Sermon 7· Ofthe Guw·P owo E R;Ta a As ON• It 'led us ac. the very firCr, whither firfrand lafr we mufrcome; torhetrue Caufe ofthat our Dehver.y : ofchat, and ofall other, we have had, or evedhallhave, the super omniaof Hts Mereus.. . , . 959 That deliver~nce when trcame, tt came not tcmere, tt had acau{e. That caufe was G 0 v, and, tn Go o, Hts Mercy. It wasthemercteof Go o, we were notcon[te- Lam;nt. 3 • i•i 11 , 1 d: [o [aid we then(out of femme) at thefcventh yeare. That mercy of flu, r)lat is(tper omnia : So [ay we now.< om ofDav1d) attherenrh•. For, thisis King David; and, chat way,noru~fit De1~l~er : As, wn~ten firft bya Ktng; applyed fince, by aKing; in thecafeoffavmg a lung, and a Rmgdome: Or rather, one King, but more Killgdomes than one. . It was then fpoken, to the praife. And iris aptai{e; and it is out ofapraife. For fo, is thisl'falmc intitled : David's Pntife. For howfoever_theprayers and thepraifcs (all)in thts Booke, are, (forthe mofr pare) ofDavtdspenmng: yet, two there are,he harh fingled out from•che rell:, and fee his owne marke on them, as proper to him– felfc. The_LX X X V I. Pfalme,his Tephifla; DavidsownePrayer. And thishere, his 'I'e/;i!la, his ownePrai{e or thankfgiving. As if he had made the reft, for all in commoll : bur rcferved thefe peculiar!yfor himfelfe. With Exa!tabo te D • us, it begins; He will exalt Gon ;Everytlay,andfor ever: [o he vowes, in chc two fir!l: verfes. For whar, will heexalt Him? For many high perfections in Him. For thegmtnejfe of His Natr~re, which is infinite, at the third; Forthegreatnejfeof Hu wondrous workes (thefourth ·: ) for Hisglorious Majejly (the fifth:) For Hismighty Power (the fixth :) For Hts Goodnejfe,[ubdivided into His Iujficeand Mercy : For His Iaflice(rhe fevenrb;) And for His Mercy (the eighth.) ,And here now,intheninch, in this verfe,and thefe very words, He fets theSuper om– nia, the crowne and g~~:r_land (as it were) on Mercfes head; givrs ic the Soveraigntie f'VIrafl. ExaltahoTe; GoD HewiUexa!t : and Exaltahoin ':(e, in Go a he will ex• alr Hi< mercie, above aft the reil:. ·· " Vpon the marterthen; all is (as 'ivee faid)but a praife of<Mercie~ And a The SR~fiiit~ praife, norp6}itive (chatis not fo cffeCiually) bur,by way of comparifon (held ever - · · --· - thebetter.) . lna•omparifon (ever) three pointswee\ooketo : 1o With whom iris made; With theworkes.f Go o. 2. How large it is1aid; Not with fomeone or more, butwirhrhenufl; aflc~mmm (as they fay.) 3· And, in what~ Inthepointof Super; (in char, there isfomuchadoe about~ the point of su;remacie : whether above, whether St~perionr to other. _ . · · Two things of Go n there are fet downe: 1 His Mercies, and • His Wor!m; thefe two cornpared : Compared; in rhe point ofSrper, andMercy found to carry it. Her's theSupremacie. A![ His Workes, high all, great all, all excellent: But major horum I!fi[ericordia, the liighefr, greatefr,moft excellent ofthem all, Mercy ; that,the; Super omniaof them all. Of thefe then-. • Firft ofche words as they ftanci in order; . . . . , . ._ . , Then, ofMmi's Super, and chat threewayes,' Super, above; (So, we readeit.) 7hlbrviftoii; · 1Super,over; (So the LXX. Oml ""'"'·) J St<per, upon; So we pray,Fiittmi{ericordil$ · 1. ·– f•pernos, Let thy mercy beupon m. I. Super, above itmaybe (as aSpire is)and not ! ~~ refleC!downe,and beever. 2. Sufer, over it may Be, and hoover aloft; nor deftend, - orcomedowne upon us. 3• But, Super, r1prm; is it; whenitlightsrp~nm : that is, Ftat mifcricordia{t1per mJS. . And ofthefe, 1 as well for Merci's honour; that i's o"'erthem, • as for.the good oftheWvrkes, that are underit. ThencomewetoaSuperinthisSuper. VponfomeofGon's workts,morethan ur; otherfomc :And fo to our felves; And fo to this day. . For (Cure) mis Scripture, ifit bewell looked UntO, clothcompettre, agree tono cafe, fo, :~s it cloth toours; Nor to ours, as this day. Wc are Hi>workes Ol!ce, and . · · · thofe
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