f © Jeruſalem, though thou and thy Temple are yet in ſome ſort 1n your ruines, and aeſolate and contemptible, not only to thine enemies, but alſo in the eyes of thine own People, yet comfort thy ſelf with theſe great and glorious things foretold concernin thee in the Holy Prophets, as 1ſa:ah 62. 1, 7. and 65. 18, &c. an C6. 10, &C. Zech 1. 14, &c. and 2. 4, 12. and8. 3, &c. and 12. 2, &. Among other things, it was foretold that rhe glory of the latter houſe ſhould be greater than of the former, Hagg. 2-9. All which Propheſies are to be underſtood, as this place allo is, of a Spiritual and Evangelical Glory accruing to Jeruſalem ; as by the birth and preſence of Chriſt in ir, fo alto by the acceſſion of all People and Nations to it, of which he ſpeaks in the next Verſe.
4 I will make mention g of * Rahab 4, and Babylon z, 'P(:89- tro them & that know me / : behold »», Philiſtia and Ifa: 51- Tyre, with Ethiopia » : this 92a was born there o.
g (1i.e.) I will reckon or account them in the number of my Children and Subje&s. h (i, e-) Egypt, . fo cal'ed Pſalm 8g. 10, Jaiah 51. 9 but wherher from 1ts pride or natural Frength, or fi- gure or ſhape, is not material. £ Under theſe two and Philiftia, the old and conſtant enemies of I/-ael, he ſeems to underſtand all the keeneſt enemies of the 1/rae! orChurch of God, who ſhall now be not only reconciled but uvited to them ; which alſo was foretold under the fimilitude of the woolfs dwelling with the Lamb, &c. Iſaiah x1. 6, k Or, with or among them, as the prefix Lamed is frequent- ly uſed. 1 Tow, truly, clearly, affe&ionately and prattically, ſo as to love, ſerve and obey me, as this Phraſe 1s very frequently uſed in Scripture; And upon this account, not only Heathens but wicked Ijraelites are ſaid not ro know God, as 1 Sam. 2+ 12. an oft elſe-where. m Take notice of it as a thing new and ſtrange and comfortable. » The Nations on every ſide of them, for Tyrus was on the North, Erhiopia or Arabia ( for that ſeems rather to be meant.by Cuſb, as hath becn before obſerved ) on the South, thoſe neareſt to them, and thoſe more remote from them, that lived in the uttermot parts of 1he Earth, as this very Land is called, Matth. 12. 42+ 0 Or, ſaying this man, ©. for this cohereth with the firſt words thus, 1 will make mention of Rahab, &c. ſaying, thus man, (i. e. theſe Men or People now mentioned, the ſingular number put colleQtively for the plural; and the Scripture oft ſpeaks of a Nation as of one Man, as Pſalm 25. 22. ard 130. 8.) was born there, or, in her, as 1t is expreſſed, verſe 5. to wit, in Zion; born by A- doption and Regeneration. See John 1. 12. and 3. 3, 7. Gal. 3. 26. and 4. 26. 1 Pet. 1.23. The Gentiles ſhall be ingraffed into the Jewiſh Church, and into all their Priviledges. |
5 And of Zion p it ſhall be ſaid q, This and that man r was born in her : and the Higheſt himſelf ſhall
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p (i-e.) Of Jeruſalem, or the Church of God. 9 Ir ſhall be mention:d by God, as was ſaid, verſe 4: and it ſhall be obſerved and acknowledged by Men as a great and wonderfu! work of God. r (i. e ) Men of this and that Nation, (1. e. ) of every Nation, indifferertly, Jews or Gentiles, accoiding ro that prediQicn thar Egypt and 4ſjria and Iſrael ſhould be a'ljoyned together, and bleſ- ſ-d and owned by God for his People, I/aiah 19. 24, 25. Heb. Mgn and man, (i. e.) every Man, or all forts of Men without diffe- rence of Nations; As this very Phraſe, Man and man, Lev. 17. 10, * 13. is rendred every, or whatſoever man ; And as by day and day is meant every day, or from day to day, EF. 3. 4. Pſalm 61.8. \ And this thall not be a ſudden and rranfient, but a laſting work; Zzon ſhall conrinue in its ſtrengrh and fertility becauſe the Almighty God is her Founder and Prote&or, and will finiſh the work which he
hath begun. . | - oa 6 The LORD ſhall 'count when he writeth up the
people r, that this man was born there. Selah. | # Or. his People. So it is only a defe& of the Pronoun bis, which is very frequent and eaſily underſtood out of the foregoing word, the Lord The ſenſe is, when God. the Maker and Governour of this City ſhall take a furvey of all his Citizens and Subjeas. Ir isan alluſion to Princes or Governours of Cities that uſe to write and keep a Regiſter of all their people. Hence holy Men and true 15a- elites are ſaid to be written among the living in Jeruſalem, If. 4. 3» Or, in the writing of the houſe of Iſrael, Ezek. 13. 9. ;
7 As well the ſingers as the players on inſtruments s ſhall be there ; all my ſprings are in thee x. CE ONE
There ſhall be great rejoycing and praiſing God both with vocal and inſtrumental Muſick, for this glorious and ſtupendious work of the Converſion of the Gentiles. _He deſcribes Evangelical Worſhip by Legal Phraſes and Cuſtoms; as the Prophets frequently e words may be here added as the burden or matter of the Song, which theſe ſingers are ſuppoſed to have ſung; and that either 1. Intheir own names, and
in the name of all the Zionites or people of God. So the ſenie is,
. all our deſires and delights are in thee, all the ſprings Mercy, 4 = | Grace /
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Grace and Glory flow to us only in and thorow thee: Por Spr.ngs or fountains are oft put for all precious or deſirable things, as P/aim 36. 9. Iſaiah 12. 3. He. r3. 15. Or, 2. In God's name, whole words were frequently ſung by tie ſingers in the Old Teſtament. And 1o the ſenſe is, all the Springs or Fountains of good things, or of my Bleſſing are in Zion, or in the Church, out of which no true Blef- ſings are to be expeted or found. And this ſeems beſt to ſuir with the phraſe, my Springs; Partly, becauſe it ſeems more proper to ca'l them God's Springs, who 1s the Author and Giver of them, than men's ſprings, who are only the receivers of them ; And partly, be- cauſe this 1s more agreeable to the phraſe and uſage of Scriptuce, which every where aſcribes and appropriates them ro God. PS A L. LINXXVUL. The ARGUMENT.
4 [ \His Pſalm was compoſed upon a particular Occaſion, to wit,