4 Claim or demand it of me, as thy right by my promiſe, and thy birth and purchaſe. e To be poſſeſſed and enjoyed by thee in a manner of 2n Inheritance, to wit, conftantly, ſurely, and perpe- rua'ly. f Either 1- the whole land of Canaan from one eid of it to the other, as this Phraſe is uſed, P/el, 61. 2. & 72. 8. waich is but a very narrow ſenſe, and that was bur a very ſmai! Kingdom, and no way agreeable to thoſe magnificent expreſſions here uted. Or ra» ther, the whole world, not only the Jew:!h Nation,bur the Gentiles alſo, as this phraſe is almoſt univerſally uſes in the Old Teſtament, 15 Pal. 19. 4. & 22. 28. & 46. 10. © 65. 5+ Iſa, 40. 28. & 45. 22, &c. And fo theſe words declare the great amplitudes of the King- | dom of the Meſſiah,
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"thou ſhalt daſh them in pieces like a potrers veſſel, 27: &
g (i. e.) Thoſe people thic will not quietly ſubmit to thee, ſhall 19: x5: be cruſhed and deitroyed by thee. þ With thy mighty power, which they ſhall never be able to reſift.
10 Be wiſe ; now k& therefore,O ye kings / : be in-
ſtructed, ye judges m2 of the earth. :
i Underſtand yourtrue intzreft, þ Whileſt you have time and ſpace for repentance and ſubmiſſion. 1 You and your-people. But he ſpeaks of, and to Kings only, partly, becauſe they moſt needed the admenitien,as preluming upon their own power and gieatneſls ; and thinking it below them to ſubmit to him ; partly, becauſe their authority and example could do much with their people ; and partly, to intimare the greataeſs of this Monarch, and that he was Kivg of Kings, and Lord of Lords, m Or, rulers, or governoars. The ſame called Kings in the former branch. ;
1x Serve the LORD with fear », and rejoyce s
' with trembling p. | Ns (i.e)
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z Or publiſhed, that all people concerned may take notice of it, Heb. 155:
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{aid unto me, * Thou art my ſon 6, this day have I be- #9 13: | | |
al. 11],
» i: e. With reverence and an awful ſenſe of his grea rious Maj ſty,as very careful and diligent to pleale him, to off:-n1 him. o Do not eſteem his grievance; but know that it 15a greater g the Subj: &s of this King, than tobe Emperors 0 Pire ; aad a:cordingly rejoyce 1n it; ſtimible grace and benefic. this joy to which he calls them; an nal aad worldly rcjoycing, whic! 1 and preſumprion and liceariouſnzls, that chey do not turn this grace entheir dread of Gods tremendous Majeſty, Judgments, if they ſh gainſt him : but on the contrary work out th trembling, as it is preſcribed Phil. 2, 12. Compare Ma
ſon r leſt he be angry, and ye periſh when his wrath is kindled buta hccle ts in him #«-
whereof this was
Or, in the 1x2 KiGG q the Pal l|from che way 5, : 02: 23. © bleſſed orethey rthatpur their cruſt 9 In token of yourſſubjettion and adoration ;
Prov: 3 T | 6:20, aſiga among the Eaſtern Nations, as 1s manitecſt po rom oe
TIEN ture, as 1 Sam:10: I. 1 Kings 19: 18. Hoſea 13+ 2. and Irom IIcAatnen ices, x MF 4 » To wit, the
er:I 7:7; Authors. Submit ro his Perion and Government. - 066g Se Rom 9:33 Son of God, as »ppears from v. 7. called here rhe on, <# my & 10:13, Of eminency and 1na fingular manner, W hich _ ne Pet:2:6s £2 Chriſt than ro D+v/a; who is never part.cu arly called by _ *- Nam2. 5 7: &, Bc taken out of the way by ceath or deſtruction Or, periſh our of the way, 7; e. by loling the rigut way,by takvig wrong
and evil courſes, the end of which wil] be y our certain afid urter
ruine. Or'* for the way 1.e. for your evil way or manner of liv-
ing,for your perverſe and foolith co::ri: of oppoting ny Son 1:tcad of ſubmitting cot1m. Or ain ( wiuca particle1s ofc underſ:u0u Jehe way, 7: e. in your wick: way or courle, in the mid: of yur pls and rebellioas againit tun ; and fo you will dre zn your ji, a>1t 18 therefore here fitly propolecd as a powerfut Argument 0 di{Iwvadc them from ſuch dangerous and deſtrufive courics. degree of his anger is v<ry terrible, much more the <a of it, cauſed by ſuch a deſperate provocaiiou as this 1d. Oi, for hs wrath will be kjnded ſhrtly, or ſuddenly, or within a very little rim, wv this word is uſes Pſal: 81: 14, Cant: 3: 4. Iſs: 26. 20. Hs p-uencz will not laſt a'waysz but will ſhortly be turned uwiio 1u1y 3 and therefore rake heed that you neither deny nor delay iubjcct.on to him, but ſpeedily comply with his offers and commands beivis 1t be too late. » Who put themiſelves under his power and protection b2lieving in him, and expeCing ſafety and happineſs from hum, Which cannot with any colour be applicd to David, who always diſſwades all men from putting their truſt in Pri::ces,or 1n any men or thing beſides or below God, Plal; 20.7. and 44: 6. and 62. 67,8. and 118: 8.and 146: 3. and every where; and therefore it would very ill have become him to invire ockers to put their truſt in him. And he is pronounced curſ:d that rrufterh in man, Jer: 17+ 5. Bar Chriſt is every where propounded as an Object of truſt, not only in the New Teſtament, bur alſo in the Old, as 1/2; 28; 16. And there- fore they are moſt tru'y and fitly ſaid to be Lieſſed that pus ther truſs 7n him. Under which fentence the conrraiy 1s implied, tar racy are moſt curſed and m-:ſerable creatures thar provoke anu Ooppo:e
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thoughts and mention of it, and therefore expreſſeth it by the con- trary and bleſſed condition of his Friends and Subje&s. And ſuch Iike fgnifications of rhe miſeries of ſinners by the bletlednels of us thers oppoſed to them, we have Mar; 23: 39: Rev: 14: 43s
PS AM OL | A Pſ'm of David a, * when he fled 6 from Abſalom his
ſon. a Compoſed by David, as this phraſeimplies, Pſalm 110. 1. com- pared with Mat: 22+ 43. and generally eltewhere. 6 Or, after he had fied. Either this Pſalm was compoſed in his flight,or the mar- ter of it was then in his thoughts ; which afcerwards he digeſted , into this form and order. |
The Pſalmi# complaineth of the multitude of his Enemies, 1, 2, Bat com- forteth himſelf with his confidence m and reliance on God 3 — 6, And manifold experiences of his former aſſiſlance, 7. He prayeth for his own . and the Churches Salvation 8;
ORD, how are theincrealed that trouble me ma-
ny are they that riſe up againit me c» c He might well ſay ſo ; for almolt all his people joyned in that Conſpiracy,