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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07789	Nyne songs collected out of the Holy Scriptures of Old and New Testament, drawne foorth of the pure fountaines of Hebreuu and Greeke ; translated, paraphrased in prose, summed, analysed, notted vpon, grounds for vse and doctrine observed in every one of them, and finally paraphrased in English meeter, by Mr. William Moray ...	Morray, William.	1634 (1634)	STC 18166; ESTC S1306	47,991	144

with all greatest care alluding to mans practise who will cast vp any part of his body to receaue a stroake and saue the eye Vers 11. Eagle The same similitude is in Exod. 19 which sheweth his fathealy care to his people which is exponed by these parts sturring vp to wit by a noise about her birde mooving her wings to giue them wind streatching her wings for example to them to flie taking them out of their nest putting them vpon her wings that being taken from their nest they might bee compelled to flee further All these may bee seene in GODS dealing with his people when hee brought them out of Egypt stirring them vp by his word of promise mooving them with the winde of his wrath vpon Egypt taken vnder his protection and as caried vpon wings brought them through the red sea Verse 13. Ryde vpon hie places so that no strength could withstand them Numb 20. Deut. 2. Verse 14. Neares of wheat That is the best so called because of kirnels of nuts the graine is within and for some resemblance that good graines of wheat haue to neares The red blood Because the claret wine in Iudea is both best most aboundant as witnes Strabo Plinie Verse 15. leschurun from Iesher righteousnesse or Schor seeing Schor a bullok because Israell were by calling righteous had a righteous law or because they saw the glorie of GOD in Sinai or because afterward they became a flinging bullok Fat The Chaldea interprets riche so this maxime hath ever holden true Ecclesia peperit divitias filia devoravit matrem Verse 17. Devils in Hebrew Schedim that is destroyers of mankynd Verse 19. Saw it That is as a righteous judge hee tooke cognition of their wickednesse and decreed to abdicat them Verse 20. I will hyde That is I will abdicat them and not looke vpon them I shall see I will giue them over to a reprobate sense that they may perish Verse 21. Vanities The Septuagints cals them Idols Ier. 18.19 Ionah 2.8 Not a people that is the Gentils whom I will call by the preaching of the Ghospell Rom. 10.19 Es 65.2 Verse 23. Arrows All sort of plagues as after is exponed of famine the Hebrew word not in any part of Scripture but heere pestilence Hab 3.5 wylde beasts serpents sword Verse 36. Iudge his people That is take their cause in hand and defend them from their enemies Shall repent So speaketh the Scripture of GOD after the manner of man but in simple trueth repentance is not in GOD Numb 23. 1. Sam. 15. The hand gone that is their strength and they nothing Verse 37. Hee shall say that is GOD to his people Ieremie 2.28 Verse 39. I I The pronoune doubled to stirre vp the people to hold fast their faith Observations of grounds for vse and doctrine Obs 1. BEcause GOD as a judge was to pronounce sentence against his people in the song Moses begins with a majesticall preface lyke vnto the sound of a trumpet before Princes proclamations Obs 2. This majesticall preface serves to keepe the people in due reverence of this song that neither pride mooue them to dispyse it nor the sharp threatnings contained therein make them loath Obs 3. vers 1. Hee directs his speach to Heaven earth taking and making them witnesses of the peoples stupiditie if they condemne this doctrine Also to shew that such is the force of GODS word that all creatures should bee attentiue there vnto Es 1.2 Ier. 23. and so the living are sent to the schoole of the dead to learne at them Obs 4. The word of GOD is as dew and raine vpon graffe and herbs when it meets with good ground but hearts hard lyke stones get no good thereby Heb. 6. Obs 5. The Hebrew word which is exponed doctrine signifieth properly perception or discipline and teaches that the ministers of the word should deliver nothing to the people but that which haue bene taught and receaved of the Lord. Obs 6. vers 2. The word of GOD is compared to dew and raine which similitude teacheth that the Church is Gods land or lizzure and the word of God the food thereof making his people grow in grace Obs 7. Moses professeth himself to bee Gods Herauld proclaiming his praise and so teacheth the people their duety to doe so Obs 8. By the name of God he meaneth Gods majesties works of goodnesse and grace his severe judgments all which he setteth downe after Obs 9. verse 3. The words IEHOVAH and our GOD imply reasons to perswade the practise of the duety craved these arguments in Scripture are oft fund together the 1. taken from Gods nature the 2. from his covenant of grace Obs 10. The consideration of the perfection of God and of his works as done in judgment trueth justice and righteousnes should keepe vs from running from God to Idols Ier. 2.13 Obs 11. The perfection of Gods works in creation or providence is not to be sought in everie particular so much as in the generall seing amongst beasts there be some we call vnbeasts and amongst men some crooked some blind some deafe some maimed and mutilat of one member or other and all corne commeth not to perfection yet in these defects God is glorified Obs 12. verse 4. The trueth of God and his fidelitie should teach vs to belieue him and his word yet his fidelitie prejudgeth not his justice against vnbelievers for hee is just and right Obs 13. It may be mervailed that the people bore with Moses libertie in rebuking them yet it behoved to bridle them that they knew this worthie servant of God was shortly to depart from this life Obs 14. Hypocrits are sometimes called Gods children Esay 1.2 sometimes they are denyed to bee the children of God when Adoption by generall vocation is restrained to particulare Election Obs 15. Moses describing the peoples ingratitude to God beginneth first at their action in these words They corrupted themselves that is by their owne deed lost the estate of grace offered to them by outward calling and cast themselfe in course of perdition 2. hee sets downe the blot remaining after their action in these words their spot not the spot of his children 3. hee sets downe the habit contracted of both calling them a perverse crooked generation These 3 may be observed in all actuall and outward sinnes Obs 16. As Adam and Evah by their first sinne fell from the integritie of nature so such as seemed by out ward vocation and adoption to be in the state of grace by turning from GOD fals from that which they appeared to haue Obs 17. verse 5. Sinne leaves behind it a spot as diseases in the lever and leprosie send foorth spots in the skinne and flesh This spot of sinne is a disposition of the heart to bee apt and prone to the sinne once committed or to any other This spot in the reprobat differeth frō the spot of Gods children because vpon the one it