Iudgement and wholely just and lighteneth all by his Law and must needs require attendance of brutish and heathenish men To turn him from the way of destruction to the way of salvation from the bad way to the good way from the way of death to the way of life by the Scriptures and confirm him And this likewise is a wonderfull benefit of the Sabbath Now in the greatest distress that can com by the Molesters of the church that might even break a mans hart to think on Ps. 115. when they see their feet are gone from under them and they are about to despaire of life and safety then the repetitions of Gods great workes and kindenesses doe releeve them and set them up again with this comfort within them that no corrupt estate or government can indure or reigne check by jowl with him or any Corregnum of such as plot and decree Mischeeff against the just and harmless Therfor now the church prayeth for a cleer revenge a due retribution and a treble reward upon their oppressours and that their God the Eternall their trust and relye would unweave their mischeeff and unplot their devisees and render their own sorrow upon them and destroy them Construction Tsade Food which is the light and understanding of the word the first of all creatures Gen. 1. Io. 1. and it yeeldeth all contentment and satiety help and succour Heer in this peece the brute and foolish are opposed to the lerned and the vexers wicked and ungodly to the Godly and just and quiet ones answerable to the 92. as it were the same and the greevers ther are Iudged heer A great dore is opened c. Daleth an entrance or dore for instruction Mark the repetition destroy c. workers of Greeff c. brute and foolish c. correction teaching omnipotencey of the Eternall in knowledge and power to revenge by paying every one according to their works as Iudges of the earth Ps. 62. That the unquiet and disquieters may have no quiet rest nor Sabbath at all but end with greeff and mischeeff of their own And this according to the letter Ghimel in the last peece for reward or right or judgement or revenge as yf it were still the same psalme observing the A B C for verses with one over to shew Ghimel in the second vers Numbers The wildernes heer is the proud the wicked the disquieters the bruteish the foolish insulters the vaunters the arrogant oppressors sleyers murtherers naughty and mischeevous ones ill Rulers that hunt for the life of the just and condemners of innocents c. The word giveth rest from such and safety and defens but to such is no peace rest nor Sabbath at all Is. 54.48 Iude c. PSALM XCV THer is no peace to the wicked so ther is no rest but to them of understanding and how great a benefit is it then to be brought unto it In this psalme it is by way of their behaviour in the church and Sabbath service They must beginn with triumph to the Everlasting their righteousnes and accord to the rock of their salvation the Scriptures from whence they were digged and formed with psalmes of thanks offering for deliverance for the greatnes of God and his kingdom who hath in his handes all unaccessible places by power of creation putting off the shoos of fowl wayes and unclean lives for the holynes of the place by the feet of the saintes They must doo all manner of reverence to their makeer their God for their induement of Grace and Manners for their Education and fostering them with his own hand by his Law and not with hard and stony hartes full of strife and infidelity and devilish temptation to hear his word but without any wrath or murmuring as Ps. 4. with all contentment to hearken to him and consider his work That they bee not wicked and greeve God and err still in their harts ignorant of his wayes notwithstanding their instructions and bee depriveed of their rest Ps. 81. Consider the great work of the third day Gen. 1. Com. 4. wher it is to bee noteed that the weightynes of the work is still to bee admireed for the necessity of rest and for greater sanctification and blessing of the Sabbath ever som part of the creation is recorded and the Great Creator to be magnifyed extolled and worshiped Construction Tsade for meat or food and that is the makeing and creating of us by the word by the comming together of the words made and formed and feeding and handes c. And hee biddeth prepare gentle and soft harts for instruction at the time of hearing the word that the meat may doo them good that they may beleeve and relent and repent at the comming of the Kingdom When they see the word to raigne and rule see their harts are mislead and hardned and cannot repent nor receive the food at Meribah and Massah Exod. 16. He behold for the greatnes of the Creator they must present themselves in songes gratefullnes in prayers of humblenes with all reverence for the deep serchings out of sight and the steep hills in sight by the abounding and defect of He in divers words and rareity of construction It is also apparent by Hem the demonstrative they comming twise together Numbers Ther is nothing but the word and the wildernes Government and no Government docible and tractable and quiet people and hard harted and disquiet and molesters tempters and provokers Which have no benefit of the word and cannot obtein the rest of the Kingdom but to the troublesom is tribulation and anguish PSALM XCVI THe Everlasting the God of righteousnes is greater and more commendable and far more reverend then all the Gods of the Heathen for makeing and confirming the heavens of his sanctuary wherall worship Majesty strength and decencey is taught before him out of his word wher hee raigneth and setleth all the world as Ps. 29. so sure by his doctrine that it can never bee mooved or carryed away again by any winde And this is likewise to bee reckoned a great benefit of the Sabbath service to all nations and thought worthy of a new song of triumph to his Name and the glory therof His kingdom of righteousnes as Ps. 4. and his miraculous salvation heerby to bee preached and told every day among the Heathen That all Nations famylyes of all the earth may ascribe all glory and strength to his Name and offer and bow unto him with holy fear and trembling before him That thâ— Heavens and the earth the sea and all that is in it may thunder out joy and gladnes all plants feeld-herbs and trees of the wood leap and triumph and keep Sabbath for the Iustice constancey and faythfullnes of their king at his comming to judgement now by his word and secureity of their kingdom for evermore Consider the second dayes work Gen. 1. with the Commandement Construction Tsade for meat or food this is joy in
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
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
Iewes which with Psalmes and great rejoyceing hee expresseth Mark the doubling sing Psalmes sweet speech bless rejoyce c. as in the former Psalm Numbers The Ministry is the Creator Mark the first and last wordes The Message messengers the work the spirit send mans hart bread satisfy c. the wordes doubled shew the Metaphore And that preaching so farr resembleth the creation by reformation out of dust bread of the word for to comfort mans hart c. The end of all is the creating of man and his renewing which is not don but when God hath once been throughly angry with his people And hath brought them to their wits end that they bee even becom dust againe with misery affliction trampling upon of the wicked quite to abolish wickednes and sinn and make an end of iniquity Dan. 9. and make all plain before them so that by the reformation the wildnernes is discerned Heer Nun is added to the plurall for reformation of the word according to the singular For increas of the Church and creation of strangeers Psal. 146. PSALM CV BEcause all creation were vain not worthy prais without preservation as Ps. 89. hee makeeth heer the Cadence of this book to continue dureing bothe to the end heerof shewing in thes two Psalmes and that following all his mighty and strange works of his deliverance and saveing of them and his kindenes to them all along Wherfor as it is a good thing still to bee mindefull of gracees as Ps. 92. So this Psalm is penned for a Psalme of thanks-giveing or grace after meat for the Church to sing Shewing their poor and hard beginning for number acquaintance and provision their growing increasing fruitfullnes and strength in a strange country against all conspiraceys How Moses with the light of the Law starved their Enimyes by the cups of the wrath of God which plagued their policy bringing darknes upon their understanding and befooling them and steined all their learning God sent Crawlers for promotion in their Kings court and sent a number of biteing rumors and Enimyes invasion in their coastes with hail of oppression that beat down all their doctrine and good things and hee made their spoilers and their pollers of their common-welth to increas and destroy their Princees Apoc. 16. Heerby Israel grew strong and wealthy terrible to their Enimyes brought out by a cloud and secret purpos of the Law and lighted them in the night by the fire therof their earnestnes of song and egeâ—nes of zeal among them to guide them and fed them with all deinty meates and musique the doctrine of the promiss which beeing performed in the highest degree that they might keep and observ his Lawes Now they beeing thus fed and delivered hee wisheth the Church to worship him and call upon his Name and prais him and sing Psalmes unto him and mention all his workes and make merry with his Name and inquire out his strength and seek his face and remember all his wonderfull works and shew themselves by all meanes thankfull for them Constuction Quoph of Iaquaph to compass or inviron is heer interpreted by Iosephs bondes and imprisonment by the wordes hurt and instruct for oppress and binde and also the contrary by loosing and inlargeing c. which implyeth a kinde of compassing conteining and holding The two letters Quoph and He make Quhah or Quah from Jaquah to obey Heerto hee alludeeth by all strength rule and commande and obedience and disobedience Mark the repetition cleernes by the relation of kindes of contraryes And this agreeth to the first For Ioseph is made ruler and Lord of all And bindes and looseth hath the keyes of the Kingdom and of the hous to ordein and instruct all Math. 16. by all bonds and covenants good rulers the staff of bread and water Is. 3. Thes words are doubled ruler commande send word c. hee was found right by the rule of the word He to behold the second letter is reported in such words as these for presence absence plain and secret things The servants of God the continuall and all manner of worshiping and serving and seeking of him the repetition will make it plain Name signes miracles wonders servants chosen all mysteryes vail cloud light c Abraham Iacob Isaack Israel c strangeer preaching boasting seek inquire face remember statutes for judgement c. For discretion or decree c. Numbers The wildernes is the wasteing of the Enimye by invasion and plagues of destruction The message of evill Angels and spirits of wrath Ps. 78. Iob. 1. adversity makes them loos their hold The Church is arrived according to the promiss and preserved The Patriarchs and Prophets by their message and the word are the walles and circuit therof Ap. 7.11 What went yee foorth into the wildernes to see c. Ther is nothing but strange and hard things and wonders and monsters there that is incredible to report So ther is much mystery in the word and of Godlynes and when the Church is not well informed the word it self seemeth a desert for the wonderfull hardnes of it which the letter makeeth in this Psalme But it is cleered by a heavenly revelation and spirituall interpretation which is the seeking of his face by the mighty operation of the word and brought to bee beleeved by the Church And the rest for infidelity is left a wildernes Apoc. 12. Ier. 2. Mark the repetition wonderfull works excellent Acts wonderfull miracles signes and miracles c. and this in nations wher no culture or manurance and right worship is For the Kingdom and conduct of the word PSALM CVI. SHewing the often sinning transgression and fall of the Church and their murmuring against God and their often receiving again to favour and mercey by God their often forgetting of his kindenes to them and his often pardoning and forgiveing them again in Aegypt at the Sea in the wildernes in Horeb in their tents at Meribah in their warrs in their offerings at the request of Moses and Phineas and of his own good will often times delivering them out of their distresses remembring his covenant and also beeing comfortable to them by hearing their own requests and according to his great kindenesses takeing them to mercey before their captivers wherby they beleeved his word and sung his prais but for the goodnes of such everlasting favour and the virtues of his kingdom what wight is able sufficiently to set out and worship and thank him worthyly Now the Church haveing sinned in frowardnes like their fathers and beeing in the like distress in captivity and scatered among the heathen hee prayeth that now at his request hee would gather them again and bring them home to worship his holy Name And that God would let them see the kinde salvation of his people likewise that hee may also behold the joy wealth of his Choseen and becom a glorious Actor of his prais
mighty hand and long reaching arm all the wonderfull works in the world of his goodnes and his mercey Psal. 23. and his everlasting Kingdom of kindenes and compassion in cutting off the ungodly and saveing of the Church in thinking upon them in their low estate and setling them in their enimyes land and provideing food for all flesh the unperishing food of his word the searching wherof is the bread of eternall life and an everlasting nuriture So the wicked are visited justly for ignorant worship and workmanship to the sowerth degree of the ungodly and disobedient but his mercy is to last for thousands even for ever to the Godly and obedient rebellion against the word beeing a sinn of witche craft and transgression moste wicked idolatry Ther was no imagination presented or propounded with it but that all tricks formes and fansyes of man wear vain and hatefull and abominable Psal. 119. S. For this Godhead of understanding beeing the God of all possiblity and to whom nothing is impossible or hard but all his wayes are secrets and miraculous in the eyes of man wherby all was made and facioned and revealed preserved and maintened and by perpetuall judgement defended and saveed how absurd then is the imploreing of sensless aide against all rule of creation and against the Kingdom of grace prayed for Yf hee doth the things which no man els doth why beleeve they him not yf not for his own sake yet for his works hee ought to bee beleeved in and trusted unto Therfor that they worship that wonderfull Creator defender and preserver the God of heaven that made the heaven and the earth the sea and all fountains for his infinite works of mercey grace and compassion in his Kingdom by his heavenly light of wisdom reason and knowledge invented disscerned and brought in frame and not so placable Gods of their own makeing wherin against all reason and understanding the Creature is set in place of the Creator and a man worshipeth what hee will and contenteth himself as hee will which is moste monstrous For this invention yeeldeth no correction nor amâ—ndment and is no part of the Kingdom prayed for seeing no obedience is due to the work of a mans own hands no more then the father should obey the childe or childâ—en lay up and provide for their parents Therfor who so ever receiveth not the Kingdom of God as a litle childe for correction and obedience hee shall not enter therinto Construction Quoph of Jaquaph to compass by kindenes ps 32. worship and adoreing of the ministers tormentors the contrary Lamed for lerning the word of creation and preservation The Eternall his existens is of so great extent and power and wisdom by his ministry that it maisters all the gods and kings and lords of the world Deut. 10. Ex. 34. The divers vowelling of Iehovah used but once all the psalme intendeth but rule and might and mercie ps 102. repeated according to the letters Iehovah twenty six times Vav a hook or crook hee brought them out c. hee freed them from c. Lord and worship agree Ier. 22. Ps. 8. Mark the repetition The three letters make quolo his voice or word as Ps. 29. Deuteronomy the Ministers are set to prais and bless and worship 1 Cro. 16. so in the last psalme and this the Eternall is the mighty Actor of salvation by his grace Mark the first and last words and the continuall burden of the song for a rehearsall Gods kindenes twenty six times repeated according to the number of 26 made up just by the letters of Jehovah PSALM CXXXVII IN this psalme the Iewes shew care in pleasing God rather than man their Creator Redeemer and Inductor rather than their captiveer and suspender for either they will not sing at all and hang up their harps or if they will have them to sing it shall be that which they have little pleasure to hear for fear of takeing Gods name in vain and transgressing his will in vain rejoyceing in their heavy season against their harts or makeing their enimies mery with their sacred and good things which God would not allow of So that after they have made it a hard thing to sing for people in their case and harder to rejoyce with holy songs of Sion and that they did not think it meet to sing thes holy things among such houndes in a strange and an enimies land yet that the name of Sion and fame of Ierusalem may not be forgotten by them they take down their harps and apply their fingers and looss their tongs from the rooffs of their mouthes to shew that all their joy and delight was in Ierusalem and not with them all their song is nothing but a bitter prayer to God for a terrible revenge and payment upon them That as the Edomites incouraged to destroy Ierusalem to the ground to the utter ruine and desolation of it and no less could content them and the destroying citty Babel performd as much that now God would remember all their dealing and make them happy that should require them treble ps 94. with a merciless revenge and destruction uppon them that ther may be no mercy to the merciless or their children but that it may pleas God to dash them all in peeces against the stones with an utter confusion and destruction of them And this lest they should transgress the third commandment and displeas their God at their enemies request to use his name unprofitabely and deserv new punishment and disobey his known will and be worse beaten than before after their return home And becaus all pleasure is a kinde of idolatry but the true and only worship of God they will not pleas themselves nor their enemies with one word of their lips ps 16. nor shed one drop of prais or sacrifice any commendation to them at all Construction Quoph to compass Captiveers Inthraulers hanging takeing Lamed lerning his tong and hand shall be disused and all cunning forgotten Babel is repeated for a town of confusion and destruction of learning Gen. 11. IerusaleÌ„ for perfection alludeing to both mount Sion opposed to the rivers also So weeping and mirth remembring c. by Zain to hear by singing Song the sens rule of relation as the eares are the daughters of songs Eccl. 12. they shall be happy that pay theÌ„ with coÌ„fusion that seek it Obadiah mark the repetitioÌ„ you shall see the A. B. C. confouÌ„ded also by words of purpos under words of song which is also vers he conceals a return or torment Deuteronomy Singing is heer the act of repeating for a memoriall It shall be life eternall to punish persecutors So he hath still minde of his wonderfull way of salvation mark the repeating of these words happy repay dealt down with it c. PSALM CXXXVIII HEaring is the way to Christ and Moses and the Prophets are the Doctors to draw men unto him for they shall be all taught of God
anointing and doctrine 1. Io. 2. Ghimel the reward and blessing of life as Ps. 3. proper to the congregation and the people of the house of God as showers to Sion or anointing to the Priests an everlasting spring and all the good that can descend Wher two or three are gathered together c. Mat. 18. Mark the repetition all things resembling unity and propriâ—ty pleasant pretious beard runn down c. Deuteronomy The confession heer is the life of the word the blessing of it to them that concurr in observing is as the congregation the wonderfull refreshing they have by that ordinance and favour of God by destilling of doctrine upon the assembly as ointment on the beard c. PSALM CXXXIV AT the end of every work the Creator is to bee blessed and the Creation sanctifyed so now to end thes 15. Songs of return or asscension the last two beeing of the Ministry and holy service of God and of the fraternity and holy assembly in spirituall houses of holynes to wit of the Church and congregation Psal. 92.90 of the place and frequentation the high place and degree of Godlynes and the comunion and unanimity of the Saintes and wheras hee hath figureed the place to bee Sion and the company Israel to whom all the service appertained and what Godlynes ther is in them Now for higheth of sanctification that the Temple of God may bee throughly cleane and that they may grow up to a full holynes hee maketh the time the Sabbath hous-hold exercise The whole law of God is a tree of abstinence as taste not touch not doo not handle not to bridle the will that bee it a thing that makes never so faire a shew for any kinde of respect it must bee refreined and aâ—oyded and so work by the Ministry and a perpetuall thanks giveing by the Minâ—sters never ceasing Sabbath day to be useed so that the refreining from pleasure and coveteousnes fullfilleth all Psal. 119. H for hee that liveth in pleasure is sayd to bee dead while hee liveth and to bee a sleep in it and drunk therwith and apt to all temptation Except God bee in a man the body is dead the greatest holynes in the world is to retire one self and walk with God to forbear and the greaâ—est government in a man is to bridle himself And therfor hee willeth the servants of God that keep holy and rest that keep hous with him and dwell in the Lords hous by night and abstein from labour and fowling their handes upon any work to lift up their hands of so high holynes and sanctification and bless this everlasting righteousnes of God For bestowing the same blessing upon them even everlasting life And that as God in six dayes made heaven and earth c. rested the seventh and blessed sanctifyed it so for keeping the same they may receive from him likewise the blessing of sanctification throughout Construction Quoph to compass about his servants that lodge in hous with him and remain allwayes about him Ps. 76. his moste worthy Ministers to doo their function of thanks perpetuall for Gods blessing from Sion his mighty reformation by Lamed lerning and Daleth a door for the opening of the word by doctrine Mark the wordes bless and Eternall servant stand c. how oft the one implyeth the other Hee workes upon the double sens of Berek to bless to which heer is prayed a blessing and also to give it See the only doubling of that termn the Eternall And this is for a dore as knocking and opening c. Deuteronomy This blessing intendeth confession of the goodnes and grace of God and comfort which they receive from the place which God hath chosen Deut. 12. from Sion the blessed word of creation out of rudenes Wherin is life c. Ioh. 1. PSALM CXXXV WHat was hard to suffer is now sweet to remember Great is his goodnes that bringeth peace and redemption and sweet and pleasant is his name that hath made chois of the Church and hath pleasure in them and giveth them their inheritance and defendeth and comforteth them and a good and sweet hearing it is that hee hath brought them out of slaveâ—y into the Elysian feeldâ—s of salvation and saveed them this by a transscendent power meteoricall and miraculous by an invisible safety setting his hand upon their Enimyes face as Psal. 138. beclouding the Scriptures with an earthly sense and makeing from thence lightning of Sermons for rain of doctrine from one end of the world to the other as was the glittering of that comming of the sonn of Man in power and great glory and to bring out the deep hid sens out of his treasure to smite all the Kinges of the earth and astonish them that ther is no such God among the heathen of all their pretious Idoles which they follow as Ps. 16. and that hee knoweth and confesseth that hee which they serv is the greatest above Gods and Kings and Lords Ps. 95. and to bee preferred only and meet to bee chosen before all other gods Therfor because his doctrine is the tillage and manureance of all the earth wee must sue unto the Word the creator of our understanding which seeth in secret and bringeth foorth an opâ—n reward no man knowing the father but the sonn and hee to whom the sonn wil reveale him And therfor hee wisheth that all men would prais his name especially his hous hold servantes remaining in his courts for his goodnes and chaunt out for the pleasantnes of his name as Ps. 92. and that Israel the Church and Ministry and all the Professors of of Godlynes and all Ierusalem may thank him therfor from Sion Constructium Quoph to compass for the servants of God that are allwayes about him dwelling in his hous 38000. 1. Cron. 23. Lamed lerned or doctrine this is the name of God Iah or Iehovah the Eternall as one is for the other in hallelujah And according to the letters of the one the other is repeated just fifteen times for Iah the terme Iehovah fifteen And after the fifteen Psalmes of degrees Hezek-jah shall see Jah Iah in the land of the living that is fifteen yeers alive Is. 38. The letter He behold that is the presence of God the cloudes and lightnings and windes present him his strokes upon his Enimyes his signes and deliverance all markable Qualah which conteine all the letters is to be light and vile in repute by which hee magnifyeth the power of God and vilifyeth the idoles that have no aspiration or sound in their throat like Iah Psal. 149. nor smiteing like Iod a hand Mark the repetition Deuteronomy The confession is continuall praising and blessing of God and his name by the Ministry and whole Church of God So sweet and pleasant for the benefit PSALM CXXXVI HEe sheweth that all was don in the Creation by intellectuall power and that that highe Godhead and soveraigne Lordship only did with his