Psalms — Chapter 18
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Verse 5
His tabernacle in the sunne. By the sunne, a most excellent and superelemental creature, the Prophet describeth Christ, making his course through this world, illuminating, comforting and strengthening the Church his tabernacle, wherein he perpetually dwelleth. Christ the bridegrome and the Church his bride are neuer divorced; his loue, wisedome and power euer conserueth her by his immaculate law.
Verse 8
The law of our Lord is immaculate conuerting soules. The old law was likewise pure in itself and holy, but the new also maketh the obseruers immaculate. The iustices of our Lord are right making harts ioyfull: the precept of our Lord is light, illuminating the eyes. The feare of our Lord is holy, permanent for euer and euer.