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Psalm 1

Whether it was Eſdras, or anie other that gathered the Pſalmes into a boke, it ſemeth he did ſet this Pſalme firſt in maner of a preface, to exhorte all godlie men to ſtudie, and meditate the heauenlie wiſdome. For the effect hereof is, 1 That they be bleſſed, which giue themſelues wholy all their life to the holy Scriptures. 4 And that the wicked contemners of God, thogh they ſeme for a while happie, yet at length ſhal come to miſerable deſtruction.
1.BLeſſed is the man that doeth not walke in the counſel of the wicked, nor ſtand in the way of ſinners, nor ſit in the ſeat of the ſcorneful:
2.But his delite is in the Law of the Lord, & in his Law doeth he meditate day and night.
3.For he ſhal be like a tre planted by the riuers of waters, that wil bring forthe her frute in due ſeaſon: whoſe leafe ſhal not fade: ſo whatſoeuer he ſhal do, ſhal proſper.
4.The wicked are not ſo, but as the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.
5.Therefore the wicked ſhal not ſtand in the Iudgement, nor ſinners in the aſſemblie of the righteous.
6.For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked ſhal periſh.

Notes

1:a.
When ye man hathe giuẽ once place to euil counſel, or to his owne cõcupiſcence, he beginneth to forget him ſelf in his ſin, & ſo falleth into contẽpt of God, which cõtempt is called the ſeat of the ſcorners.
2:*.
Deut. 6. 6. ioſh. 1. 8. pro. 6. 20.
2:b.
In the holie Scriptures.
3:*.
Iere. 17. 8.
3:c.
Gods children are ſo moyſtened euẽ with his grace, yt whatſoeuer cometh vnto them, tendeth to their ſaluation.
4:d.
Thogh the wicked ſeme to beare the ſwinge in this worlde, yet the Lord driueth them downe that thei ſhal not riſe nor ſtand in the companie of the righteous.
5:e.
But trẽble, when they fele Gods wrath.
6:f.
Doeth approue and proſper, like as not to knowe, is to reproue and reiect.