over thoſe Kings, Ger. 14. ( as ſome of the later J-ws have deviſed out of oppoſition to Chriſtianity ) nor any other perſon but David, 1s manifelt from the Tirle of rhe Pſalm, which is a part of tte ſacred Texr, That this Ptalm belongs to the Meiah,is abundant- ly evident both from the expreſs teſtimony of the new Teſtament, AZs 2. 34. 1 Cor: 15.25. Heb. 1. 3. and 10.13, and from the con ent of the antient Hebrew DoQors manifeſted implicitly in Matth. 22. 44- and expreſly from their own mouths. Ofwhich ſee my Latine Synopſis upon this place ; and from the matrer of the Pſalin, which can by na means or arts be made to agree to David, who was not Davias Lord, nor a Priefft, much leſs a Prieſt for ever, or after the order of Melchiſedeck, the Prieſthood of Aaron being in Davids time in uſe and force, and in the hands of another perſon and family. And whereas divers other Pſalms,though principally direed to, and to be underſtood of the MeſFah, yct.in ſome ſort may be underſtood concerning D#vid alſo, or at leaſt rook their riſe and occafion from David. or from ſomething relating to him, this Pſalm is dire&Qly and immediatly and ſolely to be underſtood concerning the Meſliah 3 the Spirir of God wiſely ſoordering this matter, that it might be a molt expreſs and convincing teſtimony againſt the unbelieving Jews cencerning the true Mefſſhah,and con- cerning the narure and quality of his Kingdom. ' APſalm of David a. a Written by David, as is manifeſt both from this Title, which being given to this, as well as to many other Palms, whereof Dawvid 1s confefled to be the Author, either proves this to be Davids, or proves none of them to be ſo, and from Matrh. 22, 43+ 44. and Mark 12. 36. where alſo David is ſaid to have ſpoken this Pſalm 7» or by the Spirir of God, or by Divine Inſpiration. An account of the calling the Kinzdom of <hrift, 1 - 3 Of bis ever- laſting Prieſthood, 4, Of hu mighty Conqueſt over his Enemies, 5 , 6, And of his Sufferings and Triumph, 7» ] 'HE * LORD 6 faid c unto my LORD A, Sit thou , as
at my right hand e, until f I make g thine enemies ,,
h thy f.otftool z. Mack 12. b God the Father the firſt Perſon in the "Trinity, to whom acs- 36. cordingly the original of all things, and eſpecially of the work of Luke 0. Mans Redemption by Chriſt is aſcribed. c Decreed or appointed 42.
it from eternity, and in due time publiſhed this Decree, as is no- Ads 34 ted Pſal; 2. 7+ and aQtually execurt:d it ; which he did when he- 1 Cor. 15: raiſed up Chriſr fr :m the dead, and brought him into his heavenly 25. manſion. d Unto his Son the Meſfſias, whom Dav:d deſignedly Heb. 1-13 calls his Lord, to admoniſh the Jews and the whole Church, that al- though he was his Son according to the fleſh or his humane na-
ture, As 2 30- Row, 1. 3. yet he had an higher Nature and Qri-
ginal, and was alſo his Loa, as being by Nature God blcſſed for
ever, and conſequently Lord of al things, as he is called 4#s 10.36.
and by Office as he was God-man, the Lord and King of the
whole Church, and of all the world for the Churches ſake And
this was a neceſſary proviſion to prevent that ſcandal which the
Holy Ghoſt foreſaw the Jews and others would be apt to take atthe meanneſs of Chriſts appearance in the Fleſh. "The Hebrew word
Adon is one of Gods Titles, ſignifying his Power and Authority or Lordſhip over all things, and therefore is molt fitly given to the
Mefſias, to whom God hath delegated all his power in the World,
Matth, 28« 18. « Thou who haſt for marry years been veiled with in-
firm and mortal fleſh, deſpiſed and reje&ed and trampled upon by men,and perſecuted unto the death,do thou now takerto thy felt
thy great and juſt Power ; thou haſt done thy work upon Earth,
now take thy reſt and the poſſeſſion of that Soveraign Kingdom
and Glory, which by right belongeth to thee ; do thou rule with
me with equal Power and Majeſty, as thou art God ; and with an Authority and Honour far above all Creatures, fuch as is next to
mine, as thou art Man; as this phraſe is expounded in other places. See Mark 16: 19. Luke 22. 69. 1 Core 15, 25. Hebrews 1. 3+
13 and $, 1 and 10, 12, 13. Eh. f« 20, &c, It is a Metaphor from
Pſal. Cx Ph
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hu
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from the cuſtom of Earthly Princesg who place thoſe perſons whom they honour moſt at their right hand : of which ſee 1 Kings 2.190 Pſal. 45. 10. Matth: 20 2. Sitting is put for reigning, 1 Kings 3. 6- comp. with 2 Chron. 1. 8. and withal notes the continuance of the Reign, I Cor. 15:25. f Which word doth not neceſſarily note the end or expiration of his Kingdom at that time ; for in other places it notes only the continuance of things till ſuch tim?, without excluding the time following, as is evident from Gen; 25: 15. Pſal: 112:8; Mat. ie ult. So here it may fignifie that his Kingdom ſhould continue ſo long, even in the midſt ofhis Enemies, and in ſpight of all their power and malice, which was the only thing whieh was liable to any doubt; for thathe ſhould continue to reign after the conqueſt and utter ruine of all his enemies, was out of all queſtion» And yet this is a word of limitation, in regard of the Mediatorial Kingdom of Chriſt, in reſpe& of which Chrift rules with a delegated Power, as his Fathers Vice-Roy, and with the uſe of outward means and inſtruments and ordinances, &c. for that manner of adminiſtration ſhall ceaſe : which alſo ſeems to be inti= mated by this word, as it 15 expounded 1 Cor- 15. 25« g By my
Almighty Power communicated to thee as God by eternal gene- ration, and vouchſafed to thee as Mediator, to enable thee ro the
full diſcharge of thine Office. b Whichalſo are the enemies of thy Church; all perſecutors aud ungodly men, who wil not have Chritt to rule over them, Luke 19: 14. Sin and death and the Devil; 1 Cor+ 15.26. 1*Thy ſlaves and vaſſals to be put to the meaneſtand baſeſt
ſervices, as this phraſe implies, 1 Kings 5. 3. Pſal- 18: 39. and
91+ 13, being taken from the manner of Eaſtern Princes who uſed
to tread upon the Necks of their conquered Enemies, as we read
Joſ: 10 24. Judges 1. 7. And long after thoſe times Sepores the
Pertian Emperor trod upon Yaleriau Emperor of the Romans. and
Tamerlan uſed to tread upon Bajazet the Turkiſh Emperor, whom
he kept in an Iron Cage for that purpoſe.
2 The Lord ſhal ſend & the rod of thy ſtrength / out of Zion 1: rule thou m in the midſt of thine enemies ».