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Psalm 96

1 An exhortation bothe to the Iewes and Gentiles to praiſe God for his mercie. And this ſpecially oght to be referred to the kingdome of Chriſt.
1.SIng vnto the Lord a newe ſong: ſing vnto the Lord, all the earth.
2.Sing vnto the Lord, & praiſe his Name: declare his ſaluacion from daie to daie.
3.Declare his glorie among all nations, and his wonders among all people.
4.For the Lord is great and muche to be praiſed: he is to be feared aboue all gods.
5.For all the gods of the people are idoles: but the Lord made the heauens.
6.Strégth & glorie are before him: power and beautie are in his Sanctuarie.
7.Giue vnto ye Lord, ye families of ye people: giue vnto the Lord glorie & power.
8.Giue vnto the Lord the glorie of his Name: bring an offring, and entre into his courtes.
9.Worshyp the Lord in the glorious Sanctuarie: tremble before him all the earth.
10.Saie amõg the nations, The Lord reigneth: ſurely the worlde ſhalbe ſtable, & not moue, & he ſhal iudge the people in righteouſnes.
11.Let the heauens reioyce, & let the earth be glad: let the ſea roare, and all that therein is.
12.Let the field be ioyful, and all that is in it: let all the trees of the wood then reioyce
13.Before the Lord. for he commeth, for he commeth to iudge the earth: he wil iudge the worlde with righteouſnes, & the people in his trueth.

Notes

1:a.
The Prophet ſheweth that the time ſhal come, that all natiōs ſhal haue occaſion to praiſe ye Lord for ye reueiling of his Goſpel.
4:b.
Seīg he wil reueile hī ſelfe to all nations cōtrary to their owne ex pectation, they oght all to worſhip him contrary to their owne imaginatiōs, & onely as he hathe appointed.
5:".
Or, vanities
5:d.
Then the idoles, or whatſoeuer made not the heauens, are not God
6:e.
God can not be knowen, but by his ſtrength and glorie: the ſignes whereof appeare in his Sanctuarie
7:f.
As by experience ye ſe that it is onely due vnto him
8:g.
By offrīg vp your ſelues wholly vnto God, declare that you worſhip hī onely.
9:".
his courtes.
10:h.
He prophecieth that the Gentiles ſhalbe partakers w the Iewes of Gods promes
10:i.
He ſhal regenerate them anewe with his Spirit, and reſtore them to the image of God.
11:k.
If the inſenſible creatures ſhal haue cauſe to reioyce, when God appeareth, much more we, from whome he hathe taken malediction & ſinne.