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Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 • SECTION 1221

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1221

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s be a fit mark for thine Arrows. Or, Thou ſhalt ſet them,as a Butt to men, and deſpiſed of the people lL Ifa:49:23;

he word Face being ofc redundant. & By |, : k y appearance for their defence and deliverance, bur I

thy own power, or by the manifeſtation thereof, whereby thou | j;xe Storm, 3. e. NegleQed and deſpiſed, bork' by th oo w—_

not afford me Help, and by the menot my Age and Nation. as ir

PS AL. XXIL _—_— as _ ng _ 2 25+ 6 1/4. 415 14, I Not only of | | the great Men, bur alſo ofthe common People; hich doth nos The ARGUMENT. ſo truly agree to David ( who, though he was hated and perfocuted

Hat queſtion mentioned, 4s 8: 34. is very proper here, of | by Seul and his Courtiers, was Honoured and Beloved by the Bod quent T 34 y.P f of the people ) as to Chriſt, Compare 7s: 53: 2, 3. 48h

| that many Pſalms or paſſages of the Pſalms, though property and li- (hoot out the lips,they ſhake the head o ſaying ?,

rence to Chriſt, in whom they were accompliſhed. But there are || ch js their ; Hon.

ſome other Pſalms or paſſages n the Pſalms, as alſo ſome Chapters or forth their nn = Mockery. See Job 16: 10. Iſa; 57: 4. o As

, Om nother poſture of Scoffers. See Job 16: 4. Plat; ax: p : ELLE

ong after David, which either by thoſe ſacred P = — or at leaſt I This and the next Verſe are a * la ro chin att, 14 Ln 3 This

by the Holy Ghoſt inſpiring them,which is oneand the fame thing f$uppjement is very uſual, and here it is neceſſary, becauſe the next were dire&ly, primarily and immediately intended for,and are pro- Þ worqs are the Expreſſions of his inſulting Enemies

himſelf, who being a Type ofChriſt,itis norſtrange if there be in 1; WE . . . . +. gf CS SETS £54 chid ike co be the flare of mag _— r;let him deliver bim, || ſeing he delighted in 4 ki ; roled him

Doors themſelves, and by Chriſt himſelf, and by his Apoſtles, a : . we olfoe. And there wg many paſſages in it, which —_ of only at the thing, bur at the Expreſſion. Their Senſe is, He prerend- 72D, literally accompliſhed in him, and cannot in a tolerable Senſe be ed that he did wholly lean and reſt himſelf, and caſt his cares v« | Qr,jf underſtood of any other,as we ſhall ſee in the particular Verſes Ang | 292 God, and quietly and confidently commir all his Affairs to his yyjighin therefore, I doubt not, thatDevid, though be had an Eye to his Providence, afſuring himſelf of an happy Hue from him. r Or, wn own Condition, in diverſe paſſages here uſed, yet was carried forth | "out any Supplement, /er h:m deliver him, as it follows, though by theSpirit of Prophecy beyond himſelf and unto Chriſt, to whom the Hebrew words be differing, And ſo the ſame thing is tWiCEe IC

3 Occk ful Agrees. i _ your = _ _—_ or mane of 4s Ons (hole Confie

, : ; ::eleth Shaha | ucceſs againſt him. ey thought his Caſe deſperate,

Tothe chief muſician upon || Ayele | r 4a Pſalm | and paſt ail hope and ren 4 4 sAs he ufeth to alledge and boaſt

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but how vainly the event now

withal Perſecuted by wicked men, and that oftentimes is in the | thou || didſt make me hope « whes Iwas upon my mo-f Orket Morning, when ſhe comes out of her lurking and Lodging place | thers breaſts » i _ p aſety

= 66% poker bee = + 6 wy or Tune, or Song, videwes, And aitkough ns bea Marey witch od grants to jr The Prophet as a Type of Chri laineth that God had forſaken him,) —— — rd. 2 = Y GO ore, ATTY 30t nes. hor he "YY wg "y - 4g 16a that he heard his Fa - he phone "rg ry for this great,though common Mercyznothing being more red thew,z= -5. But owns himſelf a Worm:6. And the Reproach of Men, » Go 1 nable and uſual than for David: and other holy may 40 P raiſe _ He ſheweth the Language of the Enemy againſt him,yet his truſt s in Sy Ga oy ſuch Blefſings ; and partly as an Argument to encourage es. teeth olliind &þ arots fow/225--hs.. -He frwcth the Te imſelf lis _— and we prevail with God,to grant him the _—_ pineſs of the Meck, 26 And of all the Gentiles, 27 — 311 This doing « ary ANN ROI tar 7 Hee 27> Ort: * q: * * 5 : 17. $ «I; Mat. 277 Y * God b, my * God c, why haſt thou forſaken 10, But this is applicable te Chriſt in a ſingular manner, not as 2 . | me 4? hy art thou ſo far | from helping me, and | late learned Writer takes it,that God ſeparated him from theWombs Mark x5. from the words of my T0aring e- | but that God did bring him out ( as the word properly ſignifies) of b Whom, notwithſtanding rhy forſaking me. I heartily Love, | *** mb, ro wit, immediatly and by himſelf, and without the help , j Ofany Man, by the miraculous Operation of the Holy Ghoſt which + H b. thou frowneſt upon me. c The Repetition Notes, the depth of his | Pade him there, orelſe he could never have been brought thence. ©% diſtreſs which made him Cry ſo earneſtly,and the ſtrugglings of his' #97, TruſF: i: e. Thou didſt give me ſufficient ground for Hope and Jom my Faith, with his Fears and Sorrows. «i: e. Left me in 2nde-\ Truſt, if I had then teen capable of acting that Grace, becauſe of , | e iy the hands P ng

| Salvarion, of malicious Men, withdrawn the Lighrofthy Countenance,. and thy wonderful and watchful Care over me,in that weak and helpleſs the Supports-2nd Comforts of thySpirit from me,andfilled me with- State, Which waseminently true of Chriſt, whom God ſo miracule « ouſly preſerved & provided for in his Infancy;theHiſtory where-

Burden, his was yx part verified in Dzvid, but much more fully 6f we read Mat: 2-Itis not ſtrange that Hope is figuratively afcr ibe in Chrift,. who applies theſe words td himſelf, Mar: 27: 46: ei; e., ©9 Infants,. ſeing even'the Brute-Creatures are ſaid to Hope, Rom and | 3:20, and'to wait and Cry ts God, Pſal; 145: 15: and 137: 9. #7 &

"hy was a ſucking Child, Which may be properly under-

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f( i. e.)I continue praying Day and Night without Intermiſſion, Slencen

2 But thou art holy g, O thou that inhabiteſt the

g i.e. Juſt and rrue in all thy ways, and therefore hearing

4 Our Fathers truſted in' thee: they truſted, andthoy

þ This he adds forthe Reaſons mentioned in the firſt Note. »:

5 They cryedunto thee, and were delivered: * they

& Our Fathers were Honoured by thee and by others, becauſe of Row:$33

7 * All they that ſee me,laugh me ſcorn »; they Þf , Mat's} |

m Inſtead of Pitying or Helping, deride me and inſult over me - fi :0þen They gape with their Mouths,and put Ons

8 *fHe truſted on the LORD 9, hat he would de- * Mit:

q He Rolled himſelf upon the Lord, Where they ſeem to Scoff not Gitmke

weth. 9 But thou ers he that took me out of the Womb: 5

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