{ (1 e. ) His only trutt or refuge, as appears from the following word-, q. 4.1 fatd, many ſhall truſt in the Lord, and they ſhall not be i01ers by it, nor diſappointed of their hope, but they are and ſhaii be Blefſcd, m Heb. lookerh nit towards, to wit with Love and Delight, -and defireto imitate them : Or. with confidence and ex- pectation ot relicf from thence, as this Phraſe is oft uſed, as Pſal. 25, I5: and 65. 3: and 121. 1: and 141:8, and as the oppoſition of this Clauic to .he foregoing ſeems :o imply, n Or, the mighty.(i e) Tne great and proud Potcntates of the Vorld, ro whom moſt men :[C apt tolook and truſt, and in wh..m the Pſalmiſt forbids us to put our truſt +ſal.146 3 o To wit from God, in whom alone they ougnt to truſt. þ (:.e ) To lying Vanities, ſuch as Worldly Power, and Wiſdom, an. Riches. and all other Earthly things, or perſons, in which men are prone to truſt : Which are called Lyes here, and Pſel: 4 2: aud 62: 9. Mich. 1, 14. and elſewhere, becauſe they pro-
miſe more than they can perform, See alſo Pſal, y. 14. and g: Hof, 10+ 13. and I'2. Is I / + i119. 119:
5 * Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonder- fuil works q which thou haſt done, and *thy thoughts r which are tO us-wards : || they cannot be reckoned
up 1n order unto thee : if 1 would declare and ſpeak vt them 7, they are more than can be numbred s.
avan Piural,us, have aboundant cauſe to praiſe thee, and to truſt in .hee, as was ſaid v,g And by which it will appear, that he that
v. 4+ And this Verſe wherein he paſſert from the ſingular Number to che pu; al, may feem to be 1merpoled as a Wall of Partition. between chat whicn David ipcaks in his own Ferſon, and that which |
in the Perion of the Meſlias, in the following Verſes, r(8e.) Th gracious Counſels or Contrivances, 5s (1.e ) io me and to the re vi thy People, with whom David oft joyns himſelf in this Book, But theſe words may be, and are by ſome joyned to the following words, and the place thus rendred. it is nor with us, or, in our Power ; + 3.6 g t paſſeth our $K1ii (aud reach _) to order or 79 rechen them up in ordev unto thee, vecaule 1ndeed they are 1nnumerable, and therefore cannot be digelt.6 into any.order, # So the Particle if or when is wancing and to be tuppued he-e, as it is Pſal 39. it and in many other piaces. Heb Y<t, 1 will declare and ſpeab to wit, fome part of them;
which accordingly he dothin the toilow,ng Verſes: # Aithouzh I am nut able to expreſs or r«ckon th. m all. ; M
6 * Sacrifice and offering thou didſt nor deſire x ; * mine cars haſt thou + opened y : burnt offe;ing and tin-offering haſt thou not required. x Inte and tie folluwing wores, may in an improper Senſe belong to che rerion and time of David; when God might be ſaid. nor to deſire or require Lega Saciifices comparatively, as negative Expreſſi- ons are frequently underftooe, as Mat. 9. 13, 1 Cor. 1. 19 andin this very caſe of Sacrifices as - ſa, 51. 15. Fer. 9. 22. 23 fHhſea 6 5. So ihe Scnſcis; thou didft defire Obedience more, or rather than S$aerifices 45 wasſaid 1 Sam. 15422. But ina pr -per ind literal and fult icn c, they belong o.ly tothe perſon and times of the Meſſias in wiizoſe Name D@uid uttereth theſe words. And fo the tenſe of the Piace i-, Gvd d1d nor deſire or require them, for the ſati-fa&ion of his owu juſtice, and the Expiacion ot Mens fias, which {idiy be done by the Blood of Bulls or Goats. as is ſaid Heb, 10s 5,6. Bu only by the Blood of Chriſt, which was an.. which Chrift came into the World to ſhed Fatyers W1:l, as It here follows, v_ 9,8, So here is a »r<difion con» ; ccrning the Ceffationand Abolition of the Legal Sacrifces, and the | :bſtitution of ao. tter in ſtead of them. y Heb. bored. The ſenſe is | ctihcr, 4: Whereas many men have no Ears to hear, asis implycd Rev, | 2+. 7, 11, 17, orſtvup their Ears as Pſal: 58: 4. Zech, 7, 11: thou haſt given me open Ears to hearand obey thy Precepts, as this . Phraſe is uſed, 1ſa. 50 5Although 18..ced there i> another Verb in _ that Text; which :nuch alters the Caſe, Or 2. 1 have wholly devoted my ſelf to thy pe: petuai Service, and thou haft accepted of me as ſuch and figoificd ſo much by the boring of mine Ears, according to the Law and Cuſtom 1n that Cale, Exed.21. 5, 6, Deut. 15. 19, And whereas only one Ear was then bored, and here it is Ears, this way be either an Enaliage ot the Piurai Number tor the Singular 3 whereof diverſe inttances have been given; Or elſcit may be io expreſſed Emphati- cally, to int'mate that Chriſt was more ſtritly oblidged to a more univerſal Onedience, not only ative, to which the Legal Servants were bound, but Paſſive alſo, to be obedient even unto the Death, to which they were no: oblidged. i heLXX Jewiſh Interpre-ers; whora the Apoſtle tollows Heb. 0. 5- tranflate ctheie words, 4 Bed) haſt thow prepared me 53> Whe.cin thiugh the Words differ, the Senſe is the ſame 3 for the Ears, ſuppcie a Bedy to whom they belon», and the preparing of a Body, implie: the preparing or diſpoting of the Ears, and ce obiigation of the Ferſon, for whom a Body was prepared, to ſerve hum who prepared it ; which the boring of the Ear figni- fles. x | | 7 Then z faid I #s, Lo, Icomeb: in the yolumeof the book, i is F written of me 0; | z When | undcerftood and corfidered thy Mind and Will therein, expreiied v: 6; 4 Eithey within my ſelf, by a arm purpoſe ; Or, unto thee by way of promife or engagemen', bþ He may ſeem to ſ-cak like aServant, auſwering to the Call of his Maſter, and fig. nitzing his read:nefs to obey him; in which ſenſe it may be accom. modaicd to David, But the Servants m_—_ is uſually exprefſea 4 B 2
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Typified by them. » Io purſuance of his
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Pal. Xx.
g For wnich 1 and che reti of thy people, included in the Pro- |
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Or, none can order them unte ee,
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