A06500:91
Commentary upon the Fifteen Psalms of Degrees
A commentary upon the fifteen Psalms, called Psalmi graduum, that is, Psalms of degrees faithfully copied out of the lectures of D. Martin Luther ; very fruitful and comfortable for all Christian afflicted consciences to read ; translated out of Latin into English by Henry Bull.A commentarie vpon the fiftene Psalmes, called Psalmi graduum, that is, Psalmes of degrees faithfully copied out of the lectures of D. Martin Luther ; very frutefull and comfortable for all Christian afflicted consciences to reade ; translated out of Latine into Englishe by Henry Bull.
London: printed by Thomas Vautroullier, 1577
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Verse. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to slip: For he that keepeth Israel will not slumber.
Verse. 3. He will not suffer thy foote to slippe: For he that keepeth Israel will not slumber.
This verse dependeth upon those that go before. For the Prophet, because he began with an exhortation to faith, now goeth about as it were with promises,1 to move and exhort the faithful to hold fast this confidence & trust in the help & succour of the Lord. And very necessary it is for us, to exhort and stir up, not only other, but our selves also, because of the present dangers and afflictions. For seeing the things which discomfort us are present, and they which comfort us are absent, therefore so long as the present things which vex us do endure, it is needful that we should be stirred up with the word and exhortation to perseverance ⟨p. 32⟩and patience. For this exper•••ce of trouble and affliction must be joined with doctrine & exh••••tion. For our sight is so dim, that we can not see these inui••••• things and the end of afflictions. Therefore the flesh ever s••keth means how it may be delivered, and when it can see non••as the carnal eyes can never see Gods marvellous help & deli•••ance) then is it miserably vexed and tormented and can find no•est nor quietness. We have need therefore of exhortations out […] the word of God, that this straitness of our heart may be dilated and enlarged, which he alone can do that seeth the end of our tentations. We must hear what his word saith, and not what our own heart saith, which only seeth and feeleth the beginning of tentations and afflictions, but the end thereof it can not see.