麥克謙一年通讀

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

¹Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornefull.

²But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and in his Law doeth he meditate day and night.

³And he shalbe like a tree planted by the riuers of water, that bringeth foorth his fruit in his season, his leafe also shall not wither, and whatsoeuer he doeth, shall prosper.

⁴The vngodly are not so: but are like the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.

⁵Therefore the vngodly shall not stand in the iudgement, nor sinners in the Congregation of the righteous.

⁶For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the vngodly shall perish.

God Establishes His Anointed King

¹Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vaine thing?

²The Kings of the earth set themselues, and the rulers take counsell together, against the Lord, and against his Anoynted, saying,

³Let vs breake their bandes asunder, and cast away their cords from vs.

⁴Hee that sitteth in the heauens shal laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.

⁵Then shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath, and vexe them in his sore displeasure.

⁶Yet haue I set my King vpon my holy hill of Sion.

⁷I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said vnto mee, Thou art my sonne, this day haue I begotten thee.

⁸Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the vttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

⁹Thou shalt breake them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potters vessell.

¹⁰Bee wise now therefore, O yee Kings: be instructed ye Iudges of the earth.

¹¹Serue the Lord with feare, and reioyce with trembling.

¹²Kisse the Sonne lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little: Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Poverty, Wealth, and a Life of Integrity

¹Better is the poore that walketh in his integrity, then he that is peruerse in his lippes, and is a foole.

²Also, that the soule be without knowledge, it is not good, and hee that hasteth with his feete, sinneth.

³The foolishnesse of man peruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

⁴Wealth maketh many friends: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.

⁵A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shal not escape.

⁶Many will entreate the fauour of the Prince: and euery man is a friend to him that giueth gifts.

⁷All the brethren of the poore doe hate him: howe much more doe his friends goe farre from him? Hee pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

⁸He that getteth wisedome loueth his owne soule: he that keepeth vnderstanding shall find good.

⁹A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished, and hee that speaketh lyes, shall perish.

¹⁰Delight is not seemely for a foole: much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

¹¹The discretion of a man deferreth his anger: and it is his glory to passe ouer a transgression.

¹²The kings wrath is as the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is as dewe vpon the grasse.

¹³A foolish sonne is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continuall dropping.

¹⁴House and riches, are the inheritance of fathers; and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

¹⁵Slouthfulnesse casteth into a deep sleepe: and an idle soule shall suffer hunger.

¹⁶He that keepeth the commandement, keepeth his owne soule: but hee that despiseth his wayes, shall die.

¹⁷Hee that hath pity vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord; and that which he hath giuen, will he pay him againe.

¹⁸Chasten thy sonne while there is hope; and let not thy soule spare for his crying.

¹⁹A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliuer him, yet thou must doe it againe.

²⁰Heare counsell, and receiue instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

²¹There are many deuices in a mans heart: neuerthelesse the counsell of the Lord, that shall stand.

²²The desire of a man is his kindnesse: and a poore man is better then a lyar.

²³The feare of the Lord tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall abide satisfied: he shall not be visited with euill.

²⁴A slouthfull man hideth his hand in his bosome, and wil not so much as bring it to his mouth againe.

²⁵Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprooue one that hath vnderstanding, and he will vnderstand knowledge.

²⁶He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a sonne that causeth shame, and bringeth reproch.

²⁷Cease, my sonne, to heare the instruction, that causeth to erre from the words of knowledge.

²⁸An vngodly witnesse scorneth iudgement: and the mouth of the wicked deuoureth iniquitie.

²⁹Iudgements are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the backe of fooles.

Christ, the Mystery of God

¹For I would that ye knew what great conflict I haue for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my face in the flesh:

²That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in loue, and vnto all riches of the full assurance of vnderstanding, to the acknowledgement of the mysterie of God, and of the Father, and of Christ,

³In whom are hid all the treasures of wisedome, and knowledge.

⁴And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with entising words.

⁵For though I bee absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, ioying and beholding your order, and the stedfastnesse of your faith in Christ.

Rooted and Built Up in Christ

⁶As yee haue therefore receiued Christ Iesus the Lord, so walke yee in him:

⁷Rooted and built vp in him, and stablished in the faith, as yee haue bene taught, abounding therein with thankesgiuing.

Beware of Human Tradition and Empty Philosophy

⁸Beware lest any man spoile you through Philosophie and vaine deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

⁹For in him dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily.

¹⁰And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie, & power.

Dead and Raised with Christ

¹¹In whom also ye are circumcised with the Circumcision made without handes, in putting off the body of the sinnes of the flesh, by the Circumcision of Christ:

¹²Buried with him in Baptisme, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

¹³And you being dead in your sinnes, and the vncircumcision of your flesh, hath hee quickened together with him, hauing forgiuen you all trespasses,

¹⁴Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances, that was against vs, which was contrary to vs, and tooke it out of the way, nayling it to his Crosse:

¹⁵And hauing spoyled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing ouer them in it.

The Shadow and the Substance

¹⁶Let no man therefore iudge you in meat, or in drinke, or in respect of an Holy day, or of the New moone, or of the Sabbath dayes:

¹⁷Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.

¹⁸Let no man beguile you of your reward, in a voluntary humilitie, and worshipping of Angels, intruding into those things which hee hath not seene, vainely puft vp by his fleshly minde:

¹⁹And not holding the head, from which all the body by ioynts and bands hauing nourishment ministred, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

The Worthlessness of Self-Made Asceticism

²⁰Wherefore if yee bee dead with Christ fro the rudiments of the world: why, as though liuing in the world, are ye subiect to ordinances?

²¹(Touch not, taste not, handle not:

²²Which all are to perish with the vsing) after the commandements and doctrines of men:

²³Which things haue in deed a shew of wisedome in will-worship and humilitie, and neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.