cepts, Promiſes, and Threatnings, &c, as israken Pſalm 37.31. and 98.1- Iſar 51s 7. John 10:34. or more particularly of the preceptive part of it, which 1s commonly ſocalled : and fo this is noted as the p=-culiar charaQzr of a good man, tiat he del/ghreth himſcif nor oniy in the Ronife.wtch a bad'man may do, Mat: 13. 20. but e- ven inthe commands of God, Pſal, 11251. and ng. 47,127, 1431 John 5: 3;which are unwelcome and burthenſume toa wicked man. i The word implies a deepyand erious, en4 aftettionate rhoughtfulneſs a- bour it :1ce Pſa. 19. 14. and 49.3- Prov. 24. 2. [/a, 33.18. k Not
fe]dom and ſhght'y. as Hypocrites do, but diligently, frequently, | z Either 1, properly and fpeculatively be ſcaccheth and _—
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kind, as the next wordsexpreſs it, i.e. In that ſociety which | ſhall conſiſt of none bur righteous Perſons, or amongſt the righte- ous ones on Chriſts xight hand, Mat. 25, 32:
6 Foryths LORD * knoweth x the way of the righ- ,.. ..., Pro, 21. 40+
teous : but the way of the ungodly (hall periſh +. 7 He now gives arcaſon of this great difference between the righteous and the ungodly, expreſſed in the foregoing Verſes:
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Peel. 11. P S 4 all their hearts and ways, or ations} and therefore will preſerve, proſper, and bleſs them ; which may be gathered out of the follow- ing and oppoſitz clanſe of this verſe, and out of v: 1, 2: Or 2: praQtically and aff=Qtionately, as words of knowledge in Scripture do very frequently imply affeRion, as Exod: 1: 8: Pſal: 31: 7;& 101-
hl 4: Heſ' 8: 4: Amos 3:2: He approveth, loveth, and delighteth mn
7, [7 them, and in the courſe of theirlives, and therefore will recom-
*'/ penſe them : Oc,he careth for & direfeth their aQtions to a bleſſed iſſue. + All their wicked deſigns and courſes ſhall come to nothing, and they ſha'!l periſh with them». iT
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| The ARGUMENT. h HE Penman of this Pialm was David, as is affirmed, AFs 4: 25. As f r the matter or ſubje&tof it, it may ſcem to have ſame reſpe& unto David, and to his ad vancement to,and ſettlement in the Throne of Judah and Iſrael; but the chief deſign and ſcope of it, and che primary inrention of the Holy Ghoſt in ir, was to deſcribe the M<fliah and his Kin :dom, as is manifeſt, 1: From expreſs re- ſtimonies of the New-Teſtament to that purpoſ?, as As 43 25: & 13; 33- Hb 1 5:@ 5:5: and2: From the conſent o. the Ancient H-brew Wci-ers who did unanimouſly expound ir fo,1s is confeſſed by their ow 1 brethren, particularly by Ratbi Selomrn Farchi upon this place ; who h.ca ris memorable p:{lage, Our Doffors expounded this Pſalm of the K ng Meſſiah but that we may anſwer th? Hereticks(>y which he means th Chr ſt: .ns, as all know) 76 is expedient to interpret it of Davids per- ſon, as : he words ſound, Wiuch words, alrhough they are left out of ti: latrer Editions of tian Book, either by rhe fraud of the Jews or careleſnels, or mittake of others, yet are extan* in the ancient Evi tions of it, 3. From divers paſſa;;es of the Pſalm which do not a« or2e to David but ro Chriſt oniy. as the title of Son, of which ſee
Heb: 1: 4, 5. Theextent of his Kingdom, wv: 8: and divine Wor- ſhip, v 11,12. ; The Kirgdom of Chrift, and the oppoſition of the Heathen foretold, 1-----5, 6,
7, God giv+th him the Earth for his poſſeſſion, 8, 9. He ſummons all the Kings ani Juages of the Earth to ſubmit themſ:lves to him, 10--==-12.
"Abeylng FT HY «* do the heathen þ || rage, and the peo- (Ur, 58 ple c | imagine x vain thing 42 rn # Upon what provocatior or to what end or purpoſe ? 65 Or,
ont Gentiles ; who did ſo apainſt David,as we ſee 2 Sam: 5: 6,17. 1 Chron: me 14: 8: O's: and againſt Chriſt, Luke 18; 32: Affs 4; 25, &c. 6 This *#1, is eiti:cr another expreſſion of the ſame thingy as is uſual in Scrip-
the Jews or lſraelices, who alſo combined againſt David 2 Sam: 2: 8, &c. and againſt Chriſt, As 4: 279, though chey were all of one na» tion, and deſcend<d from one and the tame mother, asthis word ſignifies, and it is uſed Gen: 25 23« d What they ſhall never be able to effe&, and if they could, it would de them-no good,as they fancy, but great hurt. 2 The kings e of the earth f ſer themſelves g, and the rulers take counſel together, againſt the LORD 5, and 5 againſt his anointed &, ſaying, 5 RE e Either thoſe mentioned 2 Sam: 5: & 8. orrather Herod the Great, and the other Herod, and Pere and otters wirh or after them. So called in way of con-rempr, and to ſhew their madneſs in op« | poſing the God of Heaven. g The wor notes their firm purpoſe and profefſed hoſtiliry.an4 the combicaticri of their counſels and forces. h Either dire&Qly and profeſſedly ; or indire@ly and by conſequence, becauſ: 2vainit bis anointed, and againſt his counſel and coinmand. 7 Or, #har zs, as this particle is oft uſed, and the Jatter clauie explaining the former, and ſhewing in what ſenſe they foughr againſt that Gol whom they pret:nded to own and worſhip. k Againſt ſuch a King whom God hath choſen and ex- alted, and wonderfully accompliſhed and ſer up for his work and ſervice, - who therefore will certainly defend him againſt all his Enemies«
"Wy 2 * Let us break their / bands m aſunder, and caſt
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I ( i.e.) The Lords and his anointeds, m Which they deſign to put upon vur necks that they may bring us into ſubje&ion. They mean the laws of God, which the K:ng would oblidge them to ob- ſerve, which though eaſiz and plzaſunr in themſelves and to good men, Mat: ir» 29, 30; 1 John 5: 3. yet are very grievous and bur- thenſome to corrupt Nature, and to men of wicked lives. » The ſame thing expreſſed with a lirrTe more emphaſis, Let us not only break off their yoke and the cords by which it is f:ſtened upon us,but let us caſt them far away, that they may never be recovered, and we miy never be brought into bondage again.
i 4 * He that fitteth o in the heavens p thall laughq : " the LORD ſhall have them in deriſion. o As the Judge upon his Tribunal, ard as the King of the whole World upon his Royal Throne ; who without ſtirring from his
lace, can with one look or wqxd deſtroy all hi>enemies, p This 15 @ppoſed to their being, and reigning upon earth, v: 2+ and is mentioned here, as it 4+ in other places of Scripture, as an evidenge