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So then, we see how necessary this request is for us all, as David hath made before us. But according as every man most profited in the knowledge of God: so much the better comprehendeth he this doctrine: and they which know and understand least herein, shall be they which will presume greatliest of their own power and strength. But contrariwise, when God shall have given, and liberally bestowed upon us many of his graces, it should be to this end, that we might so much the better understand our miseries and calamities: beseeching him to remedy the same, and too make provision for us against all our evils and vices, Now he addeth,

So then, we see howe necessarie this request is for vs all, as Dauid hath made before vs. But according as euery man most profited in the knowledge of God: so much the better comprehendeth he this doctrine: and they which knowe and vnderstande least herein, shall be they which will presume greatliest of their owne power and strength. But contrariewise, when God shall haue giuen, and liberally bestowed vpon vs many of his graces, it should be to this ende, that wee might so much the better vnderstande our miseries and calamities: beseeching him to remedy the same, and too make prouision for vs against all our euils and vices, Nowe he addeth,

Quicken thou me in thy wye, as in the end he sayeth, quicken thou me in thy righteousness. This may be interpreted ⟨p. 42⟩two manner of ways: Quicken thou me in thy way, to wit, O Lord, make me to walk in thy word, that I may live. Or else: O Lord, give me strength, to the end I may follow thy word. We know that when we withdraw our selves from God, we can not but commit all iniquity, for which is the way of life but even that which God showeth us, and calleth us unto? All they then which forsake the word of God, go astray, and run headlong unto death, and into everlasting destruction. Even so, it is not without cause, that David desireth to be quickened in the way of the Lord: as if he should have said, that all they which forsake the Lord, and the way which he showeth them, are undone, and utterly overthrown. But according to the true meaning of the place, we are to note that David his meaning is rather to signify unto us, that all men of them selves, are as it were dead, that they have no power nor strength when there is any question of walking according to the will of God.