* rogative to blets or to Curſe men. And this he mentions, bcth as
9 Forevii doersihal be cut off «: but thoſe that wal,
" bez: yea, * thou ſhalt diligently conſider his place a, |
18 The Lord * knoweth » the days of the upright o, |
named, and from the nature of the thing, this being God's Pre- | the Foundation, and as the Proof of the Certainty of their future Happineſs. | ' 23 The ſteps of a good man x are || ordered y by they q, ,. 'LORD + and he delighteth in his way =, pliſted, x Or, of that Man, to wit, the righteous or Bleſſed Man, ex- preſſed, v. 21, 22, y Ory airefed or diſpoſed, i-e. So governed, as to attain the end and Happy ifſue at which he Aims. Or, frength- ned or eſtabliſhed, ſo as he thall not ſlumble nor fall into Miſchief. For ſtill he ſeems to be deſcribing, not their Vertue, but their Felicity. z Or, and he favoureth his way, 2.0. Succeeds and proſpers his Counſels and Enterprizes. 24 * Thoughhe fall a,he ſhal not be utterly caftdown »p,,;. b ; for the LORD upholdeth him with his hard, ” ek 4 Either, + Intoſin, as this Word is uſed, Jer. 8. 4.1. 1 Cor. 10. 2 Cor.q4 9, 12, Or rather, 2. Into Diſtreſs or Trouble, as Michs 7. 8 þ 5. e. Not totally, nor irrecoverably Ruined: 25 I have been young,and now am old,yethave IT not
ſcen the righteous forſaken,norhis ſeed begging bread e.
c This aſſertion ſeems to be Contradited by many Experiences; nor can it be denied, that both good Men and their Children, have ſometimes been reduced to great want» Queſt. How then is this true ? Anſ. 1. Some render the laſt Clauſe thus, ner (did ever ſee ) his ſeed ( ro wit, forſakeng as was now ſaid ) though begging Bread. So the Sence is, I have ſeen him brought to begge. ry, yet even then God did nct forſake him. But this Sence agrees not with the Context, nor Scope. which is to ſhew the Plenty and Proſperity, wherewith God bleſſerh him- 2+ This is to be un-+ derſtood of the ſeed of the Righteous, treading in their Fathers ſteps from which if they degenerate,they loſe all their Priviledges, as many places of Scripture witneſs. 3. Some few Exceptions,do not deſtroy the truth of a general Propoſitions 4. Theſe temporal Promiſes were more expreſs, and particular tro the Jews in the times of the Old Teſtament, than ro Chriſtians in the New, and therefore were more litterally fulfillede 5. He ſpeaks nct of any kind of wanting or deſiring, or receiving Relief trom others, for ſo David himfſelfdid, 1 Sams 21- 3. and 25. 8, bur of the Cuſtoma« ry Praiſe and Trade of begging, which was threatned as a Curſe to the diſobedient, Deut« 28. Pſal: 109: 10; 6. Not begging, to wit, in vain, Or, ſo as to be forſaken, as now expreſſed, and may very well be here underſtood, Or, ſo as to be ſuſtained or relieved by others. 7. David ſpeaks only of his own Experience, which if ſince that time it be Contradited by other mens Experiences, it is no more than what happens in all the Concernments of humane Lifee«
26* Heis Fever merciful, and lendeth 4, and his , Pflins;
ſeed is bleſsed e. + Hcb. af d He is ſo far from begging from others. that he hath Ability as the day: well as Inclination, to give or lend to ethers, as need requires e Not onely with Spiritual,but withTemporal Blefſings.So far ſhall he be from waſting his Eſtate, and undving himſelf, and Fami- ly by his bounty and Charity, as Coverous Worldings objeRed or feared- - ; 27 * Depart from evil, for evermore þ. f Having therefore theſe glorious Promiſes and Priviledges, let no man do any Evil or unjuſt thing, to enrich or ſecure himſelf, nor abſtaining f;om Pious and charitable Attions, for fear of un- doing himſelf by them, bur let every man live in the Conſcionable diſcharge of all his Duties to God and Men, commutting himſelf and all his Afffairs to God's fatherly Care and Providence, and Con- fidently expeCing his Bleſſing thereupon. g i:e. Thou ſhalt dwellg as before, v. 3. ta wit, in the Land, as is expreſſed, v. 3, and afterwards in Heaven. h Either Properly : Or for a long time of
which that word is off uſed.
_ 28 For the LORD loveth judgement z, and for- ſaketh nor his Saints & ; * they are preſerved for evers » pe. (62, but the feed of the wicked {hal be cur off. | 28.
77, 6. Juſt judgement, or Righteouſneſs, as that word is oft
taken, as hath been ſhewed again and again ; Either, 5. In him- ſelf i. &. He loveth to execute judgement npon the wicked, and for the Righteous 3 which he doth in the manner expreſſed inthis Pſalm. Or, 2, In the Righteous themſelves, whole juſtice and Piety, and Charity he ſees and Loves, and will reward it. k Or, his Favourites, or they to whom he hath a good will : Or, his bountifull Ones, who exerciſe Benignity and Charity ro others.
29 * The righteous ſhal inherit theland 1 and dwel * p;.., therein for ever w. I See on v. 3. mSee on v. 18.
30 * The mouth of the righteous ſpeaketh » wiſdom o * proy; and his tongue talketh of judgement o. 10: 31, n And that Freely, and Cuſtomarily, and from his heart, as the next Verſe ſhews. Having ſhewed in divers Verſes, God's fingu-
And do good f : and dwellg, Ports
Jar Care over, and Reſpet& to the Righteous, he proceeds to give
a CharaQter of them, and withal to affign one Reaſon of the great
Difference of God's dealings with them, and with other Men. 0
Either,i, For the manner of it, with Wiſdom and judgement, Or
rather, 2» For the matter of it, heavenly Wiſdom, & God's Judge
ment er” Word or Law, as it follows, verſe 31x. When the Diſ-
courſes of other Men, are either wicked or Vain, and uſeleſs, his
are ſerious and Edifying, and Pious concerning the Word and
ways of God. EF * pſ.40-8. 31 * The law of his God 3s in his heart p; * none of yg, ,;q.98;
his || ſteps ſhall ſlide 9. Tha. $1. 7- p According to God's Command, Deut: 6: 6: and Promiſe, Heb: * Þf y8:17-
$8: 10. His thoughts and Meditations, and AffeRions are fixed up- & 4®, ?-
on it. He doth not talk Religiouſly in Deſign,or with Oſtentation, |Or,9%%s*
but out of the abundance ofhis Heart Mat: 12: 35: 9q This paſſage
deſcribes, Either; i: His ſafety, Conſequent upon his Piety ; God
will uphold and preſerve him from failing into that Miſchief,
which wicked men Plot againſt him. Or rather, '2, His Vertue or . Piety
Pal. XXXYIlL
- 4
Js
"Pl
* pf TH Pea Hea
) estgn
» 24
l.4 %
112.9, b. al oy.
14.14
WLAXXV UII.