Fi. e. Are wicked and deceitful. g Once he had ſome ſhadows or degrees of Wiidom, and ſometimes did ſome things that were good in their kind, but now he hath not ſo much as the appea- rance of it, and is become an open Apoſtate from that which once he profeſſed. _
4 * He deviſeth || miſchief upon his bed b; he ſerteth *wic.:." himſelf i in a way bat is not good & ; he abhorreth || Or, #** not evill. Mit)s
h Which notes that he doth it, 1+ Conſtantly and unweariedly preferring it before his own reſt. 2. Earneſtly and ſeriouflly, when his mind is freed from all outward diftrattions, and wholly at lea- ſure to attend rhat, buſineſs about which ir is employed ; compare Pſal. 4: 4. 3. Freely, from his own inclination, when none are bg to provoke him to it. # He doth not repent of his wicked
evices, but reſolutely proceeds to excute them, and perliſts therein. & z. e. Which is very bad, as this phraſe is uſed, 1 Sam. 4 2. 24. Prov. 20: 23- and 24, 23. and elſewhere. 1 Though he ſometimes pretends remorſe, and defitts fiom his violent prattices againſt me, as Saul did, yer he doth not truly repent of nor abhor _ his fin, and therefore is ready to return to 1c, when any ocecalion offers it ſelf.
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Io Many ſorrows ſhall be ro the wicked y: but he that truſteth in the LORD z, mercy ſhall compaſs him
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y This is an Argument to enforce the foregoing Admonition, if any man will be refrattory and unruly, God hath many ways to | ro curband chaſtiſe them, and bring them to his Will. 2 Who re- ly upon his providence and promiſe for his preſervation and de- liverance, and commits himſelf to Gods care and conduct, waiting upon him in his way, and not turning aſide to crooked or fintul
atis, for ſafety or ſatisfaction. TR. " "PSA L. XXXII. The ARGUMENT,
His Pſalm contains a Celebration of God for hts great and | 5 gJorious works both of Creaticn and Providence. | God is td be praiſed by reaſon of his Goodneſs, 1 -—— 5,of his Power, 6 --11.
and of his Providence, 12==»=15- And they that fear him ſball find Mer- | cy, and rejoice in him, 16 22. X "prgt.ts Ejoice in the LORD «, O ye righteous, for * praiſe R is comely for the upright 6.
# Let his excellency diſcovered in his works, be the matter of your joy and paile. 6 Ir well becomes them to exerciſe them- {elves in this work of praiſing and bleſsing of God; partly, becaule they have ſuch ſingular and abundant obligations and occaſions to doio; and partly, becauſe they will praiſe God worthily and hear= tily, and with due Reverence and thankfulneſs, as God requires, and deſerves to be praiſed ; whereas ungodly men do indeed dif- parage and pollute the holy name of God, while they pretend to praiſe it, and therefore God rejects their praiſes and prayers. See P[alm 50. 16. and 109: 7. Prov. 28. 9. :
2 Praiſe the LORD with harp : fing unto him wich the pſaltery, and * an inſtrument of cen ſtrings c.
c He mentions theſe Inſtruments, becauſe they were uſed in
_ the publick worſhip and Praiſes of God in the Tabernacle, | 2 \ 3 * Sing unto him a new ſong «; play skilfully with 1 - ' * a loudnoile.
4+ 10, 4 Eirher, 1- Newly compoſed» As God gives you freſh occa- | | ſions, ſodo not you content your ſelves with the Old Songs or Pſalms, made by the holy men of God, but make new ones ſuited to the occaſions» Bur neither had all the Righreous, to whom he ſpeaks, wv, 1. the giftof compoling Sengs, nor was it of any neceſsity or importance, that they ſhould make new Songs to praiſe God, at Jeait for the works here mentioned, when there were ſo many | made by David, and other holy Prophets, for the uſe of Gods Churct: * and peop'e., when they had any ſuch occaſion. -Or, 2. Renewed or repeated, or ſung again 3 in which ſenſe Job ſaith, his Glory wasnew, or frcjh in him, Job 29. 20. 7.e, Renewed or continued from day to d1y, and the command of Love is called new, John 13. 34. becauſe it was renewed and reinforced by Chriſt. So this Song is here called new, not ſo much from the Matter, as from the ſinging of it ; be- cauſe it was ſung afreſh, or again-
4 For the word of the LORD 3s right e ; and all his works are done in truth f. |
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5 * He loveth righteouſneſs and judgment g ; * the |
earth js full of the || goodneſs of the LORD 5b.