p By withdrawing thy Help a2d our Courage, according to thy Threatnings, Levi. 26. 36,q (i e.) Take away our Eſtates totiherr own uſe, 'and for their only benefit, not in comp'iance with thy Will which was to puniſh us fo: our Sins, nor for thy Service and Glory. They minded nothing hut their own advintage,
11 * Thou haſt given us + like ſheep appointed for mear, and haſt ſcattered us among the heathen 7. {Heb as 7 Thoſeof us who were not flain are carrizd into Captivity, and ler of diſperſed in ſeveral places. Jed 12 * Thou ſelieſt thy people + fornought s, and doſt t |er. 15+ not increaſe thy wealth by their price t,
Tom 8,
PSALM s. 1. Pſl
| v. 17 m In way of Prayer or Adoration, whereof this is a G. ſture,
by s For a thing of nought, Or witbout Money, and wy.hout Price. as Hed it is ſaid Iſa. 55. +. For a very ſinal, or for - © price for a pair of Shoes, as we read Amos 2. 6 t Thon haft not advanced thy Honour and Ser- vice thereby , for thy Enemics do not ſerve thee more and better than thy people, nor yet ſo much. |
* Thou makeſtus a reproach to our neighbours :
a ſcorn and a deriſion « to them that are round about us.
# They conteman our perſons, and ſport themſelies in our Mile. ries
* Deut, Hal79s 4.
"er. 2 | 249, 14 * Thou makeſt us a by:word x among the hea- then: a ſhaking ofche head y among the people. _
x Or a Prove b, Tii-y uied to ſay Proverbially, More deſpicable, or miſerable than an Iſraelite, y A geſture of icorn and inſultation, See on cſalm 22. 7,
15 My confuſion /s continually before me&, and the ſhame of my face hath covered mea.
a Before the Evesof :ny Mind and Body too, Thevvilifie me, not
only behind my Back, bur even before my Face. a (i.e. ) I am fil-
le4 with ſhame of my Face on every ſide, being aſhame to ſhew my Face in any place or Company,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blaſ-
phemeth 6; by reaſon of the enemy and avenger c.
þ That doth not ooly reproach me, + hich I could berter bear, but blaſpheme God nd our Religion tor our ſakes 3 which ts intolerable to me. c *Vho executeth bath Gods and his own Vengeance upon me, perſecuting me with a deſpightfu] hatred and with great cruelty.
17 All this is come upon us 4; yet havewe not forgotten thee, neither have we deair falſly zn thy covenant e.
d +l the Evils derore-menti-ined, e Althozgh we cannot excu'e our ſelves from many other ſins for winch thou haſt juſtly p. vithed us, yet this we muſt ſay for our ſelves, that through thy Grace we have kept our telves from Apoſtacy aud Idolatrie, notw!i htianding all the Examples and Provocations, Rewards propoſed ans vromiſed, or Pu- ni:hments threatned foin-uce us thereunto Which w= hope thou
wilt graciouſly conſider and not ſuffer us to be tempted above what we are able t» bear,
18 Our heart is not turned back f, neither have our ||] ſteps declined from thy way g.
fF To wit, rtrom tee, or thy Worthip and Service unto Idols, as it follows, v 20. g B<cauſe it is cafie and ordinary faiſly to pretend ſincerity of Heart, which men cannot diſcern nor confute 3
they prove 1t from the u+blameableſs of their Lives and adti- ons.
19 Though thou haſt ſore broken usin h the place of dragons z, and covered us with the ſhadow of death &. 20 If we have forgotten the name of God /, or ſtret- ched out our hands to aſtrange God, | h Or rather into as others render it; which ſeems much more Emphatical, and ſo this Ver> may be ren- ered, thou has humbl-d or brought us down, as all che Antients render it, Or this 1s a preg» nant Ve: b, as they cait them, or on Verb yut for iwo; of which there are many inſtances, as hath been ſhewed, So it may be ren- dred, thou ha'i ſore broben us, caſting us ints: Or. thou haſt by ſore breaking, broug't us mnce, By inflicting upon us one breach after another, thou haſt at laſt brought us te this pa'le. 7 Which f1gn1- fies a _ place extreamlie deſolate. ſuch as Dragons love. Iſatsh 13, 21, 22: and 34: 13: and 35 7. and ther«fore fill of horror. ard danger,and milchief Thou haſt thrown us among People as flerceand cruel as Dragons. k (i.e. ) With deadly Horrors and Miſeries. Sce on Job 3; 5. and Pſalms 23: qz 1 (1. e, ) Either God himfelt ; Or his worſhip and Service; which we have denied tiiat we have =
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Exod. g: 22; v Kings 8: 22: Pſalms. 142: 6. | 21 Shall not God ſearch this cut ? for he knoweth the ſecrers of the heart »,
n We appeal to the Heart-ſearchins God, concerning the fincerity of this Profeffion of ours. 6 : g the nocerity
22 * Yea o, for thy ſake p are we killed all the day-* Rom; long ; we are counted as ſheep for the ſlaughter. $6: 0 Or. But: We do not ſuffer for our Apoſtacy, but becauſe we- will not Apoſtatize from thee þ Beca''fe we are thy Peop'e, and cons tinue conſtantlie and refolutelie in the prof effi.n aud praftice of thy Worlkjy, which they abhor, and from which they ſeeck to draw or ive us. 23 Awake, why ſleepeſt theu, O LORD? ariſe, caſt xs not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hideft thou thy face 4? and forgetteſt our aftliction and our oppreffion r ? |
9 (7. e. ) Doſt notregard our M iferies, nor affordeſt us any Pity
or Help: r Wnen we have no: forgotten thee, This ſeems not to become thy faithfulneſſe and coadunks. well
25 For * our fouls is bowed down to the duſt :; our *ptal.zi9% belly cleaveth unto the earth «, :
s (7, e.) Eitherour Lives, or Perſons ; or rather Bodies, as it is explained 1n the next Clauſe, and as the ſoul is oft taken by a Synecs doche, as Numbers 11. 6; Pſalms 16: 10; and 105: Is, Ofc, # Ei ther to the ground where wely proſtrate at our enemies Feet : Or to the Grave, u Weare not onlic thrown down to the Earth, but we ”s thece Ike dead Carcafſe; fixed to it, without any ability or hope of riſing again.
26 Ariſe | for our help, and redeem us for thy mer- cies ſake x.
x We mentioned our ſincerity and conſtancy in thy Worſhip, on- ly as an Argument to move thee to pity, and not as a ground of our Truſt asd Confidence, or as if we merited Deliverance by it; but that we cxpett and implore only upoa the account of thine own free and
rich Mercy: ES A LL. XIV.