b Not in Power and Dignity, which could not be, but in repu- # 0m tation for his deep Wiſdom and excellent Condu&, and the great in- !9%. fluence which he had upon me, and upon all my People. c Whoſe *Pl. 41.9 Counſel I highly prized, and conſtantly ſought and followed. All which agrees very well to Achitophel. See 2 Sam 15-12,31-and 16:23-
14 f We took ſweet counſel togecher 4, and we wal- fHeb.vb ked unto the heuſe of God e in company f. mon
d I imparted my ſecret Thughts and Deſigns to thee with great Craſ. delight and fatisfa&tion. e We agreed no leſs in exerciſes of Piety, than in As of State and Policy. f Or, in conſort, or with con« ſent, as all the Antients render it, He ſeemed as forward in Re- ligion as Þ
15 Let deeth ſeize upon them g, and let them go | down quick into * || hell 4: For wickedneſs 5s in their dwellings 3, and among them K&.
Z i e Him and all ſuch falſe-hearred Wretches, that pretended Religion with wicked defign, and now have manifeſtly Apoſtatized both from the profeſſion and pradtice of it, and fallen into all man- ner of wickedneſs. For ſuch are the vileſt of men, and moſt ob« | NOXIiOUus to the curſe of God h Or, into the Grave, cut them off by a ſudden and violent death, as thou didſt thoſe Numb. 16- 32+ Bur theſe Imprecations uſed by inſpired Perſons in extraordinary Caſes, 1s no precedent for our imitation» #3 Or, where they ſojourn, They carry their wickedneſs along with them from place to place, and leave the impreſſions and effeAs of it whereſoever they come. k Heb.1n their Inwards, Wickedneſs is deeply rooted in their Hearts, and it breaks forth in all their Houſes and AQtions,
16 As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD {hall ſave me /.
I Whilſt he deſtroys them, As they and Idiffer in the courſes of our Lives, ſo ſhall we in our Ends
17 Evening and morning, and at noon »2 will I pray and cry aloud ; and he ſhall hear my voice.
m The three ſtated times of Prayer amongſt the Jews. See Dan. 6. 10+ As 3+ 1+ and 10. 3, 9, 30.
18 He hath delivered » my ſoulin peace o,from the bat-
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now to truſt God, becauſe of former deliverances : Or he ſpeaks | of a future dehverance ; as a thing done, becaule of the certainty of it» o Or, Inte Peace. He hath reſtored me from the ſtate of War, to my former Peace and Tranquility, p For there were more with me than againſt me ; even the holy Angels whom God 1m- { ployed to defena and deliver me. See 2 Kings 6. 16+ Pſahn 34. 7- 1 and 57+ 3- Or, for, (or rather, though, as this Particle is oft ren- - dred) there were many with me, or about me, or againſt me, as this Particle is rendred, Pſalm 85+ 3- and 94. 16. and in other places. So he ſpeaks here of his Enemies ; which ſeems beſt ro ſuit with
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qo Either 1. My Prayers againit them, mentioned verſe 1. 5.Or 2. Their repro«ch-s, v. #2. their deceitful and rreacherous ſpeeches, wv, 21. He ſaid God wouid hear hs woice, v. 179, now he adds that God will hear his En-mies voice alſo, of wh ch he ſpake v. 3s ; Or, teſtifie againfl them, or give an anſwer to them ; not in words, but really, and by dreadful puniſhments, as this word ſignihes,
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word, God will hear and anſwer them. s Heb- he that inhabiteth An- tiquity or Eternity; who is Eternal, and therefore unchangeable, and Almighty ; and conſequently as he ever was, fo he ſtill is and will be ready to defend his People, and to deſtroy their Enemies ; and none can prevent nor hinder him, in either of theſe deſigns. : Either 1: For the better : Becauſe they do not repent nor turn from their ſins. But then the next Clauſe muſt be rendred, as it is in the Herew, and not fear God, Or rather, 2- For the worſe ; for of ſuch deſtruftive Changes, this word when applyed to perſons, is generally uſed in Scripture, as Job 10. 17+ and 14. 14+ Oc. Be- cauſ: they meet with no croſles nor diſappointments, and hither- to all their Counſels ſucceed well, and the People flow in to them unanimouſly ; as it was in the beginning and progreſs of 4b/a- lom's Rebellion. # Their proſperous ſucceſs makes them go on ſecurely and obſtinately in their wicked courſes, without any re- gard to God, or dread of his Judgments: There being nothing which more hardens men's hearts, and makes them preſumpruous and incorrigible, than uninterrupted proſperity. See Pſalm 30+ 6. Prov. 1+ 32+ fre 22+ 2To
20 He x hath put forth his hands y againſt ſuch as be at peace with him z : + he hath broken his covenant 4.
x 1 e- They, the perſons laſt mentioned. Before the ſingular number, wv. 13, 14- was ſuddenly changed into the plural, v- 15. that the punithment might reach not him only, but his Partners, in thoſe treacherous and treaſonable Afftions. And here 1s as ſud- den a change, fiom the plural into the ſingular, and he returns to that perſon, who was the chief contriver and promotter of this Rebellion under Abſalom, even to Achitophel, of whom he ſpoke, verſe 13- and though he doth not excuſe the reſt, as we have ſeen, yet he lays the chief blame upon him, and here he adds new aggra- vations of his Treaſon. y In way of force or violence, as this Phraſe is uſed, Ger. 37. 22. 1 Sam. 26+ 9. Neh. 13.21. As 12.1, z Againſt me, who gave him no provocation nor diſturbance, but lived in great peace, and ſecurity and friendſhip with him. a All thoſe ſolemn obligations, by which he was tyed to me, both as his King and as his Friend.