I _Of P'raife a11d Thankfgi'""ui-ng. 23-7 to affi11 him: 0 Jing unto .the l~ord a new fang: .fing unto th,e · Lord all _the earth .. £Bi~·e u-Nto the Lord, () ye kindreds of ~he p.eople, ghJe unto · the Lord· gk/ry . and' flrength ~~. Praifeye the Lord. Praifeye the Lord from the heavens: prai.fo hiJ!J. in the ·heights. Pra~fe him, ye fun ·and moon:. praifl him, all ye flars of)ight; mountains -tmd all hi~is, frujtjruf trees and all cedars; beaflS and all cattle, ereeping KfJ!gJ·, and flying fowl t. B!ejs the Lord a tJ works in all places of his dmninion +· ~ /Many fuch figurative · expreffions occur, and al– lowance mt1fl: be n1ad:e for the poe.tical fir.ain; /but in the text we -ha~ve a proper · ' and paffionate wi!h, Oh that men would praije the Lord. &c. . 0 that men, &c. Man is the great pridl bf this lower world, by whom al1 the ho- · n1age· and fervice of the other creatures is I to be paid to their con1mon lord and n1a– ker. God hath made him to hv·ve dominion t~ver the wurks of his ha1i·d, he hatb put all things under hJS .feet; all jheep and r;xen 9 · yea, and the beajls of' the field.: th~ fo'wl of I the ai;, the .fijh oj the [ea, and w·hatflever pa/feth throug·h the pathJ· of the feas §. Arid the iW: Pfal,xcvi. r, 7· i· Pfal.• . cxlviii. 1. 3· 9·10. t Pfal. ciii. 22. § Pfal. Vtii. 6, 7, S, I
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