they ſhul not ſee Dzath, John 9; gt, q i. &. It is never to be ac- |
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15 But God will redeem r my ſoul s + from the Heb. fred the hand of the Grave || Or, Hell
power of the [|grave t ; for he ſhal receive me # Selah. '7 Though no man can find out a Ranſome to redeem himſelf or tus Brother, yet God can and will redeem me. s Either properly: Or my ſelf or Life; for all comes to one. # Or of Hell : for he ſpeaks of that Sheol.in which the wicked are left; The Grave ſhal not have power to retain me, but ſhal be forced to give me up into my ka» thers hands ; and Hell ſhal have no power to ſeize upon me. # Or take me, out of this vain, mortal and miſerable Life, unto -him- ſelf, or into Heaven, as this Phraſe is uſcd, Gen, So 24. Fſal. 73: 24+ Affs 7, 59. | 16 Be not thou afraid x when one ismade rich, when the glory of his houſe is increaſed ; _ # 2. e. Diſcouraged or dejetted. The proſperity of the Sinners 1s oft matter of fear and dread to good men ; partly, becauſe it en- ables them to do more miſchief : and partly, becauſe it ſhakes their Faith in Gods Providence and Promiſes, and is apt to engender ſuſ- Pictons 1n Mens minds, as if God did not regard the aGtions and af- airs of men, and made no difference between the good and the bad; and conſequently all Religion were vain and unprofitable, See Pſal. 73. I2, 13.
[7 * For when he dieth, he ſhall carry nothing a- way 7 : his glory ſhal not deſcend after him. |
» For as he will ſhortly die, ſo all his Wealth and Power, and Glory will die with him, and thou wiltſt have no cauſe cit2er to en» vy or fear him. | 13 Though + whiles he lived,he bleſfsed his ſoul z'and men will praiſe thee a, when thou do't well to thy {elf 5.
7 1. e» He applauded himſclf as a wiſe and happy Man, comp: Lub? 12. 19+ a Andas hepleaſe:h and fluitereti himſelf, fo he mects with Paraſites that applaud and flatter him for their own advantage. For he ſtill ſpeaks of the ſare man, as is manifeſt from the foregoing and following wards, though there be a ſudden ch.nge of the third into the ſecond Perſon ; which is moſt frequent in theſe Books, b When thou doft indulge & pleaſe thy ſelf. and advance thy awn Wordly Intereſt, For the N:me of good in Scripture is oft aſcribed unto the pleaſures and profits of this Life, as Job 21. 14, Pſalm 4. 6. Eccleſ. 2. 24. and 4, 8. and 11. 9.
19 | He ſhal go c to the generation of hisfathers d; chey ſhal never ſee « light f.
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repeated Changes are frequent in this Book. d 7. e. To the Grave 8% and Hell, where he ſhal mect with his wicked Parents, who by their Counſel and Example, lcd him into his evil Courſes 3 as the Godly alſo are ſaid to be gathered to their Fathers, Gen, 15. 1g, Dent. 32. 50. Judg. 2.10. e 1; e. Never enjoy, as ſeeing is oft taken, f Nei- ther the Light of the Living, as it is called Job 33, 3o. Pſal. 56, 13+ or of this Life, to which they ſhal never recurn - Nor of the next
Life, to which they ſha]l never be admitted, but they ſhal b: caſt in» to utter darkneſs, Mat, 8, 12.
is * like the beaſts thae periſh 4.
2 4. e. Hath not true wiſdom, to know and conſider what he is, and what his true buſineſs and intereſt in this World is, and what uſe he ſhould make of his Life, and of all his Riches and Honour, and Power, and whether he is going, and what courſe to take for the attainment of true and laſting Happineſs, þ Though he hath the out- ward ſhape of a Man, yet in truth he is a Beaſt, or a brutiſh, ſtupid,
and unrc-aſonable Creature, and he ſhal perifh like a brute Beaſt made to be deſtroyed, 3 Peter 2, 12,
LESAL' I The ARGUMENT. ke deſign of this Pſalm is partly to reprove and proteſt a-
gzinſt the common Miicarriages of many Profefſors of Religion, who ſatisfied their own Conſciences, and fancied that they picaſed
God with their External and Ceremonial Performance, notwitt« ſtanding their groſs negle of thoſe more neceſſary and Fandamen- tai Duties of Piety, Ce, and Charity : Partly to infirut Men concerning the Nature of the true and acceptable Worſhip of God ; and partly ts prepare the Iſraelites for, and tacitly warn them of, that Change which would be made in the outward form and way of Gods Wo: ſhip, unfer and by the Mefſias, aid of the abolition of the Legal Sacrifices, which God did not appoint for his own necd,nor fos his Peoples perpetual uſe.
A pſalm |] of Aſaph 2. a Who was not only the chjet of the ſacred Singers, 1 Chron, x5, and 16. and 25, 2, but alſo a Frophet, x Chronicles 25. 1. and a Compoſer of ſome Pſalms,as it is apparent from 2 Chron. 29.30. and therefore,as is moſt probable,of thoſe that go under his Name. God cometh with great Majeſty info his Church, . 1 4+ and gathere eth together his Saints, 5, 6. Teftifeth ve has no pleaſure in Ceremonies, 7-----I3. but in Gincerity of Obedience, 14:---15, Threatneth the wicked
for conzemning his Word, 16----2 2. and (heweth who it 15 that glorifieth him, 23.
$ Kays | mighty God, even the LORD hath ſpoken,
unto the going down thereof 5. +: aa_ b ts, e. All the Inhabitants of the Earth, from one end to theo. #Heb-. ther. Whom he here ſummons to be Witneſſes of his proceedingsin of Gods. this ſolemn Judgment, between him and his people, which is here So Gr, | pottically repreſented. For here is a Tribunal erefted, the Judge coming to it, the Witneſſes and Delinquents tummoned, and at laft the Sentence given, and Cauſe determined. | 2 Out of Zion © the perfeQion' of beauty 4, God hath fhined e. | | c The place where he was ſuppoſed to reſide, and where he would now fit in judgment. Or from whence he would come to a more putb= lick & confpicuous place, where all the world might ſee and here the Tranſattions. 4 The moſt bea:tiful&amiahle place of the wholeWorld, becauſe of the Preſence & Wor ſhip,&Blefſiog ofGod, which was there
and there only» e 7. e, Hath appeared or manifeſted himſclf.in a glo- rious manner as Judges do when they came to the Judgment-ſeat; $
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