The peculiar and express office of Christ, and the work of the kingdom of Christ is to bring down the proud, to put to shame the wise, and to condemn hypocrites and false saints: and, on the other side, to raise up and exalt the humble, to enlighten and instruct fools, to sanctify unclean sinners, to make fruitful the barren, to comfort the fatherless; that is, those who are in any way afflicted or distressed. PSALM CXIV. _An exhortation, by the example of the dumb creatures, to fear God in his church._ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah was his sanctuary, _and_ Israel his dominion. The sea saw _it_, and fled; Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, _and_ the little hills like lambs, What _ailed_ thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, _that_ thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, _that_ ye skipped like rams; _and_ ye little hills like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Jacob; Which turned the rock _into_ a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. This is a Psalm of thanksgiving, and a song for the people of Israel, to praise God while celebrating the feast of the passover; to magnify him for bringing them with a high hand out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, through the desert, over mountains, and through Jordan, into the land of promise. We use this Psalm to give thanks unto Christ, who delivered us from the kingdom of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of light, even into his own kingdom, the kingdom of God’s dear Son, and led us forth into eternal life. PSALM CXV. _Because God is truly glorious, and idols are vanity, he exhorteth to confidence in God.—God is to be blessed for his blessings._ Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, _and_ for thy truth’s sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where _is_ now their God? But our God _is_ in the heavens; he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Their idols _are_ silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; _so is_ every one that trusteth in them. O Israel, trust thou in the LORD; he _is_ their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; he _is_ their help and their shield. Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; he _is_ their help and their shield. The LORD hath been mindful of us; he will bless _us_: he will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless them that fear the LORD, _both_ small and great. The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.