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But seeing that I have entreated of the whole matter, that this very containeth, in the fifth verse and seventh string heretofore, I will speak no more of it at this present, but only note this one thing that our Minstrel saith, He will pay his vows in the courts of y• Lords house, and in the midst of Jerusalem. By the courts of y• Lords house, & by Jerusalem is none ¹other thing signified, than y• church of Christ, I mean the congregation of Saints, that is to say, of the faithful, in whom God dwelleth by his holy Spirit, as S. Paul saith. The Temple of God is holy, which ye are. His meaning is this, look where so ever the people of god is most gathered together, even there in the thickest of them will he set forth the glory of God, as we read of the good King Josiah. He ⟨image 93⟩will seek all means possible, that ²all things in his Realm shall be or dered according to y• law of God, & that no vice shall reign among his people, nether I dolatry, nor swearing, nor disobedience, nor whoredom, nor manslaughter, nor stealing, nor bearing false witness, nor any other vice, that is prohibited by the holy scripture. And that this thing may the more fortunately come to pass, David him self, in as much as he is king and excelleth all other in dignity, will all so far excel & pass all his subjects in virtue & godliness. He will be unto them an example & spectacle of all goodness. He will like unto ³as great light shine before his people in godly conversation. The book of the law of the Lord shall never depart from him. He will read & meditate in it day & night. He will not steak to the corrupt ⟨image 93⟩judgements of other, nor be led with the doting fancies of those pestilent flatterers, Trueth will we, but he himself will look upon the scriptures ⁴