Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 150, Title page – License
MEDITATIONS AND DISQVISITIONS UPON The one and fiftieth Psalme of DAVID.
Miserere mei Deus.
By Sr. RICHARD BAKER, Knight.
LONDON, Printed by Edward Griffin, for Anne Bowler, and are to be sold at the Marigold, in Pauls Churchyard. 1638.
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE EDVVARD, Earle of DORSET, of His Majesties most Honorable Privie Counsell; Lord Chamberlaine to the Queene; and Knight of the most Noble Order of the GARTER.
MOST Honoured Lord, I know, you neither like, nor have leisure, to looke upon trifles; but I know also, you account not discourses of Piety, in the number of trifles: This makes mee bold to present your Lordship, with this short Treatise of Meditations; that being short, it may not divert you long; being Pious, not divert you at all. J so much honour your Lordship, for your publicke vertues; so much am bound to you, for your private; that J cannot forbeare to present you with something, as a testimony of my service in both: and a richer present I could not thinke of, than Meditations upon this Psalme of David; which is indeede, the Master-piece of his Repentance, as his Repentance the Master-piece of all his Vertues. The Jewell it selfe is from David, onelyonly the Case from me; and though the Jewell deserve a more Illustrious Case; and your Person a more Jllustrious present; yet there is colour to hope I may bee pardoned in both; seeing, the Jewels splendour, gives a lustre to any case; and your Noblenesse, to any present. And though it might bee presented with a better hand; yet it cannot with a better heart; seeing he presents it, that is
Your Lordships humble and devoted servant,
RICHARD BAKER.
Perlegi librum hunc cui Titulum est (Meditations upon the 51. Psalme) eum que tipis mandari permitto.
SAMVEL BAKER. Ex aedib. Londin. Iunii 21. 1637.