An explication of the hundreth and tenth Psalme wherein the severall heads of Christian religion therein contained; touching the exaltation of Christ, the scepter of his kingdome, the character of his subjects, his priesthood, victories, sufferings, and resurrection, are largely explained and applied. Being the substance of severall sermons preached at Lincolns Inne; by Edward Reynoldes sometimes fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford, late preacher to the foresaid honorable society, and rector of the church of Braunston in Northhampton-shire.

Title: An explication of the hundreth and tenth Psalme wherein the severall heads of Christian religion therein contained; touching the exaltation of Christ, the scepter of his kingdome, the character of his subjects, his priesthood, victories, sufferings, and resurrection, are largely explained and applied. Being the substance of severall sermons preached at Lincolns Inne; by Edward Reynoldes sometimes fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford, late preacher to the foresaid honorable society, and rector of the church of Braunston in Northhampton-shire.

Author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.

Collection: Early English Books Online

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witnesse betweene us, if we doe not according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee unto us, &c. I suppose they then meant as they spake, and yet this ap∣peares in the end to have beene but a velleitie and incom∣plete resolution, a zealous pang of that secret hypocrisie which in the end discover'd it selfe, and brake forth into manifest contradiction: when King. 8.13.Hazael answered the Prophet, Is thy servant a dog that hee should doe thus and thus? he then meant no otherwise than hee spake, upon the first representation of those bloudie facts, he abhor∣red them as belluine and prodigious villanies; and yet this was but a velleitie and fit of good nature for the time which did easily weare out with the alteration of occa∣sions. When Iudas asked Christ,Mat. 26.5.Master is it I that shall betray thee? (though a man can conceive no hypocrisie too blacke to come out of the hell of Iudas his heart) yet possible, and peradventure probable it may be, that hea∣ring at that time and beleeving that wofull judgement pronounced by Christ against his betrayer, It had beene good for that man if he had never beene borne, he might then upon the pang and surprizall of so fearefull a doome secretly and suddenly relent, and resolve to forsake his purpose of treason; which yet when that storme was over, and his covetous heart was tempted with a bribe, did fearefully returne and gather strength againe. When the people returned and inquired early, and remembred God their Maker, they were in good earnest for the time, and yet that was a velleity, and ungrounded devotion, their heart was not right towards him, neither were they sted∣fast in his Covenant. When 1 Sam. 24.1, 19.Saul out of the force of naturall ingenuity, did upon the evidence of Davids integritie, who slew him not when the Lord had deli∣vered him into his hands, relent for the time, and weepe, and acknowledge his righteousnesse above his owne, he spake all this in earnest as he thought; and yet wee finde that hee afterwards return'd to pursue him againe, and 0