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THE Lord raigneth, (saith Dauid)* 1.1 & is clothed with maiestie, the Lord our God, is clothed and girded with power.
Who is like, saith he, [or may be compa∣red]* 1.2 vnto the Lord our God, which hath his dwelling on high?
Which couereth himselfe with light, as* 1.3 with a garment, and spreadeth out the hea∣uens
like a Curtaine; VVhich layeth the beames of his Chambers in the waters, and maketh the clowdes his Chariot, and wal∣keth vpon the winges of the wind. Which maketh his spirits his messengers, and a fla∣ming fire his ministers.
Which giueth the Sunne for a light to* 1.4 the day, and the courses of the Moone, and of the starres for a light to the night. Which breaketh the Sea when the waues thereof do roare. His Name, (as saith the Prophet) is the Lord of Hostes.
Hee, (as the Psalmist saith) is high aboue* 1.5 all Nations, and his glory aboue the hea∣uens.
Hee hath prepared his throne in heauen,* 1.6 and his kingdome ruleth ouer all.
Hee, by his power, hath placed the earth* 1.7 vpon her firme foundations.
And he hath set bounds about the vva∣ters,* 1.8 vntill the day & night come to an end.
There is a GOD, (saith Cicero) which* 1.9 doth rule and gouerne all thinges, which maintaineth the course of the Starres, the changes of times, the alteration & order of all things, beholding both Sea and Land: Who also plainely seeth, both the liues and
doings of all men that dwel vpon the earth, and whatsoeuer else hath any being in the vvorld.
The same God, is our God, (as Baruch* 1.10 the Scribe saith,) and there shal none other be compared vnto him.
For hee it is vvhich hath prepared the* 1.11 earth for euermore, & hath filled the same with foure-footed beastes.
Hee it is, which by his ovvne almighty* 1.12 power hath created all kinde of creatures, and by his wonderful prouidence they liue and are preserued.
Yea, hee, (as Daniell saith) is the liuing* 1.13 God, & remaineth for euer: his kingdome shall neuer perrish, and his dominion shall be euerlasting.
Hee [also] it is which rescueth & deliue∣reth:* 1.14 and he worketh signes and wonders in heauen and in earth.
VVhen hee sendeth out the light, it go∣eth,* 1.15 and when hee calleth it againe it obey∣eth him with feare.
The starres also shine in their watch, and* 1.16 reioyce; and when hee calleth them, they say, Heere wee be; and so with cheereful∣nesse they shewe light vnto him that made them.
He that formeth the Mountaines, (sayth* 1.17 Amos) and createth the winde, and decla∣reth vnto man what is his thought; vvhich maketh the morning darknesse, and wal∣keth vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lord God of Hostes is his Name.* 1.18
He hath his way in the whirle-wind and in the storme, and the Clowdes are the dust of his feete.* 1.19
He looketh on the earth, & it trembleth, hee toucheth the Mountaines, and they smoake.* 1.20
Yea, hee sitteth (as Esay sayth) vpon the circle of the earth, & the inhabitants of the whole world, (in comparison of him) are as it were a companie of Grashoppers. Hee stretcheth out the heauens as a Curtaine, & spreadeth them out as a Tent to dwell in.* 1.21
Hee, bringeth the Princes to nothing, & maketh the Iudges of the earth as vanitie. As though they were not planted as thogh they were not sowen, as though their stock tooke no roote in the earth: For as soone as he bloweth vpon thē, they wither, and fade away, as the stubble doth in a whirlewind.
Hee [also,] is wise in heart, and mightie* 1.22 in strength. For vvho (as Iob saith) hath
been fierce against him, & hath prospered? Hee remooueth the Mountaines, and they* 1.23 feele not when hee ouerthroweth them in his wrath: he remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake. He commaundeth the Sunne, and it riseth not: he closeth vp the starres as vnder a sig∣net. Hee, himselfe alone, spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vppon the height of the Sea. &c.
He doth great things, and vnsearchable,* 1.24 yea, meruailous thinges without number. Loe, when he goeth by mee, I see him not, and when hee passeth by, I perceiue him not. Behold, when hee taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? [Or] who shal say vnto him, What doost thou?
For,] all Nations before him, are as no∣thing:* 1.25 and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.
Againe; The Lord our GOD, (as Da∣uid* 1.26 saith) is a great God, and a great King aboue all Gods: in his hands are all the cor∣ners of the Earth, and the heights of the Mountaines are his. To him the Sea be∣longeth, for hee made it, and his hands for∣med the dry Land.
Knowest thou not, or hast thou not* 1.27 heard, saith Esay, that the euerlasting God the Lorde, hath created the endes of the earth? hee neyther fainteth nor is wearie, there is no searching of his vnderstanding: but he giueth strength vnto him that fain∣teth, and vnto him that hath no strength he increaseth power.
Hee, (as Nehemiah saith) is Lord alone:* 1.28 he hath made heauen, and the heauen of all heauens, with all their host, and the earth, and all that therein is, the seas also, and all that are in them: and hee preserueth them all, and the host of the heauen worshippeth him.
Yea, all thinges (as himselfe saith) vvere* 1.29 made by him alone, and by none other: by him also they shall be ended, & by none other.
The vvorld (saith the Almighty) is mine,* 1.30 and all that therein is.
I haue made the earth, the man and the* 1.31 beast that are vppon the grounde, by my great power, and by mine out-stretched arme; and I haue giuen the same, sayth he, vnto vvhom it pleaseth mee.
And that wee may the better be perswa∣ded
to beleeue his speeches, and some-what the more willingly mooued, heerein to ad∣mire his wonderfull great might, hee pre∣sently confirmeth his saying with the exam∣ple of Nabuchadnezzer, King of Babel: Into whose handes, for a time, (as Ieremie* 1.32 writeth) God gaue all Lands, and beastes of the fielde, & all Nations; for to serue him, and his sonne, and his sonnes sonne.
And for the maiestie that GOD gaue* 1.33 him, all people, Nations, and Languages trembled and feared before him. He put to death whom hee would; hee smote whom he would; whom he would, he set vp; and whom he would, hee put downe.
But, vvhen his hart was puft vp, and his* 1.34 minde hardned in pride, hee was deposed from his kinglie throne, and they tooke his honour from him. And he was driuen frō the sonnes of men, and his hart was made like the beastes, and his dwelling was with the wilde Asses; they fedde him with grasse like Oxen, and his body was wette with the dew of heauen; till he knew (saith Daniell) that the most high GOD bare rule ouer the kingdome of men, and that he appoin∣teth ouer the same whom soeuer hee plea∣seth.
Vnto Saule, likewise, God gaue a great and mighty Kingdome, selecting him for* 1.35 Prince and Ruler ouer his owne chosen & beloued people, the Children of Israell: he being before, (by his owne confession,) but of a small Trybe, and very poore familie: yea, such a fellowe, that (as the Text sayth) he went wandring about the Countrey, to enquire and seeke after his Fathers Asses that were lost. A man trulie in humaine iudgement, (by reason of his basenes) verie vnlikelie to prooue a King: Notwithstan∣ding, God which can doe whatsoeuer plea∣seth him, bestowed the cheefest kingdome vnder the Sun vpon him. And afterward, when (through his disobedience) he fell frō the fauour of God, the Almighty, as wel to make manifest his power in displacing him, as for other causes best knowne to his se∣crete wisedom, rent the fore-said kingdom from him, and gaue it vnto his neighbour* 1.36 (saith the holie Ghost) that * vvas better then hee.
Well may we therefore confesse, and say* 1.37 vvith the Psalmist, Great is the Lord our God, and most worthy to be praised: great is his power, his wisedome is infinite, and his greatnesse is incomprehensible.
His Name, (as Daniell saith) be praysed for euer and euer: for wisedom & strength* 1.38 are his. He changeth the times & seasons, hee taketh away Kinges, and hee setteh vp Kings: hee giueth wisedome vnto the wise, & vnderstanding to those that vnderstand: hee discouereth the deepe & secret things: hee knoweth what is in the darknesse, and the light dwelleth with him.
VVho is GOD, besides the Lord?* 1.39 saith Dauid, Or, who is mightie, saue our God?
With him is wisedome and strength, hee* 1.40 hath counsell and vnderstanding. Behold, he will breake downe, & it cannot be built, hee shutteth a man vp, and hee cannot be loosed.
Behold, he with-holdeth the waters, and* 1.41 they dry vp, but when hee sendeth them forth, they destroy the earth.
With him is strength and wisedome, hee* 1.42 that is deceiued, & that deceiueth, are his.
Hee causeth the Counsellors to goe as* 1.43 spoyled, and maketh the Iudges fooles: hee looseth the collar of Kings, & girdeth theyr loynes with a girdle: hee leadeth away the Princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the
mightie: hee taketh away the speech from* 1.44 the faithfull Counsellors, and taketh avvaie the iudgement of the auncient: hee pow∣reth contempt vpon Princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.
Hee discouereth the deepe places from* 1.45 theyr darknesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light: hee increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: hee en∣largeth the Nations, and bringeth them in againe.
Hee taketh away the harts of them that* 1.46 are the cheefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the Wilder∣nesse, out of the way. &c.
Hee [also] giueth raine vpon the earth,* 1.47 & powreth downe water vpon the streets: hee setteth vp, on hie, them that be of lowe degree, and exalteth the sorrowfull to sal∣uation.
Hee scattereth the deuises of the craftie,* 1.48 so that theyr hands cannot accomplish that which they doe enterprise.
Yea, he taketh the wise in their craftines,* 1.49 and ouerthroweth the counsell of the wic∣ked. Insomuch, that they meete with dark∣nesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
Hee [also] putteth his hand vppon the Rocks, and ouerthroweth the Mountaines* 1.50 by the rootes: hee breaketh Riuers in the Rockes, and his eye seeth euerie precious thing: hee bindeth the floods that they doe not ouer-flowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
Hee it is that maketh poore, and hee it is* 1.51 that maketh rich: hee bringeth lowe, and hee exalteth.
Yea, hee (as Hannah sayth) raiseth vp* 1.52 the poore out of the dust, and lifteth the begger from the dunghill, to place them a∣mong Princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glorie. For the pillers of the earth (saith shee) are his, and hee hath sette the round world vpon them.
Behold now, saith the Almightie, for I,* 1.53 I am the Lord, and there is no Gods vvith mee, I kill, and giue life▪ I wound & make whole: and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand.
I destroy the tokens of the Soothsayers,* 1.54 and make them that coniecture, fooles: I turne the Wisemen backward, and make theyr knowledge foolishnes.
I forme the light, and create darknesse:* 1.55
I make peace, and create euill: I the Lord, (saith hee) doe all these things.
Our God is in heauen, faith Dauid, and* 1.56 he doth whatsoeuer pleaseth him.
The heauen is his seate, and the earth is* 1.57 his footestoole.
Hee remaineth for euer, his throne is* 1.58 frō generation to generation. * And there* 1.59 is no God like our God.
For hee▪ (as Salomon saith,) hath the* 1.60 power of life, and death; he leadeth down, euen to the gates of hell, and bringeth vp againe.
God that made the world, and all things* 1.61 that are therein, (saith the Apostle) seeing that he is Lord of heauen and earth, dwel∣leth not in Temples made with hands, nei∣ther is he worshipped with mens hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gi∣ueth to all, life and breath, and all things.
For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue* 1.62 our beeing.
Yea, hee, (as Plato saith) by his almighty* 1.63 power is in all things, and in euery part of the world, & by his prouidence, all things are preserued, gouerned, and moued: and
hee himselfe, is of none other, either moo∣ued or gouerned, but is the first incompre∣hensible mouer.
The eyes of all things, waite vpon him,* 1.64 and he giueth them theyr foode in due sea∣son: hee openeth his hand, and filleth with his blessing euery liuing thing.
But if he hide his face, they are troubled:* 1.65 if hee take away their breath, they die, and returne to their dust.
For in his hand, is the soule of euerie ly∣uing* 1.66 thing, and the breath of all mankind.
The earth, is the Lords, saith Dauid, and* 1.67 all that therein is, the world is his, and so are all they that dwell therein.
Prosperitie and aduersitie, life and death,* 1.68 pouertie and riches, come of the Lorde: Wisedome, and knowledge, and vnder∣standing of the Lawe, are all of the Lord: loue and good workes come of him.
For hee only is the Authour of all good∣nesse,* 1.69 and the giuer of all good gifts.
Yea, euery good and perfect gift, as Saint* 1.70 Iames saith, is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whō is no variablenesse, neyther shadowe by turning.
For the diuine nature and substance of* 1.71 God, suffereth neither change nor end, be∣cause, as Aristotle truly sayth, it is both im∣mutable and infinite.
To come to preferment also, is neyther* 1.72 from the East, nor from the West, nor yet from the South: but the Lorde (as Dauid saith) is the Iudge, hee putteth downe whō he will, and hee setteth vp whom hee plea∣seth.
It is the Lorde that giueth, and it is the* 1.73 Lord that taketh away: euen as it pleaseth the Lord, so commeth things to passe.
VVe read in the second booke of chro∣nicles that when Asa, King of Iudah, was* 1.74 vrged to giue battaile against an Armie of tenne hundred thousand Ethiopians, first, before he beganne the fight, hee made his humble supplication to the Almighty; and in his prayer, (to shewe that the conquest consisted not in the great companie of his enemies souldiers, but only in the might & power of him that made both heauen and earth,) he said: Help vs, ô Lord our God: It is nothing with thee, to saue with manie or with no power; helpe vs, ô Lorde our
God, for we rest on thee, and in thy Name, (saith hee) are wee come against this multi∣tude.
Ionathan likewise, venturing by stealth* 1.75 to set vppon the Philistians garison at vna∣wares, and beeing accompanied with none but onely his Armor bearer, for his better encouragement he told him, that it was not hard with the Lord, to saue with many, or with few.
For the victorie of the battell, dependeth* 1.76 not on the many thousands that are in the host, but the strength commeth from hea∣uen.
And is onely at his pleasure to be dispo∣sed, whose power, as * Iudith saith, stan∣deth* 1.77 not in the multitude of Souldiers, nor his might in strong men.
As may more at large be perceiued, by reading the happy successe, which folowed the enterprises, of the aforesaide King Asa, and Ionathan the Sonne of Saule, against theyr enemies.
Another example also, concerning the power of Almightie God in this poynt, is set downe in the booke of Iudges; where* 1.78 Gedion beeing appointed by the Lord, to
goe & fight against the Midianites, (which were so mightie an host, that as the Text sayth, they lay in the valley like a company of Grashoppers, and theyr Cammels were without number, as is the sand by the Sea∣side for multitude,) mustred vp an Armie* 1.79 of thirty two thousand men. And when he had done thus, the Lord God called vnto him, and said; Gedion, the people that are with thee, are too many for me to giue the Midianites into theyr handes, least Israell make their vaunt against me, & say, Mine hand hath saued me. Now therefore, (saith the most Mightie) proclaime in the audi∣ence of the people, and say; Whosoeuer he be that is timerous, or fearefull, let him re∣turne, and depart. Then saith the Text, there departed of the people twentie two thousand, and ten thousand remained.
And the Lord called againe vnto Gedi∣on, and sayd; The people are yet too ma∣nie, bring them therefore downe vnto the water, & I will try them for thee there: and of whom I say vnto thee, this man shal goe with thee, the same shall goe with thee, and of whomsoeuer I say vnto thee, this man shall not goe with thee, the same shall not goe. So Gedion, according as he was com∣maunded,
brought downe the people to the water, and the Lord said vnto him: As many as thou shalt see to lap the water with theyr tongues, as a dogge lappeth, put thē by themselues, and euery one that shal bow downe on his knees to drinke, put them likewise apart.
Now, among those tenne thousand that came to the water to drink, there was found but onely three hundred which lapped the vvater, by putting their handes to theyr mouthes; by which 300. men, God most miraculously saued Israel, & deliuered the Midianites into their hands.
So that both by this example, & the for∣mer, that sentence of our Sauiour is verifi∣ed, where hee sayth: * The things which* 1.80 are vnpossible with men, are possible with GOD.
And surelie, (as Plato sayth) hee alone is* 1.81 most worthy to be taken for a God, which is not onely a Creator, but also a Preseruer, a Sauiour, a Comforter, and a Deliuerer in time of neede.
I knowe, (saith Dauid) that the Lord is* 1.82 great, and that our God is aboue all Gods: Whatsoeuer pleased him, that did hee, in
heauen, and in earth, in the Sea, and in all the deepes.
He hath made the earth by his power, &* 1.83 established the world by his wisedom, and hath stretched out the heauens by his dis∣cretion: he giueth by his voyce, the multi∣tude of waters in the heauen, & he causeth▪ the clowdes to ascend from the ends of the earth: hee turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth forth the windes out of his trea∣sures.
Hee giueth peace and prosperitie vnto* 1.84 such as serue him, and sendeth trouble and aduersitie, to thē that disobey him: hee lif∣teth to honour whō hee liketh, & bringeth to base estate whom hee pleaseth: he ma∣keth manifest his might on whom he will, by what meanes hee will, and at what time hee will, no man beeing able to withstand his power.
For when hee giueth quietnes, who can* 1.85 make trouble? Or, whē he hideth his face, who can behold him? whether it be vpon whole Nations, or vpon one man onelie?
VVith the Lorde our God also, and in* 1.86 his only power, (as Peter Martir affirmeth) it resteth to pardon our offences, and for∣giue
vs our sinnes.
For who is hee, (as the Scribes said vnto* 1.87 Christ) that can forgiue sinnes, but GOD onely.
No man, as Saint Ambrose saith, can be* 1.88 partner with God, in forgiuing of sinnes: for it is Christes onely office▪ that hath ta∣ken away the sinnes of the whole world.
Yea, it appertaineth onely vnto GOD, (faith he) to forgiue sinnes, and to giue the holy Ghost: hee alone forgiueth sinnes, which alone died for our sinnes.
Also; that the Lorde might euidentlie* 1.89 shewe, (saith S. Augustine) that sinnes be forgiuen by the holy Ghost, (whō he hath giuen vnto his faithfull, & not by the mer∣rites of men;) hee sayth in a certaine place, Take * yee the holy Ghost: and straight∣way* 1.90 after these words vttered▪ hee said this saying; If yee forgiue any man his sinnes, they are forgiuen. That is, the holy Ghost forgiueth, and not you.
Besides, this poynt may be further proo∣ued, by the speech of Almighty God him∣selfe, where speaking by the mouth of his Prophet vnto Israell, he saith; I, euen I am* 1.91 he, ô Israel, that putteth away thine iniqui∣ties
for mine owne sake, and will not re∣member thy sinnes any more.
Againe; I haue put away thy transgres∣sions* 1.92 (ô Israel) like a clowde, and thy sinnes as a mist, (saith the most mercifull,) turne vnto me, for I haue redeemed thee.
Againe; I am the Lorde thy God (ô Is∣rael)* 1.93 from the Land of Egipt, & thou shalt knowe no God but me: for there is no Sa∣uiour besides me.
Also; sundry times may be found in the booke of Psalmes, with what thankfulnes the Prophet Dauid confesseth the pardon of all his sinnes to proceede onely from the mercy of his Maker: As namely amongst the rest, in the 103. psalme, where he saith:* 1.94 Praise the Lord, ô my soule, and forget not all his benefites, which forgiueth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities, which re∣deemeth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy & louing kind∣nesse.
Moreouer; there is, as the Apostle affir∣meth,* 1.95 one Law-giuer, which is able to saue, and to destroy.
And that Law-giuer is God, vnto whō, as Iob saith, it * certainly appertaineth, to* 1.96
say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.
Blessed therefore, and most happy is hee,* 1.97 whose wickednesse is forgiuen, and whose sinne is couered.
Yea, blessed is the man, (as the Psalmist* 1.98 saith) vnto whom the Lord [our GOD] imputeth not iniquitie.
The Lord our God, is terrible, and verie* 1.99 great, saith Sirach, and meruailous is his al∣mightie power.
He is to be feared aboue all Gods; for all* 1.100 the Gods of the Heathen are Idols and va∣nitie; but the Lord [our God] made the heauens.
Hee is the liuing God, & an euerlasting* 1.101 King. At his anger the earth shall tremble, and the Nations cannot abide his wrath.
For, who can stand (as Nahum saith)* 1.102 before the wrath of the Lord? or who can abide in the fiercenesse of his wrath? His wrath is powred out like fire, and the rocks are broken by him?
Yea, the pillers of heauen, tremble and quake at his reproofe: the sea also is made* 1.103 calme by his power, and by his vnderstan∣ding he smiteth the pride thereof.
Behold, as Sirach saith, the heauen; yea,* 1.104 the heauen of all heauens, which are for God, the deepe, the earth, & all that there∣in is, shall be moued when he shall visite.
All the world, which is created & made* 1.105 by his will, the mountaines also, & the foun∣dations of the earth, shall shake for feare, (saith hee) when the Lord looketh vppon them.
And, this whole speech of Sirach, (in ef∣fect,) is likewise further witnessed, by the wordes of God himselfe, in the prophecie of Esay, where speaking in prayse of his owne power, hee saith: Behold, at my re∣buke* 1.106 I dry vp the Sea, I make the floods desert, their fish rotteth for water, & dieth for thirst▪ I clothe (saith hee) the heauens with darknesse, and make a sacke theyr co∣uering.
And for some proofe of his power, ac∣cording to the tenure of this speech, vvee finde, that his might was sufficientlie made manifest by example, when hee sent such a * palpable darknesse ouer all the Land of* 1.107 Egypt, (the place where the children of Is∣raell dwelt onely excepted,) that for the space of three dayes, no man could see an∣other,
neither could any one rise vp, from the place where he was.
He also by his power, after this, parted in sunder the Red-sea, and made the waters* 1.108 thereof to stande like two walls, and a path of dry ground to appeare in the middest, whiles all his people had safe passage, from the furie of Pharao and his mightie host, which speedily pursued after them, to their owne destruction.
Moreouer, the Lord our God, in the last booke of Moises, both to terrifie the rage of Tyrants, & comfort in calamities as ma∣ny as put their confidence in him, vttereth this fearefull menace following, against all the wilful contemners of his power & glo∣rie, saying: * If I whet my glittering sword,* 1.109 and my hand take holde on iudgement, I will execute vengeance on mine aduersa∣ries, and will reward them that hate me: I will make my arrowes drunke with blood, and my sword shall eate flesh, for the blood of the slaine, and of the captiues, when I be∣gin to take vengeance on the enemy.
And, to make yet a little more manifest the might of our God, and his preuailing power against the disturbers of his peoples
peace, the Prophet Dauid, (after his victo∣ries obtained, in foure great battailes which* 1.110 hee had with the Philistians) declareth the same most pithilie in the second booke of Samuell, by the description of a tempest, saying; In my * trouble did I cal vpon the* 1.111 Lord, and cry to my God, and hee heard my voyce out of his Temple, and my cry did enter into his eares.
Then the earth trembled & quaked, the* 1.112 foundations of the heauens mooued and shooke, because hee was angry: Smoake went out of his nostrils, & consuming fire out of his mouth, coales vvere kindled therat. He bowed the heauens also, & came downe, and darknesse was vnder his feete: He rode vpon the Cherub and did flie, and he was seene vppon the wings of the wind. He made darknes a Tabernacle rounde a∣bout him, with waters gathered together in thicke clowdes.
At the brightnesse of his presence, the coales of fire were kindled: the Lord thun∣dred from heauen, & the most High gaue his voyce: hee shot arrowes and scattered them, to wit, he sent lightning & destroyed them. The chanels also of the Sea appea∣red, and the foundations of the world were
discouered, by reason of the rebuking of the Lord, & thorow the blast of the breath of his nostrils. &c.
By the which speech of the Prophet, & sundry other like precedent places to this purpose, euery Christian Reader may in∣differently perceiue the power of his Pre∣seruer: and by often contemplating the same, be the better encouraged, (according to the example of holy Ieremie) boldlie to confesse his Makers almightines, saying: There * is none like vnto thee, ô Lord our* 1.113 God, thou onely art great, and thy Name is great in power.
VVho woulde not feare thee, ô King of* 1.114 Nations? For vnto thee appertaineth the dominion. Among all the Wisemen of the Gentiles, and in all theyr Kingdoms there is none like thee, but altogether they doate and are foolish. For the stock is a doctrine of vanitie.
But thou (ô Lorde) hast euer had great strength & might, and who can withstand* 1.115 the power of thine arme? For as the small thing that the ballance wayeth, so is the world before thee; and as a droppe of the
morning dewe, that falleth downe vppon the ground.
Thine ô Lord, is greatnes, & power, and* 1.116 glory, and victory, and prayse: for all that is in heauen and in earth is thine.
Both riches & honour come of thee, and* 1.117 thou raignest ouer all: In thine hande also is power and might, and in thine hand it is to make great, & to giue strength vnto all.
Psal, 93, 11,
Psal, 113, 5,
Psal, 104, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Iere, 31. 35,
Psal, 113, 4,
Psal, 103, 19
Lactantius.
Iob, 26, 10,
Cicero.
Baruch, 3, 35
Baruch, 3, 32
Mar. Bucer.
Dan, 6, 26,
verse, 27,
Baruch, 3, 33
verse, 34.
Amos, 4, 13▪
Nahum, 1, 3
Psal, 104, 32
Esay, 40, 22,
verse, 23, 24.
Iob▪ 9, 4,
verse, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Iob, 9, 10. 11, 12,
Esay, 40, 17
Psalm, 95, 3, 4, 5,
Esay, 40, 28, 29,
Nehe, 9, 6,
2, Esdr. 6, 6.
Psal, 50, 12.
Ierem, 27, 5,
Iere, 27, 6, 7.
Dan, 5, 19.
verse, 20, 21,
1, Sam, 9, 21
1, Sam, 15, 28.
Psal, 145, 3. and 147, 5,
Dan, 2, 20, 21, 22.
2, Sam, 22, 32.
Iob, 12, 13, 14.
verse, 15.
verse, 16,
verse, 17, 18, 19.
verse, 20, 21,
verse. 22, 23
verse, 24,
Iob, 5, 10, 11,
verse, 12,
verse, 13, 14
Iob, 28, 9, 10, 11,
1, Sam. 2, 7.
verse, 8.
Deut. 32, 39
Esay. 44. 25,
Esay, 45, 7.
Psal. 115. 3,
Esay, 66. 1.
Lam. 5, 19.
1. Sam. 2, 2.
Wisd, 16. 13
Acts, 17, 24, 25.
verse, 28.
Plato.
Psalm, 145. 15, 16.
Psalm. 104, 29.
Iob, 12. 10.
Psal. 24. 1,
Ecclus, 11, 14, 15.
Hermes.
Iames. 1. 17.
Aristotle.
Psalm, 75. 6, 7.
Iob, 1, 21,
2. Chron. 14 9, 10, 11.
1. Sam. 14, 6
1. Mac. 3. 19.
Iudith. 9, 11.
Iudges. 7, 12
Iuges. 7. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Luke. 18, 27
Plato.
Psal. 135. ••. 6.
Ierem. 10. 12, 13.
Aeneus Sil∣uius.
Iob, 34, 29▪
Pet. M••r. ••
Mark, 2, 7.
Ambrose.
Augustine.
Iohn, 20, 22, 23.
Esay, 43, 25,
Esay, 44. 22.
Hosea, 13. 4.
Psalm, 103. 2. 3. 4.
Iames. 412,
Iob, 3431.
Psalm, 32, 1,
verse, 2.
Eccl{us}. 43, 29
Psal, ••6. 4, 5,
Iere. 10. 10.
Nahum. 1, 6.
Iob 26. 11. 12.
Eccl{us}. 16, 18
verse, 19
Esay, 50, 2, 3
Exod, 10, 22 23,
Exod, 14. 16. &c.
Deu. 32, 41. 42.
2, Sam, 2••.
2. Sam. 22. 7.
verse, 8, 9. 10, 11. &c.
Ierem, 10, 6,
verse. 7, 8.
Wisd. 11. 18, 19.
1. Chro. 29, 11.
1. Chro. 29, 12.