06 a (i.e.) The wicked man : Fo: tuch are commonly and juſtly caled Fools Every where in Scripture, and rhar purputely ro meer wit; their falſe, yer common Conc-it »f themiclves,as if rhey were the only wiſe men, and all others were Fools, b (ie ) In his te- cret Thoughts, or within himlcif, ceirg afrard and aſhamed to ut- ter it with his mouth.Nour that it was his fix:d and conſtant Opint- on & Judgment,but this heſaita by Contt«uttion, becauſe he heartt- Iy wiſheth there were no God, and lives as if there were none. So this Text may be exp'ained by comparing it with Pſal 36; :;: and Tit: 1: 16. c He denies not Gods Being or Exiitence,bur only his Providence He ſaith not there is no Fehowah, wh:ch name of God notes his beeing, but no Elim, which exprefſcth God as rhe
penſcth all the a&inns of all men according to their ſeveral qualities. a Heb. They have corrup'ed, to wir, themſclves, or their ways, as this word commonly ſi2nifies. Their great and wilful Wickedneſs is
| the Fools here deſcribed. f None of their Afftions are really and thoroughly good or pleaſing ro God ; for if fomeof them be ma- terially good, as when they do an att of Juſtice or Charity, yer they are poiſoned with bad Principles or Ends, not being performed
' by them our of a gocd Conſcience, and fecious Care to pleaſe God, for then rhey would do one gcod Aftionas well as enother. bur in ypocrttle, or with vain Glory, or ſame ſiniſter and unworthy
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2 The LORD looked down from heaven g,upon the children of men 4,to ſec if there were any that did un-
derſtand, and ſeek God i. . & To ſearch out the Truth, God knoweth all things without ans enquiry: But this is a Figure called Anthroo»parhia, whereby Scripture ofc ſpeaks of God af--r rhe manner of M:n« + Up n the whole Body of the I[raeliti'h Nitin, a:d upon the generality of Mankind under Heaven ; for he ſpeaks of ail except his People, a:.d the Righteous ones, who are here oppoled to th-{t, wv: 43:5. 5 Thar did truly know God, to wit, ſas to love, and fear, and truſt, and Obey him, ( for ail theſ- are frequently fignifi-d in Scripture by this Expreflio 1 of know:ng God ) and rhar. did diligently ſeek im, (fe.) Study his Mind and Will that taey might do it, arid ſeck bus Graceand Favour. 3 They are al' gonealſide & ; they are altogether be- Comethithy /:* there 35 noi.e ther dotigood,no not one. k To wit, from G»d, whom they ſhould have ſoughr, v 2: and from the Ru'z which he hath g:v:en :hcm and by which they ſome- times profeff:d, and 1e:m'd to govern themſelves. Or, are grown owre, as this word ſigaifies, Hof 4: 18. And lo this is a M-raphor om corruptzd Drinks, > tie next is taken from rotten M-at, / eb. ſinging, ( i.e, ) loathio've and abominable to. God, and to all . Wiſeand fover Men. if 4 Have ail che workers of iniquity no knowledge mz?
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The Ceſign of this Pſalm is to d:ſcribe and bewai? the horrible Wic- ' ; ticle is taker, Gen 455 8: Pſal; 37: 20; Eccleſ; 2. 10: and 6: 2. So | he d-icr'bes the contrary 2nd tafe Condition of the Righreous.
; the Hebrew beth oft ſignifies, that is, God is one their fide, and
Judge and Governour of the World, who obſerves 3nd recom- p
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alledged as a ground of their Atheiſm or Infidelity. e To wit, of:
harp ; For thy remembred what a potent Adverſary thzy a1, ani tnerefore had cauſe enough to fear, Or, But, as this Par-
Or, when, as it oft ſignifies, and f11t Anſwers to the zhen in the be.
ginning of the Verſe, when God ſha'l once appear for his People, a
dreadful Horrour ſhall ſzize up-n their wicked Enemies. « 4,e. A- mong them, with his gracious and Powerful Preſence to defent ' th:m, ad to fight againſt their Enemies. Or, God is for, &c. as
| ther=fi re there Enemies have great cauſe rotremble, 6 * )e have ſhamed x the counſel of the poor y ;
cauſe z rhe LORD 5s his refuge. |
x i. e, Tzſfired and endeavoured to bring it to ſhame or diſappoint it. Compare Pſal: 6; 10: Or, ye have reproached or derided it, - as a foc-lith thinge y 7. 2. The cauſe which he hath raken ro defend. himſelf, which is nor by lying and fluttery and violence, and all manner of wickedneſs, which is your Counſel and uſual Praftice, bur by truſtingin God and keeping his way, and calling upon his Name z This was the ground oftheir Contempr and Scorn,that he lived by I aith in Gods promiſe and Providence, Or, but,as in the foregoing Verſe. Sothere ſeemstro bz an Eizgant and fir Op- ofition. You reproach them, but God will own and prote& them, and juſtifie their Counſel which you d-ride.
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on ||! when the LORD bringeth back che captivity of »#Yzive, his people F Jacob * ſhall rejzoyce and Iſrael ſhall be _ 67 lad. p *: - -. - || Theſe words direMly and immediately Corcern the deliverance of the P-ople of 7-ael out of thar ſinful and deplorable Eſtate, in which rt ey now were;zwhich having deſcrib:d in the Body of the Pia'm, he concludes, after his manner, with a Prayer to God ta hear and help them ozz of Z'on, where che Ark then was, whence God uſed to h:ar and Anſwer his Peoples prayers. Bur ultimarely and principally they Deſign a further, even the ſpiritual Redemp- tion and Salvation ofall Gods I1/ael by the M-ſſigs, as may appear by d.vers Conſider.tions. 3 I. That the Ancient Jews did thus un- derſtand ir,and among others, Jonathan's Targum or Paraphraſe on rhe Bible, expound it thus Ido no: expe G deon's Salvation,which was but Corporial, nor that of Sympſon — but the Salvation of the Me- fſias. With whom agrees the Targum of Feruſalem, 2. That the Do- &rcine of [{rael's Redemption or Salvation by Chriſt was very well known as to other Ancient Patriarchs, John 8: 56: 1 Pt: 13 10g 11,12, ſo particularly to David, of whom it is exprefly ſaid, that he knew and foreſaw this Myſtery, AFs 2: 35, 31: in whole Book of Pſalms there aredivers and very diſtin& and clear Propnecies of ir; as we have in partſeen upon P/al: 23 and 8: and ſhall ſee more fully and & Evidently hereafrer. 3-T hat David and other holy Prophets in the midſt of their ſad T!.oughrs, ard Fears, and Troubles,, did vſ. uaily Comfort themfelves with the Pcomiſe 4nd Expzttarion of the Meſſias, by whom, and by whom alone tacy fhould receive that plenary Salv:t: n for which they groaned 3 of which it is thought
' we have one iniſt-nce, Gen: 49: 18.. bur we have many unqreſtiar.-