Sonne hee maketh his Gospell knowen preserueth the ministerie and giueth the holie Ghost But touching his second comming let vs hold fast that notable saying of Augustine cited by Prosperus Senten 337. Although the Father neuer departeth from the sonns yet is it not saide that hee shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead but the sonne shall iudge them because there neither the deitie of the Father nor of the sonne shall be séene but that forme or likenes of the sonne which he hath vnited vnto him by the mysterie of his incarnation The same forme or likenes in him then shall be Iudge which stood before the Iudge the same shall iudge which hath bin iudged that the wicked ones may beholde his glorie against whose clemencie they haue grudged Such a Iudge therefore shall he appeare as he may bee seene both of them whom hee shall crowne and of them whom he shall condemne But the Father shall not then appeare because he tooke not vpon him the shape of a seruant but vnto his Sonne who was also made Man hath be giuen all power of iudgement Thirdly this first verse confirmeth the Reader to acknowledge Christ not onelie to be the son of Dauid after the flesh but also the verie son of God For God giueth not his glorie vnto anie other as Esaias 42. saith Seeing then he deliuereth vnto this Sauiour both his iudgement and his iustice we must no time doubt but that the Sauiour is trulie and by nature God Fourthlie this verse teacheth vs what are the benefities of this Sauiour for iudgement by the phrase of the scripture signifieth a remoouing of euill and the placing of that which is good and righteousnes is the following of vertue the eschuing of vice Therefore the benefites of this sauiour are Deliuerance from sinne eternall death and tyrannie of the Diuell the gathering of the Church by the ministerie of the Gospell the gift of the holie Ghost defence and preseruation of the remnants of the Church in this life and finally the rising of the godly ones from death vnto life euerlasting You see then what a pithie and profound Orator Dauid is here and what great efficacie and value euerie worde of his hath Then shall hee iudge the people according vnto right and defend the poore There is a diuerse vse of the worde iudgement and in expounding to obserue the same varietie it is profitable somtime it signifieth The taking awaie of euill as when it is saide in the 119. Psalme part 12. verse 1. I haue done iudgement and iustice that is I haue eschewed thinges forbidden and done thinges commanded in other places it signifieth Gouernement So the gouernors of Gods people are called Iudges Last of all to let passe other significations it is taken for mitigation of extreame law as in Ierem. 10. Correct me O Lorde in thy iudgement not in thy wrath least I bee brought vnto nothing That is mitigate the paines which I haue deserued do not deale with me according to the exiremitie of the law This Grammaticall admonition if we rightlie consider this second verse is easilie expounded As if he said I craue of God that he would sende the promised deliuerer that hee would gouerne his people in his righteousnesse that is in abolishing sinne and death that he would restore vnto his church righteousnesse and life euerlasting And defend the poore as if he said Hee will not deale extremelie with suters or poore in spirit but he will take vpon him to defend their cause hee will maintaine them against their accusers and hee will strengthen them and staie them frée and discharged in iudgement Hee will also represse the rage of the Deuill Tyrants and fanaticall persons and he will mitigate the thraldome of the bodies of his seruantes captiued The mountaines also shall bring peace and the little hils righteousnesse vnto the people The mountaines and little hilles are the churches or congregations and their ministers These bring peace in righteousnesse that is they teach That being iustified by faith wee haue peace with God For Who shall accuse the Elect ones of God shall God which iustifieth who is it that shall condemne is it Christ who died yea and rose againe who sitteth at the right hand of God and maketh intercession for vs And againe Iohn 5. He that hath my word and bleeueth in him that sent me hath life euerlasting and commeth not into iudgement but goeth by death vnto life For this righteousnes and peace let vs giue so great thankes vnto God as the whole scope of our liuelie hart can conceiue and let vs eschew all contrarie opinions and religions which trouble this peace He shall iudge the simple folke by their right defend the children of the needie and punish the wrong doer These are speaches Correlatiues as the Logicians vse thus to saie The king and his people c. Now then here bee desribeth the people of this king and the desecription agreeeth with the saying of Sophonias 3. 12. I will leaue in the midst of thee a needy and poore congregation yet trusting in the name of the Lord. For the church liueth an exile in the world and in deede as S. Paule saith 2. Cor. 7 tryeth outwarde fightinges and feeleth inwarde feares Therefore both maner of waies it is a congregation poore and néedefull not onely because it is destritute of humane helpes but also because it carieth about in the heart sorrowes and feares rising from acknowledgement of sinne and the wrath of God but there is a two fold kind of consolation set downe one as the Psalme affirmeth The Sauiour shall heale the woundes of the hart according to that saying Matth. 11. 28. Come vnto me all ye which labour and are laden and I will refresh you The other in that he threatneth punishmentes vnto backbiters slanderers which inflameth mindes of kinges and princes against the Chruch This conclusion sith it is necessarie for the vniuersall Chruch euen then speciallie is it so in the behalfe of poore people and Orphanes which are made open praies for all backbiters and slaunderers They shall feare thee as long as the Sunne and moone endureth from one generation to another To feare God by an vsuall phrase of the scripture signifieth not onelie to feare the wrath and iudgement of God but also in a sort to serue or worship God And the feare of God signifieth all the worship done vnto God or all the obedience due vnto God This verse teacheth vs then that Christ the sauiour is not honoured with expences or outwarde pompe nor tragedies of captiues but with duties by vs done touching which the lawe morall preacheth and therewith affirmeth that the Church shall not bee vtterlie destroied in this world This promise ought to bee acceptable vnto the godlie ones especiallie when the turkish armies are within their beholding which practise no other thing but to destroie the preaching of the gospell and
scatter abroad the congregation of Gods Church And although some dispute whether the kingdome at Christ be euerlasting seeing Paule saith 1. Cor. 15. 24. Then shall the sonne deliuer the kingdome vnto the father Yet the kingdome of the sonne without all doubting is euerlasting because in all eternitie hée raigneth together with the father and the holie ghost and remaineth the heade of the church And whereas Paule saith 1. Cor. 15. 24. That the sonne in the last day of the worlde shall deliuer the kingdome vnto the father let that be vnderstoode thus The sonne shall bring vnto the Father the Church gathered throughout all mankinde and then all the whole godhead shall be seene in presence and shall raigne not by the ministerie of the gospel but immediatly or without anie meane With this simple vnderstanding let vs be contented least we séeme to seeke to be more wise then it behooueth vs. He shal come down like the raine into fleece of wool euen as the drops that water the earth There is no doubt but the prophet doth allude in this verse vnto the historie of Gedeon which is recited in lib. Iudicum 6. and 7. chapters But other interpreters do applie this figure taken out of the history of Gedeon another waie For some doe refer it vnto the birth of the son of God borne of the virgne as the meaning might thus be Christ like vnto the deaw of heauen was conceiued by the holy ghost in the wombe of the virgin Mary without all spot of sinne This interpretation though I reiect not séeing it agréeth with the analogy or rule of faith yet I do more allowe the application thereof vnto the kingdome of Christ For like as grasse reuiueth and refresheth his colour when the deawe falleth vpon it so our hearts when we heare the preaching of the gospell conceiue new comfort which is the beginning and taste of life euerlasting Againe also that similitude maie well bee considered herein which in the same historie is set downe Before Christ was borne the sinagogue was a fleece of wool wet with heauenlie dewe Now the drie lande that is the Gentiles are watered with this dewe What shall I saie of the wonderfull and almost incredible victorie of Gedeon vnto whom Esayas in the 9. chapter compareth the triumph of Christ For as Gedeon leaueth forth a slender hoast against the huge multitude of his enemies and yet by God obtained the victorie so wee wretched and weake soules following the gouernement and good guide of the sonne of God our Captaine Christ in the onelie preaching of the gospell which we professe and with the sparke of faith shining in miseries doc ouercome most mightie enemies viz. sinne death and the deuill But this figure verie well and excellentlie doth Doct. Martin Luther set forth in his exposition vppon the ninth chapter of Esay Hee therefore that will may read thereof in that place In his time shall the righteous flourish yea and abundance of peace so long as the moone endureth He repeateth a sermon as it were of the effects of Christs kingdome namelie righteousnesse and peace In the Church shall both righteousnesses flourish the one of Faith whereby the person is accepted and pleasing vnto God fréely for the Mediators sake The other of a good conscience touching which let vs hold fast that most swéete saying of Nazianzen Nihil exhilarat nos ita vt conscientia pura spes bona Nothing so much reioyceth vs as a pure conscience and a good hope And where hee saith abundance of peace c. that is tranquilitie of the heart rising from faith hope and a good conscience Nowe consider what a thing it is not to be pluckt away from God and to be able to haue accesse vnto God to call vpon him craue and looke for helpe of him as in the 1. Epist 3. cap. and 20. vers of saint Iohn it is said If our heart condemne vs not then haue we boldness towardes God But the particle touching the eternitie of peace must not be at a blush as wee say but throughlie looked vpon For it containeth most sweet consolation which Isayas expresseth cap. 54 ver 10. in these wordes The hilles shall be mooued and the little hilles shall tremble but my mercie shall not depart from thee neither shall the couenant of my peace fall away saith thy mercifull Lorde That is though down-falles of kingdomes shall shake and terrifie the Church verie sore yet my couenant that I haue made with my Church shall be firme for euer ratified and vnmooueable Let vs be quietlie contented with this league or couenant yea though the whole world frushed togither fall downe about vs. His dominion also shall bee from the one sea to the other and from the flood vnto the worlds end The kings of Babylon and Persia held in their power verie rich kingdoms but these kingdoms were included within the limits of Asia Alexander the great ioined some part of Europe vnto the Empire of Asia The Romane Empire greatest of all others was extended no further then Euphrate Finally no gouernment in y e whole world was contained in the proper iurisdiction wherefore seeing Christes kingdome is comprehended within the same boundes wherein the whole world is comprehended doubtles we must confesse that this kingdome is not a worldlie Empire like as the Iewes do dream But peraduenture some man would ask what maner of kingdom the kingdom of Christ is There is nothing that we may so easily expresse The kingdome of the Christ in this life is to kéepe and restore the ministerie of the Gospell also to gather and reuiue the Church with his worde and holie spirit giuen and to protect her wonderfullie against the diuels and tyrants after this life to raise her members vp from death to life and bring them to his eternall Father Out of this description maie be taken the difference of Christes kingdome and a politike kingdome Also they differ in obiects in benefites in forme of gouernment glorie defences and stabilitie for first the politike power gouerneth the part which is moueable and brideleth the externall members that they may remaine within their duties but the kingdome of Christ not onelie gouerneth externall manners but reprehendeth and healeth the hearts as in Isay 61. ver 1. To binde vp the broken hearted Secondlie the chiefe benefits of politike power are discipline and peace of bodies but the spirituall and eternall benefits of this kingdome are righteousnesse and peace of conscience before God Thirdlie they differ in forme gouernment for other kings and princes chuse fit ministers to beare authoritie in the Common-wealth endued with wisedome and eloquence but Christ chooseth the foolish things of this world to confound the wisedome of the wise or as the 8 Psalme ver 2. saieth Out of the mouth of verie babes and sucklings he hath made perfect his kingdome Moreouer they differ in forme of execution as in defence and punishments
and do heale the scarres onely but not the wounds wherefore séeing Philosophie may confesse her darkenesse and acknowledge her leanenesse let vs seeke for the fat hill bringing forth effectual and wholesome remedies for our sorrowes And such a hill is the true Church which embraceth and professeth the doctrine deliuered from God and shewing consolations healing the wounds of the heart The third effect or fruit of the Gospell is that they which with saith and good conscience embrace this doctrine professe the same and practise to propagate or aduance the same are made according to the saying in the 14. v. 23. of saint Iohns Gospel The Temples and dwelling places of God Namelie If anie man loue mee he will keepe my worde and my Father will loue him and we will come vnto him and make our dwellings with him But in other sects doth not God dwell but he hateth and detesteth them yea though they he high hilles that is though they excell others in dominions and politicall glorie Of this doctrine and consolation haue we now need especiallie least our minds taking offence and being carried awaie with admiration at the power and successe of the Turkish nation do decline or start away from God And let not us iudge by fortune but by the worde of God which is the true Church of God and let vs become remaine Citizens of the same yea although all feares and all daungers shoulde hang ouer our heades The Charets of God are twentie thousand euen thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holie place of Sinay Salomon saith well Prou. 14. 28. The multitude of the people is the honour of the Prince So here he addeth vnto this victorious king an excéeding great train namely the church of the Fathers Prophets and Apostles and these remnants now in the olde age of the Church for they go before the chariot of Triumph we sillie soules follow the same and yet are we fellowes and companions of this glorious triumph then which benefite nothing may bee thought better or more wishfull Thou art gone vp on high thou hastled captiuitie captiue and receiued gifts for men yea euen for thine enemies that the Lord God might dwell among them Like as Paulus Emilius ascended vp into the Capitoll to giue thankes vnto Iupiter led Perscus as his prisoner in the triumph and gaue vnto his owne associates large giftes of spoyles so the sonne of God is ascended into heauen and in his triumphant pompe gloriousslie shewed his prisoners the princes of darkenes tied in Chaines and dealt most ample benefites vnto the Apostles and to the vniuersall Church But séeing this verse of all other in this Psalm shineth like a precious stone of rare vertue let the waightines of all the wordes be most diligentlie considered And first indéede let the article touching Christes ascension into heauen be vnderstoode according to the declaration of the godlie olde rule Athanasius in his disputation against Arius saith thus Eius est ire venire qui aliquibus locorum terminis circumscribitur eum in quo erat deserens locum ad eum vbi non erat veniat Ceterum verbi diuinitas vniuersa implens nullis locorum terminis concluditur sicut nihil est vndediseedat it a nihil est quo veniat c. In English thus It is for him to go and come who is prescribed for certaine places limited and forsaking that place wherein he was that he may come thither where hee was not but the Godhead of the worde filling all places is not prescribed to any limits of places for as it is not material from whence it departed so is it not materiall whither it commeth And so speaketh Cyprian in his rehearsall of the Créed Ascendit ad coelis non vbi verbum Deus antea non fuerat quippe qui erat semper in coelo manebat cum Patre sed vbi verbum caro factum antea non sedebat That is He ascendeth vp to the heauens not where God the worde was not before because hee was alwayes in heauen and remained with the Father but where the worde become flesh fate not before Thou hast led captiuitie captiue That is thou half redéemed mankind or reduced him into his olde libertie and dignitie when he was holden captiue of the Diuell that Lord of death and sin as in the 2. cap. 14 to the Hebrewes it is said And hast led thy enemies captiue in the triumph according to that notable saying extant in the 2. Coloss 15. Spoyling the Principalities and powers hast made a shew of them openly and hast triumphed ouer them c. So often then as feare of death and dangers of hell do rush togither vpon vs and the deuill with innumerable sleights assaulteth vs let vs be conuerted in minde and thought vnto this triumph and let vs craue that this captaine and conquerour would treade downe sathan vnder our feete and would giue vs victorie against sin and death The latter particle resteth touching gifts Thou hast receiued gifts for men The speciall gift of this triumph is The holie Ghost powred out with a manifest light vpon the Apostles and their scholers Touching this gift saint Peter in the 2. cap. Acts. ver 33. saith He being exalted at the right hande of God receiuing the promise of the holy Ghost from the Father hath poured out this which yee nowe see and heare O the excéeding great goodnes of God powring out his spirit vpon all flesh Sine â—uius numine nihil est in homine nihil est innoxium Without whose diuine grace in man nought well hee doth nor well he can As the Church singeth godlilie And although Paule applieth this particle vnto the ministerie of the Gospel which is the instrument of the holie ghost yet may it bee rightlie applied vnto all gifts necessarie for the bodie and the soule amongst which is not the last gift the stabilitie of his Church and subduing of his enemies which are so brideled and restrained by Christ that they cannot outrage nor hurt so fore as they would Whereas then all the world is not full of Turkish tyranie and beastly cruelty but that as yet there is a holie seede that must not we ascribe and attribute vnto humane enterprises and defences but vnto the triumph of the sonne of God But so great is the plentie and abundance of effect in this little verse that it can not bee considered or described with anie eloquence I do therefore passe on to the rest which remaine in this Psalme Praysed bee the Lord dayly euen the God which helpeth vs and powreth his benefits vpon vs. He is our God euen the God of whom commeth saluation God is the Lord by whom we escape death Séeing Gospell is a witnesse of the crosse hee comforteth the Church burdened with the crosse by reason of our confession and the remnants of sinne But a speciall consolation is the promise of Gods
elsewhere I haue often spoken touching the punishments for tyrants and the sufferings of Martyrs nowe I willinglie omit the recitall of them in this place He shal liue and vnto him shall be giuen of the golde of Arabia prayers shall be euermade vnto him and daylie shall he be praised We do remember that D. Martin Luther oftentimes said In the olde Testament there is a notable witnes of the Godhead of the Sauiour promised which affirmeth that he was called vpon by this propertie the same sauiour is there discerned from other Prophets That most graue witnes was by some complained to be obscured weakned by translating the same inuocation vnto other men And for that one cause saide he the custome of praying vnto others was to bee disallowed But where the Prophet Dauid affirmeth here that this Sauiour shall liue c. Let that be vnderstoode in that meaning touching which Christ saith Iohn 14. 19. I liue and you shall liue That is like as I of mine owne power do liue séeing that I am consubstantiall with the father and second person in deitie so by my merit and through my effectuall working you shall liue also for I in dying haue destroied death and in rising againe haue restored life as in the old godly verse the Church so singeth Yea I will raise vp againe your bodies from death and these euen counited with your soules I will adorne with gifts agréeable vnto the state of life euerlasting There shall bee an heape of corne vpon the earth high vpon the hilles his fruit shall shake like Libanus and shal be greene in the citie like grasse vpon the earth He compareth the fruitfulnesse of the Church or kingdome of Christ vnto the most lightsom flourishing corne which is answerable to the husbandmans praier and expectation For as the thicke growing corne delighteth the beholders so there is no sight more pleasant then to see the flourishing Churches wherein vnto the puritie of doctrine preached the concorde of the teachers is adioined or annexed There is a great force in the Nowne Bar which signifieth most pure wheate as if hee should say In the Church of Christ shall not beare sway anie vaine chaffe of humne traditions which haue no iuice in them but wheat shall flourish which with the body of man hath great affinitie for euē as of liuely wheat the best blood is increased so the Gospel deliuered without corruption bringeth to the godly ones firme consolation His name shall endure for euer his name shall remaine vnder the Sun among the posterities which shal be blessed through him and all the heathen shall praise him This verse glistereth most clearelie like a notable precious stone throughout the whole Psalme for it teacheth the reader touching the divine nature and benefits of the sauior and touching the calling of the Gentils It cleerelie affirmeth that this lord hath alwaies bin as he himselfe saith Iohn 8. 5. 8. Before Abraham was I am And he vseth the word Linnon the generation of the son from the father eternall And therefore Micheas saith 1 Mic. 3. This our deliuerer went forth before the daies of the world That is hee was the sonne of God before he tooke vpon him nature of man Let vs beleeue therefore being confirmed with these like testimonies that the Sauiour is God indeed and by nature the son of God light of light as in the Creed it is said But although there be manie descriptions which teach why and for what cause the son was sent yet the effect of the matter is brieflie in the worde Blessed signified And for that by the wanting of any thing the same may bee better estéemed which we haue as by darknes light let vs see what the curse is All mankind after our first fall was ouerthrowne with the curse of the law that is of gods wrath of euerlasting death by reason of sin as Paule saith Ephes 2 ver 3. We were by nature the children of wrath euen as others were This curse when no creature could take away or blot out the sonne of God tooke vpon himselfe both the wrath of God and our punishments that his father might be at peace with vs. So Paule Gal. 3. 8. interpreteth the promise giuen to Abraham In thy seed shal al the Gentiles be blessed Christ became accursed for vs and redeemed vs from the curse that we might obtaine the blessing of Abraham Last of all let the particle be considered touching the calling of the Gentiles in this verse The posterities shall be blessed in him and all the heathen shall praise him For the calling of Gentiles is a notable testimonie of Paules affirmattion wherein it is saide Rō 5. 15. Grace oueraboundeth aboue sin for no man can without some humbling of his mind read the examples of mischief striuing with the first and second table wherein the Ethnickes wickedlie and filthily with great rashnes and impudencie are defiled Let vs therefore giue God thankes that hee receiueth such castawayes into sauour and coopteth them into the societie of Christs kingdome Blessed be the Lord God euen the God of Israel which onely doth wonderous things And blessed be the name of his maiestie for euer and al the earth shall be filled with his maiestie Amen Amen It liketh me well in this place to set downe the words of D. Luther expounding the 7. ca. of the prophet Mic Like as the deliuerance in the new testament is by many waies greater and more excellēt then that which was out of Egypt so are the new miracles by infinite meanes farre greater then the olde for what might be more wonderfully said then that son of God take upon him nature of man and was borne of a virgin What is more to be amazed at then when the son of god wrastling with death and Sathan suffered himselfe to be ouercome laieth downe his life before these enemies and while he is ouercome conquereth So a speciall miracle it is that Christ dying like a man vpon the crosse did the third day rise againe from death and out of the graue closed vp after this with immortall flesh ascended vnto heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God what may be like notablie said yea or thought of any other miracles in respect of these Therefore belssed be God who onelie doth these and other myracles So be it FINIS Here end the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Ishai Iohn 14. 6 Matth. 5. 13 14 Sopho. 1. 12 The glorious effectes of Christs resurrection The ioy of the faithfull in the triumph of Christ The Church is as a widow and orphane in the world yet comforted and defended by Christ The Lord is carefull for the deliuerāce of his seruants But altogether neglecteth the vngodly ones A sweet Allegorie of the preaching of the Gospel how it is cōpared vnto thunder and raine Christ the shepheard of our soules The publishing of the law and preaching of the Gospell The
tumults in the mindes of manie men at this day But let the godlie ones fully beleeue wee must so esteeme of God euen as hee himselfe instructeth vs in his testimonies These do affirme that there is not onely in Christ humaine nature but also the verie diuine essence of the sonne of God which Saint Iohn calleth cap. 1. vers 1. The worde which is the image of the eternall father And that for breuitie sake I may omit other testimonies certainlie this Psalme discerneth Christ from Moses and other great personages when he saith that the Sauiour shall liue for euer and bee alwayes prayed vnto and worshipped as in the 17. verse His name shall remaine vnder the Sunne among the posterities which shall bee blessed through him Againe verse 5. They shall feare thee as long as the Sun and the Moone endureth from one generation to another Last of all verse 12. All kings shall fall downe before him all nations shall do him seruice for euer In these words is his eternitie most euidently described Before the Sunne that is before the shining Sunne in the heauens was created hee was the Sonne of God For the Hebrew Text vseth in this place a notable worde signifying doubtlesse that the Sonne of God was borne before anie Sunne shined in the worlde Againe also it affirmeth manifestlie that this Sauiour must alwayes bee called vpon yea when he is not seene with our eyes He speaketh not here then of the gestures of the bodies which with reuerence is vsed towards them but by them towardes Christ and hee speaketh generallie of all good mindes which do craue of the same our Sauiour Christ that he would haue mercie vpon vs and bee our Mediator vnto his father that he would forgiue vs our sinnes giue vs his holie spirit and life euerlasting and bee our defender and helper in the daungers of this life against the furies of the Diuels and the wicked ones in this worlde Such a kind of prayer yeeldeth rightlie omnipotencie vnto the Sauiour and witnesseth that he is God But y â— indeed his kingdom is not a worldlie policie but spirituall and eternall These Arguments do confirme the same The benefite of the Sauiour pertaineth vnto the vniuersall Church from the beginning of the world vnto the end of the same Now if the kingdome of Christ had bin politike it should not haue brought anie profit or vtilitie vnto the Fathers and Prophets which haue departed out of this life before the coÌ„ming of the Sauiour Therefore nothing shoulde their prayers and hope differ in this case from the dreame of the golden fish wherof the fisher reioyced as Theocritus reporteth Adde herevnto a most ample promise of the calling of the Gentiles which should be vaine and ridiculous if the Iewes onely should carrie all the stately port and beare rule and the Gentiles bee brought into bondage as their slaues But of all others chieflie the sayings of the Prophets confirme this opinion which wee would attaine vnto because they preach of the death and resurrection of the Sauiour Dâ—niel sayeth plainlie cap. 9. vers 26. Christ shall bee slaine And Isayas sayeth cap. 35. 10. He shall lay downe his sâ—ule for sinne Ergo he shall not haue anie corporall rule or gouernment in this life These and manie other such like when we read may we doubt any thing but that the Iewes and others dreaming of the kingdome of Christ to be politicall are wrapped in the greatest error and blinded in the ignoraunce of the greatest matters Also manie were woont to aske of vs what were the benefites of Christs kingdom Touching this question the Psalme maketh answere That the Sauiour of the worlde shall not giue riches and Countries but Righteousnesse and Peace But Righteousnesse signifieth in this place Forgiuenes of sinnes and reconciliation with God or imputation vnto righteousnes or acceptation vnto life euerlasting wherewith after our resurrection shall be ioyned full and perfect newnesse inflamed with spirituall motions such as the lawe of God requireth This true righteousnes differeth infinitelie from discipline which is onely a shadow of outward workes and a miserable and vncleane hypocrisie Peace in this place may not bee vnderstoode of a politike peace which is nothing but a vaine name as Plato saith but it must be vnderstood touching the true consolation and tranquilitie of mindes which is the ouercommer of death For true it is which Christ our Sauiour said Iohn 16. In the world you shal haue affliction but by me Peace 33. Be ye of good courage I have ouercome the worlde ibidem Last of all let the sayinges touching the calling of the Gentiles the worshippings of the newe Testament and Crosse of the Church bee considered in this Psalme For it interpreteth the promise deliuered vnto Abraham Gene. 22. 17. In thy seede shall all nations bee blessed And it witnesseth that the worshipping of God in the new Testament shall not be circumcision or Leuiticall sacrifices but praiers and thankesgiuings As here in the 12. verse They shall praise him for euer He also addeth a particle wherein not obscurely he signifieth the Church shall bee subiect vnto the Crosse As in verse 14. Precious saith he is the bloud of them in the Lords sight Let these seeme to be sufficiently spoken touching the Argument of this 72. Psalme Now let vs heare the Prophet Dauid excellently prophecying and preaching of Christ Iesus the Sauior that was and is to com◠⧠The Psalme and Exposition thereof Giue the king thy iudgements O God and thy righteousnes vnto the kings sonne WHat maner of speaker Thucidides was in his Drations such a one is the Prophet Dauid in his Psalms so plentifull hee is in copie of matters that the multitude of his wordes almost are supplied with as manie sentences Furthermore so apt and strict he is in wordes that a man cannot tell whether the things are with spéech or the wordes with sentences more beautified For I pray you consider how many great matters are included in one litle verse For first he teacheth what a one God is namelie a iust iudge that is allowing things well done and disallowing and destroying the contrarie And surely such a God he is according to the law but indéede according to the Gospell he is not onelie iust in accusing of sin but also he maketh vngodlie ones become iust which are just by faith in Christ as it is said Rom. â— Secondlie he aduertiseth the Reader touching the mysterie of the Trinitie For it is the euerlasting Father which deliuereth out of his power into the hands of his Son both iudgemeent iustice The son receiueth the power deliuered vnto him from â—is faâ—her according to that saying Ioh. 5. 22. The Father iudgeth no man but hath giuen all iudgement vnto his Sonne which wee must so vnderstand touching the first comming of Christ that the father iudgeth not alone but by his sonne hee iudgeth and maketh his iudgement knowne For by his