Moreover, it is the only true path of happiness : for, what happiness can they have who are obnoxious to the wrath of God ? " If his wrath be kindled, yea, but a little," can they endure the thought of meeting his displeasure ? " Are they stronger than he," that they can feel themselves at ease, when they ''' have provoked him to jealousy?" No: the most careless of mankind, if he reflect at all, must be sensible, that " it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." We say then, " Blessed are all they that put their trust in him :" they shall be protected by his power ; they shall be presei-ved by his grace ; they shall be enriched by his bounty ; they shall be blessed by him with all spiritual blessings ; and in the last day they shall be seated with him on his throne, and be partakers of his glory for evermore.]
.Ps. ii. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he he angry , and ye perish from the ivay, when his wrath is kindled hut a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him,
TO SO great a degree do the Psalms abound with prophecies relating to Christ, that all the most im- portant circumstances of his life and death, his resur- rection and glory, might be narrated from them with almost as much precision as in the Gospels them- selves. The psalm before us has but a partial refe- rence to David. It may be considered indeed as a triumphant proclamation of his establishment on his throne, notwithstanding all the opposition that had been made to him by Saul and by the Jews them- selves. But it principally points to the exaltation of Jesus to his throne of glory : and it concludes with a.n address to all the monarchs of the earth to submit themselves to his government.
In considering the words of the text, we shall call your attention to,
I., The injunction —
Who '* the Son" is, we are at no loss to determine ; since an inspired commentator has expressly declared
it