PSAL.
90.
12.
Teach
vs
so
to
number
our
dayes
,
that
we
may
applie
our
hearts
vnto
wisedome
.
THIS
Psalme
was
endited
by
Moses
the
man
of
This
text
,
I
say
,
is
a
prayer
.
And
whereas
there
be
foure
sorts
of
prayer
Teach
vs
:
secondly
in
this
particular
,
to
number
our
dayes
:
thirdly
to
this
end
,
that
we
may
apply
our
hearts
vnto
wisedome
.
The
request
of
teaching
implieth
ignorance
in
the
petitioner
,
and
the
acknowledging
thereof
by
consequence
.
For
the
sluggard
which
is
I
haue
learned
of
Zophar
the
Naamathite
,
that
vaine
man
would
Seeing
then
the
naturall
man
vnderstandeth
not
the
things
that
are
of
Wherefore
to
preuent
this
daunger
,
Dauid
had
need
to
haue
Nathan
Wherfore
Almighty
God
for
the
singular
loue
which
he
beareth
to
mankind
,
hath
furnished
al
ages
with
skilfull
and
sound
teachers
.
For
example
,
before
the
floud
,
after
Adam
the
monarch
of
the
whole
earth
(
by
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
by
long
experience
The
euer
liuing
God
(
the
number
There
is
to
be
obserued
in
reading
of
the
Scriptures
and
ecclesiasticall
Histories
,
a
diuine
Arithmeticke
,
or
arithmeticall
Diuinitie
:
whereby
we
may
be
the
better
armed
in
all
encounters
against
the
Romanist
,
the
Iew
,
the
Atheist
,
and
the
tentations
of
the
diuell
.
Against
the
Romanist
:
because
the
man
of
sinne
is
manifestly
discouered
,
by
the
true
vnderstanding
of
the
three
numerall
Characters
mentioned
in
the
booke
of
of
the
Reuelation
.
-
Ro
ר
200
-
M
מ
40
-
A
ע
70
-
N
נ
50
-
V
ו
6
-
S
ש
300
And
thereby
it
is
implyed
,
that
Romanus
,
or
a
man
of
Rome
,
should
be
the
name
of
Antichrist
.
Against
the
Iew
denying
the
Messias
to
be
come
as
yet
,
we
may
be
fortified
by
the
right
vnderstanding
of
Daniels
70.
weekes
:
that
is
,
490.
years
Darius
No-thus
the
king
of
Persia
,
vnto
the
destruction
of
Ierusalem
,
made
by
Titus
in
the
second
yeare
of
his
father
Vespasian
.
Against
the
Atheist
we
are
the
better
prepared
,
if
we
haue
at
our
fingers
end
an
exact
and
perfect
supputation
of
the
number
of
the
yeares
of
the
world
,
from
the
beginning
thereof
vntil
this
present
time
.
Namely
,
from
the
Creation
to
Noës
floud
,
1656.
yeares
:
from
the
floud
till
Abrahams
departure
out
of
Haran
a
citie
in
Mesopotamia
,
427.
From
thence
to
the
giuing
of
the
Lawe
in
mount
Sinai
,
430.
From
that
time
to
the
building
of
Salomons
temple
,
480.
thenceforth
to
the
captiuitie
of
Babylon
,
408.
then
to
their
returne
home
againe
,
70.
and
from
their
returne
to
the
birth
of
Christ
,
457.
From
the
Natiuitie
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
vntill
this
present
day
,
1595.
complete
and
vpward
.
But
that
branch
of
Arithmeticke
,
wherby
we
should
make
supputation
of
the
yeares
to
come
to
the
end
of
the
world
,
is
closed
vp
in
the
brest
or
secret
of
the
all-sufficient
,
and
al-knowing
God
.
For
,
of
that
day
and
houre
knoweth
no
man
,
no
not
the
Angels
And
we
shall
be
the
better
able
to
stand
vpright
against
the
tentations
of
the
diuell
,
when
we
are
painefully
exercised
in
numbring
of
our
dayes
:
I
meane
,
not
the
bare
numbring
of
the
years
of
our
life
after
the
account
of
the
Church
booke
,
be
they
20
,
40
,
60
,
70
,
more
or
lesse
:
but
in
deepely
Assuredly
when
I
looke
backe
to
the
seauen
liberall
sciences
,
and
consider
in
them
as
in
all
other
things
els
Ib.
vers.
6.
who
were
iust
before
God
,
and
walked
in
all
the
commaundements
and
ordinances
of
the
Lord
without
reproofe
.
I
esteeme
him
the
best
Logician
,
which
bendeth
the
fist
against
impietie
and
iniquitie
:
making
strong
Syllogismes
against
all
tentations
or
assaults
of
the
world
with
the
pompe
thereof
,
of
the
flesh
with
al
her
allurements
,
and
of
Sathan
with
all
his
sleights
;
being
armed
with
the
shield
to
the
12.
Christ
in
the
Gospell
of
Mathew
.
He
is
in
mine
opinion
,
the
best
Rhetorician
,
who
if
he
be
eloquent
,
is
therewithal
mightie
in
the
Scriptures
as
Apollos
was
:
spending
his
eloquence
Him
do
I
iudge
the
best
Geometrician
,
who
ordereth
all
his
doings
in
measure
,
number
and
weight
,
by
I
count
him
the
best
Astronomer
,
who
by
the
view
of
the
host
of
heauen
,
can
(
Gods
spirit
directing
him
)
Ib.
vers.
12.
from
vs
.
I
reckon
them
the
best
Musitians
,
which
speake
to
themselues
in
Psalmes
And
vndoubtedly
they
are
the
best
Arithmeticians
,
whom
God
hath
taught
to
number
their
dayes
in
such
sort
,
that
they
may
apply
their
hearts
vnto
wisedome
.
The
mind
of
man
is
the
dwelling
place
of
vnderstanding
:
and
the
heart
of
man
is
the
seat
of
the
affections
.
Now
it
sufficeth
not
that
the
knowledge
of
goodnesse
be
swimming
or
floating
in
the
braine
,
vnlesse
the
affection
of
godlinesse
be
setled
in
the
heart
.
For
of
the
aboundance
of
the
Ib.
ver.
37.
1.
Cor.
15.
33
corrupting
good
manners
,
whereby
thou
shalt
deserue
to
be
condemned
.
Out
of
the
heart
(
I
meane
the
corrupt
Simon
Magus
But
on
the
other
side
,
the
end
of
the
commaundement
is
loue
out
of
Now
if
it
be
demaunded
what
true
wisedome
is
,
it
may
out
of
Moses
be
briefly
defined
,
The
vnderstanding
and
obseruing
of
Gods
commaundements
.
For
these
be
the
wordes
of
Moses
in
his
exhortation
Wherefore
,
though
a
man
were
as
well
experienced
and
worldly
politicke
as
Achitophel
,
whose
aduice
Heman
,
Chalcol
and
Darda
,
the
sons
of
Mahol
;
excelling
also
in
wisdome
them
of
Tyrus
,
which
deemed
them
to
the
18.
or
bow
downe
his
bodie
to
the
worship
of
Imagerie
:
or
take
the
name
of
the
lord
his
God
in
vain
:
or
prophane
the
Lords
day
:
or
if
contrarie
to
the
rule
of
charitie
contained
in
the
second
Table
of
the
Decalogue
,
he
dishonour
the
parents
of
his
life
by
procreation
,
or
the
parents
of
his
countrie
by
office
,
against
the
first
Commaundement
:
or
if
he
do
wrong
to
his
neighbour
in
his
owne
person
,
breaking
the
sixth
Commandement
;
Thou
shalt
not
kill
:
or
in
the
persons
of
those
of
his
familie
,
transgressing
the
seuenth
Commandement
;
Thou
shalt
not
commit
adulterie
:
or
in
his
goods
,
violating
the
eighth
Commaundement
;
Thou
shalt
not
steale
:
or
in
his
good
name
,
preiudicing
the
ninth
Commandement
;
Thou
shalt
not
beare
false
witnesse
against
thy
neighbour
:
or
if
he
haue
in
his
mind
any
lewde
cogitation
or
wandering
conceipt
,
offending
against
the
tenth
Commaundement
;
Thou
shalt
not
couet
thy
neighbours
house
,
neither
shalt
thou
couet
thy
neighbours
wife
,
nor
his
man-seruant
,
nor
his
mayde
,
nor
his
oxe
,
nor
his
asse
,
nor
any
thing
that
is
thy
neighbours
.
Saule
may
thinke
himselfe
politicke
and
wise
in
making
supplication
to
the
Lord
,
by
offering
a
burnt
offering
in
Gilgal
,
when
he
seeth
the
people
scattered
from
him
before
the
battell
against
the
Philistims
:
but
then
he
must
heare
Samuel
to
take
him
vp
But
Dauid
being
a
man
after
Gods
Ib.
vers.
72.
mouth
is
better
vnto
me
,
then
thousands
of
gold
and
siluer
.
Thy
statutes
Ib.
vers.
54.
haue
bene
my
songs
in
the
house
of
my
pilgrimage
.
I
haue
seene
an
end
Ib.
ver.
96.
to
the
107.
of
all
perfection
,
but
thy
commaundement
is
exceeding
large
:
oh
,
how
loue
I
thy
law
?
it
is
my
meditation
continually
.
By
thy
commaundements
thou
hast
made
me
wiser
then
mine
enemies
:
for
they
are
euer
with
me
.
I
haue
had
more
vnderstanding
then
all
my
teachers
:
for
thy
testimonies
are
my
meditation
.
I
vnderstood
more
then
the
auncient
,
because
I
kept
thy
precepts
.
I
haue
refrained
my
feete
from
euery
euill
way
,
that
I
might
keepe
thy
word
.
I
haue
not
declined
from
thy
iudgements
:
for
thou
didst
teach
me
.
How
sweet
are
thy
promises
vnto
my
mouth
?
yea
more
then
hony
vnto
my
mouth
.
By
thy
precepts
I
haue
gotten
vnderstanding
,
therfore
I
hate
all
the
waies
of
falsehood
.
Thy
word
is
a
lanterne
vnto
my
feete
,
and
a
light
vnto
my
path
.
I
haue
sworne
and
will
performe
it
,
that
I
will
keepe
thy
righteous
iudgements
.
Thus
we
ought
by
Dauids
example
to
apply
our
hearts
vnto
wisedome
.
Howbeit
harkening
what
is
done
abroad
in
the
world
,
I
heare
of
many
which
badly
number
their
yeares
that
they
may
apply
their
hearts
vnto
folly
,
as
they
did
in
Esaies
time
.
For
when
the
Prophets
put
men
in
mind
of
their
mortalitie
,
threatning
them
with
hastie
destruction
,
except
they
would
bring
foorth
speedy
repentance
,
then
the
sensuall
and
licentious
But
the
same
Princely
Prophet
vpon
sounder
aduise
,
at
another
time
played
the
part
of
a
better
Arithmetitian
in
this
point
of
numbring
his
dayes
.
For
considering
that
he
and
Iacob
also
rightly
numbred
the
Samuel
likewise
cast
a
right
account
Moreouer
Polycarpus
the
Bishop
Beside
this
,
in
ciuill
policy
the
Lacedaemonians
We
were
once
We
are
such
men
,
make
triall
if
you
dare
.
And
in
the
third
Pageant
came
the
boyes
with
great
signe
of
militarie
towardnes
,
saying
:
We
shall
be
one
day
farre
more
strong
and
valiant
.
And
surely
considering
the
termes
wherin
we
stand
at
this
time
,
it
is
meet
for
euery
man
to
fall
a
numbring
his
yeares
,
that
he
may
exactly
know
what
place
of
seruice
is
assigned
vnto
him
for
the
defence
of
the
Realme
,
according
to
the
Greeke
verse
:
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
Which
by
some
hath
bene
Latined
backward
thus
:
Vota
senum
,
consulta
virorum
,
&
facta
iuuentae
.
As
if
I
should
say
in
plaine
English
,
Let
yong
men
be
valiant
in
action
,
let
men
of
middle
age
be
wise
in
consultation
,
and
let
old
men
be
deuout
in
prayer
,
for
the
good
successe
of
the
warres
either
defensiue
or
offensiue
against
the
common
enemies
of
this
Church
,
and
common
wealth
.
But
commending
the
war-causes
to
Gods
prouidence
,
the
wisedome
of
the
Councell
boord
,
and
the
valour
of
them
that
professe
Armes
,
and
to
speake
of
manners
meete
to
be
exercised
in
the
times
both
of
warre
and
peace
;
regarding
aswell
the
number
of
our
yeares
past
,
as
also
the
breuitie
,
frailtie
,
and
vncertainty
of
the
yeares
to
come
:
let
vs
consider
one
Ib.
vers.
13.
to
day
,
lest
any
of
you
be
hardened
through
the
deceiptfulnesse
of
sinne
.
Boast
not
thy selfe
of
to
morow
:
for
to
the
14.
their
lampes
at
the
entrance
of
the
bridegroome
into
the
wedding
roome
,
could
neuer
after
that
obtaine
fauour
to
haue
the
doores
opened
vnto
them
.
And
when
as
Esau
to
the
end
.
had
once
sold
his
birth-right
for
a
messe
of
red
pottage
,
and
a
morsell
of
bread
;
ye
know
how
that
afterward
also
when
he
would
haue
inherited
the
blessing
,
he
was
reiected
:
For
he
found
no
place
to
repentance
,
though
Children
vpon
this
point
of
numbring
their
yeares
,
may
enter
into
meditation
thus
:
This
age
of
ours
is
meetest
to
be
Catechised
:
that
which
is
now
taught
,
is
soonest
receiued
and
longest
kept
.
We
know
what
we
are
to
learne
by
that
which
is
inioyned
others
to
teach
vs
:
for
Moses
requireth
the
The
young
man
which
is
in
the
prime
of
his
age
,
and
the
vigour
of
his
strength
,
may
(
in
the
numbring
of
his
dayes
)
discourse
thus
with
himselfe
:
Though
I
be
now
young
and
liuely
,
fresh
and
gallant
;
yet
I
haue
often
heard
it
vttered
out
of
the
pulpit
,
and
I
beleeue
it
to
be
true
,
That
al
Pind.
Pyt.
Od.
8.
me
,
yet
I
consider
that
fauor
is
deceiptfull
,
and
beautie
is
vanitie
.
I
thinke
my selfe
now
quicke
witted
:
but
I
may
liue
till
the
yeares
of
dotage
,
Ib.
vers.
29.
30.
pillars
,
in
the
ouerthrow
whereof
there
perished
the
Princes
of
the
Philistims
,
and
others
of
that
vncircumcised
race
to
the
number
of
three
thousand
:
yet
the
brawne
of
these
my
puissant
armes
will
one
day
fall
away
,
and
the
keepers
of
the
house
Ib.
vers
.
●
.
shall
be
a
burden
.
What
if
I
be
now
sharpe
sighted
as
an
eagle
?
certainely
hereafter
they
that
looke
out
by
the
windowes
(
that
is
,
the
eyes
)
will
waxe
darke
,
and
call
for
helpe
of
the
spectacles
.
And
if
I
were
as
speedy
on
foot
as
Asahel
,
who
was
as
swift
as
Ib.
vers
.
4.
lippes
or
mouth
)
shall
be
shut
without
by
the
base
sound
of
the
grinding
,
when
the
iawes
shall
scarce
open
,
and
not
be
able
to
chew
any
more
.
The
vse
of
musicke
seemeth
now
very
pleasant
,
but
one
day
shall
al
the
daughters
of
singing
be
abased
:
that
is
,
the
wind-pipes
shall
not
be
able
to
do
their
office
,
nor
the
eares
be
apt
to
heare
the
sound
either
of
voice
or
of
instrument
:
witnesse
the
example
of
Barzillai
the
Gileadite
,
who
And
I
am
not
the
first
that
shal
beginne
this
course
:
for
many
haue
troden
the
same
path
before
me
:
namely
,
Moses
,
who
from
his
youth
(
after
They
that
are
past
their
ful
growth
and
are
come
to
the
standing
state
of
their
age
,
may
in
numbring
their
yeares
which
be
spent
,
and
considering
their
condition
present
,
reason
thus
if
it
please
them
:
Howsoeuer
we
forgot
our selues
in
the
ignorance
of
our
childhood
,
and
the
vanitie
of
our
youth
;
yet
this
age
of
ours
requireth
other
manners
.
It
is
sufficient
that
we
haue
bestowed
the
time
passed
of
the
Let
me
now
come
to
the
most
reuerend
age
of
my
most
deare
and
dread
Soueraign
,
who
hath
(
I
doubt
not
)
learned
to
number
her
yeares
,
that
she
may
apply
her
hart
vnto
wisdome
.
And
therefore
I
conceiue
in
mind
,
that
in
her
soliloquia
or
priuate
meditations
,
she
frameth
her
speech
in
this
wise
:
Remember
not
the
sinnes
of
my
Ib.
ver.
3.
Wherefore
lest
the
Zion
and
Ierusalem
,
Lord
I
know
and
confesse
,
that
in
my
predecessors
dayes
,
and
in
the
37
yeares
past
of
my
raigne
,
thou
hast
deliuered
me
as
wonderfully
from
all
my
malicious
and
daungerous
enemies
,
as
thou
didst
deliuer
thy
seruant
Dauid
from
the
tyrannie
of
Saul
O
Lord
,
I
am
now
entred
a
good
way
into
the
Climactericall
yeare
of
mine
age
,
which
mine
enemies
wish
&
hope
to
be
fatall
vnto
me
.
But
thou
Lord
,
which
by
thy
Prophet
Ieremy
Lord
,
I
haue
now
put
foote
within
the
doores
of
that
age
,
in
the
which
the
Almond
tree
flourisheth
:
wherein
And
though
(
Lord
)
I
haue
liued
in
respect
of
my self
long
inough
in
this
valley
of
miserie
;
so
that
in
regard
of
troubles
past
,
and
dangers
future
,
I
see
some
reason
to
say
with
Elias
:
It
is
And
if
Lord
,
for
the
effecting
therof
thou
meanest
to
deale
with
me
as
with
Hezekiah
,
by
adding
to
the
former
FINIS
.