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Psalm 148

1 He prouoketh all creatures to praiſe the Lord in heaue and earth and all places. 14 Specially his Church for the power that he hathe giuen to the ſame after that he had choſen them and ioyned them vnto him.
1.PRaiſe ye the Lord from the heauen: praiſe ye him in the high places.
2.Praiſe ye him, all ye his Angels: praiſe him, all his armie.
3.Praiſe ye him, ſunne and moone: praiſe ye him all bright ſtarres.
4.Praiſe ye him, heauens of heauens, & waters, that be aboue the heauens.
5.Let them praiſe the Name of the Lord: for he commãded, and they were created.
6.And he hathe eſtabliſhed them for euer and euer: he hathe made an ordinance, which ſhal not paſſe.
7.Praiſe ye the Lord frõ the earth, ye dragons and all depths:
8.Fyre and haile, ſnowe and vapors, ſtormie winde, which execute his worde:
9.Mountaines and all hilles, fruteful trees and all cedres:
10.Beaſtes and all cattel, creaping things & feathered foules:
11.Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all iudges of the worlde:
12.Yong men and maidens, alſo olde men and children:
13.Let them praiſe the Name of the Lord: for his Name onely is to be exalted, and his praiſe aboue the earth and the heauẽs.
14.For he hathe exalted the horne of his people, which is a praiſe for all his Sainctes, euen for the children of Iſraél, a people that is nere vnto him. Praiſe ye the Lord.

Notes

2:a.
Becauſe the are mẽbers of ye ſame bodie, he ſetteth the before our eyes, yt we moſte willig her unto, and by their prompt obedience teache vs to do our duetie
3:b.
In that Gods glorie ſhineth in theſe inſenſible creatures, this their beautie is as a cõtinual praiſing of God
4:c.
Not yt there are diuers heauens, but becauſe of the ſpheres and of the ſituaciõn of the fixed ſtarres & planets, he cõprehendeth by this worde ye whole heauẽ
4:d.
That is, the raine, which is in the midle region of the aire, which he here cõprehẽdeth vnder the name of the heauens
7:e.
Meaning, ye great and mõſtruous fiſhes, as whales and ſuche like.
8:f.
Which come not by chance or fortune, but by Gods appointed ordinance
11:g.
For the greater giftes that anie hathe receiued, and the more high that one his preferred, the more bound is he to praiſe God for the ſame, but nether high nor lowe conditiõn or degre can be exempted from this duetie.
14:h.
That is, the dignitie, power and glorie of his Church
14:i.
By reaſon of his couenant made with Abrahám.