rers 4 unto devils þ : Iq57;5, 4 Of which Heatheniſh practice, ſee the notes on Levir, 18. 2r. Erck. 16, # By which expreſſion he informeth them that they did not wor- 0; & 20; Ihip God, as they pretended, and ſometimes deſigned, bur Devils 2, in their Idols ; and that thoſe ſpirits, which were ſuppoſed by the Heathen Idolaters to inhabit in their Images, aod which they wor- ſhipped in them, were not G«ds or good Spirits, as they imagined, but evil ſpirits or Devils. See Levi. 17. 7. Deut, 32.17. 1 Cor. 10. 20, Revel. 9. 20,
33 And ibed innocent blood c, even the blood of their ſons & of cheir daughters,whom they ſacrificed unto the
INu: 35: idols of Canaan : and{|the land was polluted with blood. 3z: c the blood of rheir Ch:Idren, who, though Sinners before God, yet were innocent as to them, from any crune deſerving fuch bar- barous uſage from them. 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions d. a Committed ſpiritual Whoredom by worſhipping thoſe Idols Which were but humane inventions, and that in ſuch an unnatural and bloody manner, as they had deviſed.
40 "Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled
f2Ki 16; "0
35 * Bur were mingled y among the heathen, and |
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againft his people, infomuck that he abhorred his own inheritance. : | 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them, ruied over them. : 42 Their enemies alſo oppreiſed them, and they were brought into ſubje&ion under their hand.
voked him with their counſel e,; and were + brought
low for their iniquity. ned e By forſaking Gods counſel and the way which he had appointed, ©
and tollowing after their own inventions and evil inclinations, as
he charged them wv. 39. See the like Numb, 15. 39.
; | he heard their cry. 5. 7: 45 * And he remembred for them his covenant f and zo: 1. | repented g according to the multitude of his mereies. + The Covenant made with their Fathers, which notwithſtan- 3- ding their horrible violation of ir, he made good unto them, and in Conſideration thereof delivered them, g Changed his courſe and dealing with them, as penitent perſons uſually do. See the Note ON Gen, 6. 6, | 46 f He made them alſo to be pitied of all thoſe that t 1 King g ;
carried them captives h. . B: 50. | h By changing their Opinions of them, and inclining their hearts Jer:42:14 towards them, which he had alienated from them. See on Pſ.105-25, ! 47 Save us, O LORD our GOD z, and gather us from among the Heathen, to give chanks unto thy Ho-
ly Name, a» to triumph in thy praiſe k,
; Orhou who halt ſo often pardoned and faved us, notwithſtan- ding our former and manitold provocations, be thou pleaſed once more to deliver us. & In thy Praite-worthy work wrought for us; Praiſe being put foractions worthy of Praiſe, asit is here above v. 2, 1 Chron 16. 35. Þjal. 9. 14. Phil. 4. 8. and oft elſewhere.
48 Bletled be che LORD God of lfracl from ever- laſting to everlaſting: and ler all the people ſay, Amen, praiſe ye the LORD. :
FSA L. CYVIL The ARGUMENT.
He moſt of the P/alns have a peculiar Reſpe&tunto-the Church or People of God, or to tome eminent Members thereof ; but there are ſome few Pſalms which have a more general re- ſpe& to all Nations, of which Number this is one. Wherein the Pſal- miſt diſcourſerh of the mercifulProvidence ofGod towards all man- kind, and of his readineſs to help them in all rheir diſtrefles, fome few particular inſtances whereof, he mentionech, and leaveth the reſt to be underſtood, there being the ſame reaſon of all, But withal he takes notice alſo of Gods Judgments upon wicked perſons and people ; and by this Repreſentation of Gods Mercies and judg- ments, he invites all Nations to an acknowledgment cf the true God, to praiſe him for his favours, and totremole ar his judgments,
which is their juſt duty aad reaſonable ſervice» An E:chor: ation 80 the redeemed 10 praiſe and celebrate the Lord, and to 0b= ſerve his manifold Providences, 1 --- 3. to Strangers and captives,
4 ————- 16, to ſick, and ſea-men, 17 32+ and to all others,
commend:img them that carefully 9bjerve this, 33, 43- * Give thai:ks unto the LORD, for he is good : * pſi06.4
for his mercy endureth for ever 8. & 1183 1;
» This whole verſe occurs alſo Pſal; 106. 1, Only there the ad- & 136; 1;
dreſs is made to the Iſraelites, and here to all mankind.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD 5 lay /oc, whom
he hath redeemed from the aand of the enemy d-
b All they whom God hath redeemed, as it is expreſſed in the next clayſe, or delivered from all the following Calamities. c To wit. that the Lord is good, &C. as it 1SV- I: & Of ſuchas had taken them Captives. either in Batte], or in their Travels, to which they were led by their own Inclinations, or by their neceiliry oc=
caſtons. 7 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the eaſt
and from the welt, from the north e, and # from the j45,,,,,;
' ſouth f. the Seas e Bringing them into their own land, out of the ſeveral quar. ters of the World into which they had been carried. f Heb, from theſea, Which in Scripture commonly notes the Wett, becaule the great mid lan4i Sea was on the welt of Canaan; but here, as it appears fiom the oppoſition of this to the North, it notes the South, ſo called from the Red-ſea, which was on the Sourh, and which is ſomet:mes called zhe Jes, ſimply, and without addition, as Pſal. 72+ 8. and 114. 3. : 4 They wandredin the wilderneſs g in afolitary way
they found no city to dwell in 6. |
g Miſtaking their way, which they might eaſily do in the vaſt and ſandy Delarts of 4rabis, h Or rather, n9 City, or Town inhabited, where they might refreſh themſelves, as Travellers uſed to do; for they did not go into the Wilderneſs to ſeek for a City or Ha- biration there, bur only intended ro pais rhrough it, as appears by the context, and by the nature of the thing, =
5 Hungry aud thirity, their foul fainted in them 5,
i Partly for want of neceſfary proviſiens, and partly through an- guiſh of Spirit. : :
6 Chen they cryed unto the LORD & in their trou-. ble, and he delivered them out of their diltreſses /. |