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(Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) Today’s installment is much briefer than the last. We continue on with the Doctrina section of Stephanus Fabricius’ twelfth Discourse on Psalm 148. In the previous post, we observed Fabricius’ delineation of the magistrate’s “common,” or shared, duty in relation to the laudes Dei. In today’s, he treats his peculiar duty […]
At long last, the next installment of Stephanus Fabricius’ comments on Psalm 148:11-12, from his twelfth discourse on that Psalm (part 1; part 2). If it is granted that magistrates have a duty to render praises to God along with all other men, one might ask in what, particularly, that consists for a magistrate. It […]
In today’s post we move on to the doctrina portion of Fabricius’ twelfth discourse on Psalm 148. Here, after reprising the universal duty of singing laudes Dei, the praises of God, he begins to expound upon the duty of the magistrate in particular in this respect. Fabricius states that it is necessary to teach upon this subject […]
Our next installment, this time on 148:12 in addition to 148:11, comes from Stephanus Fabricius (1569-1648), a pastor in Bern. Actually, our next several installments will come from him, because his comments are extensive. His remarks on each Psalm in his Sacrae conciones in centum quinquaginta Psalmos Davidis regis, et aliorum sanctorum Prophetarum are divided into several conciones, […]