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a Tdid indeed ſay, that they and they only were Bleſſed,
and med.'tate on Gods Law, Pſp. rt 1, 2.
the confirmation whereof this Text is juſtly alledged, Rom.
and abominable in God's ſight, and need covering.
o John Fs 47-
-not feignedly«
ling his promites : Or rather, the Faithful, who is oppoled to the |
tranſgreflion is forgiven, whoſe
that did not walk in the counſel of the ungodly, &c. Bur did delight im, And it 1s true, this is the only way to Blefſedneſs. Bur if enquiry be made into the cauſe of - Mans Blefſedneſs, we muſt feck that elſewhere, All Men having "ſinned and made themſelves guilty before God, and fallen ſhort of the Glory of God, and of that happin<ſs which was conferred upon their firſt Parents, now there is no way to recover this loſt Feli- city, but by ſceking and obraining the favour of God. and the par- don of our fins. Which is the very Do&rine of the Goſpel: to 6 5. Our Sins are Debrs, and they need forgiving ; they are filthy and
2 Bleſſed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth
not iniquity 6, and * in whoſe ſpirit there 5s no guile c.
b Whom God doth not charge with the guilt of his Sins, as he
" might juſtly do, but graciouſly accepts and pardons him in Chriſt,
and deals with him «s if he had nor ſinned. c Who freely con-
feſſeth all his Sins withour diſembling and concealing of them ;
which may ſeem to be the main thing here intended, by comparing
- this with the following Verſes : and whois lincere in his Profeſſions of Repentance, turning from Sin to God with all his Heart, and
L M S$. Plal. XXXII,
| 2 When I kept filence 4,my bones waxed old ethrough
my roaring all the day long f. |
d To wit, from a full and open Confeſſion of my Sins, as ap. pears from v- 5, and from pouring out my Soul tro Ged in ſerious and fervent Prayers for pzrdon ard peace. Whilſt I concealed my ſins : Or, ſ{morhered my Fears, and ſtifled the workings of my own Conſcience. e My Spirits failed, and the firength of my Body decayed. f Becauſe of the continual horrours of my Conſcience, ind ſenſe of Gods wrath, wherewith I was as yet rather oppreſſed and overwhelmed, than brought to through Kepentance.
4 For day and night thy hand g was heavy upon me: my moiſture was turned into the droughr of ſummer 4 Selah.
£ Thy affliting hand bringing my Sins toremembrance, and £1. ling me with thy terrors for them. + My very radical moiſture was in a manner dryed up, and waſted though exccflive Fears and YOrrOWS., :
5 1 acknowledged my fin unto thee,and mine iniqui- ty have I not hid : * I ſaid, 1 will contels my tranſ- *Prov.28: greflions unto the LORD #; and thou torgaveſt the ini- 13 quiry of my ſin &. Selah. |
; Ar laſt I rook up a full Reſolution, that I would no longer dally nor deal deceittully with Ged, nor vainly feck to hide my Sins from the all-ſeeing God, but that I would open)y and candidly confeſs and bewail all my Sins with all their Aggravations, and humbly implore the pardon of them. k i e. The guilt of my Sin, Or, Thou didſt take away the pun.ſbment ( as this Hebrew word oft ſig- nifies ) of my ſm; Or, my exceeding ſinful ſm, two words ſignifying the ſame thing, being here put rogether by way of aggravation according to the manner of the Hebrews.
6 For this I ſhall every one that is godly pray unto thee, | in a time when thou mayeſt be found w ſurely in the * floods of great waters », they ſhall not come nigh unto him s. Pla.69.13,
{ 7. 6. Upon the incouragement of my Example, and thy great 11a 55: 6. mercy vouchſafed to me, in Anſwer to my humble Confeffion * Pal. 69 and tupplication. m Heb. in the time of finding thee ; the Pronoun 1» 2+ thee being eaſily and fitly repeated our of the next foregoing Cauſe, 7. e. While he may be found, as it is expreſſed Iſa. 55. 6. or while he is near, Pſi. 69. 13 In an acceptable and ſeaſonable time, while God continues to offer Grace and Mercy to Sinners, before the decree bring farth, Zeph. 2. 2: and Sentence be paſſed or executed upon them, By which clauſe he feems to intimac the difterence between the Godly, who pray and cry earneſtly to God tor mercy 1n its ſeaſon ; and the wicked, who will do ſo when it is too Jate, and the ſeaſon is loſt. »7.e. In the time of great calamities which are frequently compared ro great Waters, 6 Ta wit, ſo as to overwhelm .or hurt him. Or, God will ſer him in an high and ſafe place, out of the reach of them, as he proved an
Atk tor Nah when the Deluge came3 to which. peradventure he alludes in this place.
7 * Thouarr my hiding place, thou ſhalt preſerve me from trou>ie; thou ſhalt compaſs me about with ſongs of deiiverance p. Selah.
p 7. e. With ſuch great deliverances on all ſides, as will give juſt occalion to ling forth thy praiſes:
8 I will inſtruct q thee 7, and teach thee inthe way
which thou ſhalt go 5: +I willguide thee with mine T _— eye r. jorge