Ps. cxlvi. 7, 8. The Lord looseth the prisoners : the Lord openeth the eyes of the blind : the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down : the Lord loveth the righteous.
AS David was a very eminent type of Christ, so was he inspired to prophesy of Christ : and, if we look no further than to the passages quoted out of the Psalms in the New Testament, we shall find, that he wrote as fully and as minutely respecting the Mes- siah, as any other prophet whatever, not excepting even Isaiah himself. He described his person as God and man3. He declared the whole of his work, his first covenant engagements with the Fatherb, his in- carnation0, together with his active obedience'1, and his unparalleled sufferings unto death6. He foretold his resurrection f, and ascension s; his session at the right hand of Godh, and his final appearance to judge the world1. He proclaimed also his offices, as a pro- phet1", priest1, and kingm. We do not indeed find the psalm that is before us expressly cited in the New Testament : but the whole of it so accords with what is elsewhere spoken respecting him11, and the very words of the text are so descriptive of what Christ himself declared to be the great end of his mission0,
a Ps. viii, 4. with Heb. ii. 6. and Ps. ex. 1. with Luke xx. 42. or Ps. xlv. 6. with Heb. i. 8.
b Ps. xl. 6, 7. with Heb. x. 6, 7. c Ps. viii. 5. with Heb. ii. 7.
d Ps. lxix. 9. with John ii. 17.
e Ps. xxii. and lxix. with all the accounts in the Gospels.
f Ps. xvi. 10. with Acts ii. 27. s Ps. lxviii. 18. with Eph. iv. 8.
11 Ps. ex. 1. with Acts ii. 35. ! Ps. cii. 26,27. withHeb. i. 12.
k Ps. lxxviii. 2. with Matt. xiii. 35.
I Ps. ex. 4. with Heb. vii. 17. m Ps. ii. 6. with Heb. i. 5.
II Compare Tsai. xlii. 6, 7. and xxxv. 5. with John ix. 32. and Matt. xi. 3 — 5.
0 Isai. lxi. 1 — 3. with Luke iv. 18, 21. N. B. The foregoing pas- sages are cited only for the satisfaction of the reader, and not with a vieiv to their being incorporated with the discourse. Nevertheless they would form the substance of a profitable discourse on Acts ii. 25. (" David speaketh concerning him ; ") in which it might be shewn hoiv copiously and how minutely David speaks of the Messiah.