d Jeruſalem may be ſo called here, as it is alſo Lament, 2; x6. not aQtually, as if all people did rejoyce init, or forit 5 but Fundament» ally or Caufally, becauſe here was verie great cauſe or ground of re- Joycing for the Gentile World, if they had underſtood themſelves, cr their true Intereſt ; becauſe here God was gracionfly preſent and rea- dic to hear and anſwer the juſt Deſires and Prayers, not only of the Iſr aelites, but of any ſtranger of what Nation ſoever, according to So. tomons Prayer, 1 Kings 8. 41. &c. and here the Gentiles might find That God, whom like blind Men they gropped for, as the Greek Phraſe implies, 4&s 19, 29. and here they might he informed of the Nature and Properties, as alſo of the Mind and Will of the Almighty and Everlaſting God, of which they were fo groſly ignorant, and of that Mefſias. who was the deſire of \ and conſequently matter of ;reat Joy unto ) all Nations, Hazg. 2. 7 &nd 7, Frophetically, becauſe the joyful Dofrine of the Goſpel was to go from thence unto all Na» tions: of which ſee !ſa, 2, 2, 3. Mich 4. 8. 2. Yet theſe words may be and are by athcrs rendred and underſtood thus the }oy of the or th's ( for here is an Emphatical Article ) whole Land. e 3. e.- Which 15 on the Northern part of Jeruſalem But becauſe Joſephus.and ſome others affirm, that Mount Zjox ſtood Southward from jeruſalerr, this Clauſe. poſſibly may be added to fignifie that Zion is not here to be underſtocd itridtly and properly for that Mountain, or part «f the Mountain fo called, tut for that other Mountain, or part of the ſame Mountain upon which the Temple was built, which was ſtriQly cal- led Moriah, but is herecalled Zjon, becauſe that Name was far better known in Scripture, as being oft put for the Temple, as ſal. 137. 3» lſaiah 18..7, feremiah g1, xo, Lamen'atins 5. 18. and for the whole Citie, and for the Church of Gd, in a multitude of places of Scripture» f 7, e- The Citie of God, asit was now called, v. 1. who
juſtly calls himſelf 2 grea# King, Mal. x. 14. asbeing King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Rew. 19, 16,
3 God is known g in her palaces þ for a refuge 5.
g To his peopte by ſenfible and long Experience, ard to all nei; he bouring Natio-s, by their own obſervation» h 4. e. In the Habita. tions, or to the inhabitant s of that Citie, Pofliblic he may here point at the Kings Palace and the Temple, which was the Palace of the King of Heaven 3 which two Palaces God did in a ſ1vgular manner protett, and by proteRing them, he proteed the whole Citie and People. i Under whoſe ſhaddow we art more ſafe and lecure, than
other Gitics are with their great Rivers and impregnable portificati- OBS,
4 For lo, the kings 3 were aſſembled, they paſſed by k together,
z Either thoſe Rings Confederate againſt Jehohaphat, 2 Chron. 20, or the Aſjrian Princesz whom they vain-gloriouſly c-lled Kings, Iſa» 10, 8. k In their march towards Jeruſalem. Or. they paſied away, z. e. Departed without the Succeſ:which they defired and confidently expetted,
5 They ſaw t I, and ſo they marvelled were troubled and haſted away ».
I They did onely look upon it, but nof come into it, nor ſhoot an Ar- row there..---nor caſt a Bank againſt it, as is ſaid upon this.or the like oc» cafion, 2 Kings 19. 322, m Not ſo much at the ſtruture or ſtrength
of the Citie, as at the wonderful Works wrought by God on their behalf. n See 2 Kings 19+ 35,
; they
6 Fear took hold upon them there, azd pain 0, as of a woman in travail.
o Partlie, at the Tidings of T;rhabahs coming againſt them. 2 Kings 19. 9. and partlte tor that tercibie ſlughtec of their &rmy, there V. 35, :
7 Thou breakeſt the ſhips of Tarſhiſh with an eaſt wind p.
/ Þ This is not reported as a matter of Fa, for we in thoſe Expeditions to which this Pſalm relates, nor did any Ships come near Jeruſalem, becauſethat was at a great diſtance from the Sea, and from any Navigable River running into the Sea; but only
added by way of illuſtration, or alluſion, The Senſe is, Thou didit
ao leſs violentlie and ſuddenlie deftroy theſe proud and raging Ene«
mies of Feruſalem, than ſometimes thou deſtroyeſt the Ships at Sea
with a fierce and vehement Wind, ſuch as the Eaſtern Winds were
in thoſe parts, £x97, 14. 21 Job 27, 21, Jer 18, 19. Ezek., 27. 36. The Words are and may be rendred, thus : Thou didft break them as
C ſuch Ellipfis of the Pronoun, and of the nut: of timilitude beins
very frequent 3 as | haveagain and again ſhewed _) the Ships of ths
Sea ( tor Ta'(hi/h, though properly the Name of a Maritime place in
Cilicia, Exek, 27. 25. Jonafn, 3. is uſually put for the Sea, as x
Kings 10, 22, 2Chron. g.21 Pjal.92. 10.1ſa. 2+ 16. Jer, 10.9. arebro-. Ken with an Faſt wind, +ibeit the Encmics of Jeruſalem, which are
:ompared to the raging Waters of the Sa, in tal. 46. 2, 3, may as fitly be compared to Ships upon the Sea.
8 As we have heard, ſo hav of the LO R D of hoſts,
read of no Ships
> have we ſeen qin the city inthe city of our God: God
will eſtabliſhit for ever r. Selah. q The preditions ofthe Prophets, either 2 Chron. 20. 14. or 2 King: '9. 20, &c, have bcen verined by the Events. Or we have
had lat- and freſh exp-rieices of ſuch wonderful works of God 25 before we only heard of by the Report of our Fathers. r From this miraculous deliverance we plainly fce that God hath a ſingular love to it, an: care of It, and therefore will defend her i" all ſucceeding \ges againft all her Enemies. And fo God would have done. if 7e.
ruſalem had not for;akea God, and forfeited his favour and protetio ON.
9 We hwethought of s thy loving kindneſs, © God, in the midſt of thy temple.
s TIthath veen the matter of our ſerious and deep Meditation, when we have been Worſhipping there in thy Temvle. tor when the Prieſts were offering Incenſe or Sacrifice, the Religious People excerciſed themſelves in holy Meditation, or ſecret Prayee to God, 23 may be gathered from Luke 1. 1c; and many other Places of
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Or, We have folently
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-v0) XLIX. P S £ HER patiently waited for, as ſome Antient and other Interpreters render
D 10 According to thy name, O God, fo is thy
L M 5s. Plal XLIX F- rine or Sentence, ſee Numb, 23, 7. and 24. 2, 15; Pſal. 78, 2: comp, With Mat. 13: 35. @ te. I will not ſmother it in my own Breaſt, but publiſh it to the World, f So he juſtly calls the fol» lowing Diſcourſe, becauſe the thing in queſtion is and eyer hath been
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