able Inſtances in the Prophecy of 73iah, as Ch; 7- 14: and 9: 6. &c. And this Courſe might be the more ſeaſonable f r David, bee ciuſe he ſpeaks here of his Troubles afterhe was ſerled in his King. dom, ( as may be gathered from the men-ion of Z/-mm, where rj.e Affe was not rill thattime)and poſſibly of the ſad and ſinful Stire of his Kingdom during Abſalom; Rebellion ; and therefore finding himſelf fo ſtrangely diſappointed y that Peace and an
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I Perſons, as thou ſeeſt fit, I beg of thee the reſolution of this impor- ' tant queſtion. And be propoſeti this quettion ro God thar the
with thee for ever hereafter in Heaven ?
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- the Nature of this precept waich reacherh to all, ir being plain and
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he Confidently expe&t1 when once he cate to the Kingdom, and wilely and juſtly prefaging that his Children and tie followng x nerat;ons of [a:lites for the lame Cauſes were likely ro ect with the ſame or greater Calamities than this, he wearicth limicit with
he Exprefiion ofhis B2lief,, and deſire of the coming «t the Mceſlizs to fave his People. 4. To this alfo ſuits the mention of Zion bc= cauſe the Prophets knew and forero!d that the Meiſias or Delivercr ſhould firſt come to Zion, and ſhould ſet vp his Throne there, and from thence ſend forth his Laws and Edidts to the Gentile Worl-; as 1s poſitively affirmed, Plal: 2: 6; and 110: 2: Iſa, 2: 3; and 59; 20: Compared with Rom: 11: 26; and in many other places.s. Uhe following words agree only to thistime, wherein he ipeaks of brin- ging back rhe Captivity of his people with the univerſal joy of all Zacob and Iſrael; which cannot z2gree to Dawia s time,wherein there was no ſuch Captivity of the People, but only a Civil war and mu- tual ſlanghter,which is quite another thing :; nor to the time of 1j- rael's return from Babylon, when there was no ſuch return of all and Benjamin, and ſome few of the other ribes, and the joy which the returning Iſraelites then had, was
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but low and mixed with many Fears and Dangers,and Reproaches;
as we ſez in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, And theretore they muſt belong to the times of the Meſſtas, by whom this Promiſe was fulfilled to the true I1{-ae! of God,who were brought back from that moſt real and dreadful, though ſpititual,Captivity of ſin and Satan, as.is declared; Lake 4. 18. Eph. 4+ 8. and ſhall be lirerally accom- pliſhed to the natural ſeed of Zacob or Iſract according to the Ex- peRation and belief of all the Jews in their ſeveral Ages, and of moſt Chriitian Writers, +( 7. e. ) His Captive people, Coptivity,be- ing oft put for Captives,as Deut, 21, 10.8 30, 3.Pſal: 126. 1,4z Or, bis people frem Captivity,of which ſce the former Note. * (7. 6) The ſeed oz Children of Jacob, 2s Aaron is named for his Sons, 1 Chron, 12, 27» and 27+ 17. and David for his Sons, and the Ike.
PSAL XV. The ARGUME NT.
T* HE occaſion and time of Compoling this Pſalm is uncertain : £E
bur the ſcope of it is plain, which is to give the Character oi
an holy & happy Man, and to deſcribe rhe way to true Blefſednels. | Wherein this 1s obſervable, that he is wholly filent as to the Cere- : monial or Ritual Obſzrvations of the Law ; not, thar he dorh ditown them, orallow the negle& of them, as is manifeſt from David's con- ſtant Praftice, and from many other paſſages, but that he might undeceive the Hypocritical Iſrzelites, who laid too great a ſtreſs upon thoſe things, as if the diligent performance thereof world ex- cuſe their wicked Lives, which Error almeſt all the Prophets Co pbſerve and Condemn in them; and that he might inform the Church cf that, and allſuccceding Ages, that the ſubſtance cf Re- ligion didconſift ia the PraQtice of true Holineſs and Righteout-
nels:
any>nd, A Pfalm of Dawid.
David deſcribeth a Citizen of Zion, 1, 1. e. He © purein Hearty 2. Gover= neth bis Tongue, 3. Contemns a vile Perſon, but Honours him that {ears
- Gody 4. He us no Uſurer, <. -OR Da, * who {hall + abide b in thy tabernacle 7
c Who ſhall dwell in thy holy hill « 2 © 4 O'thou who art the ſoveraign Lord ot this holy Hill and Taber- nacle,to whom ic belongs to give Laws to it,and to admit or reje&t
Anſwer coming from him, may have thegreater Authority and 1n- fluence upon mens Conſciences. b Heb. ſojourn, to wir, fo as to dwell,” as it is explained inthe next clauſe. Unleſs this clauſe be meant ofſojeurning in the Church here, and the nexr of dwelling in Heaven hereafter. Who ſhall enter thither and abide thereywith thy-good leaveand liking c (3. e.)In thy Church either 1, Militant, Who is a true and will be a perievering Member of this Church ? Oc,2. Triumphant ,or in Heaven ; which is called the rrue Tabernacle wot wade with mans hands, Heb, 8. 2, and 9. 11, Revel, 21. 3- dd To wit, -of Zion, ſo called Pſal. 2. 6. which 1s oft pur for the Church and for Heaven. Who ſhall ſo dwell in thy Church here, as to dwelj
-*.2 *He that walketh uprightly'e, and worketh righte-
ouſneſs f, and ſpeaketh the truth [| in his beart "41 e Or, perfe&ly, or ſincerely, without guile or Hypocriſie, Loving,
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nor taketh or receive:h, ( i. e.) Entertaineth it cheerfully & greedily,
as men uſually do fuch things, and eafily believerh it without tuffi.
Client reaſon-
nor ſ:}Fer another to defame him without ſome rebuke or honifica-
tion of his diſlike, Prov. 25. 23-
4 in whoſe eyes ma vile perſon mis contemned o ;
bur he honoureth p them that fear the LORD : be th, {vveareth q to his own hurt r, and changeth not «s 2