x Hee promiseth himselfe assured helpe and deliuerance from God. u He professeth his trust and confidence in God. s In regard of his malicious and euill affected Aduersaries * that they might not haue longer or further cause of joy and triumph in his ouerthrow, as hauing now without all helpe or hope of reco∣uery, gotten the vpper hand of him.Īnd there is thirdly t a cheerefull and a com∣fortable * Conclusion, wherein as recollecting him∣selfe, and controlling the voice of sense with the voice of Faith m of temporall death, (that is vsually tearmed n a Sleepe and is nothing indeed but o a Sleepe longer than vsuall yea in some sort p a perpetuall Sleepe, because to continue q as long as the world la∣steth:) that r hee might not die in this distressed * and discomfortable estate.Ģ. l of dying eternally, of being euerlastingly damned: but …eath of griefe and despaire though that be said too to be a kinde of Death and 6 maketh a mans life oft no better, yea more bitter than Death: nor yet as others.h In regard of himselfe, that hee sleepe not in * death: not meant, as some thinke, of i sleeping in Sinne though k Sinne in Scripture be oft compa∣red to Sleepe no He addeth some Reasons why he desireth and requireth God thus to heare and regard him. g Hee requesteth * God that he would * Behold and heare that hee would vouchsafe to regard him, and turne his face againe towards him, and not send him away, inau∣dita querelà, vnheard and vnanswered.Ģ. There is secondly f an humble suit and request * commenced by him to God, and conceiued in three distinct parts, answering the three branches of his former complaint. e In regard of his aduersaries who tooke occasion thereby to triumph and insult ouer him. d In regard of himselfe, by meanes thereof driuen to his shifts, and in a manner at his wits end. c In regard of God who seemed not to re∣gard him. There is first b a grieuous complaint of his pre∣sent * condition propounded by way of expostu∣lation * The Psalme consisteth of three principall Parts. THIS Psalme, as appeareth by the * whole tenour of it, was composed by the Prophet DAVID during the time of some grieuous and tedious temporall affliction and that ac∣companied also (as may seeme) with some spirituall desertion.Īnd it may well for the subiect matter of it be * tearmedĪ DAVIDS Remembrancer as being penned by him for this end, to put God in minde of him, and of his present forlorne and di∣stressed estate. ![]() How long, O Lord? Wilt thou forget mee for euer? How long wilt thou hide thy face away from me?
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