the word for meeting or kissing as mouth to mouth or face to face or neer or present by the itteration of the termes kindenes and truthe and righteousnes or Iustice and peace c. He to behold for the privative Thou forgavest and coveredst and thou contractedst break off c. For the habit shew Vs c. And the prospect of Truthe and righteousnes For his presence mark the doubling of the wordes Salvation Ps. 42. country and land The Eternalls likeing and goodnes to it In the first and last wordes Leviticus The good will of him that dwelt in the bush Deut. 33. is to his holy Land Exod. 3. his presence glory bounty Exod. 33. Ios. 5. and faith love and righteousnes and peace and salvation the rest of the Godly Armour and holy weapons and weedes of the Ministry Ps. 132. For mercy and remission and salvation in perill for sin that they bee not consumed with the flame of Gods wrath when they look in the Law Ministers of righteousnes shall goe before and lead as Prophets to direct his feet Luc. 1. PSALM LXXXVI THis Psalme is fitted to the former by the very wordes of the 25. That the reader should not misse but have an eye thither to mark the starr of his redemption and line of Gods Iustice and judgement which is seven fold the misery that they inflict upon the just and Gods vengeance and revenge upon the wicked and his payment of them to bring the Poor their hopes of inheritance and peace eternall with all plenty and delight with it by an utter rooting out of the wicked for ever as Ps. 37. And this is all for his kindenes and faith toward the Poor and distressed which hee calleth his way which also is his work which together is wonderfull that ther is none the like nor any God like him This way with many just reasons to be heard hee prayeth to bee taught and his hart to bee sharpened that hee may walk by the word of truth in the fear of his name to publish and glorify him for ever for his great deliverance by it as Ps. 88. That when many proud and terrible Tyrants which set not God nor his Law before them seek his life that God in the Kingdom of his compassion and kindenes would pitty them and bestow upon him his strength which is his Law and therby save the childe of the Church called the sonn of his hand maid and to shew som signe of this good unto him that the highe and fearfull looking men may bee abashed and abased when they see that God doth take his part against them Construction Pe a mouth for calling cryeing voice and prayer and name and hearing heaâ—kening and considering c. Relatives Mark the doubling of these wordes with requests and reasons which also is for Vau thâ— other letter for a crook a kinde of crooking or fetching by petition Likewise the two letters together make Po heer or hither which is also toward Which is the nature of pitty and kindenes also wordes often repeated By his mighty pulling of them out of hell and pittes of distresses and saveing them Mark the doubling of these words His perswasions and inducements Hee is poor hee is pittyfull hee trusteth to him hee calleth on him hee setteth his minde on him c. God is wonderfull kinde and a wonderfull doer 2. Cor. 4. And saveth strangely c. to the great glory and prais of his Name and calling upon him Ps. 50.91 and a shame to his foes by a signe of prosperity Leviticus Hee is com from Pastors Rulers and Kings and Gods and Angels and hostes Armyes exercisers or soldiers in the former Psalmes now to Ministers works creatures and servantes of God Psal. 134.103 Mark the often doubling of the word servant and son c. and the word Lord the relative to implye the same Such as bee the Priests dayly Callers upon God as was Moses and Aaron and Samuel Psal. 99. and Ezra c. For Saver or Helper of the people PSALM LXXXVII THer is no such mother as the Church of God nor any parentage like unto God his word ther is no such Church as Ierusalem and Sion from whence the word of God and the Law issueth that the gates the goeings in and out of Sion are better beloved with the everlasting then all the dwellings or cittyes of Iacob or the Church elswhere beside For when other citâ—yes are mentioned that this man or that man was born in them of Sion it is sayed more that this man was born in her in that which the most high built and established And when hee writeeth up his people hee will not leave out the place of their birth that were born there because of the excellent springs of musique that are in it And this commendeth the Childe of the Church and expoundeth the sonn of the hand maide in the former Psalme to shew the pretiousnes of the children of God the deernes of his servantes blood and the worthynes of their redemption Construction Pe a mouth by the ineffable fame of Ierusalem the mouth and talk of all the world By the words unspeakeable mention be sayd reckon c. for kindes of utterance springes singers and pipeers For mouth musique Zain for hear for the renowm and prais of the citty and what an honour it was to bee born in it and to bee brought up ther. Mark the word born doubled Zain for Zeh this for certainty by the repetition of that termn and sens so oft This man hee and hee or every one and hee c. both the letters make Paz for gold The golden citty new Ierusalem Apoc. 21. also Paz strength Gen. 49. Leviticus For the Church and Assembly and deer hous of God and his beloved Ministry for the place of highest degree of honour and prais called the gates of Sion The holy hill dwelling of Iacob Citty of God Gods founding and establishing c. for his service a place of harmony that ther is no place nor Church of the like Glory and strength authority The Leviticall office heer are the Musitians and praisers of God of which ther were 4000. 2. Cro. 23. PSALM LXXXVIII BEeing now in the Cadence and conclusion of this book and service also which is the proper place of praising and gloryfying of the name of God that in this Psalme by true cours nothing els câ—n bee expected but commendation and prais of the Everlasting for his great works of love and kindenes towards them Now by the languishing of the Church and their oppression in long captivity the Estate beeing altered the Memory and glory of Ierusalem dyeing and decaying every day seeing they now tell of their birthes in divers Nations and Cittyes and at length the Ierusalemites grow few as the Egyptian generation in the wildernes and they are estrangeed and their acquaintance obscureed and their estate abhorred and beecom abhominable like dead men now beeing thus
this book Construction Quoph â—o compass or invireon the band of covenant and strictnâ—s of promiss Neh. 9. the secâ—nd letteâ— Iod for a hand or to worship is to confess or repeat and remember c. For allusion to Jod in Sara the tenth vers is divideed and cast to the ninthe and the eleventh for Iod in Sara and the operation of the two He-es in the words Hodh Vehadhar in the letter He for example and princely habit of godlines Ps. 104.45.145.21 and reward of righteousnes makeing the one a Princess the other â— Monark according to Iah in prais of the Name of God which conteineth Iod and two He-es Aleph for their dayly instruction in the promiss and in the word wherwith they are sed to a perfect understanding All three letters spell Qui to vomit hee worketh by the contrary the good operation digestion and delightfullnes of Gods works beeing glorious and mighty Mark the repetition Deuteronomy The Recitation is the wonderfullnes of the work and way of God in the mystery of his promiss thus concealed Mark the repetition prais worship fear reverend convenant truthe rememberance works gracious and mercifull for ever for the eternity of the life and work and way of God and the comendation of it His works are wonderfull they are so delightfull so reverend so seemly so just so loveing and kinde and pittyfull so mighty so true so judicious and discreet and his word so faithfull and so plain PSALM CXII MErcifull and just men have more light then other men That when for pitty they lend that beeing good they may provide their matters by Iudgement because they remain still and are remembred for ever And having their faith and confidence upon this sure foundation of the righteousnes of the Law and their hart so established therin that for any ill report of the spyes and the promiss to Abraham or ill or hard look of their enimyes they fear not They likewise bestow their goodes upon the poor that heerin their righteousnes also may last for ever and that they may bee highly glorifyed therby Wheras in this the wicked for want of his desire melteth and gnasheth his teeth for envye to see it Now doth happines consist in abundance of riches or shall wee take care to fullfill the lusts of it or think yee that riches in godlynes No Godlynes is great riches yf a man bee content with that hee hath and great reward and happines followeth the profession therof Therfor laying away this shadow let us com to the light the sens then is that mens hartes by the fear of God shall bee storeed and mightyly blessed with knowledge and doctrine of the Law and promisses Psal 145. as also with great judgement to use it as Ps. 40. and great alacrity to impart it as Ps. 41. which is the riches of grace and of God and of the word of God and the constant preaching therof to those that want understanding and are without the same Which is the breaking and giveing to the poor thus cooling the tongs of the thirsty Through which the righteous are for ever blessed and their righteousnes remaineth for ever Ps. 1. in despight of all malignity of the wicked and to the great horror and tormenting of them This Psalme alludeeth wholely to the first because that is the beginning of wisdom shewing the everlasting prospority of righteousnes that tree of a godly life Psal. 1. Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to turn back or about As at hearing ill newes or sight of an Enimy by the word fear doubled and opposed to confidence reputed for righteousnes in Tsedhaquah Which letters yeeld a hundred ninety and nine to bear at the fruit of godly life That Abrahams great riches was the promiss which hee beleeved at 75 by the words Hon Vegnosher in the letter He. Iod for the commutation of the letter Iod idle in Sara the mutuall love and faith of them bothe by divideing and casting that vers of Iod the tenth into the nineth and eleventh like the former Psalm for Abraham According to Iah Gods name of eternity that counteineth in it Iod the two He-es Beth a hous for everlasting Mark the repetition Iust upright fear righteousnes remain for ever gracious pittiful c. Deuteronomy The recitation is the way of a just man that feareth God that shall bee mighty in haveing and mighty in dooing and greatly blessed in the way and work of eternall life mercey and truthe and faith and love and delight in the Law And hee shall have wonderfull and strange success to his harts desire when the way of the wicked shall melt PSALM CXIII THis psalme hangeth to the last by receiving tâ—e word from aloft from the Angels and Ministers from heaven beeing preached to the Poor and divideed and distributeed to the simple and destitute of knowledge and unlearned such as have need of understanding and are in distress and misery Likewise it prayeth by the prayer and confidence of Hannah for a third heaven of understanding Concerning the literall sens hee sheweth fiâ—st that ther is none so mercifull or compassionate nor to bee compareed for humility with God that vouchsafeth from his glorious dwelling to visit the base earth and to redeem them that bee troden to dust by oppression and as it were cast awayes and such as are throwen to the dunghill for things of nought and of no valew to make them valewable with the best and promote them to the highest and to quicken the dead and fruitless wombs and to cheer the barren woman with a houffull of children and to make the despiseed and upbraided woman an honorable mother and wipeing away all teares from the eyes Now beecaus ther is such prosperity by calling upon God and praying to him hee praiseth him again and again and willeth his Ministers from morning to Everning and for ever as long as the sunn shineeth to prais and bless the Name of the Everlasting So the excellent and moste soveraigne Name of God beeing Scriptures wherin hee is nameed the whole word and Law of God wherin hee is mentioned and beeing meditateed or preached or meditateed and preached is so repleat with Grace and mercey and favour and compassion from on highe on the afflicted and low degree that it giveth them all life and consolation and resurrection and comfort in the spirit Hee recordeth heer the prayer and prais of Hannah 1. Sa. 1.2 and Mary Luc. 1. for Sara Gen. 11. Merry for Isaak Gen. 18. For power and might and glory of creation Gen. 1. And whole dayes service of the Sabath Construction Quoph to compass or invireon Like houses and dwellings and Company by the multiplyeing the termn dwelling by sitt dwell and inhabit hous c. also doubling the word with people princees and childeren opposeed to barren or one rooted out poor desolat or cut off Is. 54. Iod of Hodah to confess publish or commend by the multiplyeing the termn prais for
and this teaching and hearing is the Sabbath work of refreshing and reviveing the miserable and dead-comfortless soule of man ps 113. This is the food of the congregation the miraculous sustenance out of the Law and Testaments that lasteth from meal to meal with full cupbordes for ever as ps 144. That whereof every disciples basket and his store is blessed with increas and for this is the day to be kept holy and sanctifyed for the presence of God and his word in it that sanctifyeth the hearers Which presence yf God vouchsafe not the people are forsaken and perish for want of his kingdom Now that in this psalme hee may seem to sanctifie the Sabbath and to keep it holy he layeth down precisely all the circumstance of his behaviour and the worship and keeping of it and that most from ps 92. that hee may seem more capable of this food and sanctifycation of the spirit by the manner the presence the place the end and the reason of all As thus he will worship God with all his heart he will chant him out before the gods and Angels and judges hee throwes himself prostrate at his temple hee worships his Name for his loveing kindenes and his faithfullnes and that because he hath made his promise greater than all his Name ps 12. Now becaus his worship is so perfect hee desireth to bee heard in the day and time of his calling and that he would sustein with great strength in his minde and releev him largely That all the kings of the world might likewise worship God when they have him and his wordes and sing of his wayes and of his great glory which are his miraculous and wonderfull woâ—ks of kindenes also of his promiss and faithfulnes Now becaus he is high and beholdeth the low and the mean ones psal 113 and seeing hee is lofty and kenneth farr and his word findeth men out every wher hee prayeth now that God would bestow his heavenly food and bread of sustenance uppon him That as we labour all the week to rest the sabbath so that we may be fed in the sabbath to bee able to labour all the week That is that of a man in great distress and in the midst of sorrows he would make him a cheerfull man and revive him and being besieged round about with adversity that he would lay his hand upon his enemies face and blindefold them and by the prosperous and dexterous right hand of his ministry save him And that God who is the onely doer about him and his kindenes is for ever would not now forsake the works of his own hands and creatures of his Law and that he would never fail them with his kingdom that bringeth all things with it but let him see the fulnes and pleasure and joy at his right hand beeing his portion and cup and inheritance ps 16.116 Construction Quoph to compass the kindenes of God about him to strengthen him in affliction giâ—deth him Mark Gnoz and Zarrah seven seventies and 490 ps 25.34.119 see kindenes repeated Ion. 2. Lamed Lerning is heer a larger extent of Gods Name it is all his Law and his word and his work and his way which is grace and truth that shineth after him by effect that with his glory ps 29. putteth out his enemyes eyes spieth the afflicted being never so deep or farr from him to releeve him It commendeth the reading of the Law and Prophets and for this the word saying and Name and hand is repeated Cheth to prostrate by bowing down c. and lowly c. all his humble supplication and adoration in deep distress ps 5. Is. 18. all the letters qualach from whence qualachah a caldron for affliction Deuteronomy his dayly worship and psalming in the Temple can be nothing but of his mervilous acts of grace towards his church and creatures and of the life of the word that feedeth them and disgrace to his enemies Ier. 20. Mark the word worship for a repetition or confession Hee fullfilleth all his saying and all by his saying PSALM CXXXIX IN this psalme beginning with Trespass hee sheweth by the stones of triall in the brest-plate of judgement described as ps 149. by the law is a mans life spanned out and made square every way that God is made privy to them all If it be in position by lyeing down and riseing up hee knoweth their miscarriage therein If it bee in their travail or their rest hee keepeth round about all their wayes and pryeth into every trick of them If it be in speech or language hee knoweth every word Hee besets them round about they cannot go forth nor back but his hand is uppon them which is their conscience of sinne against the law which he calleth a wonderfull and a higher knowledge than he can attain unto from the sight of which trespass and conscience of sinne becaus ther is no escapeing neither in heaven nor hell nor beyond sea nor in the dark whatsoever hee committeeth by imagination or worship but hee is every wher with them and alwaies in sight of them and hee can no way out-goe him or hide from him nay that God possessed his reins before he was born and becaus he was fearfully hidden and he knew that his works were wonderfull and that hee saw his bones though they were made in secret and that hee was set together under the earth and his clue and windeing and his dayes recorded before he was born now for this hee devides himself from the wicked deerly to think of God as a father and to worship and honour him for his creation and that his cheeff and deerest and most honourable thoughts are mighty and wonderfull many of him even above the sand of the sea in number seeing as long as hee is awake hee is never out of minde of him Hee will have no fellowship with any wickednes with such as rebell and risâ— against God in fals and vain imagination idolatrous trespass Ps. 119. S. And throughly hateth all the enemies of God and they to him are for deadly Enimyes And all the sinister side for Sin ps 109.119 sh. and hath God on his right hand as ps 16. to shew his conversion repentance and amendment Now seeing nothing can be hid from God and from his all seeing presence in his Law and conscience but they shall bee visited to the third and fourth generation hee prayeth to bee searcheed and his heart and thoughts to be tryed and known throughly to see yf ther bee any way or work of idolatrie or sorrowfull trespass in him Yf ther bee that hee would lead him the way and work of eternity and amendment of life and forgive him And this is a resurrection which the Law performeth by long looking into the hearts and consciences of men to restore them and deliver them out of the bonds of sin and death and hell and the divell and from all slavery wherinto they are sunk by offences yf ther be
thy Lipes are povvred full of Grace therfore thy GOD hath blessed thee for euer Gird on thy Svvord vpon thy thigh like a valiant man gird on thy VVorship and thine Honour Ride thou vpon the VVord of Truth and meek Iustice increase thine honour thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things For by thy sharp Arrovvs in the hart of the Kings Enimyes the people shall fall dovvn vnder thee Evermore thy THRONE is GOD and the Septer of VPRIGHTNES is the Septer of thy KINGDOM Thou lovest RIGHTEOVSNES and hate-est WICKEDNES therfor thine own GOD hath annoynted thee with the Oyle of Ioy above thy fellows The edges of all thy Garments don with Myrrh and Aloes out of the Ivory closets of Minni doe delighte thee Kings Daughters are in thy dignityes and at thy right hand doth stand thy Bedfellow all in fine gold of Ophir O Daughter hearken well consider and turne thine Eare and forget thy Nation and thy Fathers House the King shall be in Love with thy Bewty be thou Lowly to him for hee is thy Lord the rich men of Tyre shal intreat thee with Presents The Kings Daughter is moste Glorious vvithin vvith her clothes of golden Imbrodery of Needlevvork shall shee be brought to the King after her the virgines that be her companions shal be brought vnto thee vvith ioy Mirth shall they be brought flovving into the Kings Court. In steed of thy Fathers thou shalt haue sonnes to set Princees in all Countryes Therfore I will make thy Name a Memoriall in all Generations for the people to Publish confesse thee for evermore XLVI A Song for the Cheeff of the Sonnes of Corah vpon Alamoth GOD is our stronge RELYE ready Helpe in distresses Therfore wee fear not at the CHANGE of the erth At the mooveing of Mountaines into the midle of the Sea at the Rorering and boyling of the VVaters nor at the Shakeing of Mountaines vvith the Pride thereof Surely His holly chanells doe cheer the Citty of GOD and delighterh the Dwellings of the HIGHE GOD is in the middest of it it can not be stirred GOD will help it betimes before the morninge springs The Hethen raged and the Kingdomes weare in a commotion Hee vttered his VOICE and the Earth melted The warlike ET is with vs the GOD of Iacob is our RELEEF surely Com and behold the miraculous ACTS of the ETERN what Desolations hee hath made in the earth Ceasing tho wars vnto the end of the erth that Shivereth the bowes and cutteth the speares in peeces and burneth the chariots ìn the fire Hold your handes know that I am GOD and will be exalted in all Nations of the worlde The warlike ETERNALL is with vs the GOD of Iacob is our RELEEFF surely XLVII A Psalm for the Cheeff of the Sonnes of Corah ALL people clap your handes triumph vnto GOD with a loude voice for the ETERN is a dread SOVERAIGNE and a great KINGE over all the earth Hee hath subdued Diverse people vnder vs and Nations vnder our feet and chose vs our INHERITANCE the very Pride of Iacob surely GOD the ET is gon vp with the shrill sound of the Trumpet ô sing Psalmes to GOD ô sing Psalmes to our KING because GOD is KING of all the Earth sing a MASCIL Palme GOD SITTETH vpon his holly Throne and Raigneeth over the Heathen the Principall people are gathered together but because the DEFENSES of the earth are GODES The People of Abrahams GOD is much preferred XLVIII A Psalm-Song by the Sonnes of Corah GREAT is the ETERNALL in the CITTY of our GOD his Holly HILL very renowmed Mount Sion the Citty of the great KING on the North side standing faire and lofty the Ioy of all the earth GOD is certainly her DEFENSE in her Battelments For behold VVhen Kings vvere assembled they passed by at once vvhen they Savv they mervilled they vver terrifyed and astonied ther a trembling took them and a Paine as of a vvoman in travaile of child vvith an East vvinde thou brakest the Ships of TarShish According as wee have heard and SEEN in the Citty of our GOD the warlike ETERNALL GOD will establish it for ever surely Wee think thy LOVEING KINDNES is with in thy Temple ô GOD thy NAME and thy PRAYSE is over the endes of the worlde for thy Righte hand is full of IVSTICE Let Mount Sion reioyce and all the Townes of Iudah be glad for thy JVDGEMENTS Goe round about Sion and compasse it and tell her Towers think vpon her Trenches consider her Platformes that you may tell it to another Generation for this shall be our ONELY GOD for evermore Hee hath brought vs over Death XLIX For the Cheeff of the Sonnes of Corah A Psalme HEARKEN hither all yee Nations and hear this all yee that inhabit the Continent Every Human wighte aswell rich as poore my mouth shall speak WISDOM and my hart think of VNDERSTANDING I will turn mine eares to a PARABLE and open my RIDLE vpon the Harp VVhy should I FEAR in dayes of Misery vvhen the Iniquity of my heeles is round about mee Men trust in their vvelth and glory in their great riches no man shall redeeme his Brother nor giue a price to God for him the Redemption of their liues is so deer that hee should stay for ever and liue continually and and not see the Pitt Hee see-eth that VVisemen dye and that Bruteish Sots doe perish together and leave their vvelth to others They think theire Houses shall indure for ever and their Dvvellings for all Generations and call them by their Names vpon their Landes but Man lodge-eth not in Honour and is ouercom like vnto Dumb Beastes This their VVAY is a Sottery to them and they that com after them vvill vvellcom it vvith their mouthes Surely They shall lye like Sheep in the Pitt Death shall devoure them straightvvay they shall haue Dominion over them And the Pitt shall vveare out their shape as soone as they be from their dvvelling house in it But GOD vvill redeem my life from the Brinck of hell because hee hath accepted mee surely FEARE not when a man goeth rich and the Glory of his house groweth great for
Song A Mascil of David VVhen the Zipps SAYDE to Saul David is hid vvith vs. SAVE mee and Cleer mee ô GOD by thy victorious NAME ô GOD heare my PRAYER and hearken to the WORDES of my Mouth for cruell Enimyes are risen against mee and seek my life that put not GOD before them surely Behold let my LORD GOD that is my HELPER and is vvith them that vphold my Life bring the Evill to my Tormentors and by thy TRVTHE dissolue them That I may freely Sacrifice vnto thee set out the GOODNES of thy NAME ô ETERNALL that hath delivered mee out of all DISTRESSE that mine eyes may look vpon mine Enimyes LV. For the Cheeff in Song Musicque A Mascil of DAVID HEARE my PRAYER ô GOD and conceale not thy selfe fâ—om my pittifull SVPPLICATION listen to mee and consider mee that am setled in my Complainte and CRYE out for the vrgeing Talk of the wicked Enimye which Attempt to Anger and Greeve mee My Hart is in paine within mee the Threatnings of death are faâ—len vpon mee feare and Trembling is within mee and Terror doth overhelle mee And I SAYED J would J had winges like a Dove that I might flye and have Rest beholde I would remoove farre off and Lodge in the Wildernes Surely J would soon escape from the Tempestuous Whirlewinde O LORD diuide their Tonges and Devoure them for the INIVRY and CONTENTION which I see in the Citty Day and Night they goe aboute it vpon the VValles thereof and Sorrovv and PAINE is vvithin it Ther is a miserable CALAMITY with in it DECEIPT and GVILE dravve not out of the streets For it was not an Enimye that defameed mee that J should beare it nor my Foe that hated mee that made Much a doe against mee that J might be hid from him but thou a wrech of mine owne Ranck my wonted Companion and my familiar Acquaintance wee went in Company into the House of GOD and took sweet Counsell together Let Him put Death vpon them and let them goe dovvn to Hell aliue for MICHEEFFS are in the midle of their Dvvelling Houses I CALL vnto GOD the ETERNALL to SAVE mee Euening and Morning and at Noon doe I Complaine and Cry out that hee vvill hear my VOICE by PEACE ransome my Life from the vvarr vvhich J haue vvith many that are vvith mee The ALMIGHTY GOD hear and ansvver them and Hee that Jnhabiteth their presence Surely They haue noe Changes and they Feare not GOD. Hee giues his hand vvith his Freend in League and breaks his couenant the vvordes of his Mouth are smoother then Butter his Hart being all vvarr they are Softer then Oyle yet are they naked Svvordes Cast thy Prouidence vpon the ETERN and hee vvill content thee And I doe TRVST in thee O GOD bring THEM dovvn to the Pitt of Corruption and let not Murtherers and Treacherours men atteine to halfe their Time LVI For the Cheeff vpon Ionath-elem of the Foreiners A Mictam of David When the Phelistines had hold on him in Gath. HAVE Pitty on mee ô GOD for Man devoureth mee dayly fighteing to oppresse mee my Tormentors gape dayly they being exceeding many that fight against mee When I was afraid I put my TRVST in thee in -- GOD I praise his WORDE in GOD I put my TRVST I feare not what flesh shall doe vnto mee They are much mooved dayly because of mee for mee all their DEVISES are for MICHEEFF They lye in vvaite and lurk in secret and observe my steps as looking for my Life O GOD put them to flight for their MOLESTATION and in thine Anger overthrow the Nations Counte my REMOOVINGS ô GOD and put my TEARES in they Botle Be they not in thy reckoning THEN when mine Enimyes turne back when I call then this I know that GOD is with mee In GOD I PRAYSE his WORDE in the ETERNALL J PRAYSE his WORD in GOD I put my TRVST I feare not what man shall doe vnto mee I will pay thee Thanke-Offrings ô GOD and thy Vowes that I haue made thee because thou hast delivered my person from Death and my feet from scatering to walke before GOD in the LIVEING LIGHT LVII For the Cheeff DESTROYE NOT A MICTAM of David vpon his flyeing from Saul into the Cave HAVE Pitty on mee ô GOD for on thee doth my SOVLE rely and in the shadow of thy winges I wholely RELYE till CALAMITY be past I CALL vnto GOD my SOVERAIGNE the ALMIGHTY that doth all for mee That hee vvould send his LOVEING KINDENES and his TRVTHE from Heauen and saue mee from the Reproche of my Devourer Surely My Soule is among Lions I lye among inflamed Lions men vvhose teeth are speares and arrovves and their tonges sharp svvordes O GOD be thou extolled aboue the Heavens and thy GLORY over all the Earth When they set Nets for my feet hee clipped my SOVLE they haue digged Pittes before mee and they are fallen in the midle of them Surely My Hart is ready ô GOD my Hart is ready to SING PSALMES I will vp betime with my GLORY my Lute and my Harp and thank thee ô LORD among the people and LAVDE thee among the Nations For the GREATNES of thy LOVING-KINDENES to the Heavens and thy TRVTHE even to the cloudes Be thou extolled O GOD aboue the Heavens and thy GLORY over all the Earth LVIII For the Cheeff DESTROYE not A Mictam of DAVID WHAT indeed will yee never speak the TRVTHE will ye never IVDGE RIGHT ô Human men and will you still in your heartes work wrong and in the world weigh INIVSTICE with your handes The WICKED stray even from the bearing and ERR as sonn as they be out of the wombe Speakeing FALSLY Their Burning is like the Stinging of a Serpent like the Stinging of a deaff Adder that hath his eares stopped and cannot be charmed by the wiseest Coniurer O GOD break their Teeth in their mouthes and dash the lawes of the Lions whelps in pecce-es ô ETERNALL that the Arrowes that hee draweth may be shunned that they may goe like water and be broke-en Let him goe like a melting Snaile like the falling of a Woman let them never see the
of the ETERNALL by which the RIGHTEOVS ONES doe enter That I may vvorship thee for thou hast Afflicted mee and hast been my SALVATION The stone that the builders refused is becom the head corner stone This is from the ETERNALL and it is Miraculous in our eyes This day hath the ETERNALL brought that vve may Triumph and Reioyce in it Wee beseech thee giue Salvation O ETERN Wee beseech thee O ETERN giue prosperity Blessed bee hee that coÌ„meth in the NAME of the ETERN wee blesse you out of the House of the ETERN And that the ALL MIGHTY GOD the ETERNALL may Shine vnto vs Tye your Festivals vvith cordes to the hornes of the Altar that J may vvorship thee ô my ALMIGHTY and extoll the ô my GOD. Worship the ETERNALL because hee is GRATIOVS and because his LOVEING KINDENES is for euer CXIX A. HAPPY are they that are of a PERFECT WAY that vvalk in the LAVV of the ETERNALL Happy are they that obserue his TESTIMONYS and seek him with the whole hart and walke in his wayes yea and doe noe wrong to obserue dilligently thy VISITINGS which thou hast commanded I would to God my Wayes wear stedfast to keep thy PRESCRIPTIONS that then I might not be abashed when I looke vpon thy COMMANDEMENTS and I might worship thee with a right hart when I haue lerned thy JVDGEMENTS ô that I may keep thy PRECRIPTIONS ô leaue mee not vtterly B. O how shall a yong man keep clean his way To obserue it according to thy Word I seek thee with all my hart ô let mee not misse of thy COMMENDEMENTS I hide thy SAYINGS in my minde that I may not sinn against thee ô ETERNALL thou blessed one teach mee thy PRESCRIPTIONS I reckon with my lips all the SENTENCES of thy mouth J ioy in the WAY of thy TESTIMONYS as aboue all welth J talk of thy PRECEPTS and behold thy WAYES J haue Delight in thy STATVTES and forget not thy WORD G. O deal bountifully with thy Seruant I may liue and that J may keep thy WORD vnfold mine eyes that J may discerne the secrets out of thy LAW J beeing a stranger in in the Earth ô hide not thy COMMANDEMENTS from mee My Soul is beaten out with continuall Appetite to thy JVDGEMENTS Rebuke the cursed Proud that err from thy COMMANDEMENTS and turn from mee Reproch and Contempt for J obserue thy TESTIMONYS Yea when Prince-es sit and speak against mee thy Seruant communeth of thy STATVTS Yea thy TESTIMONYES are my Delightes and my Counseâ—lers D. My soul cleeveth to the dust ô quicken mee according to thy WORD I tell my WAYES and thou hearest mee ô teach mee thy STATVTES Make mee vnderstand the WAY of thy PRECEPTS that J may talke of thy WONDERS My soul droupeth for sorrow O Raise mee again according to thy WORD O take from mee the WAY of falshood and grace mee with thy LAW I choose the WAY of TRVTH I like thy IVDGEMENTS J steek vpon thy TESTIMONYS O ETERNALL make mee not ashame-ed ô inlarge my hart that J may runn the way of thy COMMANDEMENTS H. Teach mee to obserue the way of thy STATVTS to the end giue mee vnderstanding to obserue thy LAW and to keep it with my whole hart Direct mee in the PATH of thy COMMANDEMENTS because I haue pleasure in it Turn my minde to thy TESTIMONYES and not vnto GAINE Take away mine eyes from beholding falshood and revive mee in thy WAY Establish thy SAYING to thy Seruant which is according to thy FEARE Take away my reproche that I feared for thy IVDGEMENTS are pleasant Behold J haue an Appetite to thy PRECEPTS ô revive mee with thy RIGHTEOVSNES V. O let thy LOVING KINDENESES and thy SALVATION com vnto mee according to thy SAYING that I may answer my Reprocher the matter Because I trust in thy WORD and take not the WORD of TRVTH quite out of my mouth for I waite for thy IVDGEMENT That I may keep thy LAW allwayes for world everlasting And I may walk at large for I seek thy PRECEPTS that I may speak of thy TESTIMONYS before Kinges and not be abashed and delight my selfe in thy COMMANDEMENTS which I love and hold vp my hands at thy COMMANDEMENTS which I love and talke of thy STATVTS Z. Remember thy word to thy Servant which thou hast made mee waite for In my Affliction this is my coÌ„fort for thy SAYING reviveth mee The Proud make a mocking stock of mee aboue measure but I decline not from thy Law I remember thy IVDGEMENTS of old O ETERNALL and am comforted When a storm of Wicked men seissed on mee such as forsake thy LAW thy Statuts wear my SONETS in my dwelling House I remember thy NAME in the night O ETERNALL and keep thy LAW This happened to mee for obseruing thy PRECEPTS Ch. ô ETERN my PORTION I Sayd I vvould keep thy vvordes I intreat thee with all my hart pitty mee according to thy Saying I recount my wayes bring again my feet vnto thy TESTIMONYES J make haste and delay not to keep thy COMMANDEMENTS The snares of the wicked are about mee but J forget not thy LAW at midnight J rise to thank thee for thy righteous JVDGEMENTS J am a companion of all them that fear thee such as will keep thy PRECEPTS ô ETERNALL that the Earth is full of thy LOVEING KINDENES teach mee thy STATVTES TH. Deal well with thy Seruant ô ETERNALL according to thy WORD Lern mee the Goodnes of Vnderstanding and Knowledge for J beleeue in thy COMMANDEMENTS Before J was in misery J erred and now J keep thy SAYING ô thou that art good and perfect lern mee thy STATVTS The Proud lay-falshood against mee but J obserue thy PRECEPTS with all the hart Their hart is fat like tallow but J greatly respect thy LAW It was good for mee that I was afflicted that J might lern thy STATVTES I haue more pleasure in the LAW of thy Mouth then in thousands of gold and silver I. Thou that thy handes haue made mee and prepare-ed mee ô teach mee VNDERSTANDING that I may lern thy COMMANDEMENTS That they that fear thee may reioyce when they see it for I wait for thy WORD I know ô ETERNALL that thy IVDGEMENTS be with IVSTICE and that thou
hast very FAYTHFVLLY afflicted mee O let thy LOVING KINDENES be to comfort mee according to thy SAYING to thy Servant O let thy MERCYES com vnto mee that I may live because my greatest Respects are thy LAW O let the Proud be abashed that wrongfully torment mee when I talk of thy PRECEPTS Let such as fear thee and know thy TESTIMONYES com vnto mee Let my hart be wholely in thy STATVTES that I may not be abashed K. My Soul is consumeed for thy SALVATION J wait for thy WORD mine eyes are spent for thy SAYING Saying vvhen vvilt thou comfort mee Though J am like a botle in the smoke yet I forget not thy STATVTES How many are the dayes of thy Servant when wilt thou doe Judgement against my Persecutors The Proud dig pittes for mee which is not according to thy LAW all thy COMMANDEMENTS are TRVTH but they persecute mee wrongfully O help mee Within a little they had made an end of mee in the Earth notwithstanding J forsake not thy PRECEPTS O revive mee according to thy LOV KINDENES that J may keep the TESTIMONYS of thy mouth L. O ETERNALL that thy WORD abideth in Heauen for euer and thy FAYTHFVLLNES standeth for all generations as sure as thou hast made the Earth that they at this day doe stand by thy IVDGEMENTS for they are all thy Servants except thy LAW had been my respects J had then euen perished in mine Affliction J shall neuer forget thy PRECEPTS because by them thou hast revived mee ô saue mee for I am thine for J seek for thy STATVTES The Wicked lay wait for mee to destroy mee and I am lerning to vnderstand thy TESTIMONYES I haue seen an end of all Perfection but thy COMMANDEMENT is exceeding large M. Oh how I love thy LAW for it is my talke all the day By thy COMMANDEMENTS thou hast made mee wiser then mine Enimyes For it is for ever with mee J get more skill then all my Teachers because thy TESTIMONYES are my Meditations J lern more vnderstanding then the Age-ed because I obserue thy PRECEPTS J refraine my feet from all ill wayes that I may keep thy Word I will not depart from thy IVDGEMENTS because thou hast taught mee How sweet are they to my Palat thy SAYING is sweeter then hony to the Palat of my mouth by thy PRECEPTS J lern VNDERSTANDING therfor I hate all wrong wayes N. Thy WORD is a candle to my feet a light vnto my foot path I haue sworne and J will confirm it that I vvill keep thy righteous IVDGEMENTS I am extremely afflicted ô ETERNALL revive mee according to thy WORD ô ETERNALL accept I pray thee the voluntary Offrings of my mouth and teach mee thy IVDGEMENTS My life is allwayes in Danger but I forget not thy LAW The Wicked set a snare for mee but I err not from thy PRECEPTS I inherit thy TESTIMONYES for ever because they are the ioy of my hart And I bend my minde to doe thy PRESCRIPTIONS to the vvorlds end S. I hate Scismes and I love thy LAW ô thou my SHELTER and my SHIELD I waite for thy WORD Away from mee yee Naughty men I may observ the COMMANDEMENTS of my GOD. Support mee according to thy SAYING that I may liue and make mee not ashamed of my HOPE stay mee vp J may be safe by looking allwayes in thy PRESCRIPTIONS Thou ouerthrowest all them that err from thy PRESCRIPTS because their dissembling is falshood Thou takest away the Wicked ones of the Earth like a skum therfor J loue thy TESTIMONYS My flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afrayed because of thy IVDGEMENTS GH I doe righteous IVDGEMENT ô leave mee not to mine Oppressours Gard well thy Servant and let not the Proud oppresse mee Mine eyes are consume-ed for thy SALVATION and for thy Righteous Saying Deal with thy Servant according to thy LOVEING KINDENES and teach mee thy Prescripts I am thy Servant ô lern mee Vnderstanding that I may know thy TESTIMONYES When they should perform it to the ETERNALL they breake thy LAW Therfor doe I loue thy COMMANDEMENTS more then gold more then Paz gold Therfor because of all the PRECEPTS all which J allow all wrong wayes doe J hate P. Wonderfull are thy Testimonyes therfor my Soul observeth them The opening of thy WORDS giueth light and maketh the simple to bee of Vnderstanding I opened my mouth vvith Longing because I had Appetite to thy COMMANDEMENTS O look vpon mee and pitty mee as thy Custom is to them that loue thy NAME Set my feet firm in thy SAYINGS and let noe sorrovv haue Dominion ouer mee Redeem mee from the oppression of men that I may keep thy PRECEPTS Lighten thy FACE vpon thy Seruant and lerne mee thy PRESCRIPTS Riuers of water runn down mine eyes because they keep not thy LAW T S O ETERNALL that art IVST and RIGHT in thy IVDGEMENTS and with exceeding IVSTICE and TRVTH hast commanded thy TESTIMONYES my zeale torments mee because my foes forget thy wordes Thy SAYING is an exceeding tried Saying thy Seruāt loueth it shakē off despised as J am J forget not thy PRECEPTS O thou that thy Righteousnes and thy Law is with Iustice and TRVTH for euer miserable torments haue found mee but my whole Respects are thy COMMANDEMENTS ô thou that thy Testimonys are with Iustice for euer giue mee Vnderstanding that J may live Q. I Call with all my hart O ETERN answer mee J that obserue thy Prescripts J CALL thee ô Saue mee and J keep thy TESTIMONYES J am present in the Twilight shouteing because I wait for thy WORD Mine eyes prevent the Night waches that J may muse vpon thy SAYING Hear my voyce O ETERNALL according to thine accustomed LOVEING KINDENES and revive mee When the followers of Mischeeff approched which wear far from thy LAW ô thou ETERNALL most nighe and all thy COMMANDEMENTS are TRVTH by thy TESTIMONYES I knew before because thou hast founded them for ever R. O see mine Affliction and release mee because J forget not thy LAW Defend my quarell and ransom mee and by thy SAYING revive mee SALVATION is far frō the Wicked because they seek not thy PRESCRIPTS ô ETERNALL that thy MERCYES are great after thy IVDGEMENTS revive mee When my Persecutors and Afflictors are many
I decline not from thy TESTIMONY When I saw Transgressors which kept not thy Saying I was exceedingly greeved ô mark how I love thy PRECEPTS and according to thy LOVEING KINDENES revive mee The beginning of thy WORD is TRVTH and every one of thy IVST DECREES is for ever SH When Prince-es persecuted mee for nothing and my hart was afrayed because of thy WORD I ioyed concerning thy SAYING as a man that had found a great Booty I hate and abhore falshood and I love thy LAW Seven times a day I praise thee for thy RIGHTEOVS IVDGEMENTS ther is great PEACE to them that love thy LAW And ther is nothing shall offend them I hope for thy SALVATION because J doe thy COMMANDEMENTS My Soul keepeth thy TESTIMONYES and I love them exceedingly I keep thy COMMISSIONS and thy TESTIMONYS because all my wayes are before thee T. O ETERNALL let my SOVND com before thee and according to thy WORD giue mee VNDERSTANDING let my Request com before thee and according to thy Saying deliver mee And that my lips may vtter Prayse ô teach mee thy PRESCRIPTIONS and my tonge report thy SAYING for all thy COMMANDEMENTS are IVST Let thy hand be to help mee for J make choise of thy PRECEPTS J long for thy SALVATION O ETERNALL thy LAW being my cheeff Respect That my Soul may PRAYSE thee as long as it liueth because thy IVDGEMENTS have holpen mee J goe astray like a lost sheep ô seek out thy Servant for J forget not thy COMMANDEMENTS CXX A Song of Gradations IN my Affliction I CALLED vnto the ETERNALL to hear mee ô ETERNALL deliver my Soul from false Lippes and a deceiptfull Tong. What shall it giue vnto thee and what shall it bring vnto thee a deceiptfull Tong sharp Arrovves of a strong man vvith hot Juniper coles VVoe is mee that I have sojourned in Meshek and dvvelt vvith the Tentes of Kedar my Soul hath dvvelt her ther to long vvith him that hate-eth PEACE For vvhen J speake of PEACE they are for vvarr CXXI A Song of Gradations SHALL I lift vp mine eyes to the Hilles from whence shall my HELP com My Help is from the ETERNALL maker of Heaven and Earth O let him not suffer thy foot to slip nor let him slomber that keepeth thee Behold hee vvill neither slombe◠nor sleep that keepeth Jsrael The ETERNALL that keepeth thee vvill be a Shadovv at thy Right hand that the Sunn smite thee not by day nor the moon by night The ETERNALL vvill Keep thee and preserue thy life from all evill the ETERNALL vvill preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time and for euer CXXII A Song of Gradations of DAVID I Reioyce-ed when they SAYD to mee Let vs goe to the House of the ETERNALL and our feet shall stand in thy gates ô Jerusalem Jerusalem that is built like a Citty vvell pack together vvith it self Because thither goe vp the Tribes the Tribes of the ETERN and the whole Testimony of Israel to worship the NAME of the Eternall for ther they sit in Trones for Iudgement the THRONES of the House of David wish PEACE with Ierusalem that they may prosper that love thee Let PEACE be in thy Trenches and Prosperity in thy Palaces for my Bretheren and friends sakes I vvish PEACE in thee for the House of the ETERNALL our GOD his sake J vvish thee vvell CXXIII A Song of Gradations VNTO thee I lift vp mine eyes ô thou Dweller in the Heavens Behold as the eyes of men Servantes are to the hand of their maisters as the eyes of a maide to the hand of her Mistresse so are our eyes to the ETER our GOD vntill hee shall Pitty vs. Pitty vs pitty vs O ETERN for wee are very full of Contempt our Soul is to full to it self of the skornfull Contempt of Idle and haughty men CXXIV A Song of Gradations of DAVID NOT for the ETERNALL that was with vs may Israel now SAY not for the ETERNALL that was with vs when men rose vp against vs even then they had swellowed vs vp alive when their Anger burned against vs. Then the waters had overflowed vs and the Current runn over our Soules then had a stream of swelling waters gon clean over our Soules Blessed be the ETERNALL that hath not given vs a prey to their teeth Our Soul is escape-ed like a bird from the fowlers Snare The Snare is broken and wee are escape-ed Our HELP is in the NAME of the ETERNALL the make-er of Heaven and Earth CXXV A Song of Gradations THEY that trust in the ETERNALL are like Mount Sion that shall not be moved but abide for ever The Hills are round about Jerusalem and the ETERNALL is round about his People from this time and for euer For ther shall noe vvicked shaft rest by the Lot of the RIGHTEOVS Because the Righteous set not their hands to any wrong Be good O ETERN to the good and vpright in their hartes and they that turn their crooked wayes let the ETERN make them walke with them that work the sorrow that Peace may bee vpon Israel CXXVI A Song of Gradations WHEN the ETERN brought again the captivity of Sion wee wear like men in a Dream Then wear our mouthes full of LAVGHTER and our tongs with SONETS Then SAYD they among the Hethen The ETERN hath don much among these men The ETERNALL hath don great things with vs and wee reioyce-ed ô ETERNALL bring our captivity again like the Rivers in the South That they that sowe with teares may reap with Songs that hee that went out weeping bearing his seedleep may com againe with SONETS bringing his sheaves CXXVII A Song of Gradations of Salomon IF the ETERNALL build not the house in vaine doe the builders therof labour in it If the ETERNALL keep not the Citty in vain doe the Warders wach It is in vain to you that yee rise vp early and sit down late and eat your meat with cares seeing hee giveth his BELOVED rest Behold children and the fruit of the womb are an hereditary reward of the ETERNALL As arrovves in a strongmans hand so are the Children of youth Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be abashed vvhen they talk vvith their enimyes in the gate
resolution of thankfullnes lest hee should seem to haue any thing that hee did not requite or pay for which wear stealth And becaus hee was so much bound unto God for his great bounty and love all his life long for the true service of him hee will bee his true servant to his lives end And so seeing by following the doctrine of the Law of God called the green feeld and the quiet wateâ—s hee wanteth nothing his minde is converted and himself guided the right way to all blessednes of this life and seeing in all doubtfull cases hee hath great comfort and boldnes therby hee resolveth to continue in the contemplation therof for ever And this for one part of the way of God P 25. Construction Caph a hand wherby hee leadeth him and guideth like a sheep Psal. 77.78 by repetition of the sense in divers words to that purpose leadeth converteth guideth The office of a shephard Ciph a cliff or cave which to a sheep is by nature mostâ— fearfull also any dark passage The third part is from Ghimel to reward or waine As a sheep heard is a pastor or feeder so heer hee maketh him awaynlings feast as Gen. 21. and hee was ever favourable to him That was his reward as Ps. 62. Prov. 31. Genesis His quiescency is the doctrine of the ministry as Noah walked with God and found favour in his sight Gen. 6. so hee is no way deficient but for lodgeing cours directioÌ„ and diet is about him by him before him and after him with all consolation and comforts and graces Hee aboundeth by daylye feeding on the word The quiescents are full in many words to be marked so hee is begotten and reformed by grace PSALM XXIV THe last Psalme 23 was of the excellent Love and kindenes of God unto his faithfull servantes and this of the truth and faithfullnes of his word to them that loue him unite-ed in the next psalme 25. for the whole way of God The maner of the creation argueth and truely testifieth the Creator so the workes of a man be found to signify the hart then yf the hart bee pure and clean the testimony is good and true Hee that hath neither wrought with his hands nor thought wrong in his hart a man that is true and faithfull and just with his tongue and is not given to falshood dissembling and deceipt hee it is that shall bee blessed of God and receiue the crown of righteousnes and salvation Ps. 4.133.134 And thes are they that follow the Lamb. Apo. 19. Seeing this same and such was the very protestation of the Iewes and sâ—rvantes of God and the church which mightily excelled all nations for pureity of profession and religion as Ps 47. hee sheweth that their Testimony is moste neighbourly and moste Iustifiable before God and that all religion beside this did tâ—stâ—fy falsshood and was moste damnable to all Therfor seeing in this Psalme Religion is made a true protestation or protestation of the truth or verification or justification or truth it self and faith and strength Ps. 22. and illumination of the Law of God and glory of all men Ps. 4. and that the God of this religion beeing truth that rideeth on a white hors and fighteth valiantly the written verity and righteousnes that excelleth in strength and victory and is a mighty warrier and the people of the Iewes and seed of Iacob the protestants therof and becaus their religion and profession shone beyond all men for Glory which is righteousnes Ps 4. Therfor the Prophet maketh proclamation therof and cryeth room for them before all men and all enterâ—animent and preferment to be given them in all hollynes Aeternaque ferri robera c the everlasting gates to be set open for them Which without all question or doubt for glory are the cheeffest and their God the King of Glory This is a pure and undefiled religion free of all filthy conversation wherby a man may live unspotted in the world and unsteined of men Construction Caph the sole of the foot and that in thes words who shall goe up and who shall stand beeing the office and property of the feet as Ios. 3. Caph a hand by innocent handes which hee interprets the purity and syncerity of the Minde and also the office which is to take or receiue as in Nasa repeated Daleth a doore or gate often as open your cheeffe gates set up your mighty doores c. This was the gate of the Eternall and the Princes only the east gate of the temple Eze. 44. that never was to be opened but for them Ps. 118. Genesis The quiescents the letters Ehevi mentioned in Chi how and mi how And the letters Iehova are the replenishing of words beeing written as the Massorets call them Which is the generall domination of them in the perfection of wrighting Hee that is not defect in his devotion shall receive full quiescencey and content Thee only haue I seen righteous in this generation Gen. 6. The syncere shall entertaine the kingdom of glory the Kingdom of Righteousnes bee exalted dwell with God and rest with him Thou art my beloved sonn in thee I am well pleased The quiescency is entertainment and that is signifyed in Nasa diversly taken and Bo diversly written bothe full and defect with a quiescent and without called nah nirce and nah nister a quiescent seen and unseen written and not written mark the repetition PSALM XXV TO dash all worldly covetousnes which is the root of all evill and the net of all intanglements the witchery of all transgression and breach of all the Commandements by the wickednes of the minde and liquorishnes of Imagination he sheweth that his whole minde is set upon God and the way of Godlynes which is his faith and truth and love as Ps. 23.24 that his trust and whole relye is upon him and that all his hope and expectation is in him and all his waiting for him and all his covet is his Law Ps. 115. and all his honour riches and glory and strength delighte is God And that hee may not fail of his direction heerin that his minde is not set upon gain but to the Law of God Ps. 119. h. becaus Gods minde and promiss and covenant is to teach all them that will obserue his word and to make the humble and meek moste learned therin and to set them well at eâ—s and make them heires of the Land Now when a multitude of enimyes haue a moste unjust hatred to him and distresses very many and great are befallen him and his affliction and greeff exceeding much for his sinnes hee prayeth that for his dayly expectance hee bee not deceived nor ashamed of his hope but as his eyes are allwayes upon him that God will teach him the right way of salvation through his truâ—he and everlasting mercyes and kindenesses to him Ps. 143. That hee would forgiue the sinnes of his youth and pardon his extreame iniquity that
as in Iob. Which is most incident to Godly men because they are a vexation to the wicked that when hee seeth no way to still them yet hee is sure that his prosperity and redemption from misery must needs pacify them and make them have not a word to say Which Psalme is an abridgement of the whole book of Iob for an absolution for sin after confession and repentance hee beeing well resolved of the favour love of God in accepting of him that hee hath pleased him because of his Advancement Construction Mem is waters and Aleph to teach The waters of doctrin are a great blessing and hee is moste blessed that bestoweth it The waters of doctrine are taken for physique and for medicine from the freshnes of their nature and their fluentnes for Enimyes of divers sortes and for misery for overflowing as Is. 7. By the one kinde hee prayeth to be saved from the other That hee swim upon them and not be sunk by them as the waters of Noah for comfort and destruction mark the repetition Genesis The quiescenceys are divers Doctrine healeth the sick They haue eas in their sicknes and rest on their bed are well supported they have rest for their soules and forgivenes of sinn it easeth the minde The contrary is molestation vexation of Enimyes and the world that would have him dead and out of minde for a rest when he had no rest and never no eas while hee liveth His professed freendes are not peaceable to him These waters hee wishes for lerning enough to asswage and quiet Hee marketh Gods plesure and quiescency in him in brooking of his integrity and takeing him to his presence and useing him and in prevailing over them For a certain token of forgivenes THE SECOND BOOK PSALM XLII HIs sonn Absolom having drivē him out of Ierusalem from the presence service of God called his face and haveing him in chase and hot pursuit and skorning him his God and his salvation saying wher is thy God and wher is thy salvation as in Ps. 3. that hee was now in a new misery after that of Saul like one deep calling another or many chanels makeing a pool of affliction with greeff upon greeff even to slaugther Psal. 115. so that with extremity of teares and sighes and greeff even in his very bones at the railing and revileing and hard oppression of the Enimy and doubting of his God that hee so solemnly protested before them David bewaileth his Exile and with great affectation of Gods presence again prayeth for his loveing kindenes for it that hee may have a song to sing for the same Ps. 30. a prayer to the preserver of his life With a good-cheer still urgeing his undaunted confidence in the Eternall confesseth him his present Salvation But keeping alive the matter of the last book which begann with Iehovah the Eternall his righteousnes and ended with the rock wherupon his foot standeth the fayth and confidence that hee obteined by his way hee proceedeth now by the Name of Elohim judgement and Kingdom of God his Rock useinge no other name in this Psalme but once Iehovah for mercy repeating that so often and as ernestly as thirstynes requireeth drink In whom hee is and will bee ever comforted and have his full trust and affiance and for ever confess him and waite for his salvation and will indure though it be never so long in hope to come to Beth-el Luz and Iebuz and Ierusalem the hous of God and his holly Hill and Tabernacle and Altar and to the true service of God And this from Exodus for loveing kindenes and zeal the fire and cloud part of the Law Construction Mem for waters The Beast hath but one kinde to quench his thirst therfor his soul is unworthy to be expressed But the soul of man hath divers by reason of his divinity The presence of God is the Scriptures the waters of life and salvation and his God and his Rock cares deeps spoutes breaches waves for affliction Beth a hous in tabernacles and the hous of God hee honored the Scriptures before them all in Passover this hee hath to prove Gods presence and salvation which hee will ever wait for without dismay in all calamity Attributes of water are also these thirst powring out passing over troubling confess make to flow or publish c. As you shall finde plain by the allusion and affectation of wordes Exodus The first Petaroth and chapter beginneth with these wordes These are the Names c. The moste memorable and the best names under heaven and the only ones for salvation and invocation are the Names of God which heer hee never giveth over repeating From hence the commission of Moses and of the Prophets Christ his Apostles Exod. 3. what God The God of his life of salvation his rock the Eternall that shall com c. PSALME XLIII BY this prayer hee claimeth his defense from God becaus his Enimyes are ungodly unjust and deceiptful men and so maketh the quarell his wondring that hee should be thus rejected and haue such cause of sadnes by oppression And prayeing for a perfect understanding of the word and his truthe called his light that may lead him and bring him again to his hill and to the Altar of God his onely joy and delight to thank him hee cheers up himself with this that hee yet still waiteth on God and confesseth him his present salvation without despaire After the cloud and fire Exod. 13. To make this book suitable to the book of Exodus or comming out of Aegypt you shall mark how hee dealeth First hee treateth of the person that brought them out his only God and trust and relye and present salvation as in the last Psal. 42. wher hee medleth with nothing but his Name his confidence in his word his thirst after it his comfort by it and attendance to it So that hee will haue no other Godes but him according to the first commandement And because his deliverance must be by prayer in this Psalme hee frame-th his request from the Promiss Gen. 15. That dureing this time of bondage of 400 yeers wherein they were to be so ill intreated by a wrongfull a subtile nation that God now would judge him and fight his quarell and deliver him as Ps. 119. L. from such unkinde untractable subdole and unjust men and by the light of his truthe bring him to the right service of him For his place his dwellings his Altar and his Person that hee may com hard unto him the God of all his joy and delight and that hee hath no other to bee mery with but him and hee shall bee his onely and very God and no other And therfor hee willeth his minde not to be troubled and greeved abased and dejected at this burden of sorrow for himself but to trust still and to wait strongly upon this God whom hee will worship beeing sure that hee will
freendes as Salomon sayeth and good likeing is highly commended of the world that taketh him clean away and deludeeth him and bewitcheth astonyeth his understanding that hee is no more capable then a beast Dan. 4. of the golden rules of righteousnes by law or by faith as a scholer of Ierusalem So dyeth hee and goeth into oblivion and descendeth into utter darknes and corruption like a dumb beast never to be mentioned more which for want of fayth or virtue to succed him or good education to out live or survive him hee dyeth a second death and all his honour and glory is ended with him in the dust as Ps. 7. and death triumpheth over him And as Pride goeth before the fall so the fall of man is the trusting in riches and honour and letting slip knowledge and understanding the fear of the Lord. When David seeth this end com of the Rich whose state all along is contrary 2. Thes. 1. to his hee beeing much perplexed with the errors of his life hee easily concludeth that by his dayly affliction and misery hee is therby to look for eternall comfort glory and felicity Therfor hee feareth not but hee shall bee made wise unto salvation and by correction escape the pit that his form and shape corrupt not as Ps· 16. but his faith and rigteousnes shall last for ever From the fall of Adam who was turned out of honour for disobedience Gen. 3. Construction Mem waters For understanding and knowledge waters of life the waters of Iudah c. Is. 48. also riches or abundance of wealth the Riche-mans way makes him a fool no better thaÌ„ a beast yf hee wanteth wisdom Hee seeketh for land houses to last for ever in his Name hee findeth suddainly the grave for his everlasting dwelling which shall have the dominion over him and wear him all to dust for the letter Tet and Mot both the letters for his translation such is his passing hence or demigration a kinde of passover The moste illustrious estate in this world moste glittering turneth to long lasting obscurity Eccl. 11. mark the resounding Man in honour c. and all the termes doubled Is. 8.11.32 Ier. 2.51 Exodus The ninth Petaroth and chapter 30. for the Sacrifice or offering mony of every person But that can not redeem from death No welth is sufficient but the waters of life and understanding of knowledge of the fear of God This is the substance hee presumeth on Ps. 16. mark the words of redemption no man shall redeem c but God will redeem c. again remember A kinde of Name is when a man desireth to leave a Memory PSALM L. THe word of the Everlasting the God of Godes by the mouth of Moses in his last testament to the children of Israel hath been preached in Sion to all the world for a warning of his angry fearfull and horrible judgement of his Law called a consumeing fire for falling away transgression Now hee beeing the God that judgeth calleth heaven and earth to witness of his Iustâ—ce which as in Psalme 40. in the Priestly part of service is an utter condemnation of sacrifice for the glorifyeing of God And also of the leviticall part the usurping of the word that is without regard of instruction or observation Therfor because hee is a God of mercy and in his mercy releaseth when they call on him in distress hee wil have mercy and noâ— Sacrifice a spirituall Thanks-offering rather then a cloveen footed bullock Ps. 69. to glorify him and hee will shew him the way of salvation least in his wrath they bee consumeed and devoured without deliverance As gifts are not gratious to the kinde and as presentes provoke not freendes and all the glory of freendes is to bee freely used and called upon in distress so al Gods glory is free mercy and not sacrifice to bee wholely and onely relyed and called upon because the best sacrifice serveth not in time of judgement but a penitent invocation in trouble for him that will be saveed and comforted And they must have no other freend or God but him to worship to call upon or to serve And this is for the profession of his deer Saintes and chosen Servantes and Elect mentioned in the first table whom in his Kingdom hee thus reprooveth for their drowzines in observing Again the wicked are utterly condemned before him for takeing his name wholely in vain through out the second table when hee observeth none of his commandements but resisteth his will breaketh his Law though it bee in his mouth To these also belong confession repentance and amendement a calling upon God yf they will be put in the way of salvation So that the book of the Law the two Tables beeing opened and the whole world to bee judged either for misdooing or not dooing wee are all condemned without repentance and the mercy of God Like the breaking of the Tables Exo. 31.32 for defect in the holy preesthood Levites as well as the wicked Lev. 6.7 And hee maketh prayer the calling upon God and his Name better then sacrifice as grace is ever more worth then woâ—kes Construction Nun. Defective That all are defective by the Law In manner of performance what the perfection is what the imperfection Nun for ofspring what is to be disanulled what to bee established what to bee condemned what to be justifyed I approove not c. but I will reproove thee c. Exodus The divers kindes of Sacrificers when they are com to sacrifice to their God as they pretended in Aegypt And what kinde of Sacrifice is best properest way of salvation and the greatest glory to God even the Fruit and Calves of the lips Hos. 14. Heb. 13. See these wordes repeated Sacrifice to God c. Hee that sacrifice-eth Thanks-offering c. God called a consumming fire for his Name PSALM LI. DAvid takeeth his occasion in this Psalme to accuse himself of Murther and Adultery though hee speaketh but of Murther which was caused by Adultery And seeing in his conscience the uglynes of this Sinn and transgression and the continuall blemish of his guiltines and that hee had onely sinned against God and highly displeased him by transgressing his word becaus the fleshly and naturall man had prevailed in him and that hee had this wickednes in him from the womb according to the truthe of the Scriptures as Ps. 58. and God loved the truthe from the hart and confession beeing requireed as Ps. 50. and as the story of the Leper doth follow sacrifice in the Law so heer And therfor hee turneth his sinning to Lepry and for his form proceedeth in the person of a Leper and prayeth for forgivenes as a Leper for clensing Math. 8. Luc. 17. And in this cloud hee beginneth at the mercy seat that God would shew his mighty kindenes and mercy upon him and wipe away all his trespass and wash away all his sinn and
Mercey and Name of God and the preaching of that and outliveth Beth hous and tabernacles c. thou lovest c. twise Exodus The life that pleaseth God or that God commandeth is in steed of a service and sacrifice unto God and heer David sacrificeth his whole time to the word of God For the fear of God as Psal. 34. his trust beeing called his Strength for another of Godes Names PSALM LIII THer is no folly so great as the denyeing of God and who is so foolish as my people sayth God with their filth an abominable wrong that maketh them stink in his sight Ierusalem had many eyes yet could they not see what belonged to their peace Pride and prodigality throweth them out of their estates sinn and transgression of the Law of God whippeth them out of doores like the rod upon the fooles back For disobedience they are made dâ—solate the flood hath swept them clean away they are cast into prison and utter daâ—knes and obscureity and carryed into a lamentable captivity wher is nothing but weeping and howling till their tongues be drye on fire and their harts burn with horror and wrath and sorrow and they have no comfort In this horrible affliction and torment they call and cry pittiously for Ierusalem again and for som of the joyes and praises of Sion the place of their salvation to tip their tongues and refresh them And this is the occasion The form is from Adams expulsion out of Paradise Gen. 3. as all the heavens are Gods but the earth is given to the children of men Ps. 115. so God haveing placed man innocent upon the earth hee by and by groweth full of corruption and moste abominable for wrong dealing Then God looketh out of the highest heavens and asketh for him and out of the Scriptures hee inquireeth for his innocencey and his wisdom in seeking of God and they play all hid and no such man was to bee found no not one good man at all as Ps. 12. They all stink with abominable corruption folly and goe backward and dare not com foorth but are a frayed abashed that God hath forsaken them because they are expelled for their trespass and their bones all scattered in captivity Shall wee sinn that grace may abound God forbid sayth the Apostle So all molesters and workers of Mischeff that call not upon God eat of the tree of life and devoure it like bread destroy the Scriptures and make havok of the word and spend the mercyes of God and waste and consume the people of God and eat up the Church with profanenes So the question is not wher man is but wher a good-man is and ther is no such which is the Mystery of this Psalme by repetition of the wordes The matter wherby it hangeth to the former Psalme is that they all love falshood more then truthe and wrong more then righteousnes and therfor they receiue the wages of sinn which is death because they loved not life nor the word of God that should save their soules Construction Nun to spring or grow the contrary is to fade or to be defective So the wicked are in the fear of God in dooing of good as Ps. 34. or of wisdom in not calling upon him Ghimel to doe good so bothe the Wiseman and the Goodman is wanting by their workes Both the letters make Nag of Nagah to be cleer Mark the doubling of the termns and it will express the intendement Exodus The Fear for the fear of God and the dispair that the wicked make Because God the Fear that guardeth them that fear him and worship him Psal. 34. hath scattered them The not serving of God because hee lets his people goe into captivity doth much hurt among them and freats them and much dismayes them therfor they pray for return The people are not in the right fear and ther is a defect in the service and the Sacrifice is reprooved as yf it would bee mended yf God would releas his people For with them ther is no God or els they dispair of the right God c. So the termnes Fear and God are equall heer and the one soundes to the other to express the same As the Fear of Isaack for the God of Isaack Gen. 31. PSALM LIV. SAtan shall seek to fann and winnow you like wheat and som of you shall hee cast into prison Ther is no safe place for the man of God but the divill and tirants will finde him out and beewray him strangers and such as have no respect of God at all as Ps. 53. as were the Zips which made haste to tell Saul as soon as they could discry him amongst them And thus bee all placees sifted for him that hee can have no rest which maketh him in the next Psalme wish for the wings of a dove to fly from them far enough into the wildernes for rest and all is for his life This sheweth that the rich hath many freendes and all places will serv the mighty Wherever David goeeth or wherever hee hide-eth Saul can hear of him Sayth Eliah they have slain thy Prophetes and I onely am left alive and they seek my life the same may bee sayed of David and more ther is onely one good man left and one after Gods own hart and they seek his life but this is the hower power of darknes From these David prayeth that seeing all their dooing is against God and his word and that God is all his help and confidence and the Lord is with them that sustein him that hee would by his victorious Name and light of his word defend him and save him and reward his Enimyes with the evill and destroy them as Ps. 89. according to his promiss That hee may liberally and freely sacrifice to him and worship his beneficiall Name and his word and the calling upon him for delivering him from all distress to stand in the face of his Enimye and behold him Construction Nun defective The whole is upon desolation resisting and deprivation as strangers and aliens and cruell ones they that are clean without God Eph. 2. that seek his life on the one part and on the contrary Assisting saveing and defending by the great calling upon God According to the word Nun to spring or wax great Ps. 72. Daleth a door for the enterteynment of his prayer from the door of his mouth Psal. 141. Mich. 7. door of utterance Col. 4. Nod a fugitive for another kinde of defection Exodus His Free will offering shall bee his commendation of prayer the Name of God for his deliverance and salvation and for the great benefit of calling upon him as you may see by the entrance and conclusion by the repetition His victorious Name c. the goodnes of his Name c. And this for another kinde of sacrifice and a reasonable serving of God Rom. 12. according to their promiss in Aegypt For his virtue the rigteousnes of his
them Construction For Nun deficient they seek utterly to devoure him and to constrein him even out of this life and used all devises to make him to fall Mark the doubling of the first wordes for this hee wisheth their destruction and his own preservation which hee findeth and is thankfull Vau the second letter a hook or crook is for fear to this is opposed boldnes faith and confidence both the letters beeing Nau of Navah to prais or adorn Exoâ— 15. all which you shall finde in the same repetition In God I prais his word c. Exodus The Sacrifice heer is praising of God which they vowed in Egypt to perform after their deliverance And this he promisseth to pay as Ps. 50. for the defeat of his Enimy and his own preservation which is upright with the construction also For his Name Immanuel God with us Is. 7. If God bee with us c. Ro. 8. PSALM LVII ALexander the Coppersmith did Paul much harm but the Lord delivered him out of that lions mouth so David is delivered out of the mouth of Saul at his request to God by the protection of Gods word called the shadow of his wings as Ps. 36. and his way of loveing kindenes and truthe fayth and love which hee counteth a wonderfull worke and therfor hee extolls his glory over all the world and with all his instruments sets out the highth of his love and faithfullnes of his promiss the highe tree of the mercyes of God and among all people and nations is thankfull to him Neither doo the wicked loos their reward they lay nets to catch them selves and digg pitts and fall into them This Psalme concernes the former by the same form It is framed from the Enimnity between the serpents seed and seed of the woman the one beeing the seed of warr and the other of peace The Serpents and Enimyes of Gods word sow sedition strife emulation contention debate and discord they sow speares arrows swordes by back-byteing and gnawing brawling quarelling bitter and cursed speaking as Ps. 14.53 never hearkening to the way of peace but are all for warr as Ps. 120. and from hence is that fine Metamorphosis of the Poet wher the Serpents teeth beeing sowen ther grow up armed men So biteing language is the seed of armes and hot and inflameed mouthes and fals tonges are weapons of warr Now the womans seed and the Churches is nothing but the way of God which is mercey and love and truthe with lips unfeined as Ps. 17. sowing concord and peace as Ps. 108. And therfor now David beeing saveed by God his hart brings foorth lutes and harps and viols and is all for musicque and instruments of peace and is ready to sing and set foorth his glory as Ps. 145. that hee may be heard beyond all nations and his noyse above the cloudes for his delivâ—rance The Mystery is shewed by thes wordes and Gloria in excelsis reported and repeated Be thou exalted O God above the heavens and thy glory over all the earth The Matter is his faith in the green tree of the merceyes of God as Ps. 52. and the highth of his love and promiss as Ps. 89. which is above all reach and shall bruse the serpents head as Ps. 56.74 Construction Nun defective devouring is for defection The devourer is devoured and the patient preserved The one waiteth all corruption and falshood reproch and disgrace and detraction according to bothe the letters Naz of Nazah to sprinckle as a kinde of sprinckling or aspersion The other waites for Grace and truthe to defend him and calleth upon God the high to glorify him as Ps. 50. And by his indurâ—ing and calling on God how mightyly his glory is exalted mark the repetition Zain to hear or conceive or listen hee will open the eares or the daughters of Musicque Eccl. 12. by his musicque and make them hear As by the coactive for a kinde of hearing Exodus His calling upon God in this misery and his whole relyeing on him serveth for a sacrifice and a glory to him as Ps. 50. in thes wordes I call unto God c. the Almighty c. For the Elect Calamity is shortened Math. 24. and passeth over and the righteous are mightyly redeemed So is Gods Glory the more mightyly advanced and to bee extolled the harder the deliverance is For it is full of grace and truthe Ioh. 1. in saveing God giveth both grace and glory all the good that can bee for trusting in him Ps. 84. therfor the same is to be ascribeed to him in the highest for the power of it the Name Elyon for the extolling c. PSALM LVIII BEcaus the wicked doo allwayes wrong in thought word and deed and miss and lye in all thinges Psalm 1. by reason of their furey and rage which is deaff to all reason and instruction and will no more be pacifyed and perswadeed like a spitefull and rageing Enimye then a serpent or a lion no not by the wiseest Moderator from their work of backbiteing and devouring talk therfor Davids prayer is that their serpentlike biteing teeth and their devouring grinders the seed of armes may be brokeen in peâ—cees as Ps. 3. That their Arrowes of bitter wordes their endles aimes as Ps. 64. may bee shunned as easy as water and beeing brokeen they and all their worke miscarry with unripenes melt away that it never com to â—ffect nor see the sunn That his choler may moste speedyly boil him alive for his defeat and the just may be comforted with their revenge and victory over the wicked and that men may bee sure and confess seeing som mens works goe before unto Iudgement and som mens follow after that ther is fruit for the just and ther bee Gods that are Iudges in the earth This Psalme from Iob 19. deserveth to bee written with a pen of iron and carved in stone for Eternity and drawen with lead that never may goe out God will judge every deed sayth Salomon and bring all a mans life in question and draw all his actions to judgement whether they bee good or bad Therfor David from his enimyes wicked life and the nature of the Serpent draweth a condemnation and out of the experience of his tribulations cannot but hope for an end of him And thus hee prayeth according to the curs as Ps. 109. That seeing hee can neither speak nor judge aright but all wrong and injury is in his hart and handes to recompens as Ps. 5.52.140 and his minde doth ponder nothing els and is fals as soon as hee is born with incorrigible error and malice hee entreth into this curs and prayer against him as Ps. 109.140 as against a murtherer and a temper from the beginning That all his instruments may bee brokeen that hee may bee easyly avoyded that his way may perish Ps. 1. and himself enter into consumption as followeth That his falshood may com to nothing and melt and not be able to abide
would so fain have refreshed healed and released The wrath of God for sinn causeth all diseases so hee falleth into an enumeration of them by the shakeing cleaving breaking and dissolution of the earth Which is for their infidelity their strife among themselves their sedition muteny and discord loosnes and unconstancy and because they have been put to much hardnes and were made giddy faint harted with the cup of their adversity Ier. 48. and could not tell what to doe they now beeing in this Acatastasy and unsetlednes and not knowing what to think hee remembreth by Gods word what Nations were to com in and that the world was not quite at an end with them but as the Priests lips preserves knowledge so they yeld also faith Therfor hee prayeth for Gods right hand called his Ministry their oracle and advise to save them From whence they haue this assurance from the word that God will fall to shareing of the world and to partition of the Nations to inlarge the borders of the Church That Shechem should bee divideed and Succoth measured That hee would haue Gilead and Manasses his own Ephraim should bee confirmed unto him and Iudah should be written and conveyed That hee would wash his feet and take possession in Moab And put off his shoos and take his rest in Edom. And triumph keep holy day in Phelistia And out of this promiss the Church doth hope for victory over all their Enimyes For this hee thanketh God for their salvation and prayeth still for his most prosperous help to tread down the Serpent as Ps. 92. and vainquish their Enimyes for them as Ps. 108. Construction Samek to uphold it is heer taken all along for help and salvation as Isai. 63. as O consider and help c. and O give us help And arm thy beloved c. God sheweth the Assistantes and the strength of the Church when it felt all kinde of weakenes when God stood not to them but forsook them Ther is nothing shewed but dissolution and susteyning And that God is their onely stay Exodus From Isa. 34. To kill Gods Enimyes is good service so that this great slaughter is counted for a sacrifice as that in Bozra and Edom according to the title See Ier. 49. Ezech. 25.35 Iehovah Nissi Exod. 17. God his standard PSALM LXI DAvid haveing fled out of the land for Absolom and beeing now faint and feeble harted in his old age and allmoste out of the world also for greeff of hart because hee was absent farr from the Church of God prayeth God as hee had been his relye and strong tower from the Enimyes which is the instruction of the Ark that hee would safe-conduct him by that highe Rock also the word as Ps. 27.18 to his Tabernacle That ther hee might now dwell for ever relyeing under his winges which is the Cherubs his Mercey And as God giveth possession to them that fear him the Israelites after 40 yeers in the wildernes so that hee would hearken to his wishes now after his reigne of 40 yeers and ad abundance of yeers more unto them that hee might abide still in the presence of God preserved by loveing kindenes and truth his portion his meat his Manna And as Ps. 81. paying hiâ— vowes and chaunting his Name for ever After the Tower the Ark and mercy seat Rock and Manna And seeing by the Scriptures the way is to pleas God and get up to his tabernacle and dwell with him as Ps. 15. and to obtein the habitation of godlynes and Mount of holynes and heighth of sanctification as in the Psalmes of degrees which are their shelter and tower of defens and safety from the floodes of wicked Enimyes by the quiet waters of refreshing flowing from them Ps. 23. When Davids hart fainted hee knocketh at this Rock and prayeth for direction thither to receiue a heavenly possession with them that fear God and length of dayes and all requests by the sustenance therof the way of godlynes grace and truthe Psal. 25. That feeding heerupon as upon unperishing Manna hee may bee allwayes preserved by God to serve him And this is the spirituall rock of Christ that followed the Host and served Israel and was the Exodus and Passage and conveyance of them 1. Cor 10. Construction Samec is heer taken passively as Nismac to rely or lean upon As in a feeble estate by repeating the word rely And the reckoning up of all his stayes the rock for a guide Tabernacle and tower and cherubs and kindenes and truthe for preservation Aleph for instruction or education is signifyed by the rock tower whose top reacheth to heaven and is a name exalted so much in all the world by prayer and prais Sa of Nasa both the letters to lift up Exodus They that fear the Name of God shall have the possession of all that they long for then vowes upon condition are due for hearkening to their wishes they must make unto God full satisfaction and pay their vowes and this serveth for a sacrifice in the wildernes also as by the doubling of the word vowes His vow heer is an everlasting devotion yf God will give him dayes As by the termes of eternity so oft repeated God his Rock 1. Cor. 10. For his susteining PSALM LXII ILL Servants marr good children The subtilty and reach of Ahitophel Davids counseller hit upon the pride and vanity of Absolom his sonn as Ps. 55. and puffed him up to rebellion to rob his father of his subjects and kingdom The matter now beeing at open hostility and they in counsell agreeing to a murtherous practise upon his person for it yet David by a cleer judgement faileth not of his faith and trust in God nor doubteth of his salvation as Ps. 42. but is sure of his redeemer Iob. 19. and that hee shall not bee overthrowen bâ—caus they bee lovers of falshood and dissembling traitors that seek his life the Godhead of truth and Iustice and the strength of the word called his rock beeing the glory of his salvation and relye and willeth to all his people that from their hartes they utter the same profession And seeing the children of men are more fals and light than vanity it self they should not trust to bee rich or strong by robbery or oppression Ps. 17. becaus all strength is Gods that still prevaileth and Kindenes that rewardeth every man aright which is according to his request Ps. 55. to his Enimyes half their dayes by a desperat end to Ahitophel for miscarrying of his wisdom and the foolish end of Absolom for his vain hope The Church as it is Catholicque and also holy so it doth hold either by the Law or by the Promiss By the Law it standeth in performance and that is impossible for the flesh by reason of weaknes and sinn and condemnation and death enter therupon and the letter killeth which is the face of the church but the minde and spirit of God which quickneth every
and so terriblely confounded the spirit and wits of Kinges and Princees cropping highe trees and Kingdoms for them to performe his Promiss Gen. 12. c. as Ps. 2. Whence this psalme is formed which sheweth that that psalme together with the first hath his authority from the beginning of the booke and is a Narration to the whole Pile and is no later work Construction Gnajin an eye or prospect as the word of God hath out of Ierusalem and Zion and hee is admirable for his Name ther. A contrary property of the eye is sleep they slept their sleep c. Bothe chariot and hors were in a swefâ— c. that he is more eminent and more in sight then any savage mountain or promontory whatsoever Thou appeerest greater c. thou art very terrible c. even as a lion Amos 3. Vau the second letter for a hook or crook betokeneth feat Their weapons fell out of their handes and they could not hold them for feare Feare of the Iudgement of God pulleth them back As a lion is terrible in his sight and voice so is God terrible in rebuke and anger wrath c. and crosseth all projects stoppeth and perverteth the wayes of men La. 3. By both the letters Gnav from Gnavah to cross or pervert or marr Leviticus The Scriptures and preaching of the word of God make the handes of the wicked to shake it dauntes their courage and taketh down the stoutest to save and help the poor in Zion Hee is cheeffly honoured where hee hath don most for his people hee requireeth his ministers office with diligence for this favour in these wordes yee that be about him c. to bee allwayes mindefull of his benefits and with great devotion to serv him The whole is fear and terror Gods Name is a lion in Iudah Gen. 49. Amo. 3. Apo. 5. PSALM LXXVII THinking upon the dayes of old as Ps. 143. and the yeeres of the right hand of the moste highe which is the time that Israel was burdened in distress and in sore affliction and was wonderfully and mightyly redeemed and miraculously saveed and delivered as Ps. 114. by their cryeing and complaining unto God their Saviour in their distress Seeing now hee cryeth moste incessantly in his distress and will never leave calling nor bee pacified haveing been long therin without attendance stretching out his unweeryed handes with an uncomforted soule crying himself out of breath stareing with his eyes and amased Ps. 17. that hee knoweth not what to say at the long suffering and tarying of the Eternall his God but wondereth at his highe displeasure whether in his anger hee hath forgotten his promiss of Grace and loveing kindenes or hath sealed and stopped up all his mercyes with anger so considering Gods mighty redemption of the church when they cryed by his walking on the waters and pathes in the seas Psal. 8.65 hee wondereth hee is not heard Construction Gnajin an eye or sight I sought c. by all meanes my hand was stretched out c. thy way c. 1. Sam. 1. heerto hee alludeeth in things in sight and things out of sight the sight of the eye myne eye-watches c. the waters seas c. to remember and call to minde sight of the minde soul hart spirit c. for a kinde of seeing turning away and forgetting and Meteors c. lightnings c. as Chronicles by the term world generation ever never more c. Zain to hear by compulsion of a continuall voice by all kinde of meanes in a hiphil or coactive sens by force of sound as touching his prayer and also the Elements As the eares bee daughters of musicque so his songs and meditations and his talke and commemoration in the night are to open his eares Concerning both the letters they signify 77. the limites of Iudgement of condemnation wrath and revenge which is the boundes of Chronicles seven fold and seventy fold vengeance And that now Mercy was to bee looked for after such an expiration And the same letters spell Gnaz strength for Gods unspeakable Acts don by his Arm and right hand his Ministry mark the doubling of the generall and speciall that is all kindes and propertyes whatsover Leviticus Thy way is in thy Sanctuary c. and thy way is in the Sea and in the great waters of the Scriptures c. and becaus thy steps are hard to finde it is to be preached by the Ministry for conducting of the people as it was by Moses and Aaron that mercy and truth bee all wayes set before them which is the way of God Ps. 25. And the fidelity of Gods promiss and covenant by which his people live In this Psalme the term Iehovah is not used at all but Adona and El to express power and dominion accordingly So doo the Teachers becom Rulers as the Levites had charge of the Ark and word of God and the regularity therof that mighty strength PSALM LXXVIII EPhraim by Idolatry started from the Church and rebelled in Ieroboam that Hosea sheweth which is the parable of this Psalme pointing out by this all the stubbornes and perversnes of Israel and faithfullnes of the Church and their often temptations and revoltings How they continually vexed and angered God that at the last notwithstanding all his compassion and reconciliation hee destroyed and cast them off in Shilo as Ps. 132. and refuseed Ephraim and chose Sion for to dwell at and chose the tribe of Iudah for his inheritance and out of it his servant David to feed them as Ps. 108. So seeing every transgression hath just recompense Hee recounteth all from Aegypt to David and willeth the Church to bee warned by the example of Ephraim who for shooting aside and refuseing of God was soon rejected by God and this is the sum of all Hosea and the doctrine of this parable Construction Gnajin or Gnen the letter for 70 as for an age or generation which is seventy yeers by the term Dor so often doubled Gnaijn or Gnen the word for an eye or look as for parables or ridles which are to the eye to look unto or seeming truthes And after the manner of truthes when they bee revealed Heerto belong great wonders secrets miracles and mystryes of the Scriptures The Sea the cloud the fire of the Law Deut. 33. The rock and bread and flesh 1. Cor. 10. Ioh. 6. Math. 16. see hee clave the sea c. hee clave the rocks mark all the repetition of the words rock c. when hard and cloudy dark and hid sayings are brought to light and to a heavenly sense as Gnen for fountaine and rivers of doctrine broken up So likewise concerning the plagues hee sent ill generations and ill kindes of men and angry occasions Ps. 105. for a destruction Apo. 21.16 Châ—th the other letter for Fear bringeth-in all the terrible things of God fire and sword and all plagues for tempting angring of him for not keepeing his way baptizeing with
and consumes them All the whole time of man upon earth is but an angry time and it is gon ere they think of it his age is short painfull soon com about which beeing seventy or eighty at moste remembereth still their state of captivity and fain they would bee wise in reckoning of their yeers as Ps. 25.79.89 c. which is rightly to apply one time to another wherby concludeing their calamity to bee neer at an end their captivity allmoste out the Church now prayeth that God will now with all speed com again unto them and comfort his sâ—rvants And betime give them their fill of his kindenes and make them wise and redeem them that they may sing and bee merry and keep sabbath all their lives They love much to whom much is forgiven so that their heighth of joy might bee according to the sorenes of their affliction and the dayes and yeeres of their happines and mirth may infinitly exceed for their dayes of evill That they and their children may see his moste inestimable works and that in his pleasantnes God would make good the labour and long service of him According to Moses his request Ex. 32. Deut. 9. An Argument of the book of Numbers For so many reckonings as are in it of times and seasons which is the summ of all Construction Tsade meat The travail for wisdom serveth for meat and comforteth which Christ in the Gospell speaketh from hence Luc. 2. Io. 4. To dwell eternally in God in his power and live and beleeve in him for Eternall life is a kinde of food Io. 6.14 Gods wrath and terror is an eating or consumeing fire that wasteeth and diminisheth man with affliction for sinn by firy judgement Ps. 78. Ier. 10. Apo. 8.9.10 Is. 9.24 And out of the dust hee hath his conversion again and is satisfyed with comfort joy Gods plesantnes to him his estimation of him and blessing of all his works For mercey and kindenes which hee feedeth on Mark the relation of the partes and repetition of the termes Anger and terror and utter consumming opposeed to kindenes joy and prosperity Which is closely implyed in the beginning by the first and last letters of A B C Athbash for the terme of the Alphabet beginning the three first verses and in the third vers twise converted and â—urned backwards and made Tashba in thes words thou bringest c. and sayest com again c. so the yeer is a kinde of conveâ—sion or retuâ—n sleep and refreshing florish cutt and wither and all alteration to shew the confusion before the digesting of the word by confounding Athbash for the Alphabet Numbers is called Bammidhbar in the wildernes that they remained in eternity with God in time of rudenes Gen. 1. and have an everlasting dependance from him The opposition is eternity and temporality without variablenes and with change as between God and his creature Is. 29.40 Ps. 102. also Bammidhbar by the word their faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the word c. and thus they are made his subjects and hee their Lord and God by the termes of Adonah and El. And such effect hath the voice in the wildernes for reformation c. of a few out of manny by way of affliction See the doubling of thes wordes of eternity and of moment all ages c. generation Yeers night day sleep in wakeing morning evening fresh withered cut past â—â—y and haste c. bring com again return For recreation cheer and mirth c. God bringeth all to a wildernes and again maketh a habitation of the same so that habitation heer supposeth a wildernes PSALM XCI THis Psalme by way of answer to the former sheweth wherin the safety of the Church consisteth their victory also their rule of redemption haveing their dwelling with God and lodgeing and relyeing in the shadow of his wings under the book of God the word of truth They shall bee so defended and shielded therby that no weapons nor snares nor ods by night or day at home nor abroad can deaâ—e with them His Ministry hath such charge of them and with their doctrine so sound that with their voluble tonges their flowrishing blades and spirituall swordes they defend their lives and keep and save them They lead them right keep them out of harmes way and explane their wayes that they stumble not That by their faith and confidence heerin they may stop the mouthes of Lions withstand all fiercenes and vanguish all terror and beware of the subdolty of the serpent and escape the divillish crauling temptation of vipers and overcom all wrangling and spitefull Enimyes Ps. 41. With this consolation in counsell because they know him and honour him and call on him hee will graunt them their whole request in the former Psalme Construction Tsadeh from Tsad and Tsadah to hunt or fowle or lye in wait for prey La. 3.4 T s Ier. 16. Hee describeeth the chase of an Enimye how it is by day force and by night craft This hee termneth a terrible plague the stroke of fear and the smart of the arrow that commeth from him lighting on him Another sens of Tsade is Tsad a side wher as all fell beside him and no kindes of stroke nor scourge nor plague could fâ—ll on him c. The second letter is Aleph for a thousand and also many thousandes by declineing it And Aleph for study or lerning which is ment by the wordes imbrace and knowen c. also Tsadeh for food which is his study and instruction which bringeth salvation and his fill of dayes and all benefit and victory Ther is no fear nor dâ—nger in the word of God nor fetching any one out of his hous that is so full of instruction Mark the repetition bothe letters make Tse except or without or goe out or escape as concerning the snares Metsudah a fortress for the first letter concerning the stroke This thinkes upon Jah for Iehovah by the number of verses by protection against the plague of corruption in Havath Mark the seven affixed How 's or hims at the end for exception and onelynes for the whole Name Iehovah Numbers The wildernes is heer supposed by the sport beeing savage also by the dwellings the spoile of privative of desolation As you may see by insisting upon the wordes dwelling lodgeing relyeing truth habitation tabernacle c. The person is faith the hous is the word of the moste Highe and All-sufficient for his moste safe protection The Ministers are his Tutors to keep him from all offence and perill and shame in the world From hence is all victory their faith and love and dwelling with God and adviseing with his word and loveing of him and his grace is sufficient 2 Cor. 12. Because his trust is aloft in Eljon the Highe hee concludeeth his salvation from all and victory over all Mark the repetition and relation to Eljon and Shadda the Highe and the All-sufficient evermore
PSALM XCII MOste sweetly by the fowerth doth this Psalm hang to the former two for that Psalme hath all partes of the thâ—ee Haveing obteined their request and deliverance from evill dayes they can not but bee merry and sing the wayes and woâ—kes of the Eternall with solemn worship evening morning to advance his Name Which they acknowledge to bee a benefit of high transscendence and excellent consequence to them and past the understanding of the beastly and froward kinde of men which is let the wicked the Molesters of the Church and the Enimyes of God flowerish never so well and look never so green they note they shall bee rooted out for ever and perish as Ps. 109. and bee soon dissevered one from an other and all their combination frustrateeâ— when God shall survive for ever and hold up the horn and glory of his Church with a fresh anoyntment And they shall have a whispering intelligence out of the word by examples of all plottes and practises against them and shall behold their Tormentors as plain as in a glass And they the Iust as Ps. 36. shall bee green and floweâ—ish in their age bee in good likeing that are planted in the hous of God and grow as upright as Cedars to shew the uprightenes of the Eternall and their rock that ther is no wrong in him This from Eden the garden and plantation of God Gen. 2. for the Congregation Construction Tsadeh for meat or food and this is the Sabbath instruction out of the word of God the continuall praising and preaching therof the Sabbath service early and late hee makeeth it meat and drink to think upon and relate his creation Psal. 1. of so deep a cogitation Hee dealeth upon the effect as far of feeding with fresh oyle I am all perfused c. Deut. 32. Ne. 9. Prov. 21. to wit oiley oâ— fat Again they shall bee still farr and fresh c. that bee preachers of righteousnes Beth a hous the second letter for the plantation of his hous and courts and congregation And bothe the letters make Tsab or Tsaba to play the minister or to exercise the Ministry and leitourgy of the church to tell out c. to declare c which is to feed The food is Kindenes and faythfullnes and uprightnes c. also a kinde of feeding is seen by a flourishing and prospering and freshnes and greenenes Tsab also of Iatsabh to stand or abide Eljon above or surmounting as between God and his Enimyes is heer plainly argued Mark the repetition of the wordes for the eternity of the godly life and the vanity and frailty of the contrary This for the same number of verses must be considered to think of Iah for Iehovah 15. in bothe Mark the relation to Eljon All alludes to Eljon the Highe Numbers The wildernes heer is the sottish rude bruteish and froward kinde of people and wrong dooers and enimyes to the creation of Man and all reformation of manners which are against all culture and manureance of the church Thes for their wickednes in all their prime flower are supplanted rooted out perish When Gods hous and plantation and colony of the just shall flowerish with all manner of prosperity for ever It is a good thing to be thankfull for our reformation and to be disciplined unto eternall life Mark the repetition of wordes and also of kindes PSALM XCIII THis Psalme farther prooveth the benefit of the Sabbath service which according to Ps. 29. setteth out the strength and statelynes of the Ministry that at this time and place the word of God beareth swey that amaseeth judgeeth and confirmeth all the world It is the pretious attire of the Eternall imagined by the costly jewells stones and softnes of rayment which the priesthood ware Wherfor to this psalme and the former and the rest of the sabbath belongeth the whole epistle to the Hebrewes much of the revelation and Ezekiel and a great part of Exodus all buissines of the Tabernacle The Eternall is the righteousnes of the word of God and his Throne the Scriptures boâ—h ancient of dayes from everlasting antiquity the gaynes of habit and ornament therof is wisedom and the cincture truthe which is the whole strength and stay of the world and this is the law of God that holdeth all the world uprighte The rivers great waters and the seas all the degrees of the Heathen have lofty things to utter but the word of God far passeth all His Testimonyes and Law his protestation and covenant bee moste firme things and sure to leane unto ther is no fault or dissembling in them and that makeeth the holynes of his hous for which all the world have their affection and resort therunto as long as the world lasteth Construction Tsade for meat or food which is heer the word of God Deut. 8. Math. 4. intended by the iterateing of the termn voice as the moste high voice of the Cryer in the wildernes Math. 3. Mark 1. Luc. 3. Io. 1. Is. 52.40 the preaching of the word the raigneing and prevailing of the righteousnes therof what a wonderfull and everlasting nourishment the kingdom of God yeeldeth to the Godly and appetite of the faythfull after their creation and reformation It yeeldeth food and rayment Is. 59. Math. 6. Ps. 29. The word is indued with high excellencey and with great might And this is the strong angelicall food Ps. 78. Io. 6. even fayth the holynes of his hous mark all the repetition and relation to the Sabbath Ghimel hath a contrary sens heerunto as to wayne and may not bee useed heer but is useed in the next peece wher Daleth is spareed becaus it maketh the first letter by spelling Both the letters make Tsag of Iatsag to constitute or place For the place or constitution church or assembly Numbers The paradise of God Gen. 2.3 a place moste expetible and desireable a Kingdom and Dominion raised out of rudenes a requiteing and bearing down of the Nations called the waters by the waters of the Law farr excelling with all power and Glory and sanctification everlasting inclosed PSALM XCIV NOw when righteousnes reigneth is a time for the Church to call for Iudgement upon their oppressours Seeeing God that is the Iudge of the world doth hear and see and understand all the workes of the proud and wicked heathen and correcteth them and bringeth them to knowledge beyond and contrary to their imaginations hee well knowing the vanity of mens thoughtes Now seeing Iudgement is according to Iustice and answereth to all upright mindes after the Law they are sure to doe well and prosper at the last notwithstanding their correction Which beeing for the Law and for rest dureeth but while a pit of utter destruction is in makeing for the wicked which as great bodyes moove slowly so their end beeing delayed is surviveed by Iustice and patience at last Hee that makeeth the senses is not sensless but full of light and full of
the kingdom of heaven for the righteousnes and peace and salvation therof For this hee sheweth all kinde of of rejoycieing approoving therof amendment of life and a welcom singing leaping daunceing vaunting of all creatures and boasting and publishing therof which is the meat offering in his courtes at Ierusalem the joy of all the earth for the raigning of righteousnes and of the word And so commeth the kingdom of heaven to bee meat and drink by joy in the holy ghost and a heavenly delight in the power and glory therof the prevailing of the word in man and the lustre of a godlye life Mark the wordes and the insisting theron For Vav a crook or to take hold hee dealeth by the contrary to give and offer and bow unto and doo reverence and worship and tremble by the word yeeld c. Take up presents c. Mark the iteration Tsav of Tsivvah both the letters signify commend commaund or bequeath or send to the same purpose for the comming of the kingdom for which wee pray Math. 6. As all kingdom is with power and strength and commande Ps. 68. Numbers The wildernes heer is the wilde nations and marches of the Heathen wher the word of God and this Kingdom of a godly man is to bee preached and published all abroad to setle them in a sound doctrine that they may never bee moved more What a delight they have to entertain it what a rejoyceing and a welcom is at the comming of righteousnes Is. 52. when the nations bee conquered by it and the church increased mark the doubling of the word Hethen Nations familyes people c. what a God hee is in respect of their Idoles that is so to bee commended mark the charge bless him preach him tell out his glory c. And this for true and righte Iudgement the stay of the whole world Mark the doubling again PSALM XCVII THe kingdom of heaven of righteousnes and of God is not with outward observation but hee reigneth in darknes with a cloud about him in a dark and obscure stile of speaking that his Enimyes may not perceive him For right judgement and understanding of the minde is his Throne and the fire of the Law hee sets before him that burns round about his foes The flashes of his lightnings make all the earth afrayed and the hartes of great kingdomes the Mountains of the world to melt as wax at his presence and to becom soft and yeeld unto him And his Glory beeing like the heavens putteth down all idolatry and bragging worship and saveth his gratious ones from the wicked and to preserve their lives by forsakeing of ill by that subintellectuall light which is preached unto them And for these benefits may the Ilandes rejoyce and triumph keep holy Sabbath for the peace that preserveth their trade Mount Sion and Iudah for his Iudgements and advauncement of their God aboue all the Godly for their preservation and the just for light and understanding Construction Tsade for meat or food which is the delight which they have in the Kingdom of God and raigning of righteousnes by preaching and instruction of the Sabbath that all the earth may bee glad of And also for Gods excellent Iudgements of Zion Ps. 19. to rejoyce in Another part of the kingdom of God is his judgement and punishment sevenfold upon his foes when hee teacheth the Godly and his deer ones how to save their lives and this by fire work of his wrath out of the Law before him according to the letter Zain for sevenfold Mark the doubling of both partes of the throne the one part is of justice and of light and the other of darknes and of firey judgement The buissines of rejoyceing is all over light to the righteous and judgement upon the wicked that the earth tremble at Mark all the repetitions and relative speeches for that Numbers The wildernes heer is Gods Enimyes opposed to his beloved and deer ones and the Idolaters of the Nations and Image-makeers they are the cheeff that bee daunted and abashed at his Glory inviteed to his worship for his excelling of all Gods for judgements beeing Lord of all the earth Mark the relation and repetition between light and darknes God and Idoles rejoyceing c. And this for the glory of the kingdom PSALM XCVIII WOnderfull strange workes of salvation hath the Everlasting wrought by the Dexterity of his holy ministry and his righteousnes in the Law called his right hand and holy Arm even in the sight of the heathen which hee fullfilled in carrying them through the sea and drawing them out of mighty waters as Ps. 18. beeing kinde and faithfull to Israel that all the world have taken notice of the salvation of their God Therfor now they are to sing a new song unto him And that with all solemnity and greatest triumph that can bee before their king with Iubeling and chaunting psalmes and sonets with hart and musicall voice with shrill soundes of trumpets that the sea and all that is in it the world and all the dwellers in it rivers and hills and all creatures wher ever men goe may thunder and sound out Echoes of Ioy and gladnes and rejoyce and keep holy day before him hee commeth to judge the earth that judgeth all justly divideing the word Construction Tsade for meat or food They are fed with the great joy of his salvation by revelations and cleer interpretations of his mysteryes and hid things of the word Act. 14. Ier. 15. At his comming and raigning with righteousnes Eph. 3. and a cleer judgement within them Wherto all the world ought to bee obedient they are made wise unto salvation and to judge right with in them selves His food of mercy and truth they live by Mark the repetition salvation wonderfull work and reveled made known remembred and see relatives Mark the doubling of all the words reacting his prais joy The two letters Tsach cleer or to cleer Is. 66. by loudnes shrillnes plainnes c. the letter Cheth for fear is spareed becaus of the insisting upon rejoyceing the contrary Numbers The wildernes is implyed by the Heathen the endes of the earth and the confuseed world and her inhabitants that before the comming of the word unto them were without God in the world or any true judgement unto salvation to delight in Mark the repetition word judge justly c. They must needs therfor greatly rejoyce at the comming therof PSALM XCIX HOw bewtifull are the feet of him that preacheth good tideings and bringeth news of peace and salvation in his lips Now Righteousnes raigneth in the Ministers the Angels and Cheruâ—s woe bee to the Gentiles and nations of the Heathen And while God is so great in Zion and so farr exalted above them they were best to incline to his Kingdom and worship his Name that is so great so reverend and so holy For all the strength of a Kingdom is the lovâ—ing of Iudgement and prepareing
of his everlasting truthe and his word hath conquered for them as psal 18. and his gentlenes of doctrine hath excelled and prevailed over them and fitteth on them ps 29. the Church now wher kindenes truthe aboundeth seven times a day yea infinitely doo wish the nations and the heathen to prais him and commend him for his kindenes with a book of commendations for it for growing of the word of God and waters of the Law through them and among them as the number of clean creatures for the pureitey of language and preferment of a pure profession ps 19. becaus ther is so excellent reward of truth and kindenes the way of Godlynes psal 25. Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass is heer the mercy of the Eternall whose property is salvation for the compassing and saveing of them and pardoning of the Godly Which is ment the compassing waters by the nations and people heathen of one kinde and the waters of kindenes and truth another kinde And the wordes to abound or flow over and asswage Iod the second letter from Iadah to flow and so from Hodah to confess heer for prais and commend severall words of one sens so that the sens is doubled as Shabach to allay the flood And bothe agreâ— with Iod to confess or publish preach or celebrate for a note of repetition Zain the third letter is for the auditory to hear For hearing is supposed by great commendation prais and confession and often repetition Deuteronomy The Deuterosy and recitation heer is the buissines of prais and commendations of the way of God and the wonderfull abundance and riches of his grace upon them Ps. 103. Rom. 5.6 Eph. 1.2 This hee would have the nations take notice of How greatly his mercy and fidelity and waters of life exceeded over them By the name Iehovah which hath heer a new division into How and Iah as in termination Eli-jahu Ieshang-jahu c. also by inchoation as in Ie-hosuang Ie-hoseph c. for assistance Achaz-jah Jeho-shaphat Io-nadab c. For addition PSALM CXVIII HEe now propounds in this Psalme the Cup which he promissed as Ps. 116. of the waters of life freely to the Church out of the Law filled from Psal. 92. with the benefit of the worship of God and invocation of his Name and the worthynes of his reward to God for all even faith through which hee feareth not the threats nor looks of his Enimyes which is more worth then any confidence in man Therfor when hee is infinitely besett and afflicted and corrected hee findes life and salvation in the word of God and calling upon his name by works of strange success and kindenes from him as the whole Church can witnes whom hee willeth to worship God therfor And all his testimony shall bee of his salvation which is true and his oâ—ely note and song perpetually of his strange deliverance Ps. 143. This is the song of salvation that hee goeth into the Church to worship with and his invocation upon the Law in the Psalm following when the Church with great admiration and joy doe entertain salute and bless him with a Hosanna wishing all prosperity in the Church for comming in the name of the everlasting God And the better to welcom him and that God may the better accept of him and shine unto them they sacrifice to him that hee may worship and extoll the Almighty his God Hee now greets the Church with a Salve or Ave hail or wassail and cup of salvation by entring the Ministry and becomming a Preacher of righteousnes which was strange unto them For because of the uncleannes of his hands and impurity of his hart as Psal. 15.24.51 rejoiceing at the mercyes of God in him thâ—y wish all blessing and prosperity of the same as Ps. 15.2.4 with the like congratulation for the Church And that they had fed upon the rest therof in remembrance and token of their full and mighty redemption and great salvation from God so that the whole Church may confess the everlasting kindenes of God and worship him Because his throne is the right hand of God as psal 110. and the right hand of God is the Ministry and that is the word of God and that is judgement and Iustice mercey and fidelity as psal 89. the conqueror truthe the written word that rideeth upon the white hors and fighteth valiantly from which oracle all victory and succour proceedeth and all battailes are the Lords and the discipline his hee now exalteth greatly the dexâ—erousnes and prosperity therof And prayeth for an open door of the righteousnes of the Law and knowledge of the word that hee may enter into the service of him and extoll him and finde the way to pleas him That his testimony and song and burden of his song bee nothing but the everlasting kindenes and salvation of God and the faithfull recording testifying therof in presence of his saintes as psal 149. and with the help of them Construction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass or inviron Heer are divers kindes of compassing helping afflicting helping in thes wordes kindenes that is continuall help and salvation grace to help Heb. 4. Tit. 2. Eph. 1.2 It is of this sort God is by him and present with him allwayes The Eternall is with mee c. hee is the onely relye and trust and confidence they compass him c. but by his invocation hee circumcised them and cutt them off Mark the doubling of the wordes and kindes of compassing nations bees and circumcideing c. Iod for a hand by the right hand doubled Jod to confess and publish by worship Cheth to prostrate to cast down c. Ier. 23. the three letters Quiach of Quoach to take or receive are intended by the gates entertainment hearing and welcom in his name and also by the term of rejection or refuseing Hee prayes God to bid him welcom out of his word and the hous of God Gen. 28. Mark the repetition wee beseech thee give salvation bid God save you bid God prosper you wee bless c. Deuteronomy Gods everlasting kindenes in his word is an eternall liveing and food for human men mighty matters and wonderfull are don by his name and his right hand for which hee is to be worshiped Therfor for his recitation heer hee useeth the wordes worship declare exalt extoll say beseech c. sonet and loud voice for the mightynes of his Acts of salvation The term Almighty is doubled and also the abreviation Iah for Iehovah and Iehovah the Eternall six and twenty times according to the letters Iehovah for the mightynes of his salvation and kindenes Psal. 136. to shew the same and how beneficiall God hath allwayes been to his people by his Name Exo. 33. Mark the terms repeated PSALM CXIX THe door of righteousnes is a strait gate and prayer is a narrow entrance and the way of life is hard to finde and principles are the surest keyes therfor
pitty and compassion for his long patience and great benignity kindenes for his goodnes and mercyes to and over all his works because his Kingdom and power and glory is eternall for susteining them that are falling and in decay and setting upright them that are declineing and giving all things their meat in due time and liberally and freely and bountifully satisfyeing all living creatures with his open handes For his justice in all his wayes and kindenes upon all his creatures of his Church for his neernes to them that call upon him faithfully by performing what soever they request and hearing them and saveing them and destroying all the wicked as Psal. 92. That therfor seeing this Kingdom is of this kinde of heavenly operation not of the world which is the seed of the word sowen in the hart of man to govern him hee now as in the conclusions of all the rest of the books exalteth greatly this God and King of his and blesseth his name and the calling upon him for ever and ever Which exaltation and hallowing of his Name is a new work after the petition is ended to finish all which shall last for ever as Psal. 111 for makeing him sundry wayes ripe in the word of God and cherishing him therwith for setting him in the doctrine that lasteth for ever and ever That ever generation from the beginning to the end might prais his workes and the power therof And that hee will esteem the glory of his worshipp and tell of his wonderfull acts by the mystery of the priesthood and that they may speak of and confess the reverendnes and the strength of all his worship as Psa. 92 and mighty terrors ps 90. Hee hath thus reckoned his magnificence and greatnes that all his works and holy creatures might confess him and bless him and tell out his glory ps 57. and speak of his power to make known to all the children of men his powers and most inestimable glory of his kingdom that all eyes do wait for for their food of wisdom and understanding which is never out of season ps 1. For which he would that his mouth should alwaies speak Gods prais and all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever Construction Quoph of Jaquaph to compass or circuit as 1. K. 7. Heerto hee bringeth the greatness of his mercy and huge extent of his kingdom and power and glory therof by his infinit working without all circuit or bounds to receive all that call Mem waters for a kingdom rule domination Is. 8. the king is Jehovah as ps 24. by the curious takeing of the letters of his name in a new spelling of Iehovah for Iod He and Vav his miracles glory and mercy the salvation is the Scriptures for his kingdom of drawing and allureing when men hear and read and are ruled by them which is the calling upon them and serching them drawing and governing Ier. 31. Is. 54. Io. 6. behold for the admirable glory and shineing of it in all his creatures as by all words of utterance and declaration Quamah to stand or endure for the eternity perfection and infinite stature of his name for his exaltation and therfor the defective letter Nun or N. is left out of the row of the A. B.C. also Quamah for a field of standing corn Mark the doubleing of the words in all Deuteronomy The confession is the continueing of words of declartion of his acts of eternall life and wonderfull kindenes and way and workes of salvation and exaltation of his name Mark the repetition PSALM CXLVI IN this psalme hee considereth that hee will make his confidence sure and then spend all his life in prais and psalmes unto his God as ps 92. Therfor takeing away all vanity of worldly confidence hee seeketh the heavenly happines therof that the God of Sion and the Church and his righteousnes is to reign for ever and to bee exalted and praised Therfor heer as ps 118. hee willeth not to trust in unchariritable princes or any human men which know not the high wisdom of God nor the depth of the mysterie therof determined for the glory and safety of the Church which have no salvation or help in them that by and by consume and turn to earth as soon as the breath is out of them and in the same day all their estimation and reputation and thoughts are at an end and perish hee now sheweth a more than fleshly revelation to them that love him that is the godly of a sound rock to build upon that spirituall things must be set to spirituall things our faith in spirituall charity becaus God is spirit and this a healing faith hee commendeth greatly the beleeff in God and his word the Creator maintainer and restorer of all things and the happines of him that reposeeth all his help and hope in him setting him forth by his heavenly properties Tell Iohn what things ye have seen a preserver of truth and keeper of faithfullnes for ever a Releever of the oppressed and a graunter of his request and a righter of their caus a feeder of them that hunger for him a resolver of all that be tyed in ignorance and doubt or haesitation a giver of sight and knowledge to the blinde and unlearned and a streighter and director of them that bee of a wrong and a crooked opinion or lame and declining in their understanding and a lover of them that be right and most charitablely preserveth strangers with hospitality and mainteineth parents for orphans and husbands for widdowes as ps 68. a perverter crosser of all the wayes works of wicked men as ps 1 that they may perpetually bee seen to perish and com to naught the everlasting God and his most charitable word of righteousnes the God of Sion that reigneth and helpeth for ever for all ages and throghout all generations And thus much concerning a right beleeff confidence as in the 15 psalmes of degâ—ees as uppon the end of the petition Construction Quoph to compass hee keepeth 2 Kin. 11 salvation for walles Is. 26. faith salveth thy faith hath made thee whole c. Mem waters Lam. 3. G. the working doctrine of the Kingdom of the king God Iehovah Eternall the works of righteousnes great works of God by the word doeing makeing for his mighty reforming of all sorts Is. 42. Mark the repetition for one part of the kingdom Vau a hook or crook faith hope and love for affection and appetite the distinction and opposition of his trust The tree letters Quomo are for the raiser and comforter Is. 26.42 the opposition is God and man the one a releever and a reformer of the godly of all sortes Am 7. and the other a decayer Is. 2. God is an euerlasting erecter and helper of his and an overthrower of the wicked Mark the repetition Deuteronomy The praising and blessing of the Eternall doth intend his miraculous Acts and works of eternity and
whirlwinde That for their noyse highe looks as Ps. 75. it may still them abase them â—onfound them and destroy them for ever Psal. 48. 2. Cro. 20. To teach them that ther is no such soveraignty nor Majesty in all the world as is the Eternall and his name the seeking of him and calling on him See likewise numbers 22.23.24 wher these same Nations were kindled against it Construction Pe a mouth That hee bee not silent the Enimyes rore c consult and compact together c. That they be concealed or cut off c. that ther bee no more mentioÌ„ made of them The fire burneth so the wrath of God is a kinde of burning and an eating or consumeing fire and his terror a scorching GhÃmel for reward or recompens or revenge by comparison or example as to such and such or so and so put their Princes and elect like such and such c. that sought the like Both the letters are spelt Fag from Fug remiss or slack That Gods terror slackens the counsel and bent of the wicked by abashing and confounding of them As not to remitt intermit or pardon as in the first wordes Mark the words of silence and utterance the wordes of fire work and all kinde of windes and of terror and confusion And princes and Name c. doubled confuteing of adversaryes by sermons on the Sabbath Leviticus Princes and sacred ones the protected and Elect for Pastors and sheepheards as Mich. 5. By doubling of the wordes and kinds and also the phrases and affixes c. to bee noteed The fire work and the windes for the Angels and Ministry and the seekers of the name of God c. as Psal. 104. Heb. 1.10 Exod. 3. For the firey and terrible judgement pronounced and preached out of the word Is. 66. for a confutation by the Anoynted and hidden ones so God is judge And for the Enimyes making and takeing head by crafty counsel behinde their backs the terror of the word by the Ministers shall all-to-crush them with bashfullnes confound them Gen. 3. How terrible a thing is it when the word of God is right against us and bloweth in our faces Mark the doubling of the wordes for reward PSALM LXXXIV THis Psalme groweth upon the occasion of the former Seeing Iehoshaphat was delivered from that mischeevous plott and invinceible strength of thes nations that besiegeed by prayer trust in God when hee was past all hope of secureity by himself or his people and in that distress that he knew not what to doo seeing together with their defense God rained blessings of strength and riches upon them in Baca or bâ—rachah of the vally of Iehosaphat by Gods judgement Ioel. 3. which confusion of language is usuall as Num. 26. For Shephuphim Shuphim likewise for Sharbet shebet for Darmeshek Dammeshek c. Hee first admireeth the person of God for his warlikenes secondly the lovelynes of his dwellings for the succour they yeeld to the distressed And thirdly the happynes of all that serve him trust in him and are present with him for their defens from him And for this hee would so faigne bee like the birds in and about the Temple allwayes praising of him shewing that yf they well consider the face of the Church called the Anoynted now after deliverance they shall see that one dayes service in the hous of God and his courtes is more worth then a thousand yea then all ones life in the Tentes and conversation of the wicked Seeing from hence is light and defense from hence is glory and Grace as Psal. 144. and from hence is all goodnes to just and upright men From 2 Cro. 20. Construction Pe a mouth it is construed heer according to the phrase as mouth to mouth for face to face Num. 12. because of the presence of God in his Church and temple Daleth for a door is heer meant by the hous of God which is called the gate of heaven Gen. 28. and of God Psal. 24.118 Both the letters make Pad from Padah to redeem Mark the doubling of the termes to hear and to see and appeer c. and prayer and fayth and affection for presence from virtue to virtuâ— from one virtue to another from one faculty to another by the word till they becom ripe and perfect in faith have his wayes in their mindes wherby they see God Math. 5. Mark the doubleing of house c. by all kindes to signify Gods habitation and the place of presence and redemption Maâ—k the doubling of the warlike Eternall c. and God of warr c. for the warfare of the Ministers The rareity of construction in Elohim so many times The person is God and the Church The time is preaching and prayer Leviticus God is the Lord of the Ministry and of the Levites and of their exercise Nu. 8. Hee raineth all strength and confiâ—ence out of his word hee is the redeemer and Lord of life by his plenty of Doctrine and blessed showers Ioel. 2. which is the happynes of the frequenters of the Church Mark the repetition mark the strengâ—h and brightnes of the word like the Sunn in his strength For glory hee is full of grace and favour for a protector or shield of faith Eph. 6. As Moses guide to rest Exod. 33. and yeeldeth all good to his anoynted ones by his presence Exod. 33. Psal. 34. Mark the sound of the wordes sunn and shield and grace and glory for such a sunn goeth not down but shineeth more then a day Ios. 10. Is. 38. Apoc. 22. PSALM LXXXV IT is observed by the Church that all their captivityes and distresses proceed from the wrath of God for their heighth of iniquity extreame offenses perversnes and sinn against him And that hee is wont to pardon all and to bee reconcileed unto them upon their turning again unto him with confession renewing of their mindes and amendment And that hee hath so good a likeing to his country as still to bring them home again unto it after som correction of them and their sorrow to repentance to prais him Now considering the tediousnes of this last captivity by Babel that in a whole generation they felt no life in them nor token of salvation for the fiercenes of Gods anger upon them their prayer is that hee will now shew such kindenes unto them as to give to all sortes of them a more dureablâ— peace then before and that his salvation now bee not long withholden from them that fear him And for the flowerishing glory of their land that fayth and love may procure such heavenly Iustice as may set them in the way of peace that they never err again Like the way of the Eternall Psal. 25.34 with the doubling of the letter Resh to the letter Tsade in the words Ratsitha Artsâ—ca The first wordes to make the number 490 c. Construction Pe the letter a mouth by the doubling of the word speak and Pe