Psalms — Chapter 104

The feede of Abraham his feruauts: the children of Iacob hiselect,

(e) God only the Creatour of heauen and earth , is properly called LORD. Whofe eflential and ancommunicable name is: WHICH 15. Exo. 3. v.14.& 6. v.3. PSALME LXXXIIL jEternal gloric. Deuout perfons feruently defire eternal glorie, 6. accounting it in the meane © 30. Key. sime , a happre hate to be sn the miliant Church, 12. where God firft gining grace, wil gone glorie in the rrsumpbant.

Which he difpofed to Abraham:: and of his oath toTfaac.

: To thee wil I giue the land of Chaaaan, the cordeof your inheritance, 12.When they were (f)of fmai number, very few-and feiourners:-therof: Cf) But 70. perfons. ;

fuffered.” 7 17<He fenta man beforethem : Iofeph wasfoldtobe afervant,

(g) he called a famine vpon the:-land : and he-deftroyed al-the. . The word of our Lord inflamed him: 20, the King fent, and Joofed:

him; the Prince of of the people , and releafed him, 21.H¢ appointed him Lord of his houfe : and Prince of al his poficflion,

(b) of Cham, (h) Aegypt, poffeffed by Mefraim Chams fecond fonne. Gen. 10. y. 13. 24.And he increafed his people exceedingly: and firengthned them ouer their enemies,

belieued (faithS. Auguftin) that God turneth the hartor man to committe finnes ? Or isitno fiune » OF Js ita final finne, to hate the peopleot God?-Or'to worke guile towards his feruants ? Who wit fay this? What thour ora moft {mal finne? This learned Father therfore -anfwereth » that God per- uerted nota right hart, -burtnrned-that was of itef elfe-peruerfe , to the hatred of his pcople, where he might vfe that enil wel, not by making themeuil,but by beftowing Ypoa lis owne peopte‘good titin gs, which the euil might eafily enuie. Which hatred of theirs how God vfed both tothe exercife of his people (which is profitable ro vs) here remempred to his praife. ba 26+He fent Moyfes hisferuant : Aaron (k) himfelfe whom he choke.

(m) not exafperare his words. , (L) The ninth yilague of the Aegyptians. (m) God willingly , not .as one loath or vnwilling, performed althat he threatned.

waters: intabloud : and killed their fithes, («) The Grft plague.

53.And he ftruck their vines, and their fig-trees: and he deftoyed the wood of their coafts,

(b) of Cham, (4) The tenthand greareft plague, Exod.s1-v. :& ¢. 12. v..29.(b) Egyptians alfo cended trom Cham,by his fonne Mefraim. Gen 10. v.6.

And he brought them forth with gold and filuer,and there was not in their rribes a feeble perfon.

and fire to fhine vnto them by night, ..

They made petition, and the quaile came: and he filled them-with the bread of heauen,

hewas mindful of ‘his holie word , which he had ytrered to aAbraham his feruant. 43. And he brought forth his people inexultation, and:his ele in ioy. . And he gaue them the countries of the Nations: andthey pofleffed the labours of peoples.

PSALME. not in Exodusd q = Dauid knew ithis by reucla4 tion, or by tra- dition, tor it is The Iraelites. often finned; and were mer- cifully puni- shed, {The 4. key. Course ye to our Lord (4) becaufe he is good: becaufé his metcie power knowen,,. ia the depths as.in-a defert, . 192 THE BOOK —_— PSALME CV. The Prophet exhorterh thepeople to render thankes and praifesto God,6.forre- matting their manifold fennes , in the defert.; 4.and inthe conquerd land: 38, foreshewing like fines to come , Gods wrath and punishment for the fame, 44.07 thee he wil gine grace of repentance to fome 4.7. for which he prayeth and praifeth God, Alleluia. is for euer, (4) Godis of himfelfe andeffentially good. Al other goodnes is participated of him.