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A word in season
A word in season: being the commentary of Dr. Martin Luther, on three selected Psalms: viz. the CXXIVth, CXXVth, and CXXIXth. With his commentary on some part of the fourth and fifth chapters of the First Epistle of St. Peter. Being of special use for the present times.
London: printed by George Larkin, 1685
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Verse 1. They that trust in the Lord, shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but remaineth for ever.
Verse 1. They that trust in the Lord, shall be as Mount Sion, which cannot be removed, but remaineth for ever.
The Prophet useth here a similitude of Mount Zion, because Jerusalem wherein Zion stood, when the Temple was builded had most ample and notable promises of God (as appeareth in very many places of the Prophets) that it should stand sure and invincible for ever against all troubles and Calamities, for that the Lord had his abiding and dwelling there; according to that promise where he saith, Here is my rest, here will I dwell, &c. And therefore David in another Psalm glorieth on this wise: Lo, the Kings were gathered and went together, when they saw it, they marvelled; They were astonied and suddenly driven back. As we ⟨p. 14⟩may see it came to pass under Hezekiah in the great Destruction of the Assyrians and other Kings, as the stories witness; which show that Jerusalem remained safe in all dangers, not by strength and Policy of the inhabitants, but by the miraculous Work of God dwelling in it, and thus mightily preserving and beautifying his own Common-wealth.
The Prophet useth here a similitude of Mount Sion, because Jerusalem wherein Sion stood, when the Temple was builded had most ample and notable promises of God (as appeareth in very many places of the Prophets) that it should stand sure and invincible for ever against all troubles and Calamities, for that the Lord had his abiding and dwelling there; according to that promise where he saith, Here is my rest, here will I dwell, &c. And therefore David in another Psalm glorieth on this wise: Lo, the Kings were gathered and went together, when they saw it, they marvelled; They were astonied and suddenly driven back. As we ⟨p. 14⟩may see it came to pass under Ezechias in the great Destruction of the Assyrians and other Kings, as the stories witness; which shew that Jerusalem remained safe in all dangers, not by strength and Policy of the inhabitants, but by the miraculous Work of God dwelling in it, and thus mightily preserving and beautifying his own Common-wealth.