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The shields of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard…The shieldes of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard…
The shields of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard Hutten, and Sir George Crook, at the assizes holden at North-hampton: February 25. 1634. By Edward Reynolds, rector of the church of Braunston in North-hampton shire.The shieldes of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard Hutten, and Sir George Crooke, at the assizes holden at North-hampton: February 25. 1634. By Edward Reynolds, rector of the church of Braunston in North-hampton shire.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Robert Bostock, 1636
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.
PSAL. 47. 9. The Shields of the Earth belong unto God: He is Greatly exalted.
The Psalm is a Psalm of shouting and triumph at the proclaiming of a King. At which solemnity the use of the people hath been to clap their hands,1 to sound the trumpets,2 and with united acclamations to profess both their joy and their subjection. The Gentiles are here called upon unto this duty and triumph of obedience, vers. 1. 6. and great reason for it, in two respects. 1. So great is the King, who is here proclaimed, as that he is able to make all his subjects, Kings ⟨p. 2⟩too. He chooseth the excellency of Jacob for their inheritance, vers. 4. And that was the Primogeniture and right of Government, Gen. 49. 3, 4. 10. 2. So Great a King he is besides, as that he is able to subdue all the Princes of the earth to his obedience, and make them gather together, or resort unto him, which is a phrase expressing subjection, Gen. 49. 10. Hos. 1. 11.
THe Psalme is a Psalme of shouting and triumph at the proclaiming of a King. At which solemnitie the use of the people hath beene to clap their hands,1 to sound the trumpets,2 and with united acclamations to professe both their joy and their subjection. The Gentiles are here called upon unto this dutie and triumph of obedience, vers. 1. 6. and great reason for it, in two respects. 1. So great is the King, who is here proclaimed, as that he is able to make all his subjects, Kings