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Psalm 147

1 The Prophet praiſeth the bountie, wiſdome, power, iuſtice & prouidence of God vpõ all his creatures. 2 But ſpecially vpon his Church, which he gathereth together after their diſperſion. 19 Declaring his worde and iudgements ſo vnto them, as he hathe done to none other people.
1.PRaiſe ye the Lord, for it is good to ſing vnto our God: for it is a pleaſant thing, & praiſe is comelie.
2.The Lord doeth buyld vp Ieruſalém, & gather together the diſperſed of Iſraél.
3.He healeth thoſe that are broken in heart, and bindeth vp their ſores.
4.He counteth the nomber of the ſtarres, & calleth them all by their names.
5.Great is our Lord, and great is his power: his wiſdome is infinite.
6.The Lord releueth the meke, & abaſeth the wicked to the grounde.
7.Sing vnto the Lord with praiſe: ſing vpõ the harpe vnto our God,
8.Which couereth the heauē with cloudes and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the graſſe to growe vpon the mountaines:
9.Which giueth to beaſtes their fode, and to the yong rauens that crye.
10.He hathe not pleaſure in the ſtrength of an horſe, nether deliteth he in the legges of man.
11.But the Lord deliteth in them that feare him, and attend vpon his mercie.
12.Praiſe the Lord, ô Ieruſalém: praiſe thy God, ô Zión.
13.For he hathe made the barres of thy gates ſtrong, and hathe bleſſed thy childrē within thee.
14.He ſetteth peace in thy borders, & ſatiſfieth thee with the floure of wheat.
15.He ſendeth forthe his commandemēt vpon earth, and his worde runneth verie ſwiftly.
16.He giueth ſnow like wool, & ſcattereth the hoare froſt like aſſhes.
17.He caſteth forthe his yce like morſels: who can abide the colde thereof?
18.He ſendeth his worde and melteth thē: he cauſeth his winde to blowe, & the waters flowe.
19.He ſheweth his worde vnto Iaakób, his ſtatutes and his iudgements vnto Iſraél.
20.He hathe not dealt ſo with euerie nacion, nether haue they knowen his iudgemēts. Praiſe ye the Lord.

Notes

1:a.
He ſheweth wherī we oght to exerciſe our ſelues continually, & to take our paſtime: to wit, in praiſing God
2:b.
Becauſe the Lord is ye foūder of ye Church, it can not be deſtroyed, thogh ye mēbers thereof be diſperſed, and ſeme, as it were, for a time to be cut of.
3:c.
With affliction or ſorow for ſinne.
4:d.
Thogh it ſeme to man incredible, that God ſhulde aſſemble his Church, being ſo diſperſed, yet nothing cā be to hard to him, that can nōber & name all the ſtarres.
6:e.
For the more high that the wicked clime, the greater is their fall in the end.
8:f.
He ſheweth by the exāples of Gods mightie power, goodnes & wiſdome, that we cā neuer wāt moſte iuſt occaſiõ to praiſe God.
9:g.
For their crying is as it were a cōfeſſion of their nede, which cā not be relieued but by God onely: then if God ſhew him ſelf mindeful of ye moſte cōtēptible foules, can he ſuffer them to dye wt famine, whome he hathe aſſured of life euerlaſting?
10:h.
Thogh to vſe lawful meanes is bothe profitable & pleaſeth God, yet to put our truſt in them, is to defraude God of his honour
13:i.
He doeth not onely furniſh his Church wt all things neceſſarie, but preſerueth alſo the ſame, & maketh it ſtrong againſt all outward force
14:".
Ebr. fat.
15:k.
His ſecret working in all creatures is as a cōmandemēt to kepe thē in ordre, & to giue thē mouing & force
15:l.
For immediatly & without reſiſting all things obei him
19:m.
As before he called Gods ſecret working in all his creatures his word: ſo he meaneth here, by his worde, ye doctrine of life euerlaſting, wc he hathe left to his Church as a moſte precious treaſure
20:n.
The cauſe of this difference is Gods fre mercie, wc hathe elected his in his Sonne Chriſt Ieſus to ſaluacion: & his iuſte iudgemēt, whereby he hathe appointed the reprobate to eternal damnation.