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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13069	A fourth proceeding in the harmony of King Dauids harp That is to say; a godly and learned exposition of six psalmes moe of the princely prophet Dauid, beginning with the 62. and ending with the 67. Psalme. Done in Latin by the reuerend Doctour Victorinus Strigelius professor in Diuinitie in the vniuersitie of Lipsia in Germany Anno 1502. Translated into English by Richard Robinson citizen of London 1596. Seene, perused, and allowed. ...; Hypomnēmata in omnes Psalmos Davidis. Psalm 62-67. English	Strigel, Victorinus, 1524-1569.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1596 (1596)	STC 23362; ESTC S105184	33,513	60

from other sectes Also that they might be meanes to strengthen the ministerie Dauid therefore offereth bullockes and goates not being bewitched with a pharisaicall opinion but vnderstanding those endes whereof I haue briefly spoken Let vs nowe that the policie and temple of the Iewes is destroyed offer vnto god the calues of our lippes that is thankesgiuing and confession and let vs walke in our vocation for the glorie of God Verse 14 O come hither and hearken all yee that feare God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soule Verse 15 I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue him praises with my tongue Verse 16 If I encline vnto wickednesse with my heart the Lorde wil not heare me Verse 17 But God hath heard me and considered the voyce of my prayer Verse 18 Praised be God which hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me Hitherto hath he celebrated the publique deliuerances of the church nowe makes hee mention of priuate deliuerances to the end he would increase and confirme in others faith prayer and hope of deliuerance for as one saide elegantly The examples of godly persons are towers builded vpon the wall of faith Also this place teacheth that god seeth the sighings of our heartes and discerneth hypocrisie from true prayer For prayer is not heard except it be made in spirit and trueth And hee can not pray which hath in him an errour striuing with faith or goeth on forwardes in sinning against conscience because it is written in the first epistle of the holy apostle Saint Paule the sixt chapter and the twelft verse Fight the good fight hauing faith and good conscience Againe God heareth not sinners which do not repent them of their sinnes And it is saide in the first epistle of Saint Iohn the third chapter If our heart condemne vs not then haue wee boldnesse towardes God that whatsoeuer we aske wee receiue of him c. vers 21. and 22. Let vs therefore walke wisely not as fooles that wee may rightly call vpon God PSAL. 67. Deus misereatur nostri To him that excelleth on Neginoth a Psalme or Song or Prayer for the Church to obtaine the fauour of GOD that his iudgementes may bee knowne throughout the world and for the comming of his vniuersall kingdome vnder Christ Iesus THE ARGVMENT THere is extant a most sweete sentence in the first epistle of saint Paul vnto Timothie the third chapter and the sixteenth verse which containeth the effect of this Psalme Without controuersie great is the mysterie of godlinesse which is God is manifested in the flesh iustified in the spirit seene of angels preached vnto the Gentiles beleeued on in the world and receiued vp in glory For thinke with your selfe what a thing it is that the Sonne of God being consubstantial and coequall with his Father hath not taken away the equalitie of God that is hath not abused his power against his vocation but hath debased himselfe taking vpon him the forme of a seruant that is nature of man hauing all the strength and desires proper to nature onely without sinne and at length was made obedient vnto death euen to the death of the Crosse Againe this Messias for vs crucified and raised from death to life is endewed with notable and vnfallible testimonies of the holy ghost for publickly doth the holy ghost beare witnesse touching the person and benefites of this Lord not only by the preaching of the Apostles but also by new strange and vnusuall miracles which were the Seales of doctrine and publickly martyrs and other the godly ones haue felt ioy to bee enlightned in the acknowledgement of Christ which is the vanquisher of death And where he addeth that Christ was seene of Angels let not that bee vnderstood of an idle or vaine contemplation but of that sence or meaning whereof S. Peter speaketh that is To whom the Angels and powers and might are subiect For although we earthly persons doe not greatly maruell at the copulation of the two natures in Christ yet Aungels which are the most wisest spirites and alwaies as S. Math saith Behold the face of the father Math. 18.10 being astonished with maruelling at this mysterie stād amazed and cannot take pleasure inough with beholding it For what is more maruellous then that fleshe of our fleshe and bone of our bones shoulde sit at the right hand of God This mysterie as the Poet saith I'ts not enough we once it see It vayles we still ●t viewing be Furthermore what is so much to bee maruelled at as that the Gospel touching Christ is not only preached vnto the Gentiles but also that the effectes of faith are left in many mens heartes Wee doe lesse maruell that the doctrine of the gospel is spred amongst the Iewes in whom there haue alwaies remained some of the doctrines of the Prophets and honest Disciples But whereas this pearle is cast vnto the Gentiles seperated from the policie of Israel which were nothing but hogges and dogges that indeed is most worthy of admiration For the Ethnikes or heathen people hauing forsaken the doctrine of the fathers haue deuised Idols without end and haue polluted themselues with all vices and sinnes whereof the filthinesse is such that I eschew and tremble with feare to speake of them Neither indeed must wee maruell lesse that the Apostles being furnished with no power and destitute of all humane helpes within a small time haue gathered vnto God out of this rable of mankinde an euerlasting Church For that I may say nothing of the miserable and weake outward estate of the Apostles which estrangeth in a sort many from the gospel who would not by right maruel that the same kind of doctrine ordained farre aboue and beyond the reach of mans reason and ioyned with greatest dangers could take root yea and spread abroad also amongst so many and diuers impedimentes For some doe deride the gospel as it were a monstrous fable and scoffe at this opinion which affirmeth that the death of a man crucified was the cause and merite of Iustification before God and of life euerlasting Others doe iudge this new doctrine to be the fire brand and trumpets of seditions But Hypocrites which are in loue with their owne righteousnesse doe much more bitterly hate the gospel as it were the corruption of good maners and the liberty of discipline Therefore although the thinking heereof seemed hard and almost impossible wherewith wee must withstand so many diseases togither yet the Apostles the sonne of God guiding them and the holie Ghost accompanying them within 40. yeares space haue culled and chosen out of mankinde a good and great part of the Church in spite of the diuels their instrumentes Last of al the sonne of God is taken vp in glory that is He was from death gloriously restored vnto life and when hee had shewed himselfe familiarly for the whole space of 40. daies vnto his Apostles he ascended

common-wealth liued long most louingly most familiarly with the Macedonian kings But at length through fained suspitions conceiued by them against him poison was giuen vnto him which hauing d●unke vp and receiued into his inward partes Aratus saide Haec sunt praemiae Regiae amicitiae These the rewards be of kingly amitie Neither in deede are such kinges and princes fauours only more ebbing flowing then anie arme of the sea but the zeales of all men without exception are vncertaine and more easily changed then the Moone which neuer keepeth one countenance This inequalitie maketh the 146. Psalm there saying Verse 2. O put not your trust in princes nor in the sonnes of men in whom there is no helpe But few at any time do beleue these sayings without experience which is the Schoolemistres of fooles according vnto the prouerbe Stultus accepto damno sapit It is euer the fooles guise by harme receiued to be wise For there is not anie man whom you shall see not a little proud with a small puffe of winde rising from the fauours of mightie persons and in trusting hereunto doe busie themselues in matters vnneedfull But we being thoroughly mooued with Gods admonishments let vs amend these euils and let vs learne that God is only a faithfull and firme friend counsellor and helper who indeed forsaketh not his in the midst of death The Psalme and exposition thereof Verse 1 My soule truely waiteth vpon God for of him commeth my saluation Verse 2 He verely is my strength and my saluation He is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall Doctrine of the first Commaundement touching Silence Hope as I said is deliuered in this Psalm ver 1. Waite saith he vpon the Lord addresse thy selfe vnto him and hope in him Waiting or silence is opposed against impatience and disdaine to him that seeketh remedies not granted or els granted but in despising the order which God hath ordained as many seeke for medicines or helpes from Southsayers against the commaundement of God which forbiddeth to aske counsell of the diuell and his instrumentes Others runne for helpe vnto Phisitians whose science although it be graunted and approoued by God yet ought it not to be the first and principall obiect of mans will Let vs therefore in miseries be patient and let our hope be deeply rooted in Gods promises which cannot be wearied nor in any wise mooued out of place But afterwardes let vs in a right order seeke remedies graunted vs least wee sinne vppon the contrary part namely in tempting God according to the saying of Syracides chap. 38.9 My sonne faile not in thy sicknesse but pray vnto the Lord and he wil make thee whole Deferre not to turne vnto God and then giue place vnto the Phisition Verse 11. These rules if wee shall follow we shall neuer be cast out of our standing but we shall stand like rockes immoueable whereupon the frothing fome of the sea dashing doth againe fall away from them Verse 3 How long wil ye imagin mischiefe against euery man ye shalbe slaine all the sorte of you yea as a tottering wall shall ye be and like a broken hedge Like as the raging diuel vexeth greeueth the Church in her olde age which by reason of age is weaker and feebler So the instrumentes of the diuell doe insult vppon dead persons such as are brought low ●o not make vp the broken wall with fortified watches but with violence and assault endeuour what they can quite to euerthrowe the same This proper mark of diuelish reioysing at good mens miseries let vs not suffer to be burning in vs but let vs be mooued with other mens miseries and let vs studie as our vocation and abilitie will serue vs rather to pacifie then increase them For hee that standeth let him take heed lest he fall for it may happen to euery man that doth happen to any man Verse 4 Their deuise is onely how to put him out whom God wil exalt their delight is in lies they giue good wordes with their mouth but curse with their heart Though our whole life be full of dissimulations yet the examples of Courts are more manifest for there the face countenance and eies doe often dissemble but the speech most often for the greatest part of Courtiers doe flatter a man to his face but priuily if occasion be can lay a colde pad in the straw And specially if they see any stranger to prosper and to be of any estimation with the prince vnto this mans destruction doe they prepare and bend all their enterprises But these plagues of Courtes are better knowne then that they require long recitall of them heere by me in this place Verse 5 Neuerthelesse my soule waite thou still vpon God for my hope is in him Verse 6 He truely is my strength and my saluation So that I shall not faile Verse 7 In God is my health and my glory the rocke of my might and in God is my trust Antonius saith by Ciceroes citing Haec mea in dicendo ratio est vt si quid boni causa habet 〈◊〉 habitem haeream commo●●ar c. This rule hold I in speaking that if the cause I take in hand haue in it any goodnesse or right in the same I may dwell stand and remaine c. So the holyghost twice or thrice repeateth here that which is excellent that he may keepe still the hearer or learner of his Psalme in the cogitation of most excellent matters for as Epictetus notably said Non potest doctrina aculeos relinquere in animo nisi quis eadem quotidie aud●at ad vsum transferat Doctrine can leaue no strength in the minde except a man daily heare the same and apply it vnto vse Let vs not then with a certaine loathing and satietie be quite carried away from repeating of most excellent sentences but let vs giue thankes vnto the holyghost that he speaketh the same matters from the same purposes and with this confirmeth our faith Verse 8 O put your trust in him alway ye people poure out your hearts before him for God is our hope He applieth his example vnto the vniuersall church as if he should say God is much more ready to giue then we are to receiue Come ye therefore vnto this good and gracious Lord who is more truely called The delights of mankinde then was Titus the sonne of Vaspasian and freely put forth your petitions in his presence yea poure out your hearts before him for he reioyceth and is delighted in this consent or vnity Last of all put your trusts in him not onely in prosperitie but most specially in aduersitie and beleeue ye that you are receiued and heard yea though all creatures seeme to haue conspired your destruction Hitherto appertaineth the notable saying of Saint Paul Ephes 3. where hee affirmeth that wee haue these three things by Christ easie accesse vnto the Father free speech and sure confidence to be