20 A ſeed g {ball ſerve him; it ſhall be accounted tothe LOR D for a generation h. g Chriſt ſhall not wani a ſeed or poſterity, Heb. 2. 13. For
though the Jewiſh Nation ſhould generally reje& and forſake him, which may ſeem to be here 1mplycd, Chriit ſhall have many diſci-
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pare this promiſe with that, he ſhall ſee his ſeed, Tſa. 53. 10. Or, their ſeed, i. e. The ſeed of the Gentzle Worſhippers laſt men.
tioned. .Chriſtian Religion ſhall not be the buſineſs of cne Age, but, as the Gent:l-s ſhall believe in Chriſt, 1o ſhall their polrerity in ſucceeding Generations : This being Gods uſual merhod. to take Children into covenant with their parents, of which ſc Dur. to, 15. and 39. 19. Pſal. 69. 36. T/a' 43. 5. and 44. 3. And as when the Jews refuted Chriſt, their children weie caſt out of Covenant with them ; ſo when the Gentiles embraced the Goſpel-Covenant, their Children were admitted with them. + Thar beleving ſeed ihall be reputed both by God and men, The Generation, or Chiidy:n, or People of the Lord, as the Jews formerly were, But upon the Jews contempt of Chriſt and the Goſpel, the Genzzles ſhall come 1n their itead, and enjoy their Titles and Priviledges. Compare this place with Pſal_ 87. 5.
31 They 3 ſhall come &, and fhall declare his righ- teouſneſs / unto a people that fball be born »:, that he
hath done #hzs n.
z? Either, the Converts and Worſhippers, v: 27. 29» Or their
ſeed laſt mentioned, v. 3o. Orthis may be indefinitly ſpoken as
ſuch Verbs are oft uſed, they ſhall come, i.e, Some or other ſhall
come and do the work here mentioned, to wit, the Apoſtles and
Miniſters of the Goſpel. k To wit, from Judes and Jeruſalem
(from whence the Goſpel was firſt to go forth) to the Gentle Worid,
to the ſeveral parts whereof the Apoſtles went upon this Errand.
! Gods Righteouſneſs : Either, 1. His wonderful grace and mercy
to mankind, in giving them Chriſt and the Gofpel 3 for Righteoyſ. neſs is oft put for Mercy or Kinaneſs, as hath been noted again and again. Or, 2. That Righceouſneſs which God hath appointed for the Juſtification of ſinners, called the Righteouſneſs of faith. Rom, Je 21. 22. Phil, 3. 9. which the Jews were ignorant of and would not ſubmit to, Rom. Io. 3. but the Gentiles joyfully embraced; or 3. His Truth or Faithfulneſs, ( which is very frequently, and firly called R:g/teouſneſs ) in the performance of thoſe exceeding great and precious promiſes made, and recorded in the Old Teſta= ment, and eſpecially thoſe two, concerning the ſending of the Mefſſias, and concerning the calling of the Gentiles. mw Either, 1« Spiritually, 7. e Born again; for Regeneration is oft called a Birth, as Pſal. 87. 4, 5- John 1« 13. 1 Pet. x. 23. and a Creation, P/al. 102, 18. Or rather, 2. Naturally, 7. e Unto ſucceeding Generations Whereby David gives us a Key to underſtand this Pſa/m, and teacheth us that he ſpeaks not here of himſclf, or of the Occurrences of his times, but of things which were to be done in after Ages, even. of the ſpreading of the Goſpel among the Gen« tiles, in the time of the New Teitament. » 2z. e. They thall de- clare that this is the work of God, and not of Man, and carried on by his only power in the World, againſt all the Wit and force of Men. Or rather, becauſe ( this being added as a proof or De-
the Lord plnaly underſtood here, and exprefled in the foregoing' Verle ) hath eorfe or wrought it, to wit, his Righteouſneſs. :. e. He hath executed with his hand, what he ſpake with his Mouth ; he hath demonſtrated the Truth of his promiſes by his Aftions, and by the Accomplithment of themes PSAL. XXII. The ARGUMENT.
HE matter of this P/alm, gives us ſome general Diſcovery of the time of its writing ; which was when David was deli- vered our of his Diſtreſſes, and quietly ſettled in his Kingdom, David deſcr.beth his own Happmeſs, 1» both in Temporal 2 and in Spi= ritual thngs 3} —— 5. His confidence in Gods Mercy, and wows to awell in his houſe for ever, 6.
A Pſalm of David:
wanrtb. a He hath ſhewed himſelf to be ſo by his gracious Providences
and Relation to me, by hisentring into Covenant with me, where- by he hath engaged himſelf to rule, and feed, and preſerve and heal me, and do all which Shepherds do, or are oblig'd to do to their Flocks : which David very well underſtood, and had doubt- I:fs carefully performed his Duty to his Sheep and therefore he ſtrengthens his Faith by this conſideration, that God was his Shep- herd ; and as God was a much better Shepherd than he, or any Man could be; ſo he might confidently expe& more than ordina- ry Benefits from his condu&. 6 To wit, any thing [which is real- ly neceſſary forme, either for this Life or for the next. But fooliſh man may think many things to be neceſlary for him, which the all- wiſe God knoweth to be not only unneceſſary but hurtful, and therefore mercifully denies what men ignorantly deſire to their hurt.
he leadeth me e beſide f the Þ ſtill waters g.
ting himiclf to mine Infirmities, as Shepherds do to their Sheep, Gen. 33: 13. Ie. 40. 11: and 49« 19, f Or, v0, the particle al be- ing of pur for el, as Gen, 1. 3o. and 16. 7. g Quiet and gentle Waters,cither put intoWatering-Troughs or running in ſmall and ſhallow Channels ; which are oppoſed to great Rivers, which both affright the Sheep with their noiſe, and expoſe them to the dan- ger of being carried away by their ſwift and violent Streams, whilſt they are drinking at them.
paths of righteouſneſs ; for his names ſake &.
dring. Or, 2 Into the Body, out of which it was even depar- ting and fainting away. He reviveth or comforteth me. Compare Ruth. 4. 15, 1. Sam. 30. 12. Lament. 1. 11. i In ſtreighs and
| plain, and ſafe paths, where the Sheep is neither hurt, nor wea-
ried, nor in danger of wandring. By his Word he dire&s me to the right ways of Truth, and Holinets and Righreouſnels, and by his Spirit he inclines and inables me to chute them, and ro conti-
ples or followers, and the Gentiles ſhull come in tae ſtead, com-
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monſtration of that Righteouſneſs of God now mentioned ) He 5. e. .
Pal. XX
He LORD is * my ſhepherd «, I ſhall not * 16 4» TI
Jer. 23. 4- rowards me, and for me ; and .he hath taken upon him, that Office gens il. 1Pet. 2.25, Rev. 7-17.
2 He maketh me to ly down cin + green paſtures d: + Heb.pos
ſure of rene