kind of it, See of it, Deut. 33. 17. 0b 39. 9, 10. Pſal. 92. 10. 1/a. $4. 7. and my Latin Syopſis on Numb. 23. 22. For it is not worth while to trouble the unlearned Reader with ſuch Diſputes. »
22 * [ will declare b thy name c unto my brethren 4d: Hel
in the mid(t of thecongregations e will I praiſe thee. *'*
6 i, e, Publiſh or celebrate itz when thou haſt delivered me, thou ſhalt have the glory of it, as now thy honour is eclipſed by my Calamities. c z. e. "That power and faithfulneſs and goodneſs, and thoſe perfe&tions which thou haſt manifeſted on by behalf. 4 The ſame whom he calls the Congregation in the next Clauſe, and the ſeed of Jacob and Iſrael in the next Verſe. Which alſo doth not ſo fitly agree to David, who never to my remembrance gives this Title to any, but ſuch as were near a-kin to him, as it doth to Chriſt, who extendeth this name to all his Diſciples and Believers. Mat. 12, 48, 49. and 25. 49. and 28. 10. and to whom this very Text is applied. Heb. 2.11, 12+ e Not only privately, but even in the publick Congregation.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praiſe him f ; all ye the
ſeed of Jacob glorify him; and fear him, all ye the ſeed of Iſrael g.
f Partly for my fake, and chiefly for your own benefit received by my Deliverance. g The two univerſal Particles ſeem to inti- mate that he ſpeaks not only of the Carnal, but alſo of the Spiri- tual Seed : whichalſo is more than probable, by comparing this ; with v. 27, 28.
24 For he hath not deſpiſed 5, nor abhorred z the afliftion of the aflited : neither hath he hid his face
from him &, but * when he cried unto him he heard. þT was deſpiſed by the people, v. 6. but not by God #7 5. ee He did not turn away his Face from-it, as men do from things which they abhor, but looked upon it with Compaſſion. & To wit, for ever : for he did ſo fora rime; But now ſaith he, he hath
lift up upon me the light of his Countenance. Ont 25 * My praiſe ſpall be of thee in the great congrega-= $. fat. tion /:* I will pay my vows mz before them that fearhim. * pgy,
7 Either in the general Aſſemblies of the 1aelites, at their ſolemn x 6. Feafts : Or in the univerſal Church, made up of Fews and Gentzles, as the following Verſes explainit 2 7. e. Thoſe praiſes and Ser- vices, which in my diſtreſs, I vowed to return unto thee, when thou didſt deliver me.
26 The meek » ſhall eat and be ſatisfied » : they ſhall praiſe the LORD that ſeek him p ; * your q heart tball * Prat. live r for ever s. J2s
x i.e. Faithful or Godly perſons, who are frequently called meek ones, as Pſal 25- 9. and 76.9. and 149. 4+ 1/s. 11. 4. and G1. I« Zeph. 2, 3. becauſe the Grace of God doth ſoften and ſweeten the Hearts of Sinners, and ſubdues their Pride and paſſion, and Rebellion againſt God, and their fierceneſs towards men. Or the
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place, partly, becauſe theſe are oppoſed to the fat ones upon Earth, v. 29. partly, becauſe the following Eating and ſatisfaftim may ſcem moſt proper and acceptable to fuch as were in want : partly, becauſe here is an alluſion to the legal Feaſts, made of the remain- ders of the Sacrifices, in which the poor had a ſhare: and partly, becauſe this well agrees to the time of Chriſt's coming, when the Body ofthe Jewiſh Nation were a poor and afflifted people, and the Poor eſpecially aid receive the G-ſpel, Mate 113. 5+ o Which is mentioned as a great Blefling, Joel 2. 26. as it is threatned as a grievous Curſe that men ſhould Eat and mot be ſatisfied. Levit. 26. 26, Mich, 6. 14+ But becauſe it was comparatively a poor and mean thing to have ones Belly filled and ſatisfied, with that food which peritheth and paſleth away preſently after it is received, this mag- nificent promiſe is doubtlets to be underſtood; ſpiritually of thoſe ſpiritual Bleflings, that Grace and Peace, and Comfort and full Satisfaftion, which all believing and pious Souls have in the Senſe of God's Love, and the pardon of their fins, and in the influences of God's Spirit into their Souls. p That ſeek his Favour: Or that enquire after him, and labour to know and diſcern him. Wherein poſſibly the Spirit of God may intimat to us, the neceſlity of ſeek- ing, and the difficulty of finding or diſcovering God, when he fhall appear in the fleſh, and in the form of a Servant 3 which was like- ly to hide him from the Eyes of the Carnal, and Careleſs Jews, and not to be diſcerned, but by thoſe that were ſtudious and inquiſt- tive concerning the mind of God revealed in the Scriptures, con- cerning that matter. q -7+ e. Their : For he ſpeaks of the ſame perſons ſtill, though there be a change from the third to the ſecond perſon, asis u{tfal in theſe poetical and prophetical Booksof Scrip- ture, 7 7. e. Shall be greatly Refreſhed and Comforted; Life be» ing oft put for an Happy and Comfortable Life, as r Kings 1. 25+ Pſal. 34. 12. in which Reſpe& Zaccbs Heart or Spirit is faid to have . revived, Gene. 45, 27. as on the contrary Nabals Heart was ſaid to have died within him, 1 Sam. 25+ 37, when- it was oppreſſed with great ſadneſs. s Your Comfort thall not be ſhort and Tranſitory, as worldly Comforts are, but everlaſting. *Pfal.2
27 * All the ends of the world t ſhall remember « Fakrr
and turn unto the LORD x3 and all the kindreds y &:g6. g of the nations ſhall worlbip before thee.
exprefſed what they ſhould remember, becauſe there were ſeveral things, that ſhouid and would be remembred by them ; which were likely to occaſion their turning to the Lord. "They ſhall remember
and in thar ſenie is atcribed to a Flame, 1/3. 47. 14+ and to Evil. Hab. 2.9. ; 2 i Save mefrom chelions y mouth, for thou haſt heard ie z from the horns of the unico;n -,
thic former and manifold wick<dneſs with grief and ſhame, and fear 3 and particularly their iu and folly, in worthiping dead and impotent Idols, that never did nor cou:d do them, either good or hurt : They ſhall remember that God who did make lively Im- « P preſſions
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