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A13070	A fift proceeding in the harmony of King Dauids harpe That is to say, a godly and learned exposition of 5. other moe [sic] psalmes of the princely Prophet Dauid: beginning with the 68. and ending with the 72. psalme, being the last part of the first tome, or one halfe of the booke of psalmes. Written in Latin by the reuerend Doctor Victorinus Strigelius: professor of diuinity in the Vniuersity of Lipsia in Germanie. Anno. 1576. Translated into English by Richard Robinson citizen of London. 1594. Seene, and allowed.; Hypomnēmata in omnes Psalmos Davidis. Psalm 68-72. English	Strigel, Victorinus, 1524-1569.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1598 (1598)	STC 23363; ESTC S113498	57,243	82

A FIFT PROCEEDING in the Harmony of King Dauids Harpe That is to say a godly and learned Exposition of 5. other moe Psalmes of the princely Prophet Dauid beginning with the 68. and ending with the 72. Psalme being the last part of the first Tome or one halfe of the booke of Psalmes Written in Latin by the reuerend Doctor Victorinus Strigelius professor of Diuinity in the Vniuersity of Lipsia in Germanie Anno. 1576. Translated into English by Richard Robinson Citizen of London 1594. Seene and allowed Psalme 36. verse 10. O continue forth thy louing kindnesse to them that know thee and thy righteousnesse vnto them that are true of hart Psalme 37. verse 35. Hope thou in the Lord and keepe his way and he shall promote thee that thou shalt possesse the land when the vngodly shal perish thou shalt see it AT LONDON Printed by P.S. for Matthew Lownes and are to be sold at his shop vnder S. Dunstons Church in the West 1598. To the Right Reuerend father in God Richard by Gods prouidence Bishop of London To the Right Honorable Sir Richard Saltonstall Knight Lord Maior of London and to the Right worshipful his Brethren the Aldermen and Sheriffes of the same City grace mercy peace and plenitude of temporall and eternall beatitude in the sacred Trinity OUR Lord and Sauiour Christ Iesus right reuerend Father in God honorable Lord and right worshipful Patrons as hee rightly called himselfe the way the truth and the life of all faithfull beleeuers and good liuers and was so in deed the way by example not erring the truth by promise not failing and the life by reward neuer ending so on a time ascending up a certaine hill after he had in a prolix sermon instructed his Disciples and a multitude of others his followers in the way truth and life of perfect blessednesse vpon earth and the fruitfull effects thereof in the life euerlasting said vnto them yee are the salt of the earth the light of the world As it might well seeme attributing the first title salt of the earth vnto his disciples as they which with the table of the Testament deliuering sincere doctrine it with the pot of Manna ministring the sacraments by Christs institution seasoning the soules of Gods seruants and with Aarons rod executing discipline vpon disordered liuers within the Church And by the second title light of the world fully attributing vnto temporal magistrates as to the learned in the lawes divine humane the light of righteousnes sword of truth and ballance of iustice with iudgement to cherish the good and punish the euill liuers in the common wealth And so making of both a blessed and happy coniunction or incorporation of good gouernement hee added hereunto this rare and notable conclusion A citty that is set on a hill cannot be hid signifieng thereby a Citty so gouerned is a right Hieropolis or sacred Citty and a kingdome so administred is a right Hierarchia or sacred principalitie knowne beloued of friends feared and made famous among enemies both neare and far off Such in truth blessed bee the true omnipotent and immortall God hath been the happy state of this citty of London yea and whole kingdome of England though low insituation yet high in acceptation with God and good people of all nations vnto which as I a poore member thereof God be my witnes defender Iudge and reuenger haue alwaies wished well in goodwill goodworde and good workes to my poore power so eleuen yeares nowe past I signified the same specially by translating the learned Vrbanus Rhegius his godlie exposition vpon the 87. Psalme intituled the Solace of Sion and ioy of Ierusalem and dedicating the same vnto the then Right Honorable Sir George Barne Knight Lord Maior of this Citty who thankfully accepted my good wil therein For it carried this credit with it Her foundations are vpon the holy hils and holy innocent and the best members of this our Church and common wealth have profited thereby I doubt not But nowe if there bee any vnholy nocent and bad persoyet remaining either within or without the gates of that Hierusalem or vision of peace as God which once promised to search it doth best see for man seeth not as God seeth 1. Sam. 16. 7. whether he be a forger of falshood Iere. 10. 14 slanderous seruant Pro. 13. 5. euill nurtured child Ecclus. 22. 7. and so a carnall master Iohn 3. 10. and a carelesse parent 1. Tim. 5. 8. with blinde seer and deafe hearer Esay 42. 8. whereof too many I haue found as I can conuince I pray to God humbly and hartely these either speedely if it be his heauenly holy will to conuert by doctrine and discipline in the church or if so they will not bee conuertible at his good pleasure in his iustice and iudgement to subuert them perseuering in their malignities inflexible In the meane time with all humble and hartifull duty I commend this my present poore labour to the aduancement of Gods glory ineffable hir maiesties continuall honour and your honours and worships fauorable protection first as vnto that Aaron whose sincere doctrine with example of life and discipline as your rod which God long make to bud and blossome in blessednes and consequently as vnto that Mercury which tuning this my harp in right concord of goodwil as I deliuer it may sende the sweete solace thereof from your sincere brests not vnto an earthly Apollo to regratifie you with an earthlie scepter but to the heauenly Iehoua who may best rewarde you with all abundance of heauenly happines in the life euerlasting which God for his sonne Christs sake grant vnto your honors and worships At my poore house in S. Brides parish in fleetstreet this 24. of August 1598. Your honorable good Lordships and worthy worships humble poore Orator Richard Robinson Cittizen of London PSALME LXVIII Exurgat Deus dissipentur Inimici c. TO HIM THAT EXCELLETH A Psalme or Song of Dauid demonstratiue touching the wonderfull mercies of God towardes his Church in respect of his pormises graces and victories which he giueth her and it is exhortatorie that his Church should therefore prayse God for euer The Argument THIS Psalme is a glorious and plentifull prophecie touching the resurrection and triumph of Christ in his ascension touching his gift of the holy ghost his gathering of the Church by the ministry of the Apostles the destruction of the Iewish policy or state and the benefits of his new and euerlasting kingdome And like as the fine verses of Poets do edifie vttered from a sincere and sacred brest So no doubt of it Dauids penne in the writing of this Psalme was filled with spirituall ioy which exceedeth all capacitie and consideration of man For he vseth not a simple kinde of phrase describing the magnificence of Christes kingdome but most e-legantly with figures hee describeth euen as it were the triumphant pompe of this King For he frameth his

Although the Church is doubtlesse in the world a widowe and an Orphane for she is both of enemies cruellie persecuted and of false friends forsaken yet the sonne of God leaueth her not without defence and succour but partly nourisheth her with inward consolation which is called here His holie habitation and partly he prouideth for her some resting place for succor and giueth her Halcion daies that she may happily naurish and bring up her birds Hither to pertaineth that notable saying of the sonne of God Ioh. 14. ver 16 18 I will not leaue you comfortlesse but I will come vnto you I will aske my father and he shall giue you another comforter euen the spirit of truth which shal abide with you for euer And whatsoeuer is true touching the whole bodie the same may in like maner bee applied of all the members thereof For to let passe the examples of other Orphnaes and speak of my selfe surely euen me who haue beene left an Orphane euen from the verie thirde yeare of my age hath Christ the sonne of God succoured and helped not onely with things necessarie for my bodie as meate and drinke defence from harme good health and honest residence or dwelling place among men c. but also vnto these adding greater benefites as for example bringing me out of the kingdome of darkenesse and translating me into the kingdome of this sonne of God wherein wee haue by his blood full remission of our sinnes To the end therefore a publique testimonie of my thankfulnesse may appeare I giue vnto this father of Orphans Iudge of widowes causes so great thanks as my mind is able to conceiue for his cherishing and mainteining of mee so manie yeares and for his benefits necessarilie bestowed vpon me both for my bodie and soule which in the life to come euerlasting I shall more feruently commemorate and magnifie his name therefore He is the God that maketh men to bee of one mind in an house and bringeth the prisoners out of captiuity but letteth the runnagates continue in scarcenesse Christ in the 9. cap. of Isay vers 6. is called not without cause The euerlasting father because in all ages by the ministerie of his worde and sacraments hee regenerateth many vnto life euerlasting whom the Church fostereth and bringeth vp and so is shee made of a barren or solitarie woman a mother of manie children according to the prophesie of Isay Cap. 54. verse 1. Reioyce O barren that diddest not beare breake foorth into ioy and ' reioyce thou that diddest not trauell with childe for the desolate hath mo children then the married wife hath Of this consolation the godlie ones haue néede least they take offence at the small number of true beleeuers and the great number of other sectes Also this Lord in time conuenient setteth Captiues at libertie that is not in such sort as we thinke but in his meruailous prouidence as in the 4 Psalme it is saide The Lord knoweth how to deliuer his holy one verse 3. And the prison out of which we are deliuered as S. Paule saith 2 Cor. 7. 5. Are inward feares c. outwarde fightings For the godlie ones for most part are tossed with inwarde and outwarde stormes of calamities and at length getting out of the great stormes of trouble do see their wished hauen But the vngodlie ones and disobedient persons hee despiseth as the base gotten children of this worlde neither chasteningnor comforting them till they come to vtter destruction O God when thou wentest forth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernes The earth shooke and the heauens dropped at the presence of God euen as Syna also was moued at the presence of God which is the God of Israell Thou O God sentest a gratious raigne vppon thine inheritance and refreshed it when it was weary Hitherto hath hee made the hearer or learner attentiue and docible as in beginnings it is a thing vsuall nowe goeth he to the height of the cause namelie into the place mentioning of Christ and the Gospell and compareth the publishing of the lawe with the propagation of the gospell where he saith When thou publishedst the lawe the earth was in one place moued and the heauens dropped at thy presence But now that the gospell by preaching is spread abroad of the Apostles all the whole earth is moued as in Haggias the Prophet it is said cap. 2. verse 7. Yet a little while I wil shake the heauens the earth the sea and the drie land c. and a gracious raine is powred vpon all parts of the world where by the Church is gathered both from among the Iewes and Gentiles and is watered as it were the inheritance of God And what is there more sweete then that the preaching of the Gospel is not onely compared vnto thunder but vnto raine also For like as the earth bringeth forth fruit partlie made warme with the heate of the sunne and partly watered with raine and waters So the Church is refreshed and recreated of the holie Ghost by the ministerie of the Gospell Let no man therefore kéepe backe this raine from his Orchardes but let euen all our furrowes and glebe landes receyue the same with great desire That is let our hearts without loathing and surfetting heare the doctrine of the Gospel that they may take thereby most ample fruit and profite Touching which saint Paule speaketh Rom. 1. 16. The Gospell is the power of God vnto saluation for al that beleeue Further more Christ is here called the God of Sinay of Israel by reason of the testimonies of his manifestations or appearings made in mount Sinay and in this people For the pollicie or gouernment of Moyses was no other thing but a storehouse of diuine appearences and witnesses Vers 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God of thy goodnes hast prouided for the poore Christ is our sheepheard because hee teacheth vs comforteth gouerneth and defendeth vs healeth vp our woundes and finallie carieth vs lying as it were vpon his shoulders not pretermitting anie kinde of dutie which a faithfull shéep heard might vse or is able to bestowe upon sillie and weake shéepe Let vs therefore remember in our dailie prayer that we are the shéepe of this shéepheard and let vs run for succour vnto him and let vs craue helpe gouernement and defence of and from him But touching this purpose I haue spoken sufficiently inough in the xxiii Psalme The Lord gaue the word great was the company of the Preachers S. Paule in the 3. Gal. 19. and Heb. 2. verse 2. saith The lawe was giuen by the ministry of Angels but the preaching of the Gospel was immediatly published by the sonne of God and commended to his Apostles as an excellent gift and treasure of great price For although the world outraglouslie despise the preachers and teachers of the Gospell and iudgeth them as S Paule saith 1. Cor. 49. as gasing