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Al men are inuited to celebrate festiual dayes, 6. which were instituted in memorie of benefites receiued. 9. the deuent shal be protected, and the negligent leift in distresse.
[ 1] † REioice to God our helper: make Iubilation to the God [ 2] of Iacob.
[ 3] † Take ye Psalme, and d giue timbrel: pleasant Psalter with the harpe.
[ 4]
† Sound ye with trumpet in e the :: new moone, in f the :: notable day of your solemnitie.
[ 5] † Because it is a precept in Israel, and iudgement to the God of Iacob.
[ 6] † He put it for a testimonie in g Ioseph, when he came out of the Land of Aegypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
[ 7] He :: turned away his backe h from burdens: his handes serued in baskettes.
[ 8] † In i tribulation thou didest inuocate me, and I heard thee: I heard thee in the secret of the tempest: I k proued thee at the water of contradiction.
[ 9] † Heare ô my people: and I l wil contest thee: Israel m if thou wilt heare me.
[ 10] † :: There shal be n no new God in thee, neither shalt thou adore a strange God.
[ 11] † For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Aegypt: o dilate thy mouth and I wil fil it.
[ 12] † And my People heard not my voice: and Israel attended not to me.
[ 13] † And I let them alone, according to the desires of their hart, they shal goe in their owne inuentions.
[ 14] † If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my wayes:
[ 15] † I had p for nothing, q perhaps humbled their enimies: and had laide my hand vpon those that afflict them.
[ 16]
† The enimies of our Lord haue lied to him: and r their time shal be for euer.
[ 17] † And / he fedde them of the fatte of corne: and out of the rocke, with honie he filled them.
Inuitation to celebrate festi∣ual dayes de∣uoutly. the 7. key.
This Psalme perteyneth not only to the old testament, but also to the new,
Gods seruants oppressed with tribulations,
to be songue by Asaph a chief master of musike.
Make readie al these musical instruments.
In the Calendes, or first day of euerie moneth, in remembrance of Gods pro¦uidence, and perpetual gouernment of al creatures:
The feast of Neomenia.
and most especial solem∣nitie in the first day of the seuenth moneth, in memorie of Isaac conserued from death, in whom God promised Abraham, to multiplie his seede, and to blesle al nations. Gen. 17 v. 21. c 21. v 12. c 22. v. 18.
Feast of trumpetes.
The people of Israel signified by Ioseph, as. Psal. 79. v. 2.
In memorie of this bene∣fite Pasch was instituted.
God deliuered the same people from their vntolerable bondage of carying burdens in baskettes, from geathering straw, making brickes, and other seruitude. Exo 1. v. 14 c. 5. v. 7.
The admonition of God to the people:
yet after so great benefites thou didst murmure, and contradict me. Exo. 17. Num. 20.
Seriously admonish thee.
Man by free wil may choose whether he wil obey or no.
The feast of Pentecost in memorie of the lawe.
This was an other great benefite, to geue an expresse law, for their in∣struction.
Obseruing my commandments, aske what thou wilt, and I wil geue it thee.
Pom. 1.
••. 24.
Very easely.
of my freewil and liberalitie, without necessitie or obligation.
The wicked that promise to serue God, and do it not shal be in eternal torments:
In the meane time God bestowed these benefites vpon them, for the iusts sake.