John Trapp on Psalms 84:1

PSAL. LXXXIV.

A Pſalm] Of the ſame ſubject with the forth ſecond, and made when David was baniſhed either by Saul or Abſolom; or elſe when buſied abroad in his wars, 2 Sam. 8. and ſo, debarred from the uſe of Gods publick ordinances.

Verſ. 1. How amiable are shy Tabernacles] viz. For thy Words lake that is there preached, and thy worſhips there performed. The Proteſtants at Lions in France called their place for publick meetings to ſerve God,Hom. 36. a[illegible: 1 letter] 1 Cor. 14. Paradiſe, Chryſoſtom calleth it the place of Angels and Archangels, the Kingdome of God, yea Heaven it ſelf. Another calleth it, The heavenly Exchange betwixt God and his people; they preſent dury, he conferres mercy. Luther ſaith, he would not live in Paradiſe without the Ordinances; as with them he could frame to live in Hell it ſelf: And a ſmall village with a godly Paſtor, and a good people in it, is an earthly Paradiſe, ſaith He. If that Italian Martyr could date his letter From the delectable Orchard of the Leonine priſon, what may we think of the free uſe of the ordinances? what of Heaven? nam facile literatransfertur ad Spiritum.