the whole Bookis owned as Canonical by eur bleſſed Saviour, Luke 24. 44+/
PS ALI. The ARGUMENT.
| His Pſalm was put firſt asa Prefaceto all the reſt. as a power- ful perſwaſive to the diligent reading, and ſerious ſcudy of the whole Book and of the reſt of the Holy Scripture, raken ow _ bleſſedneſs which attends upon the ſtudy and praftice thereof. | The Godly bleſſed, 1, Thr delight in Golds Law, 2. Their fruitſulneſs,3. The wretched courſe and condition of the ungodly, 4——6. Leſfſed * & the man «that walketh not in the coun-
3 And / he ſhal be like atree * planted by the rivers
his leaf aiſo ſhal not F wither 0, and whatſoever he x. doth ſhal proſper p,
1 Or, for, asthis particle is oft uſ*d, as Pſa. 601 i2i and 168. i37 Prov, 4:17: This being the proof of thar bleflednefsof a good man, which he had only aſſerted (v. 1.) m(1i.e.) A river; the plural num. ber being put for rhe ſingular, as it is Judy. 125 7, Jonah 1,5. and oft elſewhere, = #, e; In the time of fruit-bearing : Which being applied to the good man, notes either, 1, His ative goodne!s, that
. F 2 . . +. * 1 of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his ſeaſon n; gens
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{el of the || ungedly b,nor ſtandeth c in the way d he ſceketh and improveth all opportunities for the doing of good; Or, offinnerse, * nor ſitteth in the ſear f of the {cornful g.
excrciſing godiineſs, juſtice, temperance, charity, patience,&'«.ac-
& The' Hebrew words are very Emphatical:Bleſzaneſs belongs to that mar; or. O the blefſeantſs of that man! Thrice bleſlzd is thar man;who ishere deſcribed negacively,and in thenext verſe politively+ 6 z:e. "That doth not lead his Life according to their counle),or courie, or wanner of living : That doth not aſſociate himieif with them, nor follow theirevil inſtigations or examples. Walking, notes choice of it, and continuance or progreſsin it, otherwiſe good men co ſome- times ſtep aſide into an evil Action. For the explaining of the phraſe fee Gen. 49: 6. 2 Chron, 221 3, 4, 5+ Prov.1.15. and 4 14-Mic.6: 16. c Which notes a more ſetcled abode,hardneſs and obſtinacy in iti z.e In their courſe or manner of Converſation 3 in the prattice of thoſe things which they chuſe and uſe to do;which is called a mans way, Pſal. ©. 8. and 25. 4+ 2 Pet, 2. 23 15, e Empharically fo called : here. as alſo Pſal. 26. 9. Eccleſ, 9. 2. Mat: 26: 45: Luke 7: 37. John 9. 16, 31. who give up themſelves to the power and pradice of lin, making it their great buſineſs and their delight.f Which nores their | aſſociation, or incorporation of themſelves with them; a conſtant , and reſolved perſeverance in their wicked courſes, with great con- rentand ſecurity;and a great proficiency and eminency in the ſchoo], of Wickednzſs, and an ability and readiicſs to inſtru others there- in. £ Of thoſe who are nor only ditea'ed, but reje&, deſpiſe, and : ſcorn all Remedies ; who make a mock of fin, and of Gods threat- nings and judgments againſt Sinners ; who deride all wholeſome |
reproofs and counſels, and make it their trade to ſcoff at goodneſs , 1 ; : and good mep. Divers have obſerved a gradation in this verſe, the judgement #,nor ſinners in the congregation of the righ- *pſ 24; 12415»
following clauſe ſtill exceeding the former,for fanaing is more than | walking, and firing more than fanding. And the way or courſe may ſeem to be worſe than the counſel or deſign, and the ſeat is worſe than the way : And Sinnerrin Scripture ute, are worſe than the un- godly,and the ſcornful ar the worſt'of Sizners : But I would not lay
cording to the ſeveral occaſtons offered to him; or rather, 2. His certain proſperity.and happineſs, as may be gathered from the end of hits Verſe, and the oppoſite ſtare of the ungodly, wv. 4, 5, Thar he fhal have the fruit or benefit of his godly life in due time, or when it is expedient fer him; poſſibly in this life, but aſſuredly in the next life, o His happineſs is not ſhort ang tranſitory,as all world-
ly felicity is,but fixed&everlaſting, like thoſe trees which are contin«
ually green and flouriſhing: Or: «nd(like a tree) whoſe leaf never withers| All kis a&ions ſhal be crowned with ſucceſs and a bleſſed end or efe& : fee Rom. 8, 28. ; = 4 Fhe ungodly are not ſo q : but are *like the chaff
which the wind driveth away 7.
q Their condition is far differing from the former,r In regard ei- = 4
ther, 1,0f their ſinful diſpoſition. They are vain and frothy, unpro« ficable and hurtful, without any root of true and ſolid goodneſs, without any certainerid, or conſtant courſe, toſſed to and fro with every wind of their own luſts or temptations. Or rather, 2. of their wretched condition : They are reſtleſs and unquiet in their own minds and conſciences ; their ſeeming felicity, in which they pleaſe
and pride themſelves, hath no firm foundation,but quickly vaniſheth
and fleeth away as chaff doth before the wind, and their end is tobe burned, ſee Job 21. 18, Pſal. 35. 5, Mat. 3.12«
5 Therefore s the unzodly ſhal not * ſtand t in the
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s To witgbecauſe they are ungodly : Or becauſe, as this particle is ſometimes uſed, as Gen, 38. 26, Numb. Io, 31, and 14:43. Pſal. 42. 64 for this Verſe isadded to enforce or prove what he faid in the for- mer. * ( 7,e. ) Not ſubliſt or endure the trial ; or not be juſtified or
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great ſtreſs upon ſuch Obſervations, | carry his cauſe: as this word is oft uſed,being oppoſed to fallin
7 . SO ; £ * A5 , Ig, as 2 But his delight ;s in the law b'of the LORD,* and Pal. 18, 38.and 20 8. Mal, 3. 2. Luke 21.36, Rom. 14+ 4. Eph. 6 13. « Either 1. In therimeof temporal calamities, when God ſhal ariſe to
- Johh..8.
"2% in his law doth he meditate ;day and night &.
þh (i.e, ) In the ſtudy and pradtice of ir,as appears from the Con- text: The law of God may be here underſroouy of the whole DoGt- rine delivered by God ro-the Church confifting of DoQrines, Pre-
their conſciencesare filled with horrour. Or 2, In that great and general judgment of the whole World. called here the Juagment emphatically: inthat ſolemn and general Congregation ofall Man-