put upon him in his Creation; oronly of the Man Chriſt Jeſus. | 4 at pzs man qthnatt an Sag min ul of him r of oy 7.17, Poſſivly both may be reconciled and put roZzetner, and the Con» ; and the ſon of man s that thou viliteſt him # ? 1a). 14444 -troverſy, if rightly ſtare*, miy be enved. For rhe ſcope and bu= Þ (7.e. ) How me-n ard inconliderable a thing is Man,if com-Hed:2:6] ſineſs ot this Pſalm ces plainly ro be this, to di'play and ccle- | pared with thy gloricus Mi;cſry,whoart 1o infinite in Power and brate the greac Love and Kindneſs of Go to Mar-kind not only Wiſdom, as taou haſt fhewed in the Frame of the Heaver.s, &«. in kis Creation, but alſo, and eſpecially in h:s Redempricn by *' q Heb. infirm, or mjerable Man. By which ir is apparent that he Jeſus Chriſt; whom, as he was Man, he advaiiced to the Honour {peaks of May,not accor. ing to the ſtate of his Creatior..but as fallen and Dominion kere mentioned, rhat ke might carry on that great ' into a {fate of Sin and Miterv, and Mortality. (5:e:) Careſt for him and glorious Work. So Chriſt is the pri«cipal Subje& of this and conferreit ſuch hig.: Favours upon him: 5 Heb: rhe ſon of Adam, Pſalm, of whom it 15 interpreted b:th vy Chr. himſelf, Ma:; 2 thar great Apoltate from, and Rebe! gainft Gods, the ſinful Son of 16. and by his holy Apoſtic, 1 Cor. i 5: 27+ Hz*b: 2. 6,7, a 11nfu! Father, his Son by lik-veſs of Dit; ofition and Mannersno David extolleth the Majeſty, "Power, and Providence of God in the World, lets than by Procreation. All which re,ds:0 magnihe the foilow- 1 -—- 3. and his Love ana Kindnels ro Mankind, 4, 5 in giving hin ing Me:cy. t Not in anger, as that Word is ſometimes uſed, bur Power over the Earth, 7. the Air, and 112 Sed, 8, 9. : w:th thy Grace and Mercy, as it is taken Gen: 21; 1, Exog: 4: 31; =. { LORDour Lord, how excellent zs thy name ec inall £2/2/: 65:9' and 106: 4 and 144: 3- tHeb'the
*PA. 113 the Earth d! * who halt let thy glory above the . 5For thou haſt made him a litcle lower than Þ the an- G6. gels u,and haft crowned him * with glory and honour, Pſal.82.6
#5145 heavens e. | h Thou haſt in and tl Chriſt mercifully and wonderfully * 23%! 3. "7 | «4c exnlained inthe next clauſe, * # L hou hattin and throvgi :1t mercifully and wonderfully = c 7, e. Thy Fameor Glory, as it 1s explained 1 OY reſtored Mai ro his Primiriv= ans happy Eſtate, in which he was
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and as the Name commonly tigaifies, as Gen: 6. 4; Eccleſ. 7; 1: Phil, 2; 9. And this Glory of God 15 moit eminent in the Goſpe),aad the work of Redemption. & Not only in I/rael,to which the Name and Knowledge of Gcd was confined, P/al. 76: 2.and 147. 19. but among all Nations. Which {hews that this Pſalm ſpeaks of the Meſſias,and the times of the New Teſtament» S:e 1a. 49: 5: Mal: e What do I ſpeak of the Earth ? thy Glory or Praiſe , reacheth ro rhe Heavens, and indzed above all the viſiole Heavens,even to the He ven of Heavens ; where thy Throne of Glory is eſtabliſhed, where the bleſſed Angels celebrate thy Praiſes. where Cariſt firteth at thy
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but one remove beiow the Anvels; from which he was fallen by Sin. x7: e Man, f:llen and loft Man : who is indeed aQuaily crowned and reſt..red ro the Giory and Dominion here following, not in his 0w1i: perſon. but in Ci:r:ſt his Head and Repreſentative, who receives ths Crow: and Dowinion, net ſo much for himſelf who did not nced it,as fer Mans good and in his ſtead ; which alſo he will in due tim: cominunicats unto all his Members. And ſo the two differing Expoſitions of this place concerning Mankind and concerning Chriit, may be reconciled. For he ſpeaks of that hap= py & honourable Eftats by Gods Favour conferred firſt upon Chriſt
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Tight Hand in glorious Majeſty, from whence he poureth down ex+ ' PY de abi . celllens Gifts x, a Babes, &o. L: it followeth, F , of waom therefore this place is rightly Expounded,Heb, 2: 6, 7, 8.
1: *and then by his hands upen Markind,cven vpon all thar believe in 2 Out of the mouth of babes and tucklingsf haſt thou ' him, And ſo this who!le place compared with rhat may be thus Pa-
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. as 2 Chron; 13; 7. Prov: 1: 4. Eccleſ, 10: 16. {ſa. 3.
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7 ordained ſtrenggs 25 becauſe of thine enemies, that Fever W hart is Man that thou {hou'ideſt mind or viſit him by
thou mighteſt F itill 4 the enemy z and the avenger k.
thy Son whem thou haſt ſent inro the World! Whogthat he might
f ' Either 1. Properly ſuch. For there is much of Gods Glory ſeen ! reſtorcMan to that happy and glorious Eſtate which was bur a little in Infants in their Concepticn afjd ſtrange Progreſs from ſmall and * below that of the Angels, was pleaſed to take up»n him Mans mi»
contemptible Beginnings, in their Preſervatioa and Nonriſhunent | ſe:able and mortal Nature, and thereby to make himſelf ( who was
in the dark Cell of the Womb, in th:ir bringing forth, anu brings ing up, in providing Breaſts and Milk for them, and keeping them from innumerable D:zngers, from which they are utteriy unab/e to keep themſelves. Bur this though it fets forth Gods Praite, yer how it Nills the enemy and Avenger,ſeecms not c'ear. Or rather, 2. Metaphoricallyſo called,babes not ſo much in age &years,as in dil. poſition and condition ; weak and fooliſh, and contempribie and harmleſs perſons, who are vergafrequent!y called Babes or Ci:laren,