70 AnExpofitionof the 84. Pfalme. Verf. To. had done before about the worfhipof the true God, 7ofh. 24. Is. To begin with Davids reafon ; it hands upon this ground.. Mans heart for earneft defireand delight fhould be there fet where molt and belt, good is tobe received this is according to the Apoltles councell, i Cor. Ì a.3 i Covet earneftly the beltgifts, and i ThejJ. ç . 21. Prove all things, hold that which isgood. There 71 rA; mutt needs fometimes be ,oihicry : for wee muft not Onlychoofe good before evill, but ofdivers good things the belt; as the very heathen have well prefcribed. Tull: Off. lib. Now the Prophet Daviddoth here affume. But a clay in gods Courts is better then a thoufandelfewhere. And there- 'ore do Idelire it. In this, which the Prophet afliimeth, this muft be re- membred for the meaning, that byGodscourts here is not meant heaven the place ofglory, but the place ofhis folemn woríhip here oneartheven his fanduáry,which to David: religious heart was heaven upon earth. And fo the point tobe obferved is this ; I. Obferva- That timebellowed in Gods holy worfhip and fervice is tion. better then a thoufand times fo much fpent elfewhere. This is here plainly affirmed, and to gain our morecheer- full affent, mark the reafons following ; Real n i. Firít,here only is the certain perfect cure ofall fpirituall evils andmaladies in the foule.
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