A brief commentary upon the CIII Psalme with the severall axiomes or doctrines therein conteined [sic], and uses thereupon inferred.

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Title: A brief commentary upon the CIII Psalme with the severall axiomes or doctrines therein conteined [sic], and uses thereupon inferred.
Author: Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.
Publication: London :: Printed by M.F. for Timothy Garthwaite,; 1649.
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Subject terms: Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms CIII -- Commentaries.
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2 Doctrine. David hence exhorts to blesse God.

So doth he often in this book of Psalmes. See onely Psal. 148. where by the same fi∣gure he exhorts to praise God for the argu∣ments, which the sunne, moone, starres &c. afford.

For 1 Blessing God is a duty in it self most excellent. See vers. 1. Doctr. 1. & vers. 21. Doctr. 3.

2 The arguments taken from the creatures have great and evident force, as was shewed in the precedent Doctrine.

Uses.

Onely see here the chief use to which the consideration of the creatures is to be refer∣red, viz. that observing the excellency and

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beneficence of God shining forth in them, we may thence gather arguments of returning praise and thanks to Him. That this is the principall use, appeares, because so they are directly and immediately referred to the glo∣ry of God, which is the chief end of the cre∣ation, Prov. 16.4.

This reproves 1 Such as do not take occa∣sion from the creatures to blesse God. What ever they can pretend, their excuse will be vaine: but certainly they can with no colour pretend want of arguments. For seeing all the works of God in all places of His domi∣nion afford many arguments; and His domi∣nion extends over all the world, so that there is no place within the whole circumference of the heavens, wherein there is not something created by God: therefore wheresoever a man is or can be, he can not want arguments round about him (beside those within him∣self) to blesse God.

2 Much more such as, in the middest of their prosperity, abounding with Gods crea∣tures serving for the necessity and pleasure of this life, yet do not praise God, or give Him thanks for them, but forget both the Creatour and the Giver of them.

3 Such as abuse the creatures to the disho∣nour of God, by pride, luxury, oppression &c.

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4 Who from some creatures draw argu∣ments of murmuring against God.

But let us (as David here by the Apostro∣phe intends) be exhorted to draw arguments of blessing God, from all His works in all places of His dominion.

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