mercy to them that he may have the more glory thanks for his work I will magnifie him with thanksgiving 3. Moral worship offered in Spirit and truth in the meanest degree of sincerity is more acceptable to God then the most pompous ceremonial service which can be done to him without Spirit and truth This also shall please the Lord better then an oxe and bullock that hath bornes and hooses that is which is perfect and wanteth nothing in the external part of commanded service 4. That which we know shall be most acceptable to God we ought to study and follow that most that we may walk before God unto all well-pleasing in special to praise him in affliction and to praise him from a contrite spirit This also shall please the Lord better then c. Ver. 32. The humble shall see this and be glad and your hearts shall live that seek God 33. For the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners From the third evidence of the victory of his faith in the prophecy of the fruits of his sufferings mainly as he was a type of Christ who here is most intended Learn 1. The exercise of the Saints set down in Scripture and namely the exercise of David and of Christ represented by him was foretold that it should be of great use to the Church of God in after-times as now we see it in effect The humble shall see this and be glad 2. The humble soul is most capable of divine knowledge and comfort The humble shall see this 3. The escape of our Lord Jesus out of his sufferings for us and the escape of his afflicted children out of their sufferings through faith in him is a matter of instruction comfort and joy to every humbled beleever The humble shall see this and be glad 4. As such who are pure in spirit and truly humbled do live upon Gods almes and are daily at his doores for relief of their necessities and for communion with his gracious goodnesse so shall they thrive well in this trade Your heart shall live that seek God 5. The Lordâ—… children have a life beyond the children of men which is able to quicken them in their deepest troubles and to make them blessed in their delivery out of troubles a life moral and spiritual whereby their conscience is comforted Your heart shall live that seek God 6. The right way for the godly afflicted to have the benefit of the troubles and events which Christ and his followers have had experience of is to comfort themselves in hope of the like event and successe in seeking God as they did The humble shall see this and be glad and your heart shall live that seek God 7. As the Lords poor men are much in prayer so shall they be rich in good answers For the Lord heareth the poor 8. Whoever in defence of any point of Gods truth are put to trouble either in body or minde by men or Satan or both they are all sufferers for God they are all prisoners who howsoever they be misregarded by men shall be of much price in Gods eyes He despiseth not his prisoners Ver. 34. Let the heaven and earth praise him the seas and every thing that moveth therein 35. For God will save Sion and will build the Cities of Iudah that they may dwell there and have it in possession 36. The seed also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his Name shall dwell therein From the last evidence of the victory of faith set down in a prophetical thanksgiving for the foreseen mercies which were to come to the Church by Christs procurement and specially to the Jewes Learne 1. Large sense of troubles maketh way for large observation and sense answerable of mercies The evil of deepest afflictions the Lord can recompense with highest consolation as the beginning and ending of this Psalm giveth evidence 2. The soul that seeth the mercy of God toward it self doth see also the mercy of God upon the same grounds to all others his people in Sion his Church in every place and time and he seeth the benefits of Christs sufferings to be matter of praise unto God able to fill the whole world and he seeth his own insufficiency for the praising of God also and that all the creatures are all few enough when they all concurre in this Song Let the heaven and the earth praise him and the seas and every thing that moveth therein 3. Whatsoever condition of Gods people can be represented by the various condition motion settlement or commotion of heaven earth and seas and things therein cannot but furnish matter of joyful praise to God and come up to contribute to Gods praises Let the heaven and earth the seas and every thing that moveth therein praise him 4. Every delivery of every beleever and above all the delivery of Christ as man from his expiâ—…tory sufferings is earnests and pledges of the delivery of the Church militant out of all its troubles For God will save Sion saith the Psalmist being now delivered out of his trouble 5. As the Lord will ever maintain his Church his Sion and his Iudah so hath he a purpose to give a special evidence of this his care among the Jewes how farre soever they may at some times be from all appearance of his respect to them for in the promise he keepeth in expressely the Name of Iudah He will build the Cities of Iudah 6. What outward testimonies of Gods respect to the Jewes for Christs sake shall be given unto them after the destruction of their Cities here presupposed we must leave it to God to be in due time by his own works interpreted and to be made out according to what here is said That the Cities of Judah shall be builded that they may dwell there and have it to wit the promised land in possession the seed also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his Name shall dwell therein Only let us observe that the duty of the true Citizens of the Church is to transmit true Religion to their posterity and that this is the best and only way to transmit also the blessing of God and the constant possession thereof unto them The seed also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his Name c. PSAL. LXX To the chief Musician A Psalme of David to bring to remembrance THis Psalm is almost one in words with the latter end of Psalm 40. wherein David being in present danger of his life by his enemies prayeth first for speedy delivery ver 1. next for shameful disappointment to his enemies ver 2 3. and thirdly for a comfortable life to all the godly ver 4. from which condition albeit he himself was very farre for the present yet he professeth he doth relie on God by faith and prayeth for a timous delivery ver 5. From the Inscription Learn 1. Our most notable dangers and deliveries should most
short prayer wherein the oppressed servant of God prayeth that God would put order unto the government of his people and redresse the wrongs done to them Learn 1 Albeit the oppressed servants of God cannot finde justice at mens hands yet there is help to be had from God and prayer shorter or longer as the Lord furnisheth unto them must they seek their ease of minde and comfort Arise O God judge the earth 3. When Magistrates or Rulers do oppresse Gods people private persons may not go beyond their bounds but must have their recourse to God that he may set matters that are wrong in a better condition as here the Psalmist doth 4. As the Church of God among the Jewes was acquainted with the prophecies of the enlargement of the Church and Kingdom of God among the Gentiles and upon this ground prayed that he would not suffer his interest in his people then to decay by the malice of men so may the Lords Church in any place or time upon the same ground pray for the like mercy for still the reason holdeth that God who is about to enlarge his Kingdome will not lose what he hath already and so to pray Arise O Lord judge the earth for thou shalt inherit all nations Amen PSAL. LXXXIII A song or Psalme of Asaph THis Psalme agreeth with such a condition of the Church as we read of in the dayes of Iehosaphat 2 Chron. 20. and serveth to comfort the Church in the greatest conspiracies of her enemies against her The Psalm hath two parts In the former the Church doth cry to God to shew himselfe for his people ver 1. and complaineth of their conspiracy and preparation to come against her ver 2 3. and of their purpose to root out the Lords people ver 4 5. specifying a number of nations who were upon the plot ver 6. 7 8. In the latter part they pray that judgment may so befall them as befell other such their enemies before who enterprised the same enterprise ver 9 10 11 12. In particular that the whole host may be overturned and consumed ver 13 14. and the remnant may bee chased and scattered ver 15. and ashamed and confounded for ever ver 16 17 that so God may have the mâ—… glory among them ver 18. Ver. 1. KEep not thou silence O God hold not thy peace and be not still O God From his cry to God to let forth a word for his people in this strait Learn 1. The Church may be in such a strait as if God do not speedily interpose himselfe she cannot but be swallowed up of her enemies quickly as here we see 2. Sense of danger putteth an edge on prayer and kindleth affection in it Keep not silence O God hold not thy peace and again O God be not still 3. The Lords uttering a word of comfort to his people and of terror to his enemies in the extremity of danger will satisfy his Church and do all her work Be not silent hold not thy peace be not still is the summe of all she craveth for let him speak and it shall be done Ver. 2. For lo thine enemies make a tumult and they that hate thee have lift up the head 3. They have taken crafty counsell against thy people and consulted against thy hidden ones From their complaint of their enemies preparation to come against them Learne 1. The enemies of Gods Church are the enemies of God bearing the same affection to God and to them that are reconciled to him For lo thine enemies that hate thee make a tumult 2. The more din the enemy makes the more insolent he is the higher he lifteth his head he is the more near to be knockt down by Gods appearing for his people against him Keep not silence for thine enemies make a tumult they have lifted up the head 3. The chief enemies of the Church are not the silly and simple sort of people but the most subtile politicians usually whose heads are most fit for Satans devices against Gods people They have taken crafty counsell against thy people 4. The true children of God his secret ones who in the sense of their own weaknesse do shelter themselves under Gods wings and do glory in him are the special object of the malice of Satan and of his wicked servants They have consulted against thy hidden ones 5. Against the craft and policy of enemies the Church hath nothing in her selfe to oppose but doth run to God who can easily disappoint all the enemies plots as here we see ver 4 5. Ver. 4. They have said Come and let us cut them off from being a nation that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance 5. For they have consulted together with one consents they are confederate against thee From their purpose to root out Gods people Learn 1. No lesse will satisfy the enemies of Gods Church then extirpation and abolishing of the Church Let us cut them off from being a nation that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance 2. When the Church is least 〈◊〉 and least able to defend her self the wicked encourage and strengthen one another in an evill course against heâ—… They have said one to another Come let us cut them off 3. Although the wicked be at enmity one against another yet they will all agree together to overthrow the Church They have consulted together with one consent saith he they are consederate against thee 4. This consideration that the conspiracy against the Church is a conspiracy against God whose people the Church is is very comfortable in the Churches extremity They are confederate against thee Ver. 6. The tabernacles of Edom and the Ishmaelites of Moab and the Hagarens 7. Gebal and Ammon and Amelek the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre c 8. Ashur also is joyned with them they have holp â—…n the children of Lot Selah In the reckoning up of the several nations conspired against Israel Learn 1. When the Church looketh upon the multitude of her enemies and their confederacy and their resolution to destroy her she should gather grounds of hope to be helped so much the more and so much the sooner for this is the Churches argument of hope to be helped here 2. In the persecution of the Church no wonder to see false brethren to be the chiefe leaders whoever be followers and assistants for here the Church complaineth of it They have helped the children of Lot and importeth that Moab and Ammon their bastard-brethren were first in the enmity 3. It is no wonder nor strange thing to see many nations on all hands to invade the Lords people at once for here are ten nations coming all together against Israel Ver. 9. Do unto them as unto the Midianites as to Sisera as to Iabin at the brook of Kishon 10. Which perished at Endor they became as dung for the earth 11. Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb yea all their princes as
our natural inclination that neither by Gods gentle dealing with us nor by his sad judgements on others or on out selves can we be amended as is to be seen in unrenewed Israelites For all this they sinned still 5. Neither extraordinary works of mercy nor judgement nor miracles are able to convert men or turn them from their evil wayes or beget saving faith in them with whom ordinary means do not prevaile For all this they sinned still and believed not for his wondrous work 6. When all meanes are â—…ssayed and none do prevaile to bring men to repentance and reconciliation with God through faith no wonder God in his righteous judgement should cut off the impeuitent as an unâ—…ful and evill tree is cut down and cast away They sinned 〈◊〉 therefore their dayes did he consume in vanity and their yeâ—… 〈◊〉 trouble 7. By following of lusts and not seeking felicity 〈◊〉 God men do both misse the good they hoped to have by sinning and finde nothing in their way but vanity and also meet with trouble and torment which they did not fear They sinned stâ—… and believed not therefore their dayes did God consume in vanity and their yeares in trouble Ver. 34. When he slew them then they sought him and they returned and enquired early after God 35. And they remembred that God was their Rock and the High God their Redeemer 36. Neverthesse they did flatter him with their mouth and they lied unto him with their tongues 37. For their heart was not right with him neither were they sleòfast in his covenant In the seventh place he describeth some fits of their temporary faith and repentance ver 34 35. which in effect proved to be but flattery or hypocrisy and did resolve in back-sliding and apostasie ver 36 37. Whence learn 1. When men neither by the Lords liberality nor lighter chastisements can be moved to repent it is righteousnesse with God by fearfull judgements to cut off a number and to put the rest in fear of present cutting off and so to waken them out of security as here when the carnal Israelites went on in their provocations The Lord slew them 2. The sense of present devouring wrath and the â—…error of an angry God may drive men to a temporary repentance and to fâ—…king of friendship and favour with God for sparing them from wrath and present plagues and all this may be without serious repenting of sin without flying to a Mediator by saving faith without minding hearty and solid reconciliation and may proceed onely from the natural principle of fear of death and love of selfe-preservation as here When he slew them then they sought him 3. Temporary repentance may make a temporary change of a mans course of liâ—…e and carriage from the worse to the better may make him leave off his way of provocation and seek after God for a time with some diligence in the outward forms 〈◊〉 Religion as here They returned and enquired after God 〈◊〉 As there is a temporary Repentance moving from sin opâ—… temporary grounds so there is a temporary faith in many moving toward God upon temporary considerations that is drawing toward God to obtain of him sparing of their life and temporal benefits and making use of Gods goodnesse and bounty as much as serveth to a mans purpose as here They remembred that God was their Rock 5. Temporary faith may make use of Redemption so farre as may serve for deliverance from or recovery out of temporal trouble and present danger of wrath and plagues as here They remembred that the High God was their Redeemer 6. Acts of faith and repentance extracted by sore judgements fear of wrath and desire of temporal deliverance may be found to be the fruits of flattery and not of saving faith Neverthelesse they flattered him with their lips 7. Profession of faith and repentance which doth for sake sin and seek God onely for temporal reasons is but a lying unto God in effect howsoever the temporary believer and repenter may judge himselfe sound enough as here And they lied unto him with their tongues 8. When the heart or affections of a man are not set sincerely against sin and for God or toward God all the outward profession is but hypocrisy in effect and a lie as here They lied unto him with their tongues for their heart was not right with him 9. Temporary faith can produce no stedfastnesse in the Covenant or covenanted duties but make a man onely a temporizer therein as outward motives do lead him toward duties or from them Their heart was not right with God neither were they stedfast in the Covenant Ver. 38. But he being full of compassion for gave their iniquity and destroyed them not yea many a time turned he his anger away and did not stirre up all his wrath 39. For he remembred that they were but flesh a winde that passeth away and cometh not againe 40. How oft did they provoke him in the wildernesse and grieve him in the desert 41. Yea they turned back and tempted God and limited the holy One of Israel In the eighth place he sheweth the Lords mercifull sparing of his people many a time and pitying of their natural frailty because if he should have killed them they were not to live again in this world ver 38 39. notwithstanding of their frequent provocations in the wildernesse their limiting of God and taking upon them to direct God what he should do unto them ver 40 41. Whence learn 1. There is a remission of sin in regard onely of temporal judgement Lev. 4. 20. which is in effect onely the not inflicting temporall punishment upon the sinner or the not destroying of the sinner presently the persons remaining the same impenitent sinners such as was Gods pardoning here of impenitent Israel flattering and false-hearted Israel But he forgave their iniquity 2. It is not any good in the sinner but pity in God which is the cause of sparing sinners from present perdition when they provoke the Lord But he being full of compassion forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not 3 The Lord doth evidence his mercy and pity toward sinners partly by his often sparing to strike and turning away of his wrath ready to break out against them and partly by his mitigating his anger and not suffering it to break out in full force Many a time he turned his anger away and did not stirre up all his wrath 4. Let men conceit of their own naturall strength as they list yet the truth is their frailty is great They are but flesh and a vapour that passeth away and cometh not again 5. When no good at all is found in man for which God should spare him he taketh occasion of his frailty and misery whereunto man is subject to pity him For he remembred that they were flesh a wiâ—…e that passeth away and cometh not again 6. The oftner sin be repeated the greater is the provocation and the greater
few to assist it their enemies were many they were straitned with poverty and famine and the hearts and hands of the Godly were weakened they were like to faint and despaire that either Church or State should flourish any more amongst them for comfort in such a time was this Psalme fitted leading the Lords people to live by faith and to work on in the building of the Lords house and reparation of the City looking to God the Builder of his Church and maintainer of his people To which purpose the Psalmist giveth them seven consolations opposite to so many tentations unto discouragement The first is that they should look to God who had founded his owne Temple solidly and so not saint for the weaknesse and fewnesse of the builders ver 1. The second that they should look to Gods love and good will and not be troubled for want of externall power and riches ver 2. The third is that they should look to the prophecies concerning the Church and not be troubled for what present outward appearance and carnall reason did represent ver 3. The fourth is that they should not be troubled for the multitude of their foes for the present time but look to the multitude of friends and converts which they should have hereafter ver 4 5. The fifth is that they should not be troubled with the feare of the ruine of the Church but look to Almighty God who would establish her so that no power should overturn her ver 5. The sixth is that they should not be troubled with the present contempt under which they did lie but look to the glory and estimation which God should put in his owne time upon the Church and her children ver 6. The seventh is that they should not be troubled with their present grief they were in but should look to the spiritual joy and causes thereof which the Lord was to furnish to his people ver 7. Ver. 1. HIs foundation is in the holy mountaines The first comfort of the afflicted Jewes troubled for the hindering of the building of Gods Temple is that God had by his decree and promise made the mountains of Sion and Moriah the place of his rest amongst his people till the Messiah should come in whom these types were to be accomplished and for whose cause they were to be preserved till he came who is the only solid rock whereupon the Church is builded Whence learn 1. When the builders of the Lords Church are few and weak his people had need to be comforted against their feares and doubts as here we see and the way to be comforted in such hard times is to look by faith to God as the builder of his own house who hath laid the foundation upon solid grounds that every believer that trusteth in him may be as Mount Sion which cannot be removed His foundation is on the holy mountaines Ver. 2. The LORD loveth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellings of Iacob The second comfort is that God had chosen Sion above all other places to be his rest and did love there to dwell rather then elsewhere Whence learn 1. The dignity of any place person or society proceedeth not from any thing in the place or society but from the Lords election and free love The Lord loveth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellings of Iacob 2. The love of the Lord to his chosen Church is a solid ground of assurance of her continuance as here in the figure we are taught Ver. 3. Glorious things are spoken of thee O City of God Selah The third comfort is from the prophecies past about the Church and promises made unto â—…her in figurative termes Whence learn 1. The Church is the incorporation in which the Lord reigneth ruleth and resideth It is the City of God 2. The priviledges of the Church are very glorious the glory of Kings Crowns and Diadems is nothing to them but bodily and temporal shadows of what is spiritually and everlastingly bestowed on the Church Glorious things are spâ—…ken of thee 3 Albeit glorious things are bestowed on the Church yet it is not so much any thing already done as what is to be done which maketh the Church blessed it is not present possession but hope not sight but faith which maketh the Church blessed and the Scriptures are a sufficient right to us for all blessings which are to come Glorious things are spoken of thee O City of God Ver. 4. I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me Behold Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia this man was borne there 5. And of Sion it shall be said This and that man was borne in her and the highest himself shall establish her The fourth comfort is that the Churches chief enemies should be converted to the faith and should count it their greatest honour so to be Whence learn 1. It is among the troubles of the Church that she haâ—…h so many enemies and those so mighty and potent as the Egyptians and Babylonians I will make mention of Rahab that is Egypt and Babylon and Palestina and Tyre and Ethiopia which are here named as the most eminent oppressors of the Church among all other Kingdomes 2. It should comfort the Church that God is able to make her chiefest enemies to become Converts and that he hath done it sundry times and will yet do it more and that he can take order with those enemies which shall not be converted as he did with Rahab and Babylon for I will make mentiâ—…n of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me signifieth a mention-making of them viz. to the edification of the Churches children both concerning what God had done to those Nations in justice and what he would do to them in mercy or unto other enemies like unto them 3. As it is the glory and comfort of the Church to have her enemies made Converts so is it honourable to the enemies were they never so potent in the world to be Citizens of the City of God I will make mention of them that this man was born there that is in the City of God 4. The conversion of men from Paganism and Idolatry unto fellowship in the Covenant with the Church is a sort of new birth to the externally converted fâ—…om which their new birth and nâ—…w being is to be reckoned This man was borne there 5. As whatsoever honour men have in the world it is not to be compared with the honour of regeneration and being born Citizens of the Church so whatsoever contempt the members of the Church do suffer of the world it 's made up by the honour of being boâ—…n in the Church for of Sion it shall be said This and that man were born in her 6. I here is no reason to feare the ruine of the Church or the not continuing of her from age to age to be a mother and receptacle of Converts For the highest himself shall establish her
intercept his worship for in opposition tâ—… relative worship in the service of graven images he saith Worship him importing that when images are worshipped God is not worshipped at all whatsoever the image-worshipper doth iâ—…tend 4. Whatsoever creature hath excellency in heaven or earth or can pretend to any eminency or excellency of whatsoever sort must do homage unto Christ Worship him all 〈◊〉 gods and this is the first use of the former Doctrine Ver. 8. Sion heard and was glad and the daughters of Iudah rejoyced because of thy judgementâ—… O LORD Ver. 9. For thou LORD art high above all thâ—… earth thou art exalted far above all gods The second use is to comfort all true worshippers partly because they hear Gods wrath threatened and executed against Idolaters and partly because they have hereby a clear evidence oâ—… Christs supremacy over all creatures Whence learn 1. The condemnation of imagerie and of all service and worshiâ—…â—…ven images is a Doctrine comfortable to the true memâ—… the Church Sioâ—…d to wit this curse against Idoâ—… and was glad 2. The true â—…rch considered in her collectâ—… incorporation as the Moâ—… Sion and in her particular branches and subdivisions as Daughters of Iudah depending upon Christ the true Vine-tree of Iudah have the same reasonâ—… of joy and the same grounds of edification by Gods Word and works of judgement wrought for clearing of true Religion and shaming of false worship Sion beard and was glad and the daughters of Iudah rejoyced because of thy judgements O LORD 3. The manifestation of the Gospel of Christ is the exaltation of God and manifestation of his excellency whose dishonour as it should be the matter of our grief so his manifested glory should be our joy as the reason here given of the joy of the Saints doth teach us For thou Lord art high above all the earth thou art exalted far above all gods Ver. 10. Ye that love the LORD hate evil he preserveth the souls of his Saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked 11. Light is sowen for the righteous and gladnesse for the upright in heart The third use of the Doctrine is an exhortation to the faithfull to studie holinesse and to eschew the fellowship of sin whatsoever may be the danger partly because the Lord will deliver his own out of the hands of their enemies partly because God hâ—…th appointed comfort unto them both in and after their afflictions Whence learn 1. A Believer in God or a true worshipper of God in Christ is a lover of God for thus are they described here Ye that love the Lord. 2. The love of God must be joyned with and manifested by the study of a â—…oly life and with not onely abstaining from but also with hating and abhorring of that which is sinful Ye that love the Lord hate evil 3. Albeit the hating of evil and loving of God may readily make a man the object of malice and of persecution from wicked men yet shall the godly have their soules saved yea and at length be fully delivered from the harme which Sâ—…tan and the wicked intend to bring upon the godly for that cause He preserveth the soules of his Saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked 4. All the exercises of the godly and specially their troubles for righteousnesse are but the seeds of their joy and consolation which God is to bring forth unto them out of these troubles Light is sowen for the righteous 5. The Lords children who love him and hate evil must not think to have the fruit of their rightcousnesse presently in possession but must give a time unto it as is given to 〈◊〉 that is cast into the ground and as after a time the corne doth spring and comes to a ripe harvest so shall the troubles of the godly have a comfortable issue Light is sowen for the righteous 6. In reckoning of the righteous the Lord counteth men by their heart and so many as by faith in Christ have purified their hearts unto the unâ—…eigned study of holinesse they are righteous before God albeit their infirmities be many and whatsoever fit of grief and interruption of joy such men be subject unto for a time yet at length their poâ—…tion shall be a full harvest of gladnesse Light is sowen to the righteous and who these are he sheweth and gladnesse for the upright in heart Ver. 12. Rejoyce in the LORD ye righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his holinesse The fourth use of the Doctrine is an exhortation unto Beleevers to be joyfull and thankfull whatsoever be their condition in this present life because of the salvation manifested in Christ. Whence learne 1. Whatsoever may be the tribulation of the faithfull in the world they have matter of joy in the LORD and they should stirre up themselves to rejoyce and make conscience of the commandment Rejoyce ye righteous in the LORD 2. Whatsoever can be taken from the godly their right and interest in CHRIST can never be taken from them and so there is cause to give thanks for this gift for ever And give thanks at the remembrance of his holinesse or confesse to the remembrance of his holinesse that is acknowledge to his glory the benefit which you have by being a Subject to this King 3. Whatsoever word or work of CHRIST doth bring us to the remembrance of his Name should bring us also to the consideration and remembrance of his holinesse which is the untainted glory of all his attributes wisdome justice goodnesse power mercy truth c. and is the untainted glory of his Word workes and purchase unto us Give thankes at the remembrance of his holinesse PSAL. XCVIII THis Psalme is an exhortation to Jew and Gentile to rejoyce and blesse the Lord for Christs coming to set up his Kingdome in the world The exhortation is thrice pressed 1. In proper termes requiring the Church to sing for joy with reasons adjoyned ver 1 2 3. Then it is repeated and musical instruments called for to shew that by humane voice the matter of the joy which is in Jesus Christ is inexpressible ver 4 5 6. 3. To shew that neither voice of man nor musical instruments are sufficient to expresse the joy which cometh by Christs Kingdome the whole creatures are called unto this work of rejoycing and setting forth his glory ver 7 8. And the reason is given because Christ cometh to set up and exercise his Kingdome in righteousnesse ver 9. Ver. 1. OSing unto the LORD a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arme hath gotten him the victory 2. The LORD hath made known his salvation his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen 3. He hath remembred his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God The exhortation to sing unto the Lord who is Christ