Preached at S. Pauls, May 8, 1625

              preached at S pauls mag may M 8 JJ 62 5 the T first arfrrf of 0 the prebend of cheswicks Cheswicks five psaltes psalmes Psalmes which five are appointed for that prebend as there are five other for every other of our thirty prebendaries Preben daries PSAL 62.9 629 629 SURELY MEN OF LOW DEGREEARE DEGREE ARE dre VANITY AND MEN OF HIGH DEGREE wrea AREA wreh dre ARE A LIE TO BEE LAID IN THE BALANCE THEY dre ARE arealtogether altogether LIGHTER THEN VANITY E CONSIDER the dignity of the booke of psalmes psaltes Ps almes either in W WEthewholebodytogether orintheparticular limmes dimmes and distribution thereof of the whole body it may be enough to tell you that which S basil saith that if all the other bookes of scripture could perish there remained enough in the booke of psalmes psaltes for the supply of all and therefore he cals it amuletum Amuletum ad profili profli gandum dcemonem any psalme psalmo is exorcisme enough to expell eppell any devill charme enough to remove any tentation enchantment enough to ease nay to sweeten any tribulation it is abundantly enough that our saviour christ himselfe himselfe cites the psaltes psalmes Psalmes not onely as canonicall canonicals Canonicall scripture but as a particular and entire and noble limme of that body all must be fulfilled of me saith he which is written in the law in the prophets and in the psaltes psalmes Psalmes the law alone was the sadducee sadduces Sadduces scripture they received no more the law and the prophets were especially the scribes scripture they interpreted that the christians scripture in the old testament is especially the psaltes psalmes Psalmes for except the prophecy of esay be admitted into the comparison no booke of the old testament is so like a gospel so particular in all things concerning christ as the psaltes psalmes Psalmes 1