Psalms — Chapter 88

(d) for euer wil I prepare thy feede,And I wal build thy fear Vnto generation and generation, (d) Dauids feede confcrued til Chrift was borne of his Virgin Mother: and in his [piritual feede,his kingdom the Church is ror cner conferued. Orherwile not veri- fied of Dauids temporal kingdom, which decayed in the captiuitie of Babylon , and is now wholly defttroyed. 6, The heauens thal confefle thy meruclous works , o Lord:yea and thy thy truth in the Church of Saints, 7.For who inthe clouds shal be equal toour Lord: flal be liketo God among (e) the fonnes of God? (e) The Angels.

of hofts, who is like tothee? thou art-mightie,o Lord,jand thy truthround about thee,

f) humblcdit the proud one,as one wounded: in the. arme of thy itrength chou hait difperfed thine enimies, (f ) The Propher dliadeth, tothe plagues andnmracles in Agypt , and in other enimies,

feathou haft created, (g } Thabor and Hermon shal rcioyce inthy name: 14. thy arme is with might (g) Coauerfioa of Gentils. Let (b) thy hand be confitmed,and thy (+) tight hand exalted ; 15, iu- {tice and iudgement is the preparation of thy feat. (h) Whether God punish , as with the lefthand, (i) or beftow benefits , as with the right hand,al is ro his glorie,and according to mercie aad trath. Mercie and cruth shal goe betore thy tace:16, (4) bleffed is the people that knoweth iubilation. (kj They are fpirimally happic,that doe thus confider of Gods meruclous procee- dings, praife the famec,andreioyce therin. Lord they shal walke in the light of thy countnance., 17, and in thy name they shal reioyce al the day: and in thy iuftice they fhal be exalred, 18, Becaule thou artthe glorie of their itrength: and in thy good plea- fure shal our (/) hornebe exalted, (1) Power,and kingdom. 15.Becaufe our protection is of our Lord: and of the holie one of Mracl our King, zo.Then didftthou fpeake in vifion to thy Saints,and faidft ::1 haue pu, heipe ty *Y vil pos lie, rment therot teare, OF PSALME, helpe onthe mightie one:& haue exalred an elect one of my people, 21, I haue found Danid my teruant: with myne holie oyle haue I anointed him, 22.For mine hand fhal helpe him:’and myne arme fhel ftrengthen him, 23 The enimie fhal nothing preuaile in him: and the fonne ox iniquitie fal not adde to hurt hitn, 24, And ¥ wil cut downe his-enemies before his face ; and them that hate. him I wil put to flight.

do@rine, Therfore shal (¥) peoples contefleto thee tor cuer: and for euer and ecuer, (v) And {til there shal be Chriftian people that wil folow and profeffe the fame. ANNOTATIONS, PSALME XLIIII. 7- Thy [eate,o God, for ener and ewer. )Seeing S.Paul ( Heb,1.v, 8. ) affirmeth exprefly Calninex- that thefe words are f pokenoftheSonne or God , Chrift our Sauiour, and therby ,oundeth this proucth his excellencie aboue Angels:Iohn Caluin is wonderful bold to auouch that [Pfaime con. inthe fimple & proper fenfe, Dauid fpakeof his fonne Salomon,and the daughter of trarie toy. Pharao,as irthat were the liccral fenfe,and $.P aul only expounded it my{tically.Bur jp aul. firft the folemne prezace in the two Srft verfes importeth tarre greater things, then ” agrec to anie terreftrial King Secondly this excelent beaurie defertbed ‘v.3 )aboue the fonnes of men,can noi be verified of Salomon: for Abfalom (2.Reg.14. ) and A- doaias were alfo very beautiful ( 3.Reg,1.v.6.) As for Satomons wifdom,or othr vertues he perfeuered not therin , and fo ne was not bleffed for ever. Thirdly , the Tcm, 2. M Prophet ! ; 99. THE BOOK Prophet here calleth the perfon of whom , and to whom he fpeaketh God. v.9.& 52. Fourthly, not only theancient Fathers,and DoGours of the Church, but alfo the He- brew Rabbins,and the Chaldce paraphrafis yexpoundthis Pfalme licesally of the promifed Methas,and his kingdom tre Church. No faiuation 36, They shal be brovghs imsothe temple of the King. ) Thetemple of the King, faith S, out of the Auguftin, is the Church,the temple of the King isin vnity, the temple of the King Church. 18 notruinous,not cut infunder, mot diuided: the ioyning of liuing ftonesis charitie. Nothing is more evident. Auend now the veric temple of the Kine, , for from thence he fpeaketh,becaufe of the vnitie fpread in the round earth. For thofe that would be Virgins ( faithful fouls) vnles they be bronght into the temple of the King ( the Ca- tholike Church) they can not pleafe the bridegrome. Perpetual fuc- 47. For shy fathrs there are borne fonnesto tice.) The Apofties begot thee fo Chrift leefsion of Bi- and Church) they were fent.they preached , they are the fathers. But could they be ishops in place alwaiescorporally with vs?C ouid anie of them rarie here til this time ? could they tof the Apo. ; taric tothe time yet tocome ? Butwas therfore the Church leafr defolate by their ftles. departure?God forbid.For thy fathers, fonnes are borne to thee, What is this, tor thy rathers,fonnes arc borne to thee ? The Apoftles were fent fathers, in place ot the Apoftles fonnes are borne to theesBishops are appointed. kor whence were the Bi- shops borne,that are at this day through the worldethe Church herfelte calleth them fathers. she begate them, & appointed them in the feats of the fathers, Doe not ther- fo e thinke thy felf defolare (o Chriftian Church) becaufe thou feeft not Ferer,feeft not Vaul: for thou feeft not them by whom thou waft borne,but of thyne iffue father- hood is fprong tothee: Fer thy rathers fonnes arc korne to thee,thou shalt make thé Pricces over al the earth, This is theCathoiike Church. Herchildren are made Trinces ouer al the earthther fonnes areconftituted ror fathers. Letthem acknow- ledge this that arc cut off: Jet them come to the ynitie,be they brought into the tem- pleot the King. Thus S.Auguftin. PSALME XLY. The Church rhe Church in perfecution acknowledgeth Gods perpetual defence, 5. making ber profperethalfo therby more glorious, 10. {ometimes granting ret (11. God bimfelf checking {in perfecution. ' r . Theékey, the perjecuters ) and ewer protefting ber.

26, And I wil pur his hand in the fea: and his right hand inthe riucrs,

1 wil put him the firft-begotren , highaboue the Kings of the earth,

Burit his.children fhal forfake my law: and wil not walke in my ludgemeits:

1t tney chal profane my iuftices: and not keepe my commancments

Twilvitnetheir iniquities with arod: and their finnes wi:h {tripes,

But” my mercie wil nottake away from him: neither will hur in iny truch,

Nerther wil I profane my teftament : and the words that proceede trom my mouth] wil no: make frulirare,

his feede thal continue for euer.

in heaucn, - (m ) Chriftian inft foules as the funne, (n)jand as the perfeé , or fill moone, See the firft Tome, page.716., Augattin alfo espoundeth this verfe in the Anagogi- cal fenfe ,oxthe uit aiter the RefurreGion in gloric , where the foule shal beske the funne, and the bodic, Whichnow is mutable,shal be like the moune, not.as now alwayes changing , bur as the.tul moone, atwaves perted. —