A word in season

Verse 6. Praised be the Lord, which hath not given us as a Prey unto their Teeth.

He exhorteth the faithful to be thankful for their deliverance, ⟨p. 8⟩and expresseth unto them, how and (as it were) with what words they should declare this thankfulness. Wherein he setteth forth yet further by another similitude, that it could not be but they must utterly have perished, if God had not miraculously defended them. For they were, saith he, no otherwise preserved, then as if a man should violently take a Prey out of the jaws of a raging and cruel beast. As if he said, We were indeed like silly sheep, and as a Prey ready to be devoured of cruel beasts: but praised be the Lord our God, which would not suffer us so to perish. He saith not: which hath delivered us: albeit he did indeed mightily deliver them: but, which hath not given us as a Prey, &c. For this is it which specially the Holy Ghost here setteth forth, that the wicked cannot hurt the godly, be they never so many, mighty, furious, cruel and terrible, like to raging and violent waters, like to cruel and outrageous beasts, falling upon them with open mouth, except the Lord give them into their hands. Let us therefore with David sing praises unto the Lord our God, which keepeth and defendeth us, that the raging and cruel beasts which have sharpened their teeth to devour us, cannot hurt us. Without this merciful protection of our God, there is no way to stand against Satan and his cruel members the space of one moment.

He exhorteth the faithsul to be thankful for their deliverance, ⟨p. 8⟩and expresseth unto them, how and (as it were) with what words they should declare this thankfullness. Wherein he setteth forth yet further by another similitude, that it could not be but they must utterly have perished, if God had not miraculously defended them. For they were, saith he, no otherwise preserved, then as if a man should violently take a Prey out of the jaws of a raging and cruel beast. As if he said, We were indeed like silly sheep, and as a Prey ready to be devoured of cruel beasts: but praised be the Lord our God, which would not suffer us so to perish. He saith not: which hath delivered us: albeit he did indeed mightily deliver them: but, which hath not given us as a Prey, &c. For this is it which specially the Holy Ghost here setteth forth, that the wicked cannot hurt the godly, be they never so many, mighty, furious, cruell and terrible, like to raging and violent waters, like to cruel and outragious beasts, falling upon them with open mouth, except the Lord give them into their hands. Let us therefore with David sing praises unto the Lord our God, which keepeth and defendeth us, that the raging and cruel beasts which have sharpened their teeth to devour us, cannot hurt us. Without this merciful protection of our God, there is no way to stand against Satan and his cruell members the space of one moment.