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Notes Upon the Whole Book of Psalms

George Abbot 1651
Abbot offers clear, practical notes on the Psalms to aid devotional understanding for ordinary believers.

EEBO-TCP A26458 (TEI), original spelling, printed page numbers. EEBO 11818582; STC/Wing Wing A65; ESTC R10477

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The opening of the work as printed, from p. 1, in the spelling of this edition.

p. 1The first PSALM.

The Prophet to induce to godliness and disswade from wickedness, shews in this Psalm, that the first of these does onely make men happie and blessed, and the other doth certainly and eternally make men miserable.

1 WOuldst thou be a blessed man? [BLessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornfull.] mistake not then, but know upon the word of a Prophet speaking from God, that He, and He onely is here, and shall be for ever hereafter, happie and blessed (to wit, with the favour of God, true peace of conscience, and joys of heaven, the onely true happiness) that maugre the opinion of the world to the contrarie, shuts his ear to the sinful perswasions of wicked men, not suffering himself to be seduced to lead their lives: much less willingly and impudently gives himself over to a course of sinning, and least of all with brazen face scorns and opposes the ways of God and them that walk them.

2 But on the contrarie, [But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law, doth he meditate day and night.] is ruled by the Word, studying it and walking those ways which it prescribes and commands, with as much pleasure and content of mind, as wicked men take in sin, keeping it in mind and memorie to order his ways according to it, that in nothing, nor at no time, sin may mislead him.

3 And God shall so bless this his holy care and industrie, [And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season, his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.] p. 2that his soul shall be plentifully fed from heaven, with the never-failing influences of Grace and Consolation, to the making him fruitful in every good work and work, comfortable in every condition, and inable him to hold forth a holy profession throughout prosperitie and adversitie, to the end, (maugre the world and wicked men) to the glorie of God and honour of Religion, and his own great advantage too here as well as hereafter, thereby procuring the blessing of God upon all he hath and doth.

p. 2[The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaft which the wind driveth away.] 4 Whereas the wicked have no firm footing in any good condition, for in the way they walk, God will never bless them, nor respect them, but as they are nought, so will he set them at nought, and will make it appear he does so, when he executes his displeasure upon them, which shall part them from the prosperitie they enjoyed in this life, with a fearful farewel, never exspecting to see good day again.

[Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgement, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.] 5 For the conscience of their wicked ways, and the expectation of that just and fearful sentence, Go ye cursed, to be pronounced upon them, shall make them hang the head in deep despair at the great Assize, when as the godly shall be able to lift up their heads with joy, nor shall such sinful wretches ever set foot within heavens threshold, or have any fellowship or share there in the happiness of the saints.

[For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.] 6 For however wicked men that know not things that differ, think as well and better of themselves and their ways, than of the godly and theirs. Yet God knows the difference, and shall one day make them to know it too, when he comes to judge and reward every one according to his works, then he will make it appear what notice he took of the godly, p. 3and how he approved them the world contemned. And the wicked they shall see and find for all their confidence and jolity, where their way will end, and to what a woful condition it will bring them at last. Even to everlasting destruction.

David finding great opposition in his coming to the Kingdom, both at home by the House of Saul, and they that sided with them, and also abroad by confederacy of neighbour-Princes and People. He shews them both their folly and danger in so doing; for that as a Prophet he does assure them that God hath designed him to rule both over Iews and Gentiles, as a figure of Christs doing the like in his spiritual Kingdom all the world over, and therefore exhorts them to desist, and submit to the will of the Lord; and not to their utter undoing put from them the Grace that is offered them in Christ, (whose type onely he was, and of whose Kingdom he prophesies) which would make them blessed for ever. [Psalm 2.]

1 HOw senselesly do the Gentile and Heathen nations amongst us and about us, [WHy do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?] yea and so many that are of Israel too, so violently oppose my Government, and refuse their subjection to me? which nevertheless shall be effected maugre all their rage and resistance, for that herein I am to be a type of Christ the Son of God, his universal Sovereignty over Jews and Gentiles, which by the wicked of both sorts shall in like manner be opposed, but in vain, for his spiritual Kingdom, his Church, shall prosper in spite of all the world, as shall my temporal.

2 Yea mighty Princes and great States-men by their worldly power and wisdom, [The Kings of the earth set themselves, and the Rulers took counsel together, against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,] both within Israel, and without in many neighbour-nations, set themselves with all their might against me, but in so doing they fight against God, and against me, not for mine own sake (who never sought the Kingdom) but because p. 4the Lord had anointed and designed me to it, in a figure to pourtray out Christ and his Kingdom by me, who likewise shall be so opposed.

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Contents

  1. TO The truly Religious and Virtuous, Mris. JOAN PUREFOY Wife to the Honourable Colonell…
  2. TO THE READER, In way of ARGUMENT and APPLICATION.
  3. Advertisements premised.
  4. The first PSALM.p. 1
  5. Second PSALM.p. 3
  6. Third PSALM.p. 7
  7. Fourth PSALM.p. 9
  8. Fifth PSALM.p. 12
  9. Sixth PSALM.p. 15
  10. Seventh PSALM.p. 18
  11. Eighth PSALM.p. 22
  12. Ninth PSALM.p. 25
  13. Tenth PSALM.p. 31
  14. The xi. PSALM.p. 35
  15. The xii. PSALM.p. 36
  16. The xiii. PSALM.p. 38
  17. The xiiii. PSALM.p. 39
  18. The xv. PSALM.p. 41
  19. The xvi. PSALM.p. 43
  20. The xvii. PSALM.p. 45
  21. The xviii. PSALM.p. 48
  22. The xix. PSALM.p. 58
  23. The xx. PSALM.p. 63
  24. The xxi. PSALM.p. 65
  25. The xxii. PSALM.p. 68
  26. The xxiii. PSALM.p. 76
  27. The xxiiii. PSALM.p. 78
  28. The xxv. PSALM.p. 80
  29. The xxvi. PSALM.p. 86
  30. The xxvii. PSALM.p. 89
  31. The xxviii. PSALM.p. 93
  32. The xxix. PSALM.p. 95
  33. The xxx. PSALM.p. 100
  34. The xxxi. PSALM.p. 102
  35. The xxxii. PSALM.p. 109
  36. The xxxiii. PSALM.p. 112
  37. xxxiv. PSALM.p. 117
  38. The xxxv. PSALM.p. 122
  39. The xxxvi. PSALM.p. 127
  40. The xxxvii. PSALM.p. 130
  41. The xxxviii. PSALM.p. 138
  42. The xxxix. PSALM.p. 142
  43. The xl. PSALM.p. 145
  44. The xli. PSALM.p. 150
  45. The xlii. PSALM.p. 153
  46. The xliii. PSALM.p. 156
  47. xliv. PSALM.p. 158
  48. xlv. PSALM.p. 163
  49. The xlvi. PSALM.p. 169
  50. The xlvii. PSALM.p. 172
  51. The xlviii. PSALM.p. 176
  52. xlix. PSALM.p. 182
  53. The l. PSALM.p. 188
  54. The li. PSALM.p. 196
  55. The lii. PSALM.p. 206
  56. The liii. PSALM.p. 210
  57. The liiii. PSALM.p. 212
  58. The lv. PSALM.p. 214
  59. The lvi. PSALM.p. 221
  60. The lvii. PSALM.p. 225
  61. The lviii. PSALM.p. 228
  62. The lix. PSALM.p. 231
  63. The lx. Psalm.p. 236
  64. The lxi. PSALM.p. 240
  65. The lxii. PSALM.p. 243
  66. The lxiii. PSALM.p. 247
  67. The lxiv. PSALM.p. 250
  68. The lxv. PSALM.p. 253
  69. The lxvi. PSALM.p. 257
  70. The lxvii. PSALM.p. 263
  71. The lxviii. PSALM.p. 265
  72. The lxix. PSALM.p. 279
  73. The lxx. PSALM.p. 289
  74. The lxxi. PSALM.p. 289
  75. The lxxii. PSALM.p. 296
  76. The lxxiii. PSALM.p. 302
  77. The lxxiv. PSALM.p. 311
  78. The lxxv. PSALM.p. 319
  79. The lxxvi. PSALM.p. 324
  80. The lxxvii. PSALM.p. 328
  81. The lxxviii. PSALM.p. 331
  82. The lxxix. PSALM.p. 359
  83. The lxxx. PSALM.p. 364
  84. The lxxxi. PSALM.p. 369
  85. The lxxxii. PSALM.p. 374
  86. The lxxxiii. PSALM.p. 377
  87. The lxxxiv. PSALM.p. 377
  88. The lxxxv. PSALM.p. 380
  89. The lxxxvi. PSALM.p. 391
  90. The lxxxvii. PSALM.p. 389
  91. The lxxxviii. PSALM.p. 392
  92. The lxxxix. PSALM.p. 396
  93. The xc. PSALM.p. 408
  94. The xci. PSALM.p. 423
  95. The xcii. PSALM.p. 428
  96. The xciii. PSALM.p. 432
  97. The xciv. PSALM.p. 434
  98. The xcv. PSALM.p. 438
  99. The xcvi. PSALM.p. 443
  100. The xcvii. PSALM.p. 447
  101. The xcviii. PSALM.p. 451
  102. The xcix. PSALM.p. 454
  103. The c. PSALM.p. 457
  104. The ci. PSALM.p. 459
  105. The cii. PSALM.p. 462
  106. The ciii. PSALM.p. 469
  107. The civ. PSALM.p. 478
  108. The cv. PSALM.p. 490
  109. The cvi. PSALM.p. 503
  110. The cvii. PSALM.p. 519
  111. The cviii. PSALM.p. 529
  112. The cix. PSALM.p. 529
  113. The cx. PSALM.p. 538
  114. The cxi. PSALM.p. 543
  115. The cxii. PSALM.p. 547
  116. The cxiii. PSALM.p. 551
  117. The cxiv. PSALM.p. 553
  118. The cxv. PSALM.p. 555
  119. The cxvi. PSALM.p. 561
  120. The cxvii. PSALM.p. 567
  121. The cxviii. PSALM.p. 568
  122. The cxix. PSALM.p. 575
  123. Aleph. Aleph. Is the first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, and is…p. 576
  124. Beth. Beth. The second letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the…p. 578
  125. Gimel. Gimel. The third letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the…p. 580
  126. Daleth. Daleth. The fourth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying…p. 583
  127. He. He. The fifth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the fifth…p. 585
  128. Vau. Vau. The sixth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the…p. 588
  129. Zain. Zain. The seventh letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the…p. 590
  130. Cheth. Cheth. The eighth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying…p. 593
  131. Teth. Teth. The ninth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the…p. 595
  132. Iod. Iod. The tenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the…p. 597
  133. Caph. Caph. The eleventh letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying…p. 599
  134. Lamed. Lamed. The twelfth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying…p. 602
  135. Mem. Mem. The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying…p. 604
  136. Nun. Nun. The fourteenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying…p. 606
  137. Samech. Samech. The fifteenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet…p. 608
  138. Ain. Ain. The sixteenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the…p. 610
  139. Pe. Pe. The seventeenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the…p. 612
  140. Tsaddi. Tsaddi. The eighteenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet…p. 615
  141. Koph. Koph. The ninetenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying…p. 617
  142. Resh. Resh. The 20 letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the 20…p. 618
  143. Schin. Schin. The 21 letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the 21…p. 620
  144. Tau. Tau. The 22 letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, signifying the 22…p. 622
  145. The cxx. PSALM.p. 624
  146. The cxxi. PSALM.p. 627
  147. The cxxii. PSALM.p. 629
  148. The cxxiii. PSALM.p. 633
  149. The cxxiv. PSALM.p. 635
  150. The cxxv. PSALM.p. 638

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