cles i of themoſt High. ſpecially of thoſe Gentiles who were ſubducd to Chriſt by the preach- =: # He either ſpeaks of, - atleaſt alludes to, the River of Kidron, 2 __ on mag f w/e ts were 1n ſome ſort broughe 5 Sam. 15. 23. John 18. 1. andits two ſtreams or Rivolets flowing | V24cT ine Jews, gy ney were ſubjected to Chriſt, and to his Bong from it, Gihon and Siloah, 2 Chron, 32. 20. 1/a. 8. 6. which being Apoſtles, and to the yeh Church, which were Jews. . Or the ſmall and contemptible,or ſtill or gentle Waters, are not unfitly op- Pſalmift may ſpeak this in the Name of the whole Church, which then poſed tothe vaſt and unruly Watersof the Sea. He infinuates the weak | © 1 aelites only, bur afterwards were made up of Jews and Gen- . condition of Gods Church as to outward advantages, that they had tiles, unto which all particular Believers were to ſubmit themſelves in ; | notone Sea to oppoſe to another, but only a ſmall River; which | 324 ene Land. . . though io it ſelf deſpicable, yet was ſufficient to refreſh and defend «f He ſhal chooſe g our inheritance þ for us, the ex- them in ſpight of all their Enemies. And asthe Sea and Waters there- | cellency ; of Jacob k whom he loved 7 Selah, of, v 2. 3. arc to be underſtood Metaphorically, as all agree, ſoal-| g (4. e.) He will appoint and beſtow upon us, This Verb of the 'k ſo in all probability, are this River and Streams: Which therefore may | Future Tenſe may ſeem to agree well with the Gentiles, becauſe this = deſign the gracious Preſence and Aſſiſtance, and Bleſſing of the Lord, | Bleſſing was not now preſent but future, and ſo the Senſe deſigned by C which is very frequently deſcribed under the Name of Waters, as| the Holy Ghoſt may be this : Though at preſent we are wicked and Wa. 11. 9, and 12. 3: Zech, 14; 8. &c.) or the Lord himſelf, who | wretched Creatures, and Strangerstothe Common-wealth of Iſrael, yet Is expreſly ſaid to be unto the City of Zion tor its defence, a place of | there is atime coming whereinGod will chuſe or take us into the num- broad Rivers and Streams, Iſa. 53s 20, 21. which provably alludesto | ber of his Childrn by gracious Adoption. But Futures are variouſly \ this Text, or at leaft explains it, g (7. e.) Shal not barely defend | rendred ; and accordingly the Vulgar Latin Syriack and Arabick render it from utter ruin, but preſerve it frcm danger, and give great | this word, He hath choſen. The Chaldee renders this and the following occaſionfor rejoycipg and thankſgiving. & (7 e.) Zion or Jeruſalem | words He will take Pleaſure in us, [oe as to give us our Inheritance, b ſo called, alſo Pal. 48. 1. I/a. 60. 14.7 (4. e, ) Of the Tabernacle, | Kither the Land of Canaan : Or Heaven ; which was typitied by that the plural Number for the ſingular, as ?/al. 43. 3, The place where | Land: Or rather, God himſelf who is called his peoples Portion or in- Gods holy Tabernacle 1s ſcttled. heyitance, as P ſal, 16. $. and 73. 26. and e:ſewhere, or the Preſence 5 God js inthe midſtof her ; ſhe ſhal nor be moved: | pad mon, eo huſeor fer apart tor op adoboſen for the ra . , 2 : © Genes, ary 5 F Heb, God ſhal help her, T and that right > wy ly &. ; wherein Jacob gloryed and excclled all other people See Ezek wy when the k Heb. as ſoon as the morning appeareth, ( 1, &« ) Speedily, after a 21: Amos 6, 8. and 8. 7, hk Either r. Of the perſon of Tacob "ate. Morning ſhort night of affliftion 3 Comp. # ſal. 309, 5+ and ſeafonably, when though he never had the poſic{ſion of the Land of Canaan ot had j appegreth, the Danger 1s greateſt, and the Encmics prepzre to make the aſſault; the Lord and his Preſence, and Blefling for his Inheritance. or ra« which 1s comonly done in the Morning. : ther, 2. Of the people of Jac1b, or Iſrael, who are frequent-= 6 The heathen raged /, the kingdoms were moved;
0 : ly called Jacob, as Nunbers 23, 7, 10, 23, Pſal, 14+. 7. and he uttered his voice /, the carth melted . 44. 4+ &c-. for thele did attaally enjoy the promiſed Inheri-
7 The LORD of hoſts is wich us,the God of Jacob | face of Canaan, and the preſence of God in his SanRuarie. 1 This + Heb. an is | Our refuge. Selah. he adds ; partly as the reaſon why he cheſe ſuch a noble Ioheritance high place | To wit, againſt God, and againſt his People. 7 Either he thun- = _— — way Ek, 9x9 I In them more than in other peo- for us» dred 3 or he ipake to them in his Wrath, as isſaid Pſal. 2. 5, m "W - am, hvac = os __ to them, as he declareth, Deut. 7. 7, | The Inhabitants of the Earth who were combined againſt Zion, were | ;x and. 9, 5» 4nd partly, as an evidence of the excellency 0
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HOE" this Inheritance, becauſe it was choſen tor his beloved people. diſpirited and conſumed, - ©, - p 5 6 * P.66-g, 8 * Come, behold the works of the LORD, || what a 'Y Bl —_ > paſo CO a ſhout ; the LORD 24, 25% } or, who deſolations he hath made in the earth ». Hs ap on tananen) og | on EO I0Y | = wy, ES £9 Among hole Poe or 00s Barth who were neighbour- | wgh.ch went or-was carried up to the Hill of Zion, where the Taberna- yon ET EIIng es Cons prays; and thereyorg were cut off by Da* | cle was erected for ic, and afterwards to the Hill of Morjab into the 925, vid, and their Lands and Cities an great part waſted. | Temple - which Solemnity was — I g He maketh wars to ceaſe o unto the end of the : : m_—
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pets: but Myſtically it reſpe@s Chriſts Aſcenſion ioto Heaven, as may be 2athered by comparing this with Eph; 4. 8. where the like words uttered concerning the Ark upon the ſame occaſion, Pſal, 68. 18. are dire&lic applied to Chriſts Afcenfion. 6 Sing praiſes n co Gow ſing praiſes : ſing praiſes un- our King o, ſing praules. ” Theſe 9: Fo gan four times in this Verſe, to ſhew how vehementlie deficeous the Flaimift was, that God might have his due Praiſe and Glory ; and of how great neceſlity and importance it was
to men to perform this great, though much negle&ed, Duty. o For ſo he is in a ſpecial manner,
7 For God is the King ofall the earth p, ſing ye praiſes [0r, e727) || with underſtanding 9. | me tha# p Not only ours, as I now ſaid, but alſo of all the N+tions of the batb under- worid ; and therefore he may well require, and doth highlie de-
farding» ſerve all our praiſes, 4 Not rafhly, or formally and carelcfly, but or ſins Feriouſly, conſidering the greatneſle of this King whom you praiſe, and Maſchil: .