b Partly out of Reverence to God and his Word, which was the Matter of the following Diſcourſe ; and partly out of Reſpe ro this great and honourable Affembly. c So he calls the Princes and chief Rulers, both becauſe they had a ſhare with him, though under him in the Government ; and in Compliance with the divine Com« mand, that the King ſhould not be lifted up above his brethren, Deur. 17. 20. d A place where it might be fixed, and no more removed fronx place to place, as it had been. e Which is here put expoſitively, tor by the Foorſtool, &c. he means the Ark.
3 But God faid unto me, * Thou ſhalt not build an + houſe for my Name, becauſe thou ha# been a man of , ,*"
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fore all the houſe of my father to be king over Iſrael * £: 22. for ever: for he hath choſen * Judah zo be the ruler ;and +1, of the houſe of Judzh, the houſe of my father ; and 4. among the houſe of my father, he liked me to make me * 2 Chr, king over [frael. - + Ia
5 * And of all my ſons (for the LORD _—_ 49.8. me many ſons) he hath choſen f Solomon my ſon to 1 Sam, {1t upon the throne of the Kingdom of the LORD over 15.3: Iſrael. es, £78.68,
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therefore all of you are obliged to ſubmir to him, and accept of him as your King by Divine Appointment.
6 And he ſaid unto me, * Sojomon thy ſon, he ſhall *: Sa; build my houſe and my courts : for I have choſen him 7-13: zo be my ſon, and I will be his father. 7 Moreover, I will eſtabliſh his kingdom for ever, Ties if he be + conſtant ro do my commandments and my + Het; judgments, as at this day g. ſirong,
s As he hath begun and hitherto continued in ſome good mea« ſure to do.
8 Now therefore in the ſight of all Iſrael, the con- gregation of tne LORD, and in the audience of our God þ, keep and ſeek for ail the commandments of the LORD z your God, that ye may poſlcſs this good land, and leave zt tor an inheritance for your children afres © you for ever, |
h i.e. Ido hereexhort and charge you every one, calling God who is here preſent, and this Congregation wherein all 1ael are preſent by their Repreſentatives, for Witneſs again? you, if you do nor follow my Counſel. # Keep thoſe Commands which you know, aud ſzek for or ſearch into what you ure yet ignorant of, that you may dittinctiy underſtand the whole will of God and all the ye - po Duty, and ſeriouſly give up your ſelves tothe Practice TNETCOF, ;
9 And thou, Solomon my fon, know thou the God k of thy father, and ſerve him with a perfe& heart, and with a willing mind ; for * the LORD ſearcherh all *;5,n.5, hearts, and underſtandeth all the imaginations of the 7. 1 Kings choughts /: if thou ſeek him, he will be tound of thee ; $39: Pl but if thou forſake him 9, he will caſt thee off for oy cVer 7. | _ & 1;
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Io Take heed now, for the LORD hath choſen thee to build an houſe for tae ſanctuary o, be ſtrong p and do Zr. |
o Or, for a ſanfuary, 7. e. which is to be a Sanuary for him, towit, for the Ark, to dwellin. p Take Courage and Reſolution to break through all Difficulrties, Troubles, Diſcouragements 0r Oppoiitions which thou mayeſt poſſibly meet wirke,
11 Then David gave to Solomon his fon the patter of the porch q, and of the houſes thereof r, and of the creaſuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner paciours thereof s, and of the place 0 the mercy-ſeat *.
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Ta tition End becauſe they wer? of diilcring Dimentitons, as ap- cars by 1 Kings 6: 2, 20- eſpecially ſeing the Holy Place is called _ greater Houſe, 2 Chron: 3: 5: comparatively to the Holy of Ho- lies which was the lefſer Houſe,and ſo you have two Houſes. s By theſe he ſcems to underſtand all thoſe Rooms which were made ar ainſt the wall of the Houſe round about, as 1t 1S ſaid 1 King 6: 5. which te here called by divers names,according to the difference of their Gruation or uſe. # ie. In what particular part of the Holy of Holies it was to be placed. -
12 And the pattern + of all « that he had by the ſpirit x, of the courts of the houſe of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treafuries of the houſe of God, and of the treaſuries of the dedicate things ). |