looker to Caph of Caphaph to bow or bend his feet shall not be stirred by captivity Hee that keepeth him will not sleep let him be taken but will see him safe foorth home by day by night Caph a hand for help shadow saveing c. Ex. 33. Aleph for instruction hee meaneth by the great builder instructor his tutor and keeper of the way of his life Ge. 3. Ps. 146.91 Mark the repetition Deuteronomy Heer the rehearsall is of the God of kindenes him self the Eternall so often repeated And God of truthe that is so infinit in his mercey and compassion That takeeth in hand all misery and all calamity to cure Ps. 146. How vigilant hee is It is wonderfull for the salvation of his people according to his word that sleepeth not Ps. 33. Ehje and Jehovah Are terms of greeff Eze. 7. Is. 47. and greeff and woe keepeth wakeing greeff moveth compassion and that is the Eternall Is. 54. that sendeth and pittyeth c. Ex. 3.33 Ma. 24. Mark the efficacey of the wordes Eternall keep preserve c. goeing out and in life c. PSALM CXXII THough I had all faith that I could remove mountaines and had not love it were nothing love is better then any sacrifice love fullfilleth the Law love is the end of the comandemment Ro. 13. 1. Tim. 1. Math. 22. Therfor hee that judgeth rightly of it is not far from the kingdom of God The peace of God passeth all understanding and keepeth the hart in knowledge and love of him therfor except the church bee well seasoned with knowledge and have peace one with an other faith is not so dureable so firm so constant and so forceible For without knowledge followeth no beleeff nor any conclusion without circumstance nor any rock without a sound demonstration nor effect without charity which is by mariage and Affinity of consequencees and aptnes and likeing by conjugation that whatsoever can bee concludeed likeed and also agreed upon by the Church what ever it bee that undoubtedly is made possible Therfor all is to bee don in Love for love hath boldnes and ther is no fear in love So what can bee beleeued but that which the love and affectation and combination of the causes concord in all moodes may perform or what beleeff in Christ except the ground work bee love for knowledge puffeth up but love edifieth And for this hee prooveth the amiablenes of Ierusalem and the glory of the Church of God and allurements therunto Psalm 87. to abide in the Law of God is to keep his commandements by the construction the resort the Excercise for fraternity freendship acquaintance the house of God that is in it for which hee loveeth it moste deerly and wisheth peace about it and prosperity within it and that all may prosper that love it and delighteeth so much to goe up unto it and remain in it Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass or inviron as by the trenches and palacees that are about the citty for peace Alludeing to the Name of the citty Is. 20.32.60 Ps. 48.147 By their greeting and saluteing and freendly wishes is meant their manner which is bowing for Caph the second letter as Mich. 6. by bidding wishing their welth and peace as Math. 10. Lu. 10. Caph for the soles of the feet Ierusalem becaus ther were the cheeff thrones and Assemblyes Bâ—th a hous is heer by the hous of the Eternall and the hous of David c. Also the tribes or branches for houses Mark all the repeating of the termnes Deuteronomy They say that in Ierusalem men ought to worship Io. 4. Deu. 12.16 This is the place of repeating and admireing recreating of all flesh with the word and remembrance of all God his works and goodnes to them Ps. 65. which they frequented and whither they solemnly resorted therfor Zach. 14. Mark the repetition and commendation of it Both for preaching and judgeing and correcting of them PSALM CXXIII BY these degrees they get up into celestiall dwellings highe placees and roomes of godlynes and spirituall understanding by which all principality and power is subdueed and the captiveers them selves captiveed as Ps. 68. And they are made a complet building and temple of holynes and divine knowledge and replenished with the fullnes of God From which Asscension and cogitation beeing higher then any heaven all degrees of Ministers according to their measure and gift for thâ— gathering of the Saincte are furnished Eph. 4. Now that this Psalme and the former as they touch so that they may bee seen to concern ech other mark the property of love it suffereth long and beareth all things And again becaus God hath his whole dwelling in these heavenly placees and they are in so base esteem and skorned among the proud Quiescents by them that are at case for their poverty by which they have long remained in great derision as servants stedfastly look and gape and tend at their masters handes for meat and wagees so the Churches eyes are bent unto the father of spirits looking for som spirituall grace that hee will pitty them and give them som heavenly reward and victory and salvation For their singular suffering and waiting Construction Grace mercy and peace the comun safegard of the Apostles is heer the invironing for Quoph the first letter by doubling of the termn pitty as also of the name Eternall For countenance Exod. 33. Psal. 84. The contrary is skorn and contempt that they have their fill of in time of captivity by proud
and this teaching and hearing is the Sabbath work of refreshing and reviveing the miserable and dead-comfortless soule of man ps 113. This is the food of the congregation the miraculous sustenance out of the Law and Testaments that lasteth from meal to meal with full cupbordes for ever as ps 144. That whereof every disciples basket and his store is blessed with increas and for this is the day to be kept holy and sanctifyed for the presence of God and his word in it that sanctifyeth the hearers Which presence yf God vouchsafe not the people are forsaken and perish for want of his kingdom Now that in this psalme hee may seem to sanctifie the Sabbath and to keep it holy he layeth down precisely all the circumstance of his behaviour and the worship and keeping of it and that most from ps 92. that hee may seem more capable of this food and sanctifycation of the spirit by the manner the presence the place the end and the reason of all As thus he will worship God with all his heart he will chant him out before the gods and Angels and judges hee throwes himself prostrate at his temple hee worships his Name for his loveing kindenes and his faithfullnes and that because he hath made his promise greater than all his Name ps 12. Now becaus his worship is so perfect hee desireth to bee heard in the day and time of his calling and that he would sustein with great strength in his minde and releev him largely That all the kings of the world might likewise worship God when they have him and his wordes and sing of his wayes and of his great glory which are his miraculous and wonderfull woâ—ks of kindenes also of his promiss and faithfulnes Now becaus he is high and beholdeth the low and the mean ones psal 113 and seeing hee is lofty and kenneth farr and his word findeth men out every wher hee prayeth now that God would bestow his heavenly food and bread of sustenance uppon him That as we labour all the week to rest the sabbath so that we may be fed in the sabbath to bee able to labour all the week That is that of a man in great distress and in the midst of sorrows he would make him a cheerfull man and revive him and being besieged round about with adversity that he would lay his hand upon his enemies face and blindefold them and by the prosperous and dexterous right hand of his ministry save him And that God who is the onely doer about him and his kindenes is for ever would not now forsake the works of his own hands and creatures of his Law and that he would never fail them with his kingdom that bringeth all things with it but let him see the fulnes and pleasure and joy at his right hand beeing his portion and cup and inheritance ps 16.116 Construction Quoph to compass the kindenes of God about him to strengthen him in affliction giâ—deth him Mark Gnoz and Zarrah seven seventies and 490 ps 25.34.119 see kindenes repeated Ion. 2. Lamed Lerning is heer a larger extent of Gods Name it is all his Law and his word and his work and his way which is grace and truth that shineth after him by effect that with his glory ps 29. putteth out his enemyes eyes spieth the afflicted being never so deep or farr from him to releeve him It commendeth the reading of the Law and Prophets and for this the word saying and Name and hand is repeated Cheth to prostrate by bowing down c. and lowly c. all his humble supplication and adoration in deep distress ps 5. Is. 18. all the letters qualach from whence qualachah a caldron for affliction Deuteronomy his dayly worship and psalming in the Temple can be nothing but of his mervilous acts of grace towards his church and creatures and of the life of the word that feedeth them and disgrace to his enemies Ier. 20. Mark the word worship for a repetition or confession Hee fullfilleth all his saying and all by his saying PSALM CXXXIX IN this psalme beginning with Trespass hee sheweth by the stones of triall in the brest-plate of judgement described as ps 149. by the law is a mans life spanned out and made square every way that God is made privy to them all If it be in position by lyeing down and riseing up hee knoweth their miscarriage therein If it bee in their travail or their rest hee keepeth round about all their wayes and pryeth into every trick of them If it be in speech or language hee knoweth every word Hee besets them round about they cannot go forth nor back but his hand is uppon them which is their conscience of sinne against the law which he calleth a wonderfull and a higher knowledge than he can attain unto from the sight of which trespass and conscience of sinne becaus ther is no escapeing neither in heaven nor hell nor beyond sea nor in the dark whatsoever hee committeeth by imagination or worship but hee is every wher with them and alwaies in sight of them and hee can no way out-goe him or hide from him nay that God possessed his reins before he was born and becaus he was fearfully hidden and he knew that his works were wonderfull and that hee saw his bones though they were made in secret and that hee was set together under the earth and his clue and windeing and his dayes recorded before he was born now for this hee devides himself from the wicked deerly to think of God as a father and to worship and honour him for his creation and that his cheeff and deerest and most honourable thoughts are mighty and wonderfull many of him even above the sand of the sea in number seeing as long as hee is awake hee is never out of minde of him Hee will have no fellowship with any wickednes with such as rebell and risâ— against God in fals and vain imagination idolatrous trespass Ps. 119. S. And throughly hateth all the enemies of God and they to him are for deadly Enimyes And all the sinister side for Sin ps 109.119 sh. and hath God on his right hand as ps 16. to shew his conversion repentance and amendment Now seeing nothing can be hid from God and from his all seeing presence in his Law and conscience but they shall bee visited to the third and fourth generation hee prayeth to bee searcheed and his heart and thoughts to be tryed and known throughly to see yf ther bee any way or work of idolatrie or sorrowfull trespass in him Yf ther bee that hee would lead him the way and work of eternity and amendment of life and forgive him And this is a resurrection which the Law performeth by long looking into the hearts and consciences of men to restore them and deliver them out of the bonds of sin and death and hell and the divell and from all slavery wherinto they are sunk by offences yf ther be
Gutturalls perish haue their reward and by the power of the Eternall the Quiescents are preserved Peace and silence c. note the quiescents PSALM XXIX THe word of God is mighty in operation it divideth between the marrow and the bone Out of the light of salvation Ps. 27. and knowledge in the Law of God riseth admirable glory and mighty confidence for edification and sustenance in the spirit as Ps. 28. That the glory and power therof may be moste famous as Ps. 76. wher the very sound therof breaketh the weapons and maketh an end of the warr by the chideing of the moste high in his dwelling place and sanctuary Salem Zion For exceeding lustre and strength heerof it is called a Kingdom as Ps. 143.144.145 and heer therfore the effect therof is called a King and God of glory to raigne for ever as Ps. 24.19 And this is for the voice and spirit of the word it self and possession of the Scriptures called the waters and the great waters and the flood which hee occupyeth with such majesty and such commande with such aflonishment of Doctrine such terror to the Princes and tossing of the mountaines the Cedars and Lebanon and all the lofty ones setting their hartes and all the woodes on fire as in Cadesh and to tremble with great greeft makeing all things naked and revealing of all secrets discovering of al hartes and greeving the great deer of the forrest for want of cover And becaus hee so shineth in his temple and so disquieteth his Enimyes and giveth his people such blessing of strength peace beyond the power of all Gods that hee willeth all Gods and princes and mighty and godly men the children of the Gods and Ministers to ascribe all power and glory to him for ever the glory of his name with all humility in his decent sanctuary So for the might and majesty of Gods word in the Scriptures called the waters Ps. 68.150 and his thundring out of his miraculous Acts therin that plague the great kings in the wildernes of Zin in Cadesh 38. yeers by the firey flames of the Law and becaus all that hee speaketh in his temple is glory and becaus the Eternalls throne is upon the flood therof wher hee sitteth ever king and giveth strength end peace to his people as Psal. 93.147 hee wisheth all glory and strength to be asâ—cribed to the Eternall and his name as Ps. 96. and great worship in his sanctuary Construction Caph a hand yeeld or give ascribe or offer Caph to bow bend or worship for adoration and oblation of the Priests and Ministers Caphah a branch when the trees be all shivered and the woods made all bare of boughes Iob. 15. Exod. 9. Tet of Tete to sweep away all Isai. 14. and this by the moste terrible Meteors to shew the force and fiercenes of the word of God Therfor that they should yeeld him the glory of calling upon him with all glory Genesis The quiescency is in Iehova that mastereth the watâ—rs as Noah in the Ark. The double doctrine of Dagesh in begad cepheth to be woren in the Ephod one kinde of Dagesh on the one shoulder and the other on the other by thes wordes yeeld c. glory and strength Dagesh tiphereth and dagesh chazak they must adore with decency The voice c. is with might and with majesty The glorious giving of the Law in mount Sina called the waters Exod. 19. Deut. 5. the strength and quiescency of his church to make his name and the calling upon him moste glorious Iehova or Hovah Isai. 47. by calamities and comfort Hee tells Iehevah 18 times over and El twise to shew the weight and glory of his name Jah which make 20. Mark the repetition PSALM XXX HEE that ascended is hee that descended first into the lower parts of the earth In the eighteenth Psalme David was baptised in trouble and in the nineteenth born by the word and made the childe of God by reformation and from thence strengthened and confirmed by his Name for which hee giveth all glory to God And in this Psalme hee is received to glory the greatest glory of God beeing his resurrection Before the loss of the Ark David was but over shooes and wetshod in affliction yet hee made his recovery great and his deliverance miraculous but now hee is up to the neeck yea over head and eares in hevynes when hee hath lost his charge his strength and ornament and salvation So that hee meaneth heer an infinit magnifying of God for his resurrection out of such a sorrow beeing as a poor ship wract man of all his confidence For ther is no descent so low as into a mans enimyes hands and no captivity so miserable or any misery so greevous as the whole Churches to a Defendour as is seen by Moses And haveing lost a sure estate and feeling the horror of Gods wrath and destruction and fallen in this terrible pit of distresses and affliction as seeing no way but death before him and considering well that there would com no profit by the death of a poor and wreched sinner but rather by his conversion and considering that God is not for ever angry as Ps. 77. and that there is Ioy and life to bee in Gods favour and likeing Ps. 34. hee turneth wholely to God for help and cryeth out of this great deep for redemption and forgivenes as Ps. 130. and obteineth to bee remitted and salved raised again and quickned that hee may sing and dance for joy and that his own Glory may for ever prais him for this shifting of him out of such miserable and sinfull corruption into such a glorious liberty again That hee ought for ever to worship him and Say Death wher is thy sting and hell wher is thy victory And for this hee so mightily extolleth God And as all the starrs in heaven differ in glory so the greatest glory in mans profession and protestation of religion is his resurrection from base corruption And therfor that ther is no way in heaven or earth to extoll it or thank him worthyly And this much for his dedication 2. Sam. 5.6 Construction Lamed for lerning or truth he maketh the light and life of the world Io. 1. hee dealing by the contrary as by the termes of darknes of adversity the pit horror Anger terror night mentioning heerby the lamentable and unprofitable state of darknes or ignorance that is intended From whence S. Mathew hath the children of the Kingdom which should be the children of light shall becom utterly ignorant by term utter Darknes and sorrow Which is nothing but the state of Ignorance Math 8. When God hideth his face and his glory shineth not and the Scriptures are not cleer For this hee prayeth for illumination and his glory to worship a right which is the brightnes of lerning to declare the truth His heavynes and his reviveing is from his God eternall Iehovah his virtuous remedy of Compassion marck the office
With speaking against it or denieing it Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass or invireon for the kindenes of God that doth allwayes stand about the faithfull and protecteth them and helpeth them and comforteth them that trust in him Ps. 32.33 Quotou they are yrksom lothsom and tedious as are the Images that ther is no use of For ther is no light in us but in the Law of God that is the makeer of heaven and earth See the repetition God thrise for the opposeing of Imagees God can doo all things and they nothing Eternall for affection and preservation of the whole church Trust help and defense c. Prais Iah 15. by the works of Iehovah and for the spirit therof that images have not Ps. 135.149 Deuteronomy The reciteing and Rehersall heer is the generall blessing of God for his grace and the wonderfull light of his truthe through faith Mark the repetition Israel Aaron and all that fear God bless Eternall twise abridged Jah for Jehovah heaven upon you twise c. For multiplyeing of his grace for ever And this serveth for an admiration of the wonderfull way of God Imagees and dead men can say nothing to it it belongs to the liveing to register the Acts of the Eternall That they may bee of blessed memory and have a fruitfull posterity Consider the infinite increas and fructifyeing in Egypt Deut. 10. Num. 2. According to the Name of Ioseph in phrase of adding as Act. 2. And his blessing Gen. 49. Deut. 33. As the like is in the next of Iosuah in phrase of saveing Dealing upon the story as it goes PSALM CXVI THis psalme is joined to the former by shewing why the Name of God should bee so glorifyed above all as Ps. 92. And the effect of calling upon him for at what time so ever hee calleth in what distress so ever hee bee and whatsoever hee requesteth it is readily graunted and hee is heard and reveeled When for misâ—rable distress and greeff the very pangs of death and the grave had fallen upon him and had hold of him as Psal. 18. that hee doubted of life and hee was quite exhausted and spent as David Psal. 142. hee prayeth for life and hee was holpen that is the Everlasting that is just and kinde in all things of his wayes and works and preserveth the simple ones by his word as Ps. 19. saveed him When hee was so spent with affliction and misery that no promiss of life or salvation could possess him or comfort him and all that was promissed was incredible unto him and seemed unpossible and yet for the deer respect of his saintes hee savâ—ed him delivering him from death and pain and wandering to walk before God and his Saintes in immortality For this grace hee professeth the love of God and willeth his minde and soule to bee content and at quiet and throughly satisfyed and take rest seeing God hath dealt so bountifully with him as nothing more is to bee demanded nor any thing can bee a sufficient reward for his good turns so doubled and trebled upon him Therfor hee will take the Scriptures the book of the Law of the promiss of the Covenant and all the doctrine called the book of salvation and from thence throughout them all wassail and call upon the Name of God Ps. 119. Q. and sacrifice his devotion in Sermons of Thanks unto him in presence of all his people in witnes therof and willeth him to bee praised And as hee is his Minister and servant at his right hand and sonn of his handmaid the Church hee requesteth that hee may bee loosed and at liberty to doo the same accordingly Now seeing God calleth his sonn the Church out of Egypt heer is likewise their invocation the mercey of God upon them in redeeming them from sorrow and bringing them home to Eden their promissed rest of Canaan the gift of the Nations and their contentment and love and thankfullnes for the same to the study and contemplation of the Law of God for the love therof For their continuall succour and satisfaction safe conduit and comfort by the righteousnes and glory and pureity therof as Ps. 19. recovering them even from the chaines and thralldoom of ignorance and pit of despaire by his miraculous grace and reconciliation to serve him in all perfet knowledge and understanding in the Church and Paradise of God for ever wherto they are also thankfull and devoteed above measure And seeing all thes may well content hee willeth his soul to turn to her rest shewing how bountifull God hath dealt with him and resolving to pay ample vowes for the same Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to invireon or compass is heer dilateed by snares and torments and bonds and misery strict affliction and with releas and deliverance the opposit terms Iod a hand for death and hell and bondes that apprehended him and had hold of him Vav a crook hath the same sens but by way of saveing redeemeing and deliveringe and pulling him out of the snares and grave of affliction c. Hee would fain bee loosed that hee might serv him becaus hee is his servant See the repetition The three letters make Quaju they vomited hee dealeth on the contrary which is his love and good digestion of the good turns and merceyes of God upon him Which agree well with the godly by their deliverance when they call upon him Ier. 25. in so much that they mean to make him recompense by the thankfull service of him The Mercifull Eternall Jah the Name of Iehovah is fifteen times repeated Hee dealeth heer upon Ghimel as in the 103. And Iah and therfor ther want three verses of the A B C. Mark diligently the repetition and the kindes of instruments Deuteronomy Hee will call and speak and preach much of the Name of God and celebrate and proclaim his wonderfull merceyes by daily service offering and sacrifice for a recitation For hee redeemed them from slaveish death of Egypt and satisfyed them and gave them rest by Iosua by phrase of helping or saveing Mark the words Name Call beseech death liveing bountifull good turns Eternall for merceyfull Gratious invocation servant pay vowes in the sight of his people doubled in the place of rest Heb. 4. They make earnest heer of their delusion of Pharoh by their excuse of departure Ex. 4.5 c. PSALM CXVII THis Psalme by grace in the last psalme reaching to the kindenes and truthe Psal. 115. for which Gods name is so laudable and glorious and so to psal 92. wher it is to bee chaunted out for it and seeing it lighteth upon a seventh and therfor to require a rest as also for sanctification of the seventh yeer after the forty from Aegypt with a Sabath work of rest for the land according to the 47. dayes rain before the entering the Ark also for the number of the subdueed nations beeing seven which the loveing kindenes of God and his faithfullnes overcame and the strength