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<v Speaker 1>Some one hundred and nineteen Discourse twenty nine of Exposition

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<v Speaker 1>on the Book of Psalms, Volume five. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>Exposition on the Book of Psalms, Volume five by Saint

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<v Speaker 1>Augustin of Hippo, p. One hundred and nineteen, Discourse twenty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>Verse one hundred and forty five. Who can doubt that

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<v Speaker 1>cries unto the Lord made in prayer, if uttered only

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<v Speaker 1>from the mouth of the body, and not with the

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<v Speaker 1>heart fixed upon God, sound in vain. But if they

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<v Speaker 1>proceed from the heart, though the voice of the body

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<v Speaker 1>be silent, they may escape any other man, whomsoever, but

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<v Speaker 1>not God. Whether then we cry unto the Lord when

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<v Speaker 1>we pray with our fleshly voices, when there is occasion

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<v Speaker 1>for them, or in silence we must cry from the heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the cry of the heart is a solemn, earnestness

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<v Speaker 1>of thought, which, when ventured in prayer, doth express a

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<v Speaker 1>deep longing and affection of Him that prayeth, so that

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<v Speaker 1>he despareth not of success. Then also we cry with

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<v Speaker 1>thee whole heart when we have no thoughts elsewhere. Such

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<v Speaker 1>prayers are rare among the many, frequent among the few.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether all are such with any one person, I know not.

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<v Speaker 1>He who singeth this sum mentioneth such a prayer of

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<v Speaker 1>his own. I have called with my whole heart. Hear me,

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<v Speaker 1>O Lord, for to what end his cry profiteth? He addeth,

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<v Speaker 1>I will search out thy righteousness for this purpose. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he hath called with his whole heart, and hath longed

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<v Speaker 1>that this might be given him by the Lord listening

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<v Speaker 1>unto him, that he may search out his righteousness. That therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>which we are commanded to do. We pray that we

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<v Speaker 1>may search out how far is he who seeketh from

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<v Speaker 1>him that doeth. For it doth not follow that he

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<v Speaker 1>who seeketh should find, or that he who findeth should do.

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<v Speaker 1>But he cannot do unless he hath found, nor find

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<v Speaker 1>unless he hath soret. But our Lord Jesus, inspite great hope,

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<v Speaker 1>by saying seek and ye shall find. But again wisdom,

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<v Speaker 1>And what is this save himself saith the wicked shall

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<v Speaker 1>seek me and shall not find me. It is not

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<v Speaker 1>said therefore to the wicked, but to the good seek

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<v Speaker 1>and ye shall find. Nay, but it is said to

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<v Speaker 1>those to whom it is said a little after in

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<v Speaker 1>the same passage. If then, ye, being evil, know how

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<v Speaker 1>to give good gifts unto your children, How then is

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<v Speaker 1>it said to the wicked seek and ye shall find

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<v Speaker 1>And again said the wicked shall seek me and shall

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<v Speaker 1>not find me. Did the Lord wish them to seek

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<v Speaker 1>anything save wisdom when he promised that they should find

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<v Speaker 1>it if they would seek it. For in it are

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<v Speaker 1>all things which are to be sought by those who

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<v Speaker 1>wish to be happy. The righteousnesses of God therefore are

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<v Speaker 1>there also. It remaineth therefore for us to understand, not

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<v Speaker 1>that all wicked men do not find wisdom if they

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<v Speaker 1>seek it, but those who are so far evil as

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<v Speaker 1>to hate it. For thus he hath said, the wicked

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<v Speaker 1>shall seek me and shall not find me, for they

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<v Speaker 1>hate wisdom. They fail to find it, then because they

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<v Speaker 1>hate it. But again, if they hate it, why do

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<v Speaker 1>they seek it? Say because they do not seek it

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<v Speaker 1>on its own account, but for the sake of something

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<v Speaker 1>which the wicked love and think they will more readily

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<v Speaker 1>arrive at through wisdom. For there are many who most

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<v Speaker 1>studiously examine into the words of Wisdom, and wish to

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<v Speaker 1>have it in doctrine, not in life, not so that

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<v Speaker 1>they may reach the light of God, which is Wisdom herself,

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<v Speaker 1>by means of the conduct which Wisdom prescribes, but that

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<v Speaker 1>by means of the discourses which she yieldeth, they may

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<v Speaker 1>reach the praise of men, which is vainglory. They do

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<v Speaker 1>not therefore seek Wisdom even when they are seeking her,

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<v Speaker 1>because they do not seek her for her own sake.

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<v Speaker 1>Otherwise they would live according to her. But they wish

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<v Speaker 1>to be puffed up with her words. And the more

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<v Speaker 1>they are puffed up, the further they are placed without

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<v Speaker 1>her pale. Whereas the Psalmist seeking this very thing of

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord, which the Lord commanded him to do, that

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<v Speaker 1>he may work in him what he commandeth. For it

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<v Speaker 1>is God who worketh in us, both to will and

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<v Speaker 1>to do of his good pleasure. Saith, I have called

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<v Speaker 1>with my whole heart. Hear me, O, Lord, I will

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<v Speaker 1>search out thy righteousnesses to do them, not merely to

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<v Speaker 1>know them, that I may not become like that stiff

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<v Speaker 1>necked servant, who, although he understand, will not obey. Thus

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and forty six I have called save me,

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<v Speaker 1>whereas some copies, both Greek and Latin, have it. I

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<v Speaker 1>have called to THEE. But what is I have called

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<v Speaker 1>to THEE? Save that by calling I have invoked THEE.

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<v Speaker 1>But when he had said save me, what did he add?

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<v Speaker 1>And I will keep thy testimonies? That is that I

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<v Speaker 1>may not, through infirmity deny THEE. For the health of

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<v Speaker 1>the soul causeth that to be done, which is known

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<v Speaker 1>to be our duty to do. And thus, in striving

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<v Speaker 1>even to the death of the body, if the extremity

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<v Speaker 1>of temptation, demand this in defense of the truth of

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<v Speaker 1>the divine testimonies. But where there is not health of

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<v Speaker 1>the soul, weakness yieldeth and truth deserted Verse one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and forty seven. But what follows contains something obscure, which

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<v Speaker 1>must be explained at somewhat greater length. I have prevented

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<v Speaker 1>in the night watches in them beestda nocte. Many copies

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<v Speaker 1>have not in them bestda nocte, but imatur rita at

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<v Speaker 1>an unreasonable time, But hardly one is found which has

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<v Speaker 1>the preposition doubled in I maturida de imaturtas means in

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<v Speaker 1>this passage a season at night which is not mature,

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<v Speaker 1>that is opportune for anything being done waking. Just what

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<v Speaker 1>is commonly called an unseasonable hour night is also called

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<v Speaker 1>in tempesta, that is, midnight when we ought to be

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<v Speaker 1>at rest, because it is in opportune for the actions

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<v Speaker 1>of men awake. For by them bestivum the ancients meant opportune,

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<v Speaker 1>and by in tempestivum in opportune, the word being derived

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<v Speaker 1>from dembus time, from that sense of tempestas, which according

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<v Speaker 1>to the custom of the Latin language, signifies a storm

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<v Speaker 1>in the sky, although historians willingly use this word ea

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<v Speaker 1>tempestat for eotempore, and the words of a great master

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<v Speaker 1>of expression on the haik tam clara repente tempestas. Whence

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<v Speaker 1>on a sudden this so bright tempestas a sky disturbed

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<v Speaker 1>with clouds and winds, is not meant but one raffulgent,

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<v Speaker 1>with a sudden and splendid serenity, what therefore is called

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<v Speaker 1>in Greek an auria, not in one word, but in two,

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<v Speaker 1>that is a proposition and a noun. This some of

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<v Speaker 1>our translators have rendered by in tempesta nocte more by

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<v Speaker 1>ima dorietate, not two words but one. The nominative of

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<v Speaker 1>which is ematurtas, some again by two words, like the

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<v Speaker 1>Greek in ema dorritate, for auria is imaturitas, en auria

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<v Speaker 1>is in imatrtat as. Though he also who said in

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<v Speaker 1>Tempesta nocte, wished to double the proposition, and said in

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<v Speaker 1>in Tempesta, so that one proposition might signify in such

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<v Speaker 1>a time the other might belong to the composition of

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<v Speaker 1>the wood. It matters nothing to the sense whether anyone

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<v Speaker 1>say he did something galicando or in galicando, And so

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<v Speaker 1>it would matter nothing whether he said that he cried

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<v Speaker 1>forth in Tempesta or in indempesta nocte, that is, in

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<v Speaker 1>nocte in Tempesta. Yet the Greek said in nocte in Tempesta,

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<v Speaker 1>which would mean the same if it were expressed by

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<v Speaker 1>in imaturritat, that is, at an unseasonable time of night.

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<v Speaker 1>So far we have discoursed on an obscure word. Now

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<v Speaker 1>let us see what the sense itself is. I have

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<v Speaker 1>prevented in midnight he saith and have cried in thy words?

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<v Speaker 1>Have I trust if we refer this to each of

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<v Speaker 1>the faithful, and to the literal character of the act,

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<v Speaker 1>it oft happeneth that the love of God is awake

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<v Speaker 1>in that hour of the night, and the love of

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<v Speaker 1>prayer strongly urging us. The time of prayer, which is

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<v Speaker 1>wont to be after the crowing of the cock, is

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<v Speaker 1>not awaited, but prevented. But if we understand knight of

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<v Speaker 1>the whole of this world's duration, we indeed cry under

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<v Speaker 1>God at midnight and prevent the fullness of time in

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<v Speaker 1>which He will restore us what he hath promised. As

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<v Speaker 1>is elsewhere read, let us prevent his presence with confession.

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<v Speaker 1>Although if we choose to understand the unripe season of

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<v Speaker 1>this night before the fullness of time had come, that

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<v Speaker 1>is the ripe season when Christ should be manifested in

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<v Speaker 1>the flesh. Neither was the Church then silent by preventing

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<v Speaker 1>this fullness of time. In Prophecy cried out and trusted

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<v Speaker 1>in the words of God, who was able to do

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<v Speaker 1>what he promised that in the seed of Abraham all

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<v Speaker 1>nations should be blessed. Thus one hundred and forty eight

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<v Speaker 1>the Church saith also, what followeth mine eyes have d

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<v Speaker 1>to the morning watch, that I might meditate on Thy words.

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<v Speaker 1>Let us suppose the morning to mean thee season when

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<v Speaker 1>a light arose for them that sat in the shadow

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<v Speaker 1>of death. Did not the eyes of the church prevent

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<v Speaker 1>this morning? Watch in those saints who before were on earth,

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<v Speaker 1>because they foresaw beforehand that this would come to pass,

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<v Speaker 1>so that they meditated on the words of God which

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<v Speaker 1>then were and announced these things to be destined in

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<v Speaker 1>the Law and the prophets Verse one hundred and forty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy loving mercy,

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<v Speaker 1>and quicken thou me according to thy judgment. For first, God,

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<v Speaker 1>according to his loving mercy, taketh away punishment from sinners,

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<v Speaker 1>and will give them life afterwards, when righteous, according to

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<v Speaker 1>his judgment. For it is not without a meaning that

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<v Speaker 1>it is said unto him, my song shall be of

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<v Speaker 1>mercy and judgment unto thee, O Lord, in this order

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<v Speaker 1>of the terms, although the season of mercy itself be

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<v Speaker 1>not without judgment, whereof the apostle saith. If we would

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<v Speaker 1>judge ourselves, we should not be judged of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>that we should not be condemned with the world and

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<v Speaker 1>his fellow apostle. The time is come that judgment must

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<v Speaker 1>begin at the house of God. And if it first

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<v Speaker 1>begin at us, what shall the end of them be

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<v Speaker 1>that obey not the gospel of God? And the final

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<v Speaker 1>season of judgment shall not be without mercy, since as

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<v Speaker 1>the Psalm saith, he crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness.

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<v Speaker 1>But judgment shall be without mercy. But unto those on

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<v Speaker 1>the left who have not dealt mercy, those one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty, they draw nigh that of malice persecute me,

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<v Speaker 1>Or as some copies read maliciously, then they that persecute

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<v Speaker 1>draw nigh when they go the length of torturing and

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<v Speaker 1>destroying the flesh. Whence the twenty first sum wherein the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord's passion is prophesied, saith, oh, go not from me,

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<v Speaker 1>for trouble is hard at hand, where those things are

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<v Speaker 1>spoken of which he suffered when his passion was not

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<v Speaker 1>imminent upon him, but actually realized. But by trouble being

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<v Speaker 1>nigh at hand, he meant that which took place in

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<v Speaker 1>the flesh, For there is nothing nearer to the soul

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<v Speaker 1>than the flesh which it weareth. The persecutors therefore drew

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<v Speaker 1>near by, afflicting their flesh whom they persecuted, But heed

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<v Speaker 1>what followeth, and are far from Thy law. The nearer

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<v Speaker 1>they drew to the persecuting their righteous, so much the

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<v Speaker 1>Father were they from righteousness? But what harm did they

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<v Speaker 1>do unto those to whom they drew near by persecution?

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<v Speaker 1>Since the approach of their Lord is nearer unto their souls,

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<v Speaker 1>by whom they no wise are forsaken those one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>o Lord, and all thy ways are truth, even in

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<v Speaker 1>their troubles. It hath been a wonted confession of the

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<v Speaker 1>saints to ascribe truth unto God, because they suffer them

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<v Speaker 1>not undeservedly. So did Queen Esther, so did Holy Daniel,

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<v Speaker 1>so did the three men in the furnace. So do

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<v Speaker 1>other associates, in their sanctity confess. But it may be

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<v Speaker 1>asked in what sense it is here said all thy

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<v Speaker 1>ways are truth, since in another psalm it is read,

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<v Speaker 1>all the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth.

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<v Speaker 1>But towards the Saints, all the ways of the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>are at once mercy and truth, since he aideth them

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<v Speaker 1>even in judgment, and thus mercy is not wanting, and

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<v Speaker 1>in having mercy upon them he performeth that which he

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<v Speaker 1>hath promised. So the truth is not wanting, but towards all,

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<v Speaker 1>both those whom he freeth and those whom he condemneth.

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<v Speaker 1>All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth,

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<v Speaker 1>because where he doth not show mercy, the truth of

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<v Speaker 1>his vengeance is displayed. For he freeth many who have

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<v Speaker 1>not deserved, but he condemneth none who hath not deserved it.

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<v Speaker 1>Those one hundred and fifty two. From the beginning, I

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<v Speaker 1>have known he saith as concerning thy testimonies, that thou

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<v Speaker 1>hast grounded them for ever. The Greek word katarkas hath

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<v Speaker 1>been variously rendered by the Latin translators by Abnitzio, Innitzio,

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<v Speaker 1>and in initzis. Those who render it in the plural

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<v Speaker 1>have followed the Greek, but it is more usual in

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<v Speaker 1>the Latin tongue to express the idea conveyed by katarkas,

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<v Speaker 1>which in Greek is used in the plural or adverbially

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<v Speaker 1>by the words abnitzio or innitzio. Just as with us,

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<v Speaker 1>when we say otherwise, I do this alias hoko fasio,

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<v Speaker 1>whereas the word is an adverb and signifies at another time,

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<v Speaker 1>what then meaneth from the beginning have I known, as

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<v Speaker 1>concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast grounded them forever? He

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<v Speaker 1>saith that the testimonies of the Lord were grounded by

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<v Speaker 1>him forever. And he testifieth that he knew this from

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning, and knew it from no other source than

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<v Speaker 1>from those very testimonies. What are these testimonies save those

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<v Speaker 1>wherein God hath declared that he will give an everlasting

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<v Speaker 1>kingdom unto his sons. And since he hath declared that

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<v Speaker 1>he will give this in his only begotten son, of

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<v Speaker 1>whom it is said of his kingdom, there shall be

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<v Speaker 1>no end. He said that the testimonies themselves were grounded forever,

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<v Speaker 1>since that which God hath promised through them was everlasting.

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<v Speaker 1>For the testimonies will not of themselves be needful when

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<v Speaker 1>the reality for the sake of the belief in which

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<v Speaker 1>testimonies are now required shall be displayed. And for this

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<v Speaker 1>reason the words thou hast grounded them are rightly thus understood,

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<v Speaker 1>because they are shown to be true in Christ. For

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<v Speaker 1>no man can lay any other foundation than that which

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<v Speaker 1>is laid which is Christ Jesus. Whence then did the

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<v Speaker 1>psalmust know this in the beginning, save because the Church speaketh,

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<v Speaker 1>which was not wanting to the oath from the commencement

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<v Speaker 1>of the human race the first fruits, whereof was the

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Able himself sacrificed in testimony of the future blood

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<v Speaker 1>of the Mediator that should be shed by a wicked brother.

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<v Speaker 1>For this also was at the beginning. They too shall

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<v Speaker 1>be one flesh, which great mystery. The apostle Paul, expounding

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<v Speaker 1>saith I speak concerning Christ and the Church, end of

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