from the very Title of it- And that David, or at leaſt the Holy Ghoit which diftated this Pſalm, did look beyond So/;mon, and unto the Meſſiah, of whom Solomon was an Illuſtrious and unqueſtionable Type, ſeems as manifeſt from divers Paſſages of this Pſalm, which do not agree to Solomon, nor to any other King bur the Meſſizh, and from the Confeſſion of the Jewiſh Doors themſclves, who ſo un- derſtood it. Ir muſt therefore be acknowledged, that, as many o« thers are, ſo this P/alm is alſo a mixt Pſalm belonging to Solomon in part, and obſcurely and imperfeQly, but unto Chriſt, more clearly and fully; divers Expreſſions being delignedly fo ordered, that the Reader might beled by rhem to the Contemplation of Chriit, and of his Ki::g::om upon this occaſion Which was the more neceſ- ſary tor the ſupport and comfort of God's true 1ſrael, becauſe the Spirit of God toreſaw Solomon's dreadful Apoſtacy, and the great miſcarriages and calamitics of his Succefſors, and of the Kingdom under their hands, and therefore was pleaſed to fortifie their Hearts with that glorious Condition which they ſhould certainly enjoy under the Meſſiah, who. thould certainly come. - | e%. 2 NOrgoef
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thou governeſt them, to wit, in Righteouſneſs, as it follows: He ſaith Judgments in the plural Number, becauſe though rhe Office x | Judging and Ruling was but one, yet there were divers parts an ranches, and Ads of it; As to acquite the Innocent, to condemn the Guilty, &c. In all which he begs that Solomon may be dire&e to do as (zod doth, or would have him to do in. ſuch Caſes.. c That Grace of Righteouſneſs, which is a part of thine Image,and is abſo- lutely neceſſary for good Government. - OSS -2 He tbail judge 4 thy people e with righteouſneſs, and thy poor f with judgment. . ES | d To wit, if thou giveft him what I have deſired. And by this predittion he doth tacitly admoniſh him of, and oblige him.to the performarice of his Duty herein. Or, Les him Judge, the Future being pur for the Imperative, as hath been oft obſerved. So it is a Praver- e For they are thine more than his; and therefore he muſt not govern them according to his own Will and Pleaſure but according to the Rules of thy Word, and for thy Service and
ſpecial manner, thou arr their Judge and Patron, Pſslm 68. 5- and haſt commanded all thy People,. and eſpecially Kings and Magi- | ſtrates, to take: a ſingular care of them, becauſe they have few or | no Friends- | EE. | 2 * The mountains g ſhall bring peace b to the people ;. - ki
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z He mentioneth the Mountains and Hills, as bringing forth this” * © 27 bleſſed Fruit : Eirher, becauſe ſuch places are uſually Barren, and therefore this was an Evideace of extraordinary Fruitfulneſs, an
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ſengers, in Regard of the Robbers and wild Beaſts, which commons ly abide there. ,. Whereby it is implyed, that other places ſhould do ſo too, and that it ſhould be common and univerſal. þ All man= ner of Proſperity and Felicity, which the Hebrews frequently ex- preſs by that word. | | ; '"]
4 He ſhall judge 5; the poor of the people ; he (ball ſave the children of the needy &, and ſhall break in pieces the oppreſiour. A, HOO Pod
# 1, e Vindicate them for their potent oppreſſours, as Judg- ing is uſed, Pſa/m 3 1+ and oft elſe-where. k Whom the Rick. preoemnenes did leize upon for Bond-men, upon ſome pretence or other- - =
5 They ſhall fear /thee m aslong as the ſun and moon * ral. 3g! endure, . * throughout all generations. D 36, 37»
1 Or, Reverence, or Worſh:p, as this Word is uſed, Iſa 29. 13. Compared wich Marth. 15 9g and elſe-where, » Either, r- Thee, O King, to whom he ſuddealy rurneth his Speech- And fo this is Hy perbolically true of Solomon, but truly and literally of Chriſt. Or rather, 2- Thee, O God, of whom he had ſpoken before, and that in the ſecond Perſon, verſes 1, 2: as it is here; whereas he never ſpeaks of the King in the whole Pſalm, in the ſecond Perſon,, bug conſtantly in the third-: - And fo the Senſe is, This ſhall. be another bleſſed Fruit of this —— Government, that together with *'
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Plal. LXXIL | Peace true Religion fhall be eſtabliſhed, and that rhroughout al Gene: rat:ons, 25 it here follows. Which was'begun in Solomon's days and ccntinued, though not without Interruption, in the time of his Succeſlors, the Kings of Judah, and afterwards until Chriſt. 1n and by whom this predi&tion and promiſe was moſt fully accompli ſhed.m Heb With rhe Sun and before the Moon, i. e. Whilſt they con- tinue in the Heavens Others expound it thus, both Day and Night, as the twelve Thibes are ſaid to ſerve Ged, AQs 26. 75. But the former Interpretation ſeems more probable, by comparing this Verſe with verſe 17. - *Hoſ.6.3. 6 * He ſhall come down n like rain upon the mown
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