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He addeth, That the trueth of God it from generation to generation. As if he should have said, It is true. O Lord, that men are here very circumspect and advised: and we see also how things have their alterations, so that there is nothing which is not wavering and inconstant: we are as it were in the whirlwinds and tempests: and if at some time things be in peace and at quiet, it lasteth not long: and although the creatures be peaceable and at quiet, yet are the men never at rest, but are continually chafed and troubled. But thy trueth, O Lord, is sure and certain, which can never be shaken through the alterations and changes which here we see, no otherwise but by the lightness and inconstancy of men, when as they do nothing else but wander here and there. True it is, O Lord, that all this impaireth no whit the certainty of thy trueth and word.

Hee addeth, That the trueth of God it from generation to generation. As if hee shoulde haue sayde, It is true. O Lord, that men are heere very circumspect and aduised: and we see also howe thinges haue their alterations, so that there is nothing which is not wauering and inconstant: wee are as it were in the whirlewindes and tempests: and if at some time thinges bee in peace and at quiet, it lasteth not longe: and although the creatures bee peaceable and at quiet, yet are the men neuer at rest, but are continually chafed and troubled. But thy trueth, O Lorde, is sure and certaine, which can neuer be shaken through the alterations and chaunges which heere we see, no otherwise but by the lightnesse and inconstancy of men, when as they doe nothing else but wander heere and there. True it is, O Lorde, that all this impayreth no whit the certaintie of thy trueth and woorde.

Lo here in sum, the meaning of David in this place. Now he bringeth in a proof of this sentence, too wit, That God hath laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth: that is to say, That the order of nature hath her course, and so continueth without end. And why so? Forsomuch as God hath appointed them: because that he hath so declared it, and that all creatures are subject unto him. This disposing & ordering must needs continue in his estate. And although we see all things to turn on this side and on that yet God always giveth us some visible sign, too show us that he never altereth nor changeth his purpose. And chiefly, that his trueth is never subject too any change.