| mulation in 1ndeayouring to conceal them from Men. Or rather, 2 Integrity or uprightneſs of Heart 3 which ſeems to be here oppoſed to that Iniquity mentioned in the laſt Verſe, in which he was, and all Men are, tramed and Born. And this may ſeem to be added 3 partly, as a Proof or Aggravation, of the ſinfulneſs of Original Corruption, be- cauſe it is contrary to the holy Nature and Will of God, which re- quireth not enely unblameableneſs in mens Affions, but alio Unt- verſal innocency, and ReRitude of their Minds and Hearts : and part- ly, as an Ageravation of his aQual fin, wherein he had uſed ſuch groſs Deceit ad Treachery. u (4. e.) In the Heart, called tbe hid- den Manoj the Heart, 1 Peter 3 4. and the ſecret Part, Romans 2. 16, which in the former Branch he called the Reins,or inward Parts, xSo declares his Hope that God would Pardon and cure his Folly, which he had diſcovered, and make him Wiſer for the Future. But this ſeems not to ſeit well with the Context, which runs wholly 10 another fitrain : The word therefore is, and may be rendred otherwiſe 3 Thou haſt made me to know. Sothis is another Apgravation of h's fin, that it was Committ d againſt that Wiſdom avd Knowledge, which God had not onely revealed to him outwardly in his Word, but alſo in- wardly by his Spirit, writingit in his Heart accordipg to his Promiſe. Jeremi:zh 31.33- Or thus, do thou make me to know, the tuture Verb being here taken Imperatively, and as a Prayer 3 as the following Futures are here Trauflated, ver. y, 8. Having now ſaid, for the Age gravation of hi: fin, that God did deſire or require Truth in the inward Parts : He takes that Occaſion to break forth 1nto Prayer, which alſo he continues in the follow ng Verſes, Onely as he prays there for juſtitcation or pardon of fin, ſo here he prays for Renovation or SanRification. So his meaning is this, Therefore (C as the Particle, and,
- is oft uſed. as hath been ſhewed _)in the hidden Part, do thou make me to know Wiſdom, Or thus, thou wouldeſt have me know: for Futures arc oft taken r<tentially, as Pſalms 118, 6- and Matthew 12, 25. Compared with Mark 3 24. and elſewhere. And Verbs which figni- fi- making 0: cauſing are ſometimes underſtood onely of the Will or Commanud 3 as Fereboam is ſaid to make Iſrael to ſin, un Kings 14. 16. becauſe he ' ommanded them to do ſo, Heſea 5. 11 This I propoſe wich ſubmiſſion, but if thisSence be admitted, the laſt clauſe of the Verſe anſwers very well to the former, as it doth in the foregoing and /Foilowing Verſes, and every where in theſe Books: For this, ?h9u wouldeſt have me know, Anſwers to that, thou willeft or deſire? ; and in the hid'en part Antwers to that, 'n the inward Parts; and Wiſdom, i: the 1ame thing for ſubſtance with Truth, onely called by another Name. 5 (i.e ) True Piety and Integrity, which is called Wiſdom, Job 23. 28. -/alm 111. 10, and in many otherTexts, as fin on the cone trary i-commonly called, as it really is, Folly, And to know Wiſdom, is hcre mea''t of knowing it praQically and Experimentally, ſo as to approve and love & praQtiſe it 3 asWords of knowledge arc moſt fre. quently taken in Scripture. and in other Authors.
Tlev.14.6.
_ nd.i% waſh me, and I ſhailbe * whiter than ſnow.
"I,t,x8* gerttood 45 Lepers and other unclean perſons, are by thy appolot
ment i-urified by the uſe of Hiſſ-p and other things, Lev. 14. 6+
Numb 15 6. ſo do thou cleanſe me, a moſt Leprous and pollutedCrea-
ture, by thy Grace, and by the Vertue of that Elood of Chriſt, which is ſignified by thoſe Ceremonial uſages.
$ Make me to hear joy and gladneſs.a, that the bones which thou haſt broken, may rejoyce-b- a Send me glad Tidings of thy Reconciliation to me, and by thy Sptr1: ſeal the parden of my fins to my Conſcience, which'will fill me with joy. b Thatmine Heart which hath been ſorelie wounded, and Terrificd by thy dreadful Meſſage ſent by Nathan, and by the diſmal Sentence of thy Law, denounced againſt ſuch Sinners as I am, now by this Occaſion brought kome tomy Conſcience, may be revived aud Comtorted by the Manifeſtation of thy Favour to my Soul.
9 Hide thy face from my ſins c,* and blot out 7 all mine iniquities. 2% al c Do not look upon them with an Eye of indignation and Revenge, but forget and forgive them. « Sec verſe 1,
10 Create in me a clean heart e, O God; and re- new f|| a right g ſpirit h within me z.
e Seing Thave not onely defiled my ſelf by theſe aQual fins, but alſo have a moſt filthy Heart, corrupted even from my Birth, verſe ;. which nothing but God's Almighty and Creating power can purifie,do thouEffeRuallic work in me anHolieframe offleart, whereby both myir. ward filth may bepurged away;zXImay be prevented, from falling into ſuch aQualand ſcandalous finsfThat good Temper which before this Apoſtacy I had in ſome meaſure, be pleaſed graciouflic to reſtore itto me with advantage, g Heb. Firm or Conſtant, or ſtedfaſ?, that 7 may not be ſo eaſily ſhaken and caft down by Temptation, as I have been, but that my Reſolution may be more fixed and unmoveab'e. hþ Tem- peror Diſpoſition of Soul or Spirit ; as the Word Spirit is very fre- quentlie uſed inScripture, i Heb. In my inward Parts. He wilelic firikes at the Root and Cauſe of all ſinful Aftions:
1x Caſt me not away from thy preſence &, and take not thy holy ſpirit ] from me. { 5.e, ) From thy Favour and Care, and gracious Communion with thee, - | Thy ſanRifying Spirit, by which aloneI can have Ace or, let thy quaintapce and fellowſhip with thee, :
diy 12 Reſtore unto me the joy of thy ſalvation », and Gpirit yp- uphold me » wh thy free o ſpirit. bold me»
[] Or, a con» FantSp:rit:
m The Comfortable Sence of thy ſaving Grace and Help, promiſed
n A weak and frail Creature. never able to ftand againſt Corruption, and Temptation without thy poweriul and gracious Succours, 0
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and in the hidden pert » thou ſhalt make me to know x
- * Purge me with hyſſop z, and I ſhal be clean :
z Ui, as wh Hyſſop: the note of ſimilitude being frequentiy un-
and vouchſafed to me, both for my preſent and everlaſting Salvation, |
PSALMS.
Pſal. Or, ingenuous, of Liberal, or Princely, Which he ſeems to |
his own baſe and Illiberal and Diſ-ingenuous and ſervile yur