diuers and dispersed into sundrie verses, in some of them ioyntly, and in some of them singly: it shall not be amisse to obserue briefly how and where they be set downe.
There are (as we see) three branches of the said question:
- 1. Not to grieue at the prosperitie of the wicked.
- 2. To rest vpon the Lord.
- 3. To walke obediently before him.
The first branch is vers. 1.7. and 8.
The second and third branch are ioyntly and cleerely com∣prised, vers. 3. in the beginning, and vers. 34. in the begin∣ning. It is said, vers. 3. Trust in the Lord and doe good. So is it said, vers. 34. Waite on the Lord and keepe his way. In which verses, by doing good, and by keeping the Lords way, is meant an obedient and holy walking before him.
All three branches are in the 4. verse, though somewhat ob∣scurely, noted vnder this forme of speech: Delight thy selfe in the Lord. Whereby is meant, that we should with∣out grieuing at the Lords proceedings rest satisfied with his good pleasure declared by them, and so conforme our will to his will by depending on him, and by plea∣sing him in the traine of our life. To doe this, is to take delight and contentment in the Lord.
In some other verses one of the said branches onely is spe∣cified: as,
- Vers. 5. and 7. Our resting on the Lord is mentioned.
- Vers. 27. Our walking obediently before him is remem∣bred.
But forasmuch as these branches are in other verses ioyned together, and made the principall and maine scope of the Prophets dispute in this Psalme: we must, where we finde them seuered, conceiue notwithstanding that by noting one part, the other parts are implied and signi∣fied.
Now the demonstration of the said question, comprising in generall whatsoeuer is in this Psalme deduced by the Prophet, is this: