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20 The man who doth in honour thine,
And understandeth not,

A ftranger to my ways divine,
His memory fhall rot:

But all the wife, in glory bright,

Shall ever fhine with me;

While fools, like beafts who perish quite,
In mind no more shall be.

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To be a stranger to the spirit and truth of this, and of the following Pfalm, is to be a ftranger to the whole of the New Teftament, and of the Old: for the Lord is that Spirit:' God manifest in the flesh is that Spirit; and they that worthip him muft worship him in that fpirit, and in that truth." See, John iv. 23, &e. with the parallel paffages. In a word, the meaning of this and the next Pfalm is, in a fhort fum, the meaning of the whole connected teftimony of God. See Pfalm ii.. with its parallels, and thofe on the margin.

The Lord defcends in flaming fire,
Amid the angels of his pow'r,
His fervants talents to require,

And all the faithlefs to devour:
But all the faints of God on earth
Shall re-afcend with God along,
Ts ferve him with eternal mirth,
Their perfons perfect and their fong!

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HE mighty God of gods, the Lord,
Hath fpoken to the earth, and call'd:
(Let trembling worlds revere his word,
And ftand before his face appall'd):
From rifing of the morning-fun,

To where he finks, and hides his head,
He makes his awful fummons run,
To cite the living and the dead.

2 His glory, bursting through the cloud,
Hath fhined forth most gloriously,
Enlight'ning all the world abroad,
From Zion, his excellency.

3 Our God, he comes, the Lord reveal'd;
He rides fublime on clouds of fire:
His judgments all, no more conceal'd,
Shall be fulfill'd at his defire.

The folding flames before him roll;
The heav'ns beneath the tempeft bend;
The earth becomes a burning fcroll,
O world, to folemnize thine end.
4' He to the heav'ns above hath call'd,
And to the earth, their charge to yield;
To all the fummons is propal'd,
To haften to the judgment-field.

5. Come, all my covenanted train,

Who've wash'd your garments in my blood;
The Lamb, your Judge, for you was flain:
Come boldly forth, and meet your God.-
6 Behold, the heav'ns fhall then declare
Emmanuel's righteoufnefs abroad,
When all mankind affembled are,

To worship him their Judge and God.
7 Hear, O my people, and I'll fpeak;
O Ifral, lend thine ear to me:
How fimple is thine heart, and weak?
The Lord thy God, confronteth thee.
8 I'm God, thy God; I'll not reprove
Thee for thy facrifices few;
Nor fhall thine holocaufts remove

Thy fins, though always in my view. 9 I'll take no bullock from thy ftall,

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Nor lamb, nor he-goat from thy fold; 10 For beasts of forefts, great or small, Are all mine own, both young and old:

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The cattle on a thousand bills,
Belong to me the Lord thy God:
I've fown the grafs, I've pour'd the rills,
That fill them both with drink and food.
11 I know the fowls of ev'ry wing,

Who o'er the rocks and mountains fly;
The birds of prey, and those who fing,
The harmlefs tenants of the fky.
The wild beafts of the field who roam,
And scent about in search of prey,
To me for leave behove to come;
I throw their portion in their way.
12 If I were hungry, I would not
Complain, and tell my cafe, to thee;
The world is mine-an ample lot!
And all its stores belong to me.
13 Do I delight, fool! doft thou think,
To eat the flesh of goat or bull?
Or, if I'm thirsty, will I drink

The blood of lambs till I be full?

14 Nay rather, if thou'lt hear thy God,
And hearken to the voice of love,
Behold the paths that I have fhow'd,
The paths Jehovah doth approve.
If thou wilt enter into life,

By any deed or work of thine,
It must not be an idle ftrife,
But perfect as my law divine:

But if thou wilt believe, and fee
The labours finifh'd in my blood,
Be juftified, and follow me,

And glory in thy Shepherd good.
Then, offer thou the facrifice

Of thanksgiving and praise to me,
Which are moft pleafing in mine eyes,
And verily becoming thee.

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15 Perform thy vows to God most high,
And call upon me in thy day
Of trouble; I will hear thy cry,

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And thou my glory fhalt difplay. 16 But God unto the wicked faith,

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What has my foul to do with thee?
Since thou art void of truth and faith,
Why meddleft thou with my decree?
Why doth thy mouth my name pollute?
Thy lips my covenant profane?
Since thou inftruction cafteft out,

And spurn'ft my words as vile and vain : 18 When thou a thief perceived'ft, then Thou didst along with him confent; And, with the lewd adult'rous train, Thou to thy lewdness gaveft vent. 19 Thy mouth thou givest unto ill,

Thy tongue deceit doth only frame, 20 Thou fitteft on the plot, to fpill

Thy brother's character and fame:
Thy father's boufe, difturb'd by thee,
Yea, thine own mother's tender fon,
Whom thou haft flander'd, cry to me,

On thee to pour my wrath anon.
21 These things thou wickedly haft done,
And I kept filence all the while
That thou prefumptuously haft gone
In ways of lewdnefs, fraud, and guile :
Thou thoughteft I was wholly fuch
As thou, and did approve thy way;
But I will now reprove thee much,
And range thy fins in just array.
22 Confider this, ye great and fmall,
Who fearlessly forget the Lord;
Left I in pieces tear you all,

While none deliv'rance can afford.

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23 Who off'reth praife, me glorifies,
Rejoicing in my gospel-grace;
He hall obtain, the heav'nly prize,
And triumph in eternal peace.

For whofo ordereth aright

His life, and converfation pure,
To him I'll fhew my glory bright,

And make him dwell with me fecure.

PSAL M. LI.

AFTER all that has already been advanced at great length in the general preface concerning the penmen of the Pfalms, the times and occafions whereon they were penned, &c. and concerning this Pfalm in particular, the reader may fum up the whole procefs of the argument for its interpretation, and application to the Lord Jefus Chrift, the Mediator and Surety of the better Teftament, as attempted in the following paraphrafe, in this manner: The Pfalm is evidently, every word of it, fpoken by one perfon: the words in ver. 16. Thou

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defireft not facrifice,' &c. clearly importing the fame meaning with ver. 8. of the last Pfalm, I ' will not reprove thee for thy facrifices,' &c. and with ver. 6. of Pfalm xl. Sacrifice and offerings →thou didft not defire,' &c. are exprefsly (as obferved in the illustration of Pfalm xl. which is the key to this one and all its parallels) applied by the Holy Ghost, the alone witnefs of those things, as fpoken by Chrift coming into the world, Heb. x. 6, &c.-If any man, now, pretend to give, another turn to those words, he fays thereby, that he is wifer than God-and he who provokes him to jealoufy, fhould confider, if he be stronger too!The fubfequent paraphrafe is made particularly large and full upon every fentence in the Pfalm, to thew, that there is no blafphemy (as many have moft blafphemously alledged there is) in this man

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