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A06532	A very excelle[n]t [and] swete exposition vpon the XXII. [sic] Psalme of Dauid called in Latine Dominus regit me, &c. Translated out of hye Almayne into Englyshe by Myles Couerdale.; Dreiundzwanzigste Psalm der Tisch ausgelegt. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. aut; Osiander, Andreas, 1498-1552. Wie und wohin ein Christ die grausamen Plag der Pestilentz fliehen soll. English. aut	1538 (1538)	STC 17000; ESTC S104352	54,883	122

deare blessed worde and that we can be in a place where it may be frelye preached and professed openlye A Christen mā therfore that belongeth vnto a church wherein the worde of god is taught as oft as he goeth in shuld thynke vpon thys Psalme out of a ioyfull harte wyth the prophete to geue God thākes for hys vnoutspeakable grace that he hath set hym as hys owne shepe in a pleasaunt grene medowe where ther is plentye of good grasse and fresh water That is that he maye be in a place where he maye heare learne the worde of God conceaue ryche comforte therout both in bodye and soule Thys blessed Dauid dyd well vnderstonde how worthy a treasure it is whan it maye so be had therfore can he boast singe so well of it magnifyethys benefite aboue all that is in onye estymacion or worshippe vpō earth At hym oughte we to learne thys science What we ought to learne here of Dauid and accordynge to hys ensample not onely to be thankfull vnto God oure louynge and faythfull shepherde to magni fye his vnout speakeable gyft which he of very louynge kyndnesse hath geuen vs as Dauid doth here in the fyrste fyue verses but also earnestly to desyre and pray hym as he doth in the last verses that we maye abyde by thys ryches and neuer to fal away from hys holy Christen churche And such a prayer is exceadynge necessarye For we are very weake and as the Apostle saynt Paule sayeth we carye thys treasure aboute in earthen vessels 2. Cor. 4. The deuell also our aduersary beareth deadly hate vnto vs for thys treasures sake Therfore doth he not rest but goeth aboute as a roarynge Lyon seketh how he maye deuoure vs. Besyde all thys he hath a quarel vnto vs because of our olde sacke which we carye yet vpō oure neckes wherin ther be yet also dyuerse concupiscences and synnes More ouer the deare flocke of Christe is spotted fyled with so many horrible offences or sklaūders that because of the same ther do many fall awaye frō thē Therfore I saye it is necessary that we praye and put thys vncorrupt doctryne styll in practise defēd oure selues therwith agaynst all sklaūders that we maye cōtinue vnto the ēde be saued Thys madde and blynde worlde knoweth vtterly nothynge of thys treasure and precious stone The blindnesse of the worlde but ymagyneth onely euen as a swyne or vnreasonable beast how they maye here fyll the belly Or els whan it cōmeth to the poynt they follow lyes ypocrisye As for the truthe and fayth they set it passe Therfore do they synge no Psalme vnto God for hys holy worde but rather whan he offreth it vnto them they blasphe me it and condemne it for heresye And as for those that teache it or wyl be knowen of it the worlde persecuteth them and putteth thē to death lyke as yf they were deceauers and the most vngracyous wretches that are in the worlde It shal be good therfore for thys small flocke to knowlege suche a benefyte wyth the prophete to synge a Psalme or songe of thankesgeuyng vnto God for it Of them the wolde and can not haue the worde of God But what saye ye of them that can not haue the preachynge of Gods worde As namely they that dwell here and there amonge tyrauntes and enemyes of the truthe No doute where as the worde of God is preached there can it not passe awaye wythout frute as Esay sayeth in the .lv. Chap. The good christen people also of the same place haue one vauntage which in dede is deare vnto them For they that be Christen men coūte it a very great thynge that they may be in a place where the worde of God is frely and openly taught and knowleged and the sacramentes mynistred after Christes institucion But as for these they be sowē very thynne The false christen are alwaye mo then the good The great multitude careth nothynge for Gods worde nother do they knowlege it for a benefyte that they may hear it without al harme parel Yee they are soone fylled and weery of it and esteme it but a payne to heare it and to receaue the holy sacrament Agayne they that suffre vnder tyrauntes complayne daye and nyght and long greatly for it And yf a smal morsel of oure bread that Christe hath geuen vs so rychely doth come vnto them they receaue it wyth great ioye and thankfulnesse and do them selues muche good withall Men ware weery of the worde of God where as oure swyne in the meane seasō hauynge the worthy bread them selues so rychely and many whole baskettes full therof cā not reache vnto it they are so weery of it Yee they cast it downe walowe them selues therin treade it vnder theyr fete and runne ouer it Therfore goeth it euē after the prouerbe Whā a thynge beginneth to be comune it is nomore set by but despysed be it neuer so precious And suche Prouerbes are specially founde true in the worde of God Where men haue it there wyl they not away withall Agayne where men haue it not there wolde they be gsad to haue it Where men haue a church at theyr dores wherin the word of God is taught there go they vp downe in the market in the preachynge tyme and lurcke about the graues Where they be ten or twentye myle from it there wold they be glad to go with the multitude and to passe ouer with them vnto the house of God with ioyfulnesse and thankesgeuynge as it is in the .xli. Psalme Of them the dwelvnder tyrauntes Therfore shortelye thys is myne answere vnto the question cōcernyng thē that dwel vnder tyraūtes Blessed be they which are now scattered abrode vnder the Turke or Pope beynge desritute of Gods worde wolde yet be glad wyth all theyr hartes to haue it in the meane season receaue wyth thankesgeuynge suche morsels as they can get tyll the meale be better Nowe yf they be not farre from the place where the worde of God is preached and the blessed sacrament mynyfired accordyng vnto Christes institucion they maye well go thyther enioye the same treasure lyke as many do and are therfore punyshed of theyr wycked rulers both in body and goodes But yf they dwel farre frō suche places yet do they not ceasse at the leest to sighe therafter No doute Christ oure LORDE wyll heare theyr sighynge in processe of tyme wyl he turne back theyr captyuyte Agayne vnhappye yee and vnhappie agayna are they that haue this treasure plenteouslye at theyr dores and yet care not for it On them shall the word of Christ be fulfylled where he sayeth Mathei 8 Many shall come from the easte and west shall syt wyth Abraham Isaar and Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen but the chyldrē of the kyngdome shal be cast out c. Let thys be sayde for an introduccion Nowe wyll we shortly go

is it not done without a speciall battayll of fayth For suche helpe doth he promyse vs in hys holy worde that we shulde beleue it And yf we beleue it it happeneth vnto vs accordynge to oure fayth Therfore sayeth the prophet more ouer hys truth is speare and shylde That is hys godly promyses The veapens of fayth whych are sure and true notherlye nor deceaue Those be our weapens wherwyth we fyght and ouercome all aduersyte But lyke as speare shylde are not profytable vnto hym that can not vse them nor wyll Euen so also do not the promyses of God profyte hym that can not fyghte therwyth and wyll not beleue theron For that is the ryght scyence in this battayll whan mysfortune The sciēce of the warre of fayth aduersite or tentacion commeth that we loke aboute vs accordynge vnto Gods worde Namely what comforte and promyse he hath made vnto vs in suche a case wyth a ryghte belefe to take holde of the same as of a shylde and to comforte and defēde oure selues ther with so can ther no mischaūce do vs harme as the holye Saynt Paule in the last chapter of hys Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth and sayeth Before all thynges take the shylde of fayth wherwyth ye maye quenche all the fyrye dartes of the wycked c. Agaynste the same namelye agaynste Sathan oure head enemye is suche worde of God euen the ryghte speare wherwith we wounde and ouercome hym Nothynge hurteth the Deuell so sore as the worde of God For no bodely wapen hurteth and hyndreth men so sore as the worde of God stoppeth and hyndreth Sathan yf it be thrust vnder hys nose agaynste hys venymous dealynge and temtacion For yf a seruaūt that dealeth wrongeously and vnthriftely in hys maysters goodes busynesses be afrayed vexed and persed thorowe the harte whan a symple man sayeth vnto him Thou vnthrift why doost thou so that is not thy maysters wyll and meanynge he dyd not so cōmaunde the. Howe much more goeth it thorowe Satans harte whan a vertuous Christen man holdeth the worde of God vnder hys eyes and bryngeth witnesse ouer hym that he as a wycked creature hādleth agaynst hys maker agaynst hys chosen chyldren Therfore doth holye saynte Paule call Gods worde also the swearde of the sprete Mat. iiii And the LORDE Christe defendeth hymselfe onely wyth the same agaynste all temtacions of Satan in the wyldernesse Howe whan thou takest holde thus of Gods promyses thorow fayth and vsest thē for speare and shylde to defende thy selfe and to smyte Satan then out of the same it followeth as the prophete sayeth farther That thou nedest not to feare for the horryblenesse of the nyght For the arowes that flye in the daye tyme. For the pestilence that commeth pryuely in the darke For syckenesse that destroyeth in the noone daye For these foure aduersites set forwarde and shorten the lyfe of the vnbeleuers But the faythfull hath such consolacion and promes The horriblenesse of the nyghte that he nedeth not to be afrayed Fyrst for the horryblenesse of the nyght That is for all maner of tentacion and deceate that happen vnto men by nyght in the darknesse For thys we all perceaue that in the nyght and in the darknesse we are weaker mynded of more despayre and more afrayed then in the lyghte The bloude runneth to oure hartes the heere 's stonde vpryght and all the body waxeth colde for feare Out of thys cōmeth it thē that we thynke we se heare perceaue somwhat which in very dede is not so Then goeth ther one astray another leseth hys coloure the thyrde falleth sycke the fourthe is become crocked the fyfthe goeth out of hys wyt And so men thynke that the deuell hath done it where as it is yet a playne natural workynge of the exceadynge grete feare whyche wolde destroye a man euen by daye tyme yf it were so greate The deuil is cause of horryblenesse Howbeyt true it is that the deuell causeth such feare and prynteth it in that he maye begile and destroye vs by feare as by a naturall workynge Yet is it nothynge but a feare For the prophete calleth it not an euel or good sprete but planely the horryblenesse of the nyght Nother is it ony thynge els also but an horrour feare and continueth an horrour and feare Therfore where a ryght belefe is there is no feare Where no fearfulnesse is there is also no horrour nor fātasye of spretes or deceatfulnesse of the nyght The cause of lygtenynges and such lyke but playne corage and boldnesse Yf onye thynge els be sene as fyre or lyghte they be but naturall thynges out of the heate of the ground lyke as lyghtenynges draggons fallyngestarres and cometes be in the ayre and in the heauē But here wythall wyll not I speake agaynst the wouderfull visions and tokens whyche god sendeth for a warnyng be for greate myschaunces to come The arowes in the daye tyme Secondarely is the faythfull sure for the arowes that flye in the daye tyme. That is all maner of myschaunces which ouertake a man openly in the daye and yet so sodenly and vnwares that he can not escape them As whan a tyle falleth from the roofe of an house whan a wycked beast doth euell or whan an vngracious personne doth hurt in body name or good For suche misfortunes come for the moost perte so sodenly that a man can not preuente them but must let them hyt as wyth an arowe and afterward restore heale the harme wyth greate trauayle and laboure But nowe wyll God preserue hys faythfull from such misfortune yf they haue hys promyses before theyr eyes beleue theron and ordre theyr lyues therafter The pestilence Thyrdly a faythfull person nedeth not also to be afrayed for the pestilence that slyppeth in preuely in the darke Thys is verely a comfortable promyse in thys daungerous tyme for the whiche we shulde by ryght put oure trust in God and thanke him therfore for asmuch as it is one of the moost perlous and horryble plages wherwyth he visyteth and punyssheth the synne of the worlde For it taketh hold of lyfe vnwares and plucketh a man awaye in two or thre dayes or euer he can ordre hys busynesse and house make hys testament crepeth in preuely in the darke so that no man knoweth what it is or whēce it commeth or whyther it goeth therfor can no man kepe hymselfe surely from it For yf it were in meate or drynke it myghte be eschued Yf it were an euell tayst it myght be expelled wyth a swete sauoure Yf it were an euel wynde the chābre myghte wyth diligence be made close therfore Yf it were a cloude or myst it myght be sene and auoyded Yf it were a rayne a man myghte couer hym selfe for it But now is it a secret mysfortune that crepeth in preuely so that it can nother be sene nor herde nother smelled nor taysted