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\ E have at lemth, through the Divine Afiſtance, finiſh'd the Annotations upon the Bible, be* 2un and carried on by Mr. Poole in the firſt Volume ;, whoſe diſcerning Judgment, great Indu-
try, and pious Spirit,. are conſpicuous in that very uſeful Work. Our ſincere Deſign and En- deavours have been to ſearch and unfold the Meaning of the Sacred Oracles ; abhorring the impious Arts of thoſe who pervert the Scriptures from their pure and native Senſe to give Colour and Countenance to their private Fancies. Wherein we have miftaken their genuine Senſe, ( for who in the preſent State of Infirmity and Imperfettion fully knows the Mind of the Lord inthem? ) it has wot been for want of Love to the Truth, zor of uſing the beſt Helps within our compaſs for the clearing the Difficulties found in them. There remains 220 more for us t9 do, but to recommend the Work to the Bleſſing of Heaven, and to the Study of Chriſtians, that they would diligently read the Scriptures to underſtand them, and under ſtand to praftice them, and be happy for ever. I1t may ſeem needleſs to urge this Duty upon thoſe who profeſs to believe this Divine Book 20 be the ſole and infallible Guide to bleſſedneſs.” But alas! many who in Title are Chriſtians, are careleſs of it. Some ar: captivated by charming Lults, 'and would go oz 'in a voluptuous courſe of ſinning with- our Diſturbatice : all ſuch have an Antipathy to the true Glaſs that reflets' upon Conſcience their foul Deformity. And by their wretched Neglef® they not only deſerve, but inflift upon themſelves that ſevere doom, Their Gns ſhall not be purgedaway till they die ; for the clear Streams of the Spirit flowing in the Scriptures, both diſcover the Spots of the Squl, and are efficatious to waſh them off. Others are ſo deeply engaged in the Buſineſs of the World, that they have no leaſure to attend to the Counſels and Callgf Ged in the Bible ; if Rules were laid down therein, how to obtain ſecular Riches and Honours, they would i2tenſly apply themſelves to conſider them, andtreaſure them up in their Minas and Memories, and diligently practiſe them : but ſince it propounds a ſpiritual and future Bleſſedneſs to be obtained by per(evering Diligence, they connt it miſpent time tobe fludious.of it. Thas the worldly wile, are guilty of Folly above Admira- tion; for to gain the Trifles: of Time, they loſe the Pearl of Price, that enriches the Poſſeſſors for ever. Beſides theſe Carnaliſts that live without. God in the World, how many that pretend a Veneration for the Scriptutes, do but ſeldom or ſuperficially regard them ? *Tis not the bare Reading of them that ts profitable, but with a Diſpoſition and Frame of Heart ſuitable to them. An bumble Reverence of the Majeity of God appearing in his Word, makes the Heart tenaer and teachable, and receptive of Holy Impreſſions ; ſincere Aims to be inſlrutted in the Will of God, with a reſolution to obey it, prepares for the receiving ſpiritual Benefit. The Study of the Scriptures from vain Curioſity, and a deſire of knowleage to pleaſe our ſelves, and to be valued by others, is tofoment Pride ( the univerſal Diſeaſe of the bumane Mind ) by the Remedy that ſhould cure it. And none are in ſuch danger of being ignorant of the Myſteries of Godlineſs, as rhe preſumptuous: 'But he that ſeeks for Salvation in the Word, ſhall find it, and the moſt ſublime and ſa- tisfatory Knowledge with it. ' And to this muſt be joyned fervent Prayer, That the Divine Spirit, who in- aited the Scriptures, would interpret them to us, that his concomitant Virtue and effettual Grace may make them to be Light tothe Blind, 4 Remedy to the Diſeaſed, Life to the Dead, axd Strength zo the Living, zhe Converſion azd the Conſolation of loft Souls. Now ſince the Word of God hath ſuch a bleſſed Influ- ence upon all that cordially apply it, ſhall we be neglizent in converſing with it * How does the Example of David «pbraid Chriftians ? His ſuperlative Eſteem and Affections were fet upon the Word of God. It was his unyaluable Treaſure ; the moſt precious Gold loft :ts Luſtre, .and was faint in the compariſon with it ; it was his deareſt Delight, the ſweeteſt things were diſrelliſbing and ungrateful to his Palat ſet againſt it. Thus he expreſſeth himſelf, The judgments of the Lord are true and Righteous altogether ; more to be delired are they than Gold, yea than much fine Gold ! ſweeter alſo than Honey or the Honey- comb. Into what an: Extaſie of Affeition does he break forth in another Plalm ! O how I love thy law !
. 1tis my Meditation all rhe'day. He was encumbred with the Afffairs of a Kingdom, yet the Divine Law