k Or ſi, to wit, in the Thron-, Jer. 13. 13 { Living and ru- ling as in Gods preſence, and ſerving God with his Royal Power, and Worſhiping him in his Tabernacle. m Or, order or appoint, as this word ſignifies, Jonah 1 17 and 4. 6. n Eitier, 8 The Graces of Mercy or Compaſſion, and Tryth or Faithfulneſs ; which are the great ſupporters of Thrones, Prov. 20. 28. and 29. 14. Or : athef, 2+ Thy Mercy and Truth, 7. e. The effe&ts of chem. Thy Trur9 in giving me rho{e Mercies which thou haſt promited to me ; and thy Mercy'in giving me ſuch turther Bleflings, as Lneed, and thou ſceſt fit to give me.
8 So will I fing preciſe unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows - - : |
o That ſo I may pay unto thee thoſe Services and Sacrifices, which I vowed to thee when I was in trouble.
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| raiſe Mens expeQations, upon conſideration of their great Power
to which you can ſ-fcly truſt. 5 Becanle they promiſe much, and '
and Diguty, bat are not able to perform, and generally deceive rhoſe who truſt in them. In- which reſpe& Lying is aſcribed to 4 Fountain, Jer. 15. 18. to Wine, Hoſea 9. 2 to the Olive, Habak. 3.17. when they do not give what they promiſe. 23, 19Truft not in oppreffion :,and become not vain s.in robbery:* if ciches increaſe,ſer not your heart apsn them x.” *Job 31. # As you may not truſt any other Men,ſfo neither muſt you truſt 25- to your ſelves, nor to your own Wiror Induſtry, or: Courage by Luk. 12.15" which you may oppreſs others, and ſo think to ſecure and enrich 1 Tim. 6. your ſclves. « Lifting up,and feeding your ſelves with vain Hopes,: 17- and Exp:Ctations of ſafety and felicity, from thoſe Riches which you take from orhers by Robbery or Violence. x So as ro pleaſe your ſelves immoderately in them, tro place your Hope and Truft, is chicf Joy inthem, or to grow proud and inſolent becauſe of $7 rg PR, EATS NE F 11 God hath ſpoken once: twice z have I heard this, 1 Or,* * chat || power belongeth unto God z. - | . - Strength. - y 7.e. Frequently, as Jeb 33. 14. both immediately as at Sir, | and by his holy Prophets, from time ro time. « That Power is *Job.34 1. God's Prerogative ; and Conſequently all Creatures, either againſt -Pr. 24. 12+ or without him, are poor Imporent things, to which no Man can -Jer.3 2.19. : truſt without certain Ditappointmenty and God alone is fir to be Fze. 7. 27. truſted, | 2 0 TOY > os 3 LPS 0d 33» 20.” 12 Alfountothee, O LORD, belongeth mercy «;for- Mat.16 :4 [|* thou rendreſt to every man according to his workj. Rom: a6.
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His Pſ-ln was made in a time of great Danger and Diſtreſs,or at leait withreſpeR to it, as1ls manitelt from wv, 3, 4+
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, a Reaſon, or Proof of, or an infer-nc2 tre:n, the two foregoing
a Or, Benignity, or Readineſs to do govd. Thou a:it no leſs wil... Cor. 3-8. ling than able, ro defend and preſerve 2/! tr pur_therr Truſt in Þ mm 4 thee. || Or, therefore. For the foliowing Were ſeem to be either C51 _ 8.
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Properties of God, Power and Mer:y. God is Almighty, therefore he can eatily ſubdue and deſtroy all his and mine ungodly Enenues, & Recompence unto them all their Maliciousand wicked PraQGiitcs. He is alſo mild and merciful, and therefore will pardon goodMens failings, and graciouſly reward me and others of his people accoid- ing to our Integrity» f According to the Nature and quality, though not according tothe proportion, of their Works, whether they be good or bad. And tais as he is obliged to do by his holy Nature, and by that Reſpe& which he oweth to his own Glory, to heis able ro dot, being Omnipotenr, and willing ro do it to the godly ( which was the only thing that might he doubred, becauſe of their manifold and grear Corruptions, and ImperfeEtions, and Miſcarxiages ) becauſe he is merciful and gracious.
FSAL LAMEL
Judah 4. a Where he hid himſelf from Saul, 1 Sam. 22.
5. and 23, 145 I5. and 26. 1, 2.
P'S A M 5.
- 'A Pſalm of David when he was in the wilderneſs of
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Perſons. Some of their ſlain might be Buried, and others lye un buried. Or, 2. Of the ſame Perſons; they did gointo the Earth, but not immediately, but were firſt devoured of Foxes, and the remainders of them were buried, as is frequently done in ſuch Caſes. . Or, this Phraſe may note nor ſo much the Place, as the State, of the Dead ; this being univerſally ſaid of thoſe thar dye, whether they are butied or unburicd, that they recurn to the Earth or D:ft, Job 1. 21. Eccleſ. 12. 7+ 10 f They (ball fall by the ſword c, they ſball be a THeb.chy portion for foxes 4. _ vgs & 1. e, Dye in batte], as David foretold, r Sam. 26. 10. and as was "= hn _ accompliſhed in Saul, and his followers, who were David's great- j, ;,, Yu eſt Enemies, 1 Sam. 31. 4 Their Carkafles ſhall be unburied upon Hands of the Earth, and thereby become a prey to Wild and Ravenous Crea- ,,, ted tures, and eſpecially to Foxes, which were in thoſe Parts in greax ® abundance ; and which did and do feed not only upon Fruits, Gent. 2- I5. but alſo upon Fleſh, as Experience ſheweth. Beſides ſome very Learned men think that the Word rendred, Foxes, is more ge=
David in the Wilderneſs complaining bitterly of his Baniſhment from Goa's Houſe, thirfeth and longeth for it, 13. His manner of bleſſing God. His Experience, H ps and Delight in God, 4 =nann===$, comforterh him- Self, that his Enemies ſhall ve deſtroyed, and that he ſball tein Safety, g -—= IT.
God, thou art my God b, early c will I ſeek thee : * my ſoul thirſteth for thee d; my flej!
ſ. 42.2. 143: 6.
eb. hout as
no water is f. |
b In Covenant with me. c Heb. ihe Morning. Which implies the doing it with greateſt Diligence and Speed, taking riic trſt,and the beſt time for ir, as Job 8. 5. Pſal. 58. 34. Prov. 1. :8.. d(ie.) For the Preſence and Enjoyment of thee in thine Houſe and *« 1di- nances, as the next Verſe declareth its e Or, languiſh:th, or Pinth
doth of all great Paſſions. f So catied ; Erther, 1. Metaphcorical'y; In a Land where I want the refreſhing Waters of rhe SanCtuary. Or; 2. Properly : I thirſt not ſo much for Water(which yer I great- ly want ) as for thee.
2 To ſee g thy power and thy glory h, ſo as I have
ſeen thee 3 in the ſanuary.