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A13065	A proceeding in the harmonie of King Dauids harpe That is to say, an exposition of 13. psalmes of the princely prophet Dauid, from the 22. vnto the 35. psalme, being a portion of the psalmes expounded by the reuerend Doctor Victorinus Strigelius, professor in Diuinity in the Vniuersity of Lipsia in Germany. Translated out of Latin into English by Richard Robinson, citizen of London. Anno Christi 1591. Seene and allovved. ...; Hypomnēmata in omnes Psalmos Davidis. Psalm 22-34. English	Strigel, Victorinus, 1524-1569.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1591 (1591)	STC 23359; ESTC S101002	113,808	186

true calling vpon God and firme consolation of our mindes rule of our life all which things are to be accounted of all men amongst the speciall good gifts And let vs not be mooued with the iudgements of Epicures which sette downe other limits of the cheefe good gyfts and other bounds of things to be by vs required but let vs know that mankinde was thereto created that therein the knowledge of God might appeare and that it might declare true testimonies of God and enioy his fellowship in the life euerlasting Therfore a thousand causes there be why with such feruencie of minde the Prophet desireth the societie and most firme coniunction with the true Church Verse 5. For in the time of trouble hee shall hide me in hys tabernacle yea in the secrete place of his dwelling shal he hide me set me vp vpon a rock of stone The Histories of all ages doo shewe that the vniuersall Church and all the godly ones are exercised in greatest dangers neyther can the truth of the doctrine be retained without great contention the most sweete figure heere then promiseth defence vnto the Church viz. He shall hide mee in hys Tabernacle For as Iehoshebeah the wife of Iehoiada the Priest when wicked Athalia raged in putting to death all the Kings seede of the house of Iuda kept and preserued the young King Ioas and sixe yeeres hid him safely in the house of God so the Lord knoweth how to deliuer his owne out of temptation and to defende them euen as it were poore supplicants flying to some place of refuge Vnto thys most swéete promise let vs annexe examples of Gods wonderfull deliuerances let vs confesse so the matter is that we all in the horrible tempests stormes of Germanie are helped and defended by GOD himselfe for these great benefits let vs giue thanks vnto God the eternall Father of our Lord Iesus Christ and let vs hartily beséech him for his sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde for vs crucified and raysed from death to life that he henceforth and for euer would defende vs in his Tabernacle as it were secretly hydden for our refuge for there is no stronger safegarde or defence in all kind of dangers then is the Tabernacle of God or as Esay saith the bosome of God Verse 6. And now shall he lift vp my head aboue all mine enemies rounde about me Verse 7. Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladnesse I will sing and speake prayses to the Lord. Well doe the Lawyers say That they which haue receiued a benefit are naturally bounde according to the manner of theyr abilitie to render due recompence And what is it I pray you that wee are able to render vnto God besides our sacrifices of thanksgiuing Let vs therefore rightly thinke with Dauid that any danger falling vpon vs is not by chance dashed aside or driuen away but that wee are helped preserued euen by God himselfe and that he heareth our prayers Let our minde honour God aright that hee hath not a vaine name and that hee dooth not neglect men but that hee vnfainedly heareth them that calleth vpon him in his Church and that he vndoubtedly beholdeth and helpeth his Church and keepeth his promises with his seruaunts These also let vs inculcate and beate into our memories and let vs commemorate the same vnto others let vs publish the same abroade when we are helped and deliuered that euen others also may be stirred vp to the due acknowledgment of GOD. Verse 8. Harken vnto my voice ô Lorde when I cry vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me Verse 9. My hart hath talked of thee seeke ye my face thy face Lord will I seeke Verse 10. O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thou thy seruant away in displeasure In the fourth verse he required to be cooptate or chosen into the societie of the true Church then which benefite none was more wishfull now because it is no lesse vertue to kéepe that is gotte then to gette that we can he prayeth feruently and craueth of God that he may be able euermore to remaine A Cittizen with the Saints and one of the housholde of God For he saw the example of Saule who when hee was the first King ouer the people of God and vndoubtedly at the first had the Spirit of God in him afterwards by reason of his contempt in greeuous offences hee was not onely forsaken of God but also was cast foorth into eternall destruction While he lookes vpon this example he oftentimes sendes foorth both prayers and sighes as if he said Lord make me a vessell of mercie and cast me not away amongst the vessels of wrath Cast me not away from thy face and take not thy holy Spirit from me Psalm 51. verse 11. Séeing then so great a personage as King Dauid with often spéeches vsed these prayers forsake mee not nor cast me away it is not our parts to doubt but that God is continually to be prayed vnto that hée would confirme that which hee hath wrought in vs and seeing he hath made vs to haue a will that he will enable vs also to performe the same so as we may render some acceptable seruice vnto him Heere also let the godly Reader consider in what manner Dauid while he was praying lifted vp and supported himselfe with remembraunce of precepts and promises My hart said vnto thee seeke ye my face that is thou commaundest in thy vnspeakeable goodnes and mercy that we should craue good things of thee and thou addest most large promises to stir vs vp vnto true prayer Although therefore great is the imbecilitie and great is also the amasednes of mans minde flying from God yet notwithstanding béeing stirred vp and prouoked by so many precepts promises let vs correct our doubting and let vs begin to come vnto God hauing Christ for our guide and let vs not thinke that Gods promises are vaine soundes or pronounced speeches as Epicures doo imagine For God hath not in vaine manifested himselfe by so excellent testimonies not in vaine hath he declared his will he will haue our darknes and doubtfulnesse to be by his word amended for he is a true God and kéepeth his promises as in the 25. Psalme it is said All the waies of the Lord are mercie and truth c. verse 9. Verse 11. When my Father and my Mother forsake me the Lord taketh me vp This is an amplification borrowed from the vnfaithfulnesse of friendes whereof Plato speaketh saying A friende yet an vnconstant creature by nature And Sophocles saith Nullum atrocius vulnus est quam defectio amici viz. No wound more greeuous nor more great Then when a friend dooth friendship breake Against this great sorrowe which the forsaking of most néere allied friendes procureth let vs oppose the consolation wherewith Dauid supporteth himselfe saying My father my Mother haue forsaken me but the Lorde hath taken

Tygranes Tygranes King of Armenia and Syria going about to defende his Sisters sonne Mithridates King of Pontus against the power of Lucullus and the Romans had gathered an host of two hundred and fiftie thousande Souldiours and beeing highly proude of thys iolly company he burst out into manie haughty speeches like as if not Gods helpe but humane expedition and force were the cause of victory But thys proude King did Lucullus with a small power ouercome and put to flight before the battell was begun hauing slaine in the Host 150000. enemies as sayth Plutarch in the history of Lucullus Let vs therefore learne that the facioned figure of this world is a slender shadow and vanquishing dreame and that in God alone all our hope of saluation ought to be reposed Verse 17. Behold the eyes of the Lord are vpon them that feare him and vpon them that trust in his mercie Verse 18. To deliuer theyr soules from death and to feede them in the time of dearth Hée spake before of the generall prouidence wherewith God prouideth for all humane kinde nowe he most sweetlie maketh mention of the speciall care wherewith God embraceth meruailously gouerneth defendeth and preserueth hys Church Beholde sayth he the eyes of the Lord are firmelie bent vpon the members of the true Church which both feare God and call vpon him the acknowledgement and confidence in the Mediator Iesus Christ first shining foorth in theyr mindes He sayth these are taken out of a thousand dangers which threaten present death and are nourished with foode euen in penury of victuals in vacation time So did he preserue Elias when Iesabell raged and gaue him intertainement wyth the woman of Sarepta 1 Reg. 17 15. 19.2 So in like manner preserueth he mercifully vs miserable and vnworthy persons in the common shypwracke and fier flame of Germanie and that he would thenceforth mittigate these punishments which we haue deserued we most humbly beséech him Verse 19. Our soule hath patiently tarryed for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shielde Verse 20. For our hart shall reioyce in him because wee haue hoped in his holy Name Thys is a conclusion which of greatest consequence agreeth with the whole Psalme séeing that God hath created and preserued all things and is able such is his wisedom and goodnes to withstand and hinder all the sinister practises which are prepared for the destruction of hys Church and seeing hée is true in kéeping his promises and tempereth his iustice with a wonderfull clemencie may we any thing doubt but that our hope ought to be fixed and take roote in God who is our helper and our shielde both in other dangers and euen then specially in that clause when we are destitute of all creatures Let vs therefore goe on with cheereful lightsome courage and in thys hope let vs asswage these calamities difficulties in that we know assuredly that God will be present with vs yea though the broken shiuered boordes of the shyp forsake vs vtterly as it were suffering shypwrack Verse 21. Let thy mercifull kindnesse ô Lorde be vppon vs like as we doe put our trust in thee There can be no Thanksgiuing without Prayer for these two worshippings are so in themselues knitte together that they may rather be seperate in thought then in déede Hee therefore concludeth thys most swéete Psalme with a prayer then which nothing can be thought more swéete as if he said Embrace vs louingly with thy mercy and goodnes and not onely forgiue vs eternall punishments but also mittigate those that are present least our hope be vaine and frustrate but rather indeede effectuall and safe And that vouchsafe thou to doo both for thy excellent glory and fame and also for and in respect of our infirmitie touching which all is lost wyth vs except thy mercy doo recreate and refresh the same ❧ A Psalme of Dauids thanksgiuing after deliueraunce Benedicam Domino in omni tempore c. Of the Tytle IT is harde to sette downe the seasons of times wherein Saule was cast away from God and Dauid was annointed of Samuell but seeing it is manifest that Dauid after Saules death raigned fortie yeeres and that the historie of the first Booke of Kinges declareth Dauid to be made King when hee was but young it standeth well agreeable to truth that Dauid was called to gouerne the people of Israell about the twentie yeere of hys age There shall be then according to this computation tenne yeeres from the time he was called vnto his kingdome to the tragicall end of Saule All those ten yeeres space continuall snares were laid for Dauid and all things made readie for his destruction when Saule sought all the meanes hee coulde to dispatch out of this lyfe the successour of his Kingdome Whereby it is a thing most manifest with what stormes and raging floodes of mischiefes Dauid was tossed and howe often hys life was sette euen vpon the very edge of the Razor that is in extreame danger and vtmost perrill of death And to omit the other parts of the historie of Dauid who would not be thorowly mooued with pittie reading the circumstaunces sette downe in the 1. Sam. 21. which witnes Dauid to be brought into so great distresse that he was compelled to flee vnto the King of that wicked Countrey of the Palestines which he knewe with deadly hatred disagreed from the Church or Religion of the people of Israell and not that onely did he but also to escape the snares layd for his lyfe was enforced with vnseemely behauiour and gestures most vnfitting such a personage to deforme himselfe and faine himselfe as one out of his wits Let vs therefore knowe that in thys Psalme a Thanksgiuing is contained not onely for deliueraunce in particuler whereof mention by name is made in the tytle and in the first of Sam. 21. but also for all his tenne yeeres defence and cherrishing while hee was banished and was layde open for all the weapons of an vngodly King and became as it were a cast away from God But although Dauid in this long exile escaped diuers mischaunces and many distresses yet notwithstanding the calamities of his sixe monethes banishment which was the punishment for his adultery other sinnes did more greeue Dauid then the distresses dangers of so many yeres For a good conscience in aduersitie is a great solace according to those common sentences of the Poets Est aliquid magnis crimen ab esse malis Some faulte yet sure remaines in me From mischiefes great though I be free Againe according to that saying Conscia mens recti miseris tutissima res est The minde assured of her dooing well In miseries most safely sure doth dwell For it is a light matter to suffer calamities and feele no wounde in conscience But that is a greeuous thing I know not whether any thing be more harde then for a man to beare about the signes of guiltines and to be