'Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.' If even to seek the Lord be joy, what will it be to find him? Seek me, O Lord, that I may be found by thee! PS. CX. v. 2. 'The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion'; (saying) 'Rule', &c. v. 3. Understand: 'Thy people shall offer themselves willingly in the day of conflict in holy clothing, in their best array, in their best arms and accoutrements. As the dew from the womb of the morning, in number and brightness like dew-drops; so shall be thy youth, or the youth of thee, the young volunteer warriors.' v. 5. 'He shall shake,' concuss, 'concutiet reges die iræ suæ,' v. 6. For 'smite in sunder, or wound, the heads;' some word answering to the Latin 'conquassare'. v. 7. For 'therefore,' translate 'then shall he lift up his head again;' that is, as a man languid and sinking from thirst and fatigue after refreshment. N.B. I see no poetic discrepancy between vv. 1 and 5. PS. CXVIII. To be interpreted of Christ's church. PS. CXXVI. v. 5. 'As the rivers in the south.' Does this allude to the periodical rains? [1] As a transparency on some night of public rejoicing, seen by common day, with the lamps from within removed--even such would the Psalms be to me uninterpreted by the Gospel. O honored Mr. Hurwitz! Could I but make you feel what grandeur, what magnificence, what an everlasting significance and import Christianity gives to every fact of your national history--to every page of your sacred records! [Footnote 1: See Horne in loc. note.--Ed.] ARTICLES OF RELIGION. XX. It is mournful to think how many recent writers have criminated our Church in consequence of their own ignorance and inadvertence in not knowing, or not noticing, the contra-distinction here meant between power and authority. Rites and ceremonies the Church may ordain 'jure proprio': on matters of faith her judgment is to be received with reverence, and not gainsaid but after repeated inquiries, and on weighty grounds. XXXVII. It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the magistrate, to wear weapons, and to serve in the wars. This is a very good instance of an unseemly matter neatly wrapped up. The good men recoiled from the plain words: 'It is lawful for Christian men at the command of a king to slaughter as many Christians as they can!' Well! I could most sincerely subscribe to all these articles. September, 1831. NOTES ON HOOKER. [1] 'LIFE OF HOOKER' BY WALTON. p. 67. Mr. Travers excepted against Mr. Hooker, for that in one of his sermons he declared, 'That the assurance of what we believe by the word of God, is not to us so certain as that which we perceive by sense.' And Mr. Hooker confesseth he said so, and endeavours to justify it by the reasons following.