5 The gold for :hixgs of gold, and the ſilver for things of ſilver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who hey is willing, F to con- ſecrate his ſervice f this day unto the LORD 2
f Heb. to fl bis hand, 3. e. to offer an Offering, Levit. 8: 33. as I have done. - {Or fem;
'6 Then the chief of the [| fathers and princes of the LO Re | cribes of Ifrael, and the captains of thouſands and of * chap. hundreds, with the * rulers over the kings || work, offer- 27-25-.
d willing| {On Jug oe EY . ſtance 7 And gare for the ſervice of the houſe of God, of" gold five thouſand talents, and ten thouſand drams,and of ſilver ten thouſand talents ; and of brafs, eighteen
chouſand talents, and one hundred thouſand talents of iron,
8 And they with whom precious ſtones were found,
gave them to the treaſure of the houſe of the LORD, by * Chap: the hand of * Jehiel the Gerſhonite. 26; 21,
9 Then the people rejoycedyg, for that they offered willingly, becauſe with perfe& heart they offered wil- lingly tothe LORD : and David the king alſo cejoyced with great joy. SSH
g Becauſe this was both an Effe& of Gods Grace in them, and an Eminent Token of Gods Favour and Goodneſs to be continued
ro them,and a good Pledge that this great and long deſired Work of the building of the Temple, would receive a certain and a ſpee-
dy Accompliſhment, | David bleſſed the LORD before all
T Heb! #» fl his hand. as Exod: 32: 29
Io Wherefore
che congregation ; and David ſaid, * Bleſſed be thou, . | LORD God of Iſrael our father, for ever and ever. * Gr. thou
ir * Thine, O LORD, is the greatneſs, and the "9 ** power h, and the glory, and the victory, and the ma- __
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jelty : for all #447 is in the heaven, and in the earth, 5s or run thine ; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art * Mat6- exalted as head above all z. 13-1Tim,
h ic e. Thou art Great and Powerful, &c. 5 As the Sovereign 7: Rev. Lord and Owner of all Perſons and Things. "_ 5:13»
12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reigneſt over all &, and in thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it & to make great, and to give ſtrength unto all /,
k 3. e. Thou diſpoſeſt of Riches and Honour; as thou pleaſeſt- I Even to the weakeſt, whom thou canſt make ſtrong, and to the ſtrongeſt, who are weak without thy help.
Now therefore our God, we thank thee, and thy glorious name. es = 14 But who am 1, and what js my people, that we + Heb.re ſhould Þ be able to offer ſo willingly m after this ſort ? rain, or, for all things come of thee, and # of thine own have we 9a . rength, en thee Fa. | (: - - + Heb. .of mM i. 6. That thoy ſhouldeſt give us both ſack Riches our of ,p;,. 1d
2 T which |
vent
| ' *Pſal. 39.
9 & 144-4.
l *iSam:16. . . { -.Ch-28-9 and haft pleaſure in uprightneſs. As for me, in the
4 Heb. 1 ; found.
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which we ſhould be able to make ſuch an Offering, and ſuch a willing and free heart to offer them ; both which are thy Gitrs and the Fruirs of thy good Grace and mercy to us. » We return on: ly what we have received,and therefore we do only pay a Debt to thee, and do not hereby oblige thee or deſerve any thing from thee. :
i5 For * we are ſtrangers before thee, and ſojour-
ners, as wereall our farhers 0: * our days on the earth
are as a ſhadow, and there 7s none Þ abiding p.
o Theſe words may contain a reaſon, either 1. of the firſt clauſe of v.14. WioamT, &c. i. e. What mean and contemptible Crea- tures are we and how unworthy of ſo high a Favour ? For,ſaith he here, we, I and my People, as it 1s v. 14+ are ſtrangers, Sc. poor Pilgrims who bring nothing into the World, and paſs haſtily thorough it, and can carry nothing with us out of it. Or rather 2. Of the laſt clauſe of that 14th verſe, of :h/ne own, &c. For the Land which we poſſeſs is thine, not ours ; we are not the Propri- etors or perpetual Poſſeſſors of it, but only thy Tenants : and as our Fathers once were meer ſtrangers in it,even with or beforeMen, Pſal. 105. 12. ſo we at this day are no better with or before thee, having no abſolute Right and Title in it,but only. to travel through it, and ſojourn in it for that ſhort time that we live in the World, And thus the Argument ſeems to be borrowed from Levir. 25. 23 where this is given as a reaſon why the Inheritances of the Land of Canaan could not be Sold for ever, but only till the Jubily, for faith God, the land is mine, as to Dominion and Propriety, for ye were ( or, fer, or, but you are ) only ſtrangers and ſojourners with me. pþ W:. only give to thee what we muſt ſhortly leave, and what we cannot keep to our ſelves: and therefore it is a great Favour thar thou wilſt accept ſuch Off:rings 30r,and therefore we are not perpetual Poſſefſors of this Land and the Fruits of it, bur only Pilgrims and Paſſengers through it«
16 O LORD our God, all this ſtore that we have prepared to build thee an houſe for thine holy name. cometh of thine hand, and #s all thine own.
17 I know alſo,my God, that thou * trieſt the heart.
uprightneſs of mine heart I have willingly offered al; theſe things : and now have I ſeen with joy thy people which are | preſent here, to offer willingly unto thee q. IN ;
q By the largeneſs of their offering I diſcern the ſincerity, Wil- tingneſs and Generofity of their Hearts towards thee : for Davia judged,as in reaſon and' charity he ought, of the Tree by its Fruit, and of their Hearts by their Attions..
18 O LORD God of Abraham, Iſaac, and of Iſrael!
our father, keep this for ever in the imagination of the
{ Or, /a- thoughts of the heart of thy people r, and || prepare
their heart unto thee 5s.
y Since it is from thy Grace that thy People have ſuch willing Minds to thy ſervice,as was before acknowledged, I beg the con- tinuance of that Grace to them, that they may perſiſt in the ſame generous and pious Diſpoſition towards thee and thy Worſhip. s Or, rather, as it is in the Margent, favliſh or confirm, &c, Thou who haſt begun a good Work, confirm and carry it on by thy Grace, otherwiſe it will languith, and this very Pcople will prove degenerate.
i9 And give unto Solomon my ſon a perfet heart to keep thy commandments, thy teſtimonies and thy ſtatutes, and to do all zheſe things, and to build the pa- lace for the which I have made provilion 7.
£ By Purchaſing the place, 1 Chron. 21. and providing for the Expences of the Work.
20 And David faid to all the congregation, Now bleſs the LORD your God. And all the congregation