2 (i, e.) In whoſe Judgment and Eſtimarion. 7 (5. e. ) One that deſerves Contempt,an ungodly or wicked Man,as appears from the next clauſe : where he that feareth God is oppoſed to him. o Or, gc ſiſed,notwithſtanding all his Wealth and Glory, and Greatneſs: He doth not admire his Perſon, nor envy his Condition, nor court him with flatteries, nor value his Company and Converſation, nor approve ofor comply with his Courſes,but he thinks meanly ofhim he judgeth him a moſt miſerable man, and a great obje& of Pity, he abhors his wicked praftices,and labours to make ſuch ways Con- remptible and hareful toall men, as far as it lyes in his power. But this contempt of wicked men muſt be ſo managed as not to cauſe a contempt ot juſt Authority, which ifit be lodged in a wicked hand,
doth Challenge not only Obedience, but alſo Honour & Reverence : + as is manifeſt from the Precepts and Examples of Chriſt & of his A. poſtles, who charge this upon the Chriſtians,every where althou gh theMagiſtrates of thoſe times were unqueſtionably, vile and wic« ked men.See As 23:5:Rom:13:1 Peti5.133&c. þ ive, He highly eſteem
eth and heartily loveth them, and ſheweth great reſpe& and
kindneſs to them, though they be mean and obſcure as to their
worldly Condition, and though they may differ from him in ſome Opinions or pratices of Jeſſer moment. q To wit,a promiſſory Oath, engagingtnem by ſolemn Oath, to do ſomerhing which may be beneficial to his Neighbour. r (#-e ) To his own damage or pre- judice, As if a man ſolemnly ſwear by the name of the great God, that he will ſell him ſuch an Eſtate ar ſuch a. price below the full worth ; Or that, he will give a poor Man ſuch a Sum of Money, which when afterwards he comes to review and Conſtder,he finds it very inconvenient and burdenſome to him,where he is tempted to break his Oath, s To wit, his purpoſe or Courſe, but continues
; firm and reſolved to perform his promiſe, and Sacrificeth his inter-
eſt and profit to his Conſcience,and the Reverence of God and of an
i- See Exod 23.1, Levit. 19. 16. Or, nor bearcth or c1« dureth, as this pbraſe ſignifies, Pſal. 69- 7+ Ezek. 36. 15. He Coth
Gath. Sce Ezek: 17- 18, 19. * Exod!
5*He that patteth not out his money to uſury z, *
| X p or 22, 25, taketh reward « againſt the innocent. He that doth Lev.25.36
; theſe things x, ſhall never be moved y. Deut. 23;
* In ſuch manner as is contrary to Gods law : Of which ſee in, 9
Ex9d: 22: 25: Levit- 25: 36, 37, u Or, # bribe from him who hath Ezeki 18,
a bad cauſe ; that Re may either condemn the innocont or the guilty ; Both which God abhorreth. | ſuch things as naturally and neceſſarily flow from them,or are a-kin
acquit
God's Church here, and chough he may be ſhaken, and ftagger and fall, yer he ſhall never wholly and finally be removed or fall away from ir, nor from that happineſs, which was propoſed and promiſed to him, bur ſhall abide with God here, and go to him when he dies and be forever with the Lord,
P SAL, XVI. [| Michtam 4 of David.
neſs and excellency of the matter of ir ; for it Treats of Chriſt's Death and Reſurre&ion. But becauſe this Title is prefixed to Pſal: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60: wherein there is noſuch peculiar Ex- celicency,it may ſeem rather to be a Title belonging to the Mu- ſick or the Song,which, with the reſt, is now loſt 2nd unknowns Ir is a great queſtion among Expolitors, in whoſe Name and Per- ſon he ſpeakerh this Pſalm,whether his own or Chriſts. It ſeems bard to exclude' David's Perſon, to whom almoſt the whole P/alm properly and literally belongs, and to whom ſome parts of it do more conveniently belongrhan to Chriſt ; And ſome parts of it do peculiarly belong to Chriſt, of whom ir is expounded by the two great Apoſtles, Peter and Paul, As 2, 25, and 13: 35«
And yetirt ſeems probable, by the contexture of the Pſalm, and the coherence of the ſeveral Verſes together, that the whole Pſalm ſpeaks of one and the ſame Perſon. But becauſe David was a mixtPerſon,being both a Member, and an eminent T'ype, of Cariſt,he may without any inconvenience be thought to ſpeak
Worſhippingand ſerving God, and loving his Neighbour not in word. and ſhew only, but in truth and reality ; and this conſtantly, and in the whole courſe of his Life, as walking implies, f Maketh | it his work and buſineſs to do juſtly, (i.e.) togive to every one. his. due, firſt to God, and then to Men; for the words are general, and not reſtrained to either. g His words and profcflions to God and men, agree with and proceed from the thoughts and purpoſes ofhis Hearr.
3 He that backbites not with his tongue b,nor doeth evil z to his neighbour &,. nor || taketh up / a reproach
again{t his neighbour,
hb He doth not take away or diminiſh his Neighbours good name, either by denying him his due praiſes,or by laying any thing to his Charge falſcly or without ſufficjent cauſe and Evidence, 7Z(7z.e, ) Any hurt or injury, k(Jj.e. ) Toany man; as isevident, 1. from
certain, that both by Laws of Nature and of Moſes, it was not Jaw- ful todo evil to any man, except where God the Soveraign com- manded it, as he did ro rhe Canaanites and: Amalckites, 2. From the Scripture uſage of this word Neighbour, which frequently ſignifies e- very man,though aſtranger or an heathen, as appears from Gen: 29% 4: Exod: 20.16, 17+ brvitc 18, 20. and 19, 15, &c. Prov.25, 8, 9. Ticks 10. 29, &c. Mat: 5, 43: 44 And he uſeth this word, Neigh-
of himſelf ſometimes in the one and ſometimes in the other Ca« Pacity, to paſs from the one to the other, And therefore hav- ing ſpoken of himſelf as a Believer or Member of Chriſt, in the former part of the Pſalm, he proceeds to conſider himſelf as a Typeof Chriſt, and having Chriſt in his Eye, and beriyg inſpi- red by the Holy Ghoſt with the knowledge and Contemplation of Chriſt's Paſſion and ReſurreQtion, towards the cloſe of the Pſalm he ſpeaks ſuch things, as though they might be accommos dared to himſelf in a very imperfe&, obſcure,apd improper Sence, yet could not truely,literally,and properly,fully and compleat!y, belong to any but to Chriſt, to whom therefore they are juſtly appropriated in the New Teſtament. David «:ſ'rufting hs own Merit, and hating Idolatry, fleeth to God for Pre- ſervation, 1 4: He ſbeweth the Hepe in Life and Deaths —— 9,Of