he had diſcovered in his wicked and unworthie praQtices; and De a better Spirit of God, which may free him from the Bonda and inable and incline him freelie and cheerfullic, and confi run the way of Gods precepts, See Exod: 35. 21. 8, Is, 16. 2 C0. 3, I7.
fires &e of fin, antlie to P/al. 110. 3. Rom.
13 Then will I teach tranſgreſſors thy ways p, and ſinners ſhal be converted unto thee 9.
þ Either, 1, Thy Will and their Dutic, and the way to their eter nal Happineſs: Or rather, 2, The manner of thy dealing with Sinners; whom thou doſt fo ſeverely Chaſtiie for their ſins, and yet ſo gracie ouſly receive to mercie upon their Repentance, Both which I will ſhew them in myown Example, which I will declare unto them, although I ſhal therewith publiſh my own ſhame ; which i ſhal moſt willigglie bear, that I may in ſome meaſure repair the Injurie which I have dons to thee and others by my publick and ſcandalous Crimes. q And1I perſwade my ſelf that my Indeavours ſhal not want Succeſs 3 and that either thy Juſtice or ſeverity; or thy Goodneſs and Clemency, will bring them to Repentance. 2M
14 Deliver me from + blood-guiltineſs 9, O God thou God of my'ſalvation : and my loud of thy righteouſneſs s.
y Heb. from Bloods, becauſe he had been the Cauſe of the Death,not onely of Uriah but of others of the Lords people with him, » Sams 11, 17, £ Either, 1. Thy Faithfuineſsin making good thy Promiſes: op _ 2, Thy Clemency and Goodneſs, asthat Word is frequent»
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i5O LORD, open thou my lips , mouth ſhal ſhew forth thy praiſe.
# Which aze thut with ſhame and Grief and Horror, Reſtore unto me the opportunity and Ability, and Liberty which formerly I had of ſpeaking to thee with Freedom ard Boldneſs, and Familiarity, as this Phraſe ſignifies, Ecekiel 3. 27. and 24. 27. Epheſians 6, 1 95 20:
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18 Do good inthy goodpleaſure ec unto Sion d :; build thou the walls of Jeruſalem e.
c Or, Fer,or according to (" for the Hebrew prefix Beth is frequent- ly uſed both thoſe ways_) thy good Grace,or Favour or Pleaſure,(7..e. ) Thy free and rich Mercy, and thy gracious Purpoſe and Promilſc,made toand concerning Zion : Of which ſee Pſal. 132, 14. and do not re- pent of it, nor retra(t it, as I have given thee cauſe todo, d Sy- necdochially put for Jeruſalem, as the next Clauſe explains it, and both pur for the whole People of Iſrael and Church of God : whom I have highly ſc:ndalized and injured already, and expoſed to the Danger of utter Deftrution, which thou mighteſt infli& upon them, for the fins of their King, as thou uſeſt to do in like Caſes, e Pers fet the Walls and Buildings of that City, and eſpecially let the Tem- ple be builtand eſtabliſhedin this City,notwitſtanding its Pollation by. my fins, which I pray thee to Purge awaye
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f When thou haſt granted my humble Requeſts expreſſed in the former Verſes, when thou haſt renewed and Pardoned, and/Comfors ted me, and reftored thy Favour unto thy People, and this City. g Which now for our ſins thou mayeſt juſtly rejet and abhor. h. Which I and my People being juſtified and reconciled to thee, ſhal offer with fincere and penitent Hearts, Theſe are oppoſe® to the Sacrifices of the Wicked, which God abhors, Prov. 15- 8. Iſa; r: 11. &ce i(7 6) They who by thy appointment are to do that Work, the Pricſts in the Name and on the behalf of thy People: þ The beſt and coſtlicſt Sacrifices, and that ia great Numbers in Teſtimony of their gratitude to God, for thy great Favour in pardoning mine and their fins. and
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