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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08277	The imitation of Dauid his godly and constant resolution in bearing all his trialls, troubles and afflictions being a king whose example of faith, patience, hope, obedience and deliueries, thankfulnesse and prayer, is left euen for princes, potentates, and all true Christians to imitate. Collected by way of meditations and prayers out of the 27. Psalme. By I.N.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1624 (1624)	STC 18610; ESTC S113324	90,720	456

glory of God might shine in the face of Iesus Christ whose glory we sée in the preaching of his word wherein he declareth the riches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercy which he hath prepared vnto glory This glory the more the spirituall man beholdeth the more is he moued with desire to sée more and more and can neuer be sufficiently filled with that heauenly Contemplation Much were the Disciples moued at the sight of Christs transfigured glory in so much as they desired to haue enioyed the sight of it still so glorious it was that their minds were euen rauisht with the beauty thereof So Dauid desired to dwell in the Temple of the Lord not for a day but all the daies of his life to behold the beauty the goodnesse and mercies of God reuealed in his Word and to exercise himselfe in prayer Where God is duly and truly called vpon by a holy Congregation there appeareth the glory and beauty of Iehouah There is the Arke of the Lord the presence of the mighty God of Iacob whose glory filleth the Temple which the faithfull man séeth with a spirituall eye but the carnall man though bodily present in the same Temple apprehendeth it not As when Paul was conuerted he saw the glory of God shine vpon him but they that iournied with him though néere him saw nothing So that God is onely séene of them to whom hée pleaseth to reueale himselfe This beauty of the Lord shineth in the hearts of Gods elect children by the reuelation of the holy Ghost which none séeth but themselues And they take such sweet delight in the beholding of the face of God in Christ as they doe receiue in their soules the very Impression of the Image of the glory of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father full of grace and truth euen as Moses receiued thorow the splendor of the glory of God vpon Mount Sinai in his countenance such an impression of that glory that the children of Israel could not endure to behold with their eies the glory of his countenance What remaineth then but that we neglect not the continuall visitation of the temple of God to accompany the Congregation in the hearing of that heauenly Word to pray vnto God for his blessings and to giue him praise for his benefits And the Lord open our spirituall eies that we may euen here behold his beautie and bee hereafter pertakers of his glory A Praier for spirituall knowledge and increase of our holy desires to visit the Temple of God to heare his Word to pray vnto him and to praise him O Gracious Lord God most louing who reiectest none that come vnto thee with a perfect heart and none can come vnto thee vnlesse thou call him as well by thy inward Grace as by thy outward Word Vouchsafe according to the riches of thy Grace to grant that I may be strengthned by thy Spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in my heart by faith and that my whole spirit soule and body may bee kept blamelesse to the comming of the Lord Iesus For thou knowest Lord what I am by nature a man vnworthy to enter vnder thy roofe or to presse into the place where thine honour dwelleth For thou art a God that louest righteousnesse and acceptest of such as are of cleane hearts and whose conuersations are vpright before thee but I am a sinner and corrupt as all my fathers were Cleanse me therefore O gracious Lord God in the bloud of Iesus Christ and make me fit to approach thine holy Temple that I may see thy beautie and behold thy glory Open mine eares that I may heare prepare my heart that I may vnderstand what thou teachest in thy word Enlighten mine inward eies the eies of my soule that I may see thee and take comfort in thy presence And open my lips that I may speake vnto thee in faith and answer mee againe in loue Teach mee that celestiall language that may moue thee to heare me For what booteth it me to come into thy house with deafe eares not to heare thee without attention to vnderstand thee mute and not be able to speake vnto thee Yet I know good Father that thou hearest them that cannot speake and thou teachest them that vnderstand not and thou openest the eies of them that see not such is thy loue towards vs as thou acceptest euen of the language of heartie sighes whither they be for sinne or for want of spirituall graces Thou knowest the inward desires of the heart tending to good or euill I am sorry good Father that any corruption lurketh in my defiled heart to keepe out that blessed guest thy Spirit I cannot of my selfe abandon corruption I cannot of my selfe so mortifie my sinne but that the dregges therefore will still remaine But cast me not out of thine holy Temple because I am a sinner but rather because I am a sinner admit to visit thy Temple to heare thy Word that I may learne to liue more and more obediently vnto thee Make thou my heart cleane and I shall bee all cleane so shall I visit thine house to honour thee and comfort my selfe by thy holy presence and shall take spirituall pleasure in thy beautie and be finally pertaker of thy glory Thou louest righteousnesse O make me righteous Thou hatest iniquity abandon my sinnes Knit my heart vnto thee that I may both feare and loue thy name Giue me a holy desire to seeke thee and to serue thee both in the materiall Temple with thy people and in all places at all times for thou art euery where to be found And where thou art there is thy house for thou dwellest not in Temples made with hands but in the heauens and in the hearts of them whom thou hast sanctified Turne thy face vnto me O Lord for thy face I seeke Shew me thy beauty and glory of thy countenance and change mee into thine owne Image by thy Spirit and in the same Spirit admit me continually to visit thy holy Temple Make my heart stable and vnblameable before thee in holinesse that I may serue thee with a sincere and pure heart and conscience vndefiled That I come not into thine house onely to seeme religious but in true faith and due reuerence and giue thou a blessing vnto my godly desires Amen VERSE 5. In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his Tabernacle in the secret place of his Pauilion shall he hide mee and set me vpon a Rocke THe very name of Trouble is fearefull to a worldly man for he loues pleasure ease and when trouble commeth he is cast downe and is as it were at deaths doore but the true childe of God being fore-warned that if he will liue godly he must looke for and prepare himselfe to suffer trouble and affliction in this life Trouble therefore doth little or nothing moue him when it commeth because when he first entred into the schoole of christianity he learned that

no feare of thee before mine eies deliuer me out of their hands O Lord out of the hands of euill and cruell men and from their slanderous and false tongues that are set on fire against the innocent They hate them that offend them not they persecute them that resist them not let them haue no iust cause to condemne my waies Thou hast set before vs a blessing and a curse a blessing for them that walke vprightly in thy waies and a curse to them that wilfully fotsake the way which thou hast appointed thy children to walke in O shew mee the good and right way and euermore leade me therein Giue me grace to take heed of that way which seemeth right the end whereof is death Draw me O Lord out of this way and leade me by thy right hand so shall I abandon this way full of carnall pleasures and sinfull delights Teach me thy waies the waies of obedience and repentance the waies of righteousnesse and peace which tend to eternall life It is not in my power or wisdome to finde out or walke in this way It is hid from humane vnderstanding and therefore euen Moses though otherwise of deepe knowledge being by nature ignorant of this way sought to be and was instructed by thee therein How much more good Father need I to intreat thee to learne me this way for I haue beene long lead awry be mine owne corrupt affections not knowing the way of truth and righteousnesse wherein I beseech thee to guide and leade mee now at the last and for euer because of mine enemies O Lord my God my guide and my Redeemer Amen VERSE 12. Giue me not ouer to the lust of mine enemies for there are false witnesses risen vp against mee and such as speake cruelly WHat man is he that liueth is frée from enemies Of what estate condition or quality soeuer If he be good the wicked will hate him the world will disfauour him and the Deuill will maligne him If he be euill the vertuous will dislike him the godly cannot affect him God cannot blesse him yet ought euery man to endeuour to be godly howsoeuer Satan will doe what he can to raise enemies against him as he did against godly Dauid and against all the holy men of God from the beginning as first against Abel against Iob and aboue all against Christ himselfe whose enemies séemed to haue their full lust fulfilled against him neuer leauing him vntill they had crucified him And yet then were they néerest to their owne confusion when they had their wils of him Dauid in this Psalme séemeth to haue béene much troubled with enemies and yet sheweth in the second verse of the same that when his enemies and his foes came vpon him to eat vp his flesh they stumbled and fell In the third verse hee sheweth such faith and confidence in God that though an Host pitched against him his heart should not be afraid Yet in this twelfth verse he séemeth to feare againe lest his enemies might yet preuaile against him and therefore praieth that God would not giue him ouer to the lust of his enemies which may teach vs that when we thinke our selues most frée from and as it were out of the reach of all enemies not to be secure for a reconciled enemy may harbour secret mischiefe which although hée will not for his counterfeit promise sake execute by his owne publike violence yet he may suborne such secretly as may renew either the open quarrell againe or falsly accuse the innocent party And this as it séemeth did Dauid finde for when hée thought all his enemies were at peace with him he obserued some secret practises against him By false witnesses which were risen against him who accused him afresh and procured him new or moued his old Aduersaries against him which séemeth to afright him more than before an Host of enemies could doe For now hée praieth that God would not giue him ouer to the lust of them that before he feared not which sheweth that a second danger is more fearefull than a former And which also sheweth our too much securitie after our deliuery from a danger as though we néed no more to feare another to follow But if we obserue well the course of the waies of wicked men we shal see that they seldome giue ouer to prosecute them they once desired to persecute And God hath likewise such an eie vnto his owne children that he will not haue them idle hee will exercise them as long as they liue heere they must bee partakers of his crosses they must haue enemies as hee had they must suffer pouertie ignominy and disgrace in the world as hee did Though he being Lord of all and could command all hée was poore yet all the world and the things in the world were his when he was hungry he could haue plentifully supplied his hunger being disgraced by the reproba●e Jewes he could haue done as Peter did with Annanias and Saphira haue spoken but the word and his enemies should haue fallen dead at his foot But he patiently suffered all to teach vs that are but seruants to imitate him that is our master and Lord. If they called him Belsabub and he suffered them why should we take scorne to bée despised reproached and ill intreated and our enemies to insult ouer vs and to haue their lust fulfilled against vs euen to take away our liues We are but seruants hée was our Lord yet he endured and shall we thinke our selues better or deserue to be more frée than he that was guiltie of no offence against them that thus abused him We being culpable of a thousand sinnes against him and yet hath fréed vs from the guilt and punishment of all Yet it behooueth vs to pray as Dauid did Giue mee not ouer vnto the lust of mine Aduersaries For as there were against Christ so there are false Witnesses risen vp against vs and such also as speake cruelly Cruell and wicked men haue commonly attending them such as will speake and practise what they will haue them for gaine if they will haue them to accuse any man falsly they can coine matter This man said If they did destroy the Temple of Ierusalem which was made with hands he would build it in three daies without hands Whereas indéed hée said that if they did destroy the Temple of his body hee would raise it againe in three daies as he did But by this may be obserued the cunning and subtilty of the Deuill that can and doth prompt his wicked Instruments how they may peruert the words and actions of the innocent to a sense cleane contrary to their meaning and make so false a Glosse vpon it as if it were truth it selfe and will set such an audacious face vpon it as if God deale not with the falsly accused as hée did for the defence of innocent Susanna they will haue their lust of them Such a false witnesse was perfidious Ziba against

Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan Sauls sonne who accused him most falsly to Dauid perswading him that Mephibosheth went about to take from Dauid the kingdome onely to get Mephibosheths patrimony as it is commonly the end of all the testimonies false witnesses giue to gaine outward reward thereby As the Iewes hired and suborned false witnesses against that most sanctified man Stephen to put him to death The like against innocent Naboth by wicked Iezabel who was likewise stoned to fulfill the lust of enemies It is a dangerous thing for the most innocent man in the world to fall vnder the testimony of false witnesses The accused seldome escapes vnlesse there be a Daniel to examine circumstances to finde out the truth A false witnesse is one of the six things that God himselfe abhorreth for of all men he is the most dangerous and therefore no maruell that Dauid hauing such enemies as made no conscience of whatsoeuer deuillish inuention to betray him and to haue their lust of him did pray Giue me not ouer to the lust of mine enemies for there are false witnesses risen vp against mee and such as speake cruelly Dauid feared more false witnesses than the open force of his enemies who when they came vpon him they stumbled and fell and therefore was not dismaied if an Host pitched against him Secret false combinations of enemies accompanied with false witnesses who can withstand or auoid The tongue which God made in the beginning good and to be a faithfull witnesse of the heart the Deuill hath made the instrument of falshood and lies For now in many the heart the tongue are so estranged as the one vttereth what y e other thinks not the other thinks what y e other vtters not The tongue becomes an instrument to deceiue which was made to explaine the true meaning of the heart But where the tongue speakes falsly the heart cannot be right and where the heart is corrupt the tongue cannot be sound There was once a confusion of tongues not of that part which moueth to frame the voice for the tongue it selfe remained as before it was but inforced to alter the language but now there séemeth to be a confusion betwéene the tongue and the heart which should be as one Both which being so farre disioyned in consent now as it séemeth to be another confusion of our language One knew not what another said when that one language became so changed and who vnderstands now what another speakes when he speakes what he meanes not How then can hee bee truly vnderstood what hée speakes Men indéed are become as it were false witnesses against themselues when the tongue beares witnesse against the heart and the heart against the tongue If then we become so confounded in our language when we call for one thing we bee offered another all good men had néed to craue a diuine Interpreter who knoweth the heart for by the tongue we cannot truly vnderstand what some men meane And that is the reason so many are at this day deceiued and vniustly many times condemned and therefore not vnfit for euery man though he obserue to haue no professed enemy as Dauid seemed to haue to pray as Dauid did vnto God the searcher and disposer of all hearts and she restrainer of all false tongues O giue me not ouer to the lust of mine enemies for there are false witnesses risen vp against mee and such as speake cruelly A Prayer that God will preserue vs from our enemies that they preuaile not against vs and to preuent vs of false witnesses O Most mighty God Defender of the faithfull the Protector of them that betake themselues vnder thy protecting hand the mightiest among men cannot hurt the least whom thou protectest the subtillest cannot circumuent them whom thou guidest in thine owne waies Saul could not hurt Dauid though he pursued him with deadly hatred pursuing him to take away his life Thou neuer leftest him to the lust of his enemies Thou art powerfull and in respect of thee my most powerfull and politickest Aduersaries are weake and foolish O let them not haue their wished desires against me though they suborne false witnesses against me let their false tongues falter in their mouthes Let their lying lips be shut vp with shame and let all those that take malicious counsell against me and combine together to hurt or to destroy me be turned enemies one to the other and let them doe each to other as they intend to doe vnto me Let their tongues wherewith they thinke to speake falsly against me cleaue to the roofes of their mouthes For thou hearest how proudly hatefully and disdainfully they speake against me falsly as if I were their enemy But thou art a righteous Iudge and markest theirs and my waies their thoughts and their practises and policies and my simplicitie None of their inward inuentions none of their wicked proiects policies and secret practises are hid from thee and therefore Lord leaue me not vnto their lust Confirme my faith in thee powre thy grace and holy spirit into the inward parts of my soule that I sincerely seruing thee may either win their vnfained friendship or that thou wilt preuent their malicious deuices against me and that I may possesse mine owne in peace Although they now stand vpon the open stage of the world and sound out the Trumpets of their enuious and slanderous tongues of reproach against me And although they suborne false witnesses against me let my vprightnesse approue them lyers Let my course of life so contrary to their false reports try and approue proue them false witnesses risen vp against me Though I cannot but confesse against my selfe not onely vnto thee in secret but vnto them openly that I come short of some duties that I ought to performe yet consider my willing minde to performe them without reproofe Lord I am weake in strength I am not wise enough to deale with the Politicians of this world I cannot withstand nor finde out the practises that mine enemies contriue against mee who haue a strong desire to haue their wills to execute their lust especially false witnesses being suborned against mee but giue me not ouer to the lust of mine aduersaries that speake so cruelly against me falsifying the cause of their hatred as if I had done them iniury extenuating their owne malice and mischiefe as if their wicked deuices were lawfull and grounded vpon Iustice and their violence rather charitable than malicious what they haue done and what they intend thou knowest and how vniustly they afflict me thou seest who art a God that iudgest right Rise vp therefore O Lord and take my cause into thine owne hand make their wicked counsells as Achithophels for haue they not said in their hearts Come let vs cut them off from being a people and let their name bee no more had in remembrance In so much as many of them say There is no helpe for me in thee Yet