must be according to the rule of the Word,
that it may be as siluer, and as the choice Cedre,
precious in his sight: See thou make all things ac∣cording
to the paterne was shewed thee in the Mount.
A pallace,) The Church of God is the Pallace
of the great King, There he doth dwell, and hath
his residence and aboade for euer. Psal. 132. 13, 14
a wall, a gate.) The discipline of the Church is as
a wall and a gate, to keepe that no vncleane per∣son
or execrable, enter in, to hold in those that are
entred, the free burgesses and Citise••s of that Ci∣ti••.
[Vers. 3]
I being as a wall, and my brests as towers,) There is
in the Church a communion of Saints, whereby
the graces of God bestowed vpon one member,
turne to the generall good of the whole body.
then shall I be) Thereof it is that a true Christian
is so farre from enuying the blessings of God in o∣ther,
that he reioyceth in them as in his owne hap∣pinesse
and perfection.
as one that findeth peace.) When the heart of the
Iewes shall turne vnto the Lord, in the generall
call of that whole nation, then come the daies of
peace, ioy, happinesse, and comfort, as much as can
be vpon earth, through the bright beames of the
glorious Gospell, shining most cleere.
[Vers. 4]
Solomon had a vine-yard,) Christianity and pro∣uidence
in worldly matters stand well together.
in a fruitfull place,) It is a good duty of a Christi∣an
to forecast to haue things most beneficiall and
cōmodious for him. His vines in fruitful places &c.