,.,, Vil men:* ſeek out his wickedneſs & 7:1! cou find nonee. Mal.7:9: þ Or Thou wiltf| break. For it may be either a prayer or a pro- JJ 17. phezy. e 7, e. His ſtrength, the inſtrument of violence and mil-
chief. & Search for it ſo ſtritly and puniſh theſe wicked Atheiſts ſo ſeverely, e 7. e. No ſuch wickedneſs, to wit, undiſcovered and unpuniſhed, or indeed left in the World, or at leaſt, 11 the Church, Which might happen becauſe thoſe wicked men here ſpoken of
_ f Theſe are the words, either 1- Of Dat; Friends or Enemies; drkneſss confirming their former advice : which might ſuir with ir, if rhat was the Counſel of his Frieads; but not, it it was ( as it ſeems to bave been) the counſel of his Enemies ; for theſe would never have called themſelves wicked, nor David and his men upright in heart< Orrather 2. OfDevid himſelf: who having dire&eg his ſpeecli co his enemies, v: 1: now turns it to God, and pours out before him his Complaints againſt his Enemies, as his uſual cowtirſe is in this Book. They do not only ſpeak ſcornfully cf me, as I have ſaid, but, O Lord, they a& againſt me with all their mighrand malice. g They lay deſigns for my deſtruftion and they make all things ready to execute them. þ Our of their lurking holes, compare Pal: 10: 8,9: and 64;5. For as ſome of his Enemies did opealy oppele
ſhould be generally either convinced or rooted our, and the reſt ſhould be warned and reformed by their Example, and ſo this lewanejs ſhould ceaſe out of the land, as the phraſe is Ezek: 23: 48. T hat is ſaid to be ſought for and not found, which is utterly loſt, as Job 20:7, 8: Pſal; 37: 36: Rev: 16: 20: and 18: 21. And this phraſe 15 uſed both of good men,whoſe ſins are taken by Gods Grace | and Mercy,pardoning and purging them away, and of wicked men in the ſenſe above-mentioned. : | 16? The LORD is king f for ever and ever g the heathen h are periſhed our of his land 2. | f To whom it belongs to prore& his Subje&ts. Therefore thou ,. wiltſt ave the humble and puniſh the opprefiors. g Therefore his pevples caſe is ncither deſperate,ſeing he ever lives and reigns to | :5:.9, help them, and therefore he will help them in his time ſooner or Din 41 , later. h Either 1. Thoſe impious [[raelires who oppreſſed David $6.25, andother good men, whom, although they were reputed 7/raelires ITim.1an: by themſelves and others, yet he might call them heathens for their | '* heatheniſh opinions of God and his providence, and for their un | godly and unrighteous lives. Compare [/s: 1: 9; Amos.9y:7, Or' 2+ The Canaznites, whom God as King of the World, did expel or deſtroy, and gave their land to his people. By which great exam- ple he confirms his faith and hope for the future, 7 i,e. Out of Caanan, Which God calls his land, Levit: 25 235 becauſe he ſpied it outfor them, Ezek: 20: 6: and gave it to them, and fixed his pre- {ence and dwelling in it. IO, ops. 6 27 LORD, thou haſt heard the deſire of the humble bk, & : thou wilt | prepare 7 their heart, thou wilt | cauſe fey thine ear to hear » : Wtthine k And therefore wilt ſtill do it, being vnchangeable and the ®: at:n-; fanic for ever, 1 Or, dire or fit, by thy Grace and good Spirity ve, either that they may ſo pray as thou wiltſt hear : or that they may be made fit to receive the mercies which they deſire: which when they are, they ſhall have their prayersheard. Or, thou wiltf con. firm, or ſtablijh (as this Verb is oft uſed) their hear:, to bear their preſent preſſur-s, and ro wait upon, and hope,and truſt jn thee for d:liverance,- until} caou ſeeſt fir to hear and help them. ms In due time, though for a ſeaſon thou ſeemeſt to turn a deaf ear to them. But this and the foregoing Verb may be taken as a prayer, future Verbs being ofr uted impceratively, Prepare or ftabliſh their hearts {by giving them ſupport and aſſyrance of kelp inthe time of need, *nd then} cauſe thing gar to heare
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him, ſoothers did ſecretly undermine him, and with pretznecs of Friendſhip ſeek to betray im. # Ar me and my followers, who tave manifefted our integrity both rowards God, and towards Saul; whoml have faithfully ſerved and ſpared when I could have taken away h's life. *
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eſtabliſhed, Prov, 29; 14» and which Saul and his Courtiers had mani- #9; f:ftly violated and overthrown in perſecuting David and his Friends. The ſenſe 1s, There is nothing in publick adminiſtrations, but difſ> order and oppreſſion, and right can take no place. m The condi- tion of all righteous men ( whom thou haſt engaged thy (elf to pro. ret and deliver ) will be deſpzrate ; which will nor be for thine honour: Heb. Whas hath che Rightes;5s done. As for me and my Friends upon whom all the blame is laid, what have we poor, but righteous perſons ( for which thou knoweſft us to be) alone ? name. ly, ro caule all theſe Calumaies and Perſecutions, or to cccaſion att: theſe Commotioas and Diſturbances of publick Peace and Juſtice. It
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'of our Adions. ES 4 * The LORD ms in his holy temple s ; the sp1 2 LORDS throne p zs in heaven : hiseyes behold, *his a 'eye-lids try the children of men q, 15, 16; » To whom I appeal tomens unjuſt Tribunals! o Either 1. In 66: 73 his Tabernacle, which is ſometimes called his Temple, as 1 Sam: 1.9, and 3+ 3. P/2. 18: 6: and 38 2. and 68: 29: where he reſides ro hear the Prayers and Appeals of all his People. Or 2. in Hea- ven, as it 15 explainedin the next Clauſe ; which is alſo called Gods Temple, Mich. 1:2. Rev. 7. 15: and which ſeems tobe moſt emphari. call kerezfor GoJs being in Heaven is oft mentioned as an evidence ofhis glorious Majeſty, of his ſoveraiga Power ard Dominion. over all men and things, and of his accurate InſpeQtion inro all men and thei? a&ions here belowy . which from that high Towes he can ealily behold, as ir here follows. p Where he ſits to exa+- mine all Cauſes, and to judge all Men, and to give forth righteous Sentences according to every mans works; which is.my 'grea*Come fort and Joy» q 1,e. He dorh exaQly {and thoroughly dif -1n all men, and all that is in men, their moſt inward anu ſec: er Affie, ons, 2/s. 7: 9. And therefore he ſees and will reward my Inno.
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