10,12, Amos5, 10. And therefore this is ficly aledged as an evi- | David prayeth to God for the rem'ſſim of his Original and Afual Sins, x; . 6 dence of their wickedneſs. » As men do things which they ab-] 2. whereof he maketh a deep Confeſſion, 3 ——
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her deſpiſe. . 18 When thou ſaweſt s a thief, then thou conſented- eſt with him t, and FT haftbeen partaker with adulter-
rs *, | — Or, didſt otſerve, or conſider: When he came into thy Preſence 2nd company, and thou didft underſtand and confider his ways and his ſucceſs and impunity, and he invited thee to a participation of his profit, t Or, as many render it- then then didſt run with him, thou did(t readily and greedily aſfociate'thy felf with him, in his unrighte- ous Courſes. Thoudidit yield to his motions, and that with great com- placency and diligence- « By joyning with them, in their lewd and filthy pradtices- . |
19 Thou + giveſt x thy mouth to evily, and thyton-
ne frameth deceit &z.
x Heb, thou ſende# forth, to wit, free; for the word is uſed of
Mensdiſmiſfing their Wives, or thetr Servants ; whom they left to their Freedome Thou haſt an unbridled Tongues and cafteſt off all reſtraints-of Gods Law, and of thy own Conſcience, and giveſt thy Tongue libertie to ſpeak what thou pleaſeſt, thongh it be offenſive and diſhonourable to God, and injuriousto thy Neighbour, or to thy own Soul. Which is juſtly produced as a evidence of their Hypo- criſie. y Cither to ſiaful or miſchievous Speeches, 7x (z. e ) Utte» reth Lycs or fair Words, wherewith to circumvent thoſe who deal with them. ; 20 Thou ſitteft and ſpeakeſt « againſt thy brotherb ;
chouſlandereſt c thine own mothers ſon.
4 Thou doft not only ſpeak evil in a ſudden Paſſion, or upon ſome
reat provocation, but this is thy conſtant and deliberate pradtice and buſineis, which thou doft purſue with great facility and complacency : all which this phraſe implies. 6 Stridatly ſocalled, as the next Clauſe explains it, Which 15 a great a7gravation of the fin, and a proof of his inveterate and obſtinate wickedneſſes, c Takeſt away his good Name. which is better than all Riches; yea than Life it ſelf, Which is contrary to my expreſs and oft repeated com- mand:. |
21 Theſe things haſt thou done, and I kept ſilence d:
thou thoughteſt that I was altogether ſuch @ one as thy ſeif + » but { will reprovetheee, and ſet bem in or-
der before thine eyes f. ; d 1 did net exprels my diſpleaſure againſt thee in ſuch grievous udgments 2s thou d1dſt deſerve. Or, I was deaf « I carried my ſelf like one that did not hear thy fiofulSpeeches.nor ſee or take anynotice of thy wicked ations. f Thou didſt niſconſtrue and abuſe this my patience and long-ſuffering, a5 if it had proceeded from my Ignorance, or regardleſneile, or approvation of thy evil Courſes, which I ſeem- edby my conmvarice t9 juſtifie orallow 3 and thereup -n didf} grow more audacious and impudent in fir, Sce Eccle!, 11. 9. Iſa, 26, 10. Rom. 2. 4, 5 "Tn ſcvere puntihinents, as this word 15 u ed Joo 53- 40, Pſal. 6, 1, and 38. 1, and 39. 71- and oft el: where. i wil: quickly undeceive and convince thee of the contratie to thy coft. f i will bring to thy re- membrance, aad lay upoa thy Conlci-nce all thy fias, in full number and in their order, with all their circamſtznces ; and thou ſhalt then ſee and know that I diligentiy obſerved and hated them all, and that none nf them ſhal go unpuniſned.
22 Now conſider this, ye that forget God g, leſt T
tear you in pieces þ, and there be none to deliver 3.
g Ye hypocritical and ungadlie /ſracliets, wino have forgotten ( as Moſes tortold you would do, Deut. 32. 18. ) the Go1 that formed yu, and made you his People, and forgotten his Mercies and Judgments, by which you ſhould have been inſtrufted, and the Covenant which you made with him. and by which you ſtand obliged to him. h Leſt my patience be turne. 1ato fury.and [ proceed to take Vengeanze on you. # Or, for'C as the Hebrew Particie is oft r-ndred _) there js none that can, or will deliver you» None can reſcue you from the power of mice Anger. |
23 Whoſo * offereth praiſe 4, glorifiecth me 1: and
] ſhew » the ſalvation of God 0.
hk Or, Thanksgtving, a5 this word 15 rendred,v.1 4.Sce the note there, I He and he onely gives me the Honour that I rcquire and prize, and not he-who loads my Altar with a multitude of Sacrifices ; whereby you vajnly and fa.ſly Conceit that you pleaſe and glorifie me, although 3n ti mean time you live 1a the grots neg'ett of the more important Dutics of Piety and Juſtice .aud Charity: whereasin truth you great- ly diſhonour me, and my Worſhip and Service by your infamous Lives. m Heb, that Compoſeth or diſpoſeth the /iy, or manner of his {| which Pro:oun is frequently underttood ] Lite, ( e.) That lives order- Iy aad according to Rul::. for Sinners are ſaid to walk diſorderly, 2 Theſ. 3. 6. 7, Itlgand by Chance, as it1s in the Hebrew Text, Levit. 26, 21, 23- which is oppoſed to Order : and the Scripture owns no Order,but what Go preſcribcs or approves z and therefore this Word, arizht, 1s juſtly added in our Tranſlation. n Heb, I wil! make him to ſee, (i, e. ) To enjoy, as that Ver" 1s oft uied, as we have ſhewed a- gain and again. 09 (1. e.) My Salvation that truc and ererlaſting Happinefſe, which 1 have prepared for ali my fai-hful Friends and Ser- vants, and for them onely, So falſe is that poſition of ſome © the Jewiſh Rabbjes, that every Iſrac'ite hath a Portion in the World t9
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a To be ſung by him, and other ſacred Muficjans publickly in the Temple through all Ages 3 that his Repentance m1ght be as mani- teit and publick as his Crime and Scandal was_ 6 After his Conſci- en:e was ayakened by Nathan s Words, 2 5am, 12, and Nathan
e Not with verbal, but real R-proofs, (7, e, ) By
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of bis Boly Spirit, to ſupport himſelf, and inflr,8 ing him alſo unfeigned, and ſincere Thank fulysſs,