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Christian meditations upon eight Psalms of the prophet David. Made and newly set forthChristian meditations vpon eight Psalmes of the prophet Dauid. Made and newly set forth
Christian meditations upon eight Psalms of the prophet David. Made and newly set forth by Theodore Beza. Translated out of French, for the common benefit, into the vulgar tongue by I.S.Christian meditations vpon eight Psalmes of the prophet Dauid. Made and newly set forth by Theodore Beza. Translated out of French, for the common benefite, into the vulgare tongue by I.S.
Imprinted at London : In Bacon house, by Christopher Barker, printer to the Queens most excellent Majesty, 1582Imprinted at London : In Bacon house, by Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1582
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.
O creator of man, behold thy creature quite disfigured: O lover of man, behold him that hath conspired with thine enemy against thee: O perfectly good, behold him that is conceived and borne in vice: behold the dry wood to the consuming fireward, and shall it yet be so hardy as to speak? His misery constraineth him to seek remedy: thy goodness declared in thy promises, and verified by so many experiences, doeth open his mouth to cry before thee, Reprove me not in thy wrath, correct me not in thine anger. ⟨image 18⟩O God, which hast said, that the way not to be judged, is to judge our self, behold this unhappy man, that acknowledgeth before thee & thine Angels, before beaven & earth, that my least fault of a thousand is worthy of thy wrath so dreadful, that none can bear it, because there is none thy match.
O creator of man, beholde thy creature quite disfigured: O louer of man, beholde him that hath conspired with thine enemie against thee: O perfectly good, behold him that is conceiued and borne in vice: beholde the drye wood to the consuming fireward, and shall it yet be so hardy as to speake? His miserie constrayneth him to seeke remedie: thy goodnes declared in thy promises, and verified by so many experiences, doeth open his mouth to cry before thee, Reproue me not in thy wrath, correct me not in thine anger. ⟨image 18⟩O God, which hast sayde, that the waye not to bee iudged, is to iudge our selfe, beholde this vnhappie man, that acknowledgeth before thee & thine Angels, before beauen & earth, that my least fault of a thousande is worthie of thy wrath so dreadfull, that none can beare it, because there is none thy match.
12 And what emboldeneth me then after this sort: Thy goodness, thy pity, thy compassion, which is so much the greater as it stretcheth it self upon the unworthy, & there most aboundeth, where there is most sin. O Lord, suffer me, though dust and ashes, to be, not bold in my self, but assured in thee. O everliving God, I have learned in thine house by thee, and in my self by thy grace, how thou hast an anger of a most gentle father, and a