THE design of this Psalm is to vindicate the goodness and justice of the Divine Providence, notwithstanding the prosperous estate of the wicked and the afflicted condition of good men many times in this World.
THE Design of this Psalm is to vindicate the Goodness and Justice of the Divine Providence, notwithstanding the prosperous estate of the wicked and the afflicted condition of good men many times in this World.
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And yet for all this he tells us, that at some times he was under no small temptation to question the truth of this Principle, when he beheld the promiscuous dispensation of things here below;
And yet for all this he tells us, that At Some times he was under no small temptation to question the truth of this Principle, when he beheld the promiscuous Dispensation of things Here below;
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and they say, doth God know, and is there knowledge in the most High? This Sentence is somewhat obscurely rendred in our Translation, so as to make the sense of it difficult, which is plainly this, Therefore his people return hither, that is,
and they say, does God know, and is there knowledge in the most High? This Sentence is somewhat obscurely rendered in our translation, so as to make the sense of it difficult, which is plainly this, Therefore his people return hither, that is,
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therefore good men come to this, in the greatness of their affliction, and in the bitterness of their soul, to question God's knowledg and care of human affairs.
Therefore good men come to this, in the greatness of their affliction, and in the bitterness of their soul, to question God's knowledge and care of human affairs.
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If I say I will speak thus, I should offend against the generation of thy Children, that is, I should go against the sense of all pious and good men, who have always believed the Providence of God notwithstanding this Objection:
If I say I will speak thus, I should offend against the generation of thy Children, that is, I should go against the sense of all pious and good men, who have always believed the Providence of God notwithstanding this Objection:
And then he resolves all into the unsearchable wisdom of the Divine Providence, which if we fully understood from first to last, we should see good reason to be satisfied with the equity of it:
And then he resolves all into the unsearchable Wisdom of the Divine Providence, which if we Fully understood from First to last, we should see good reason to be satisfied with the equity of it:
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When I go into the Sanctuary of God, then shall I understand the end of these men? How thou didst set them in slippery places, &c. This satisfied him, that whenever the secret design of God's Providence should be unfolded whether in this World or the other,
When I go into the Sanctuary of God, then shall I understand the end of these men? How thou didst Set them in slippery places, etc. This satisfied him, that whenever the secret Design of God's Providence should be unfolded whither in this World or the other,
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and do entirely depend upon thy guidance and direction, not doubting but that my present troubles and afflictions will have a happy and glorious issue.
and do entirely depend upon thy guidance and direction, not doubting but that my present Troubles and afflictions will have a happy and glorious issue.
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And at last he breaks out into a kind of exultation and triumph for the mighty consolation which he found in the firm belief of the Being and Providence of God,
And At last he breaks out into a kind of exultation and triumph for the mighty consolation which he found in the firm belief of the Being and Providence of God,
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Our hopes are usually bigger than enjoyment can satisfie, and an evil long fear'd, besides that it may never come, is many times more painful and troublesome than the evil it self when it comes.
Our hope's Are usually bigger than enjoyment can satisfy, and an evil long feared, beside that it may never come, is many times more painful and troublesome than the evil it self when it comes.
He comes into the world naked and unarm'd, and from himself more destitute of the natural means of his security and support than any other Creature whatsoever,
He comes into the world naked and unarmed, and from himself more destitute of the natural means of his security and support than any other Creature whatsoever,
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So that the words of David are the very sense and voice of Nature, declaring to us that Mankind is born into the World upon terms of greater dependance upon the Providence of God than other Creatures:
So that the words of David Are the very sense and voice of Nature, declaring to us that Mankind is born into the World upon terms of greater dependence upon the Providence of God than other Creatures:
Thou art he, says David there to God, that tookest me out of the womb, thou madest me to hope, or thou didst keep me in safety, when I was upon my mother's breasts:
Thou art he, Says David there to God, that tookest me out of the womb, thou Madest me to hope, or thou didst keep me in safety, when I was upon my mother's breasts:
That when we are besieged with so many dangers, and so many arrows of death are perpetually flying about us, to which we do so many ways lie open, we should yet hold out twenty, forty, sixty years,
That when we Are besieged with so many dangers, and so many arrows of death Are perpetually flying about us, to which we do so many ways lie open, we should yet hold out twenty, forty, sixty Years,
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and in which, besides the infinite imperceptible and secret ways of mortality, there are so many sluces and flood-gates to let Death in and Life out, that it is next to a miracle,
and in which, beside the infinite imperceptible and secret ways of mortality, there Are so many sluices and floodgates to let Death in and Life out, that it is next to a miracle,
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I say, considering the nice and curious frame of our Bodies, and the innumerable contingencies and hazards of human Life, which is set in so slippery a place, that we still continue in the land of the living we cannot ascribe to any thing but the watchful Providence of Almighty God, who holds our soul in life,
I say, considering the Nicaenae and curious frame of our Bodies, and the innumerable contingencies and hazards of human Life, which is Set in so slippery a place, that we still continue in the land of the living we cannot ascribe to any thing but the watchful Providence of Almighty God, who holds our soul in life,
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To the same merciful Providence of God we owe, that whilst we continue in life we have any comfortable possession and enjoyment of our selves and of that which makes us men, I mean our Reason and Understanding:
To the same merciful Providence of God we owe, that while we continue in life we have any comfortable possession and enjoyment of our selves and of that which makes us men, I mean our Reason and Understanding:
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and from treading upon the heels of one another? like the Calamities of Job, when the hedge which God had set about him and all that he had was broken down and removed.
and from treading upon the heels of one Another? like the Calamities of Job, when the hedge which God had Set about him and all that he had was broken down and removed.
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And there would be no other World for us to be happy in, and to make amends to us for all the fears and dangers, all the troubles and calamities of this present life:
And there would be no other World for us to be happy in, and to make amends to us for all the fears and dangers, all the Troubles and calamities of this present life:
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And who can shew us that good that is equal to all the wants and necessities, all the capacities and desires, all the fears and hopes of human nature? Whatsoever can answer all these must have these following Properties,
And who can show us that good that is equal to all the Wants and necessities, all the capacities and Desires, all the fears and hope's of human nature? Whatsoever can answer all these must have these following Properties,
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All these Properties meet only in God, who is the perfect and supream Good; as I shall endeavour, in the following Discourse, more particularly to shew;
All these Properties meet only in God, who is the perfect and supreme Good; as I shall endeavour, in the following Discourse, more particularly to show;
God perfectly knows the natures and the powers of all his Creatures, and therefore can never be mistaken in the use and application of them to any of his purposes:
God perfectly knows the nature's and the Powers of all his Creatures, and Therefore can never be mistaken in the use and application of them to any of his Purposes:
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and were miserably bruised and maimed by their fall, God of his infinite mercy was pleas'd to restore us to a new capacity of happiness, by sending his only Son to suffer in our nature, and in our stead;
and were miserably Bruised and maimed by their fallen, God of his infinite mercy was pleased to restore us to a new capacity of happiness, by sending his only Son to suffer in our nature, and in our stead;
For that cannot be a happiness which depends upon uncertainties, and perhaps one of the greatest aggravations of misery is to fall from happiness, to have been once happy and afterwards to cease to be so:
For that cannot be a happiness which depends upon uncertainties, and perhaps one of the greatest aggravations of misery is to fallen from happiness, to have been once happy and afterwards to cease to be so:
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or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? We may be stripp'd of all our worldly comforts and enjoyments, by the violence of men;
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? We may be stripped of all our worldly comforts and enjoyments, by the violence of men;
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nor heighth, nor depth, nor things present, nor things to come, nor any other Creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. Nor any other Creature:
nor height, nor depth, nor things present, nor things to come, nor any other Creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in christ jesus, our Lord. Nor any other Creature:
and that is Sin, which is none of God's Creatures, but our own: This indeed deliberately consented to, and wilfully continued in, will finally part God and us,
and that is since, which is none of God's Creatures, but our own: This indeed deliberately consented to, and wilfully continued in, will finally part God and us,
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Therefore well might David fix his happiness upon God alone, and say, Whom have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none upon Earth that I desire besides thee:
Therefore well might David fix his happiness upon God alone, and say, Whom have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none upon Earth that I desire beside thee:
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God is intimate to our Soules, and hath secret wayes whereby to convey the joyes and comforts of his Holy Spirit into our hearts, under the bitterest afflictions and sharpest sufferings:
God is intimate to our Souls, and hath secret ways whereby to convey the Joys and comforts of his Holy Spirit into our hearts, under the Bitterest afflictions and Sharpest sufferings:
When we are persecuted, afflicted, and tormented, He can give us that ravishing sight of the Glories of another World, that stedfast assurance of a future Blessedness,
When we Are persecuted, afflicted, and tormented, He can give us that ravishing sighed of the Glories of Another World, that steadfast assurance of a future Blessedness,
How did many of the primitive Christian Martyrs, in the midst of their torments, and under the very pangs of death rejoyce in the hope of the glory of God?
How did many of the primitive Christian Martyrs, in the midst of their torments, and under the very pangs of death rejoice in the hope of the glory of God?
And at the same time that they are forc'd to acknowledge him, and to supplicate to him for mercy and forgiveness, they shall be ready to despair of it:
And At the same time that they Are forced to acknowledge him, and to supplicate to him for mercy and forgiveness, they shall be ready to despair of it:
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To which I will add that terrible Passage in the Prophet, concerning the perverse and obstinate Jews, They are a People of no understanding, therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them,
To which I will add that terrible Passage in the Prophet, Concerning the perverse and obstinate jews, They Are a People of no understanding, Therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them,
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And men are miserable Creatures indeed, when God their Maker doth abandon them, and hath so far hardened his heart against them, that he can have no pity and compassion for them.
And men Are miserable Creatures indeed, when God their Maker does abandon them, and hath so Far hardened his heart against them, that he can have no pity and compassion for them.
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after he had searched Heaven and Earth, the result of all his wishes would be that there were just such a Being as we must necessarily conceive God to be:
After he had searched Heaven and Earth, the result of all his wishes would be that there were just such a Being as we must necessarily conceive God to be:
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After all his enquiry he would come to the Psalmist 's conclusion here in the Text, Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
After all his enquiry he would come to the Psalmist is conclusion Here in the Text, Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
For when all things are well weigh'd, and all accounts rightly cast up and adjusted, we shall at last settle in David 's resolution of that great Question, What is the chief Good of man? There be many, says he, that say, Who will shew us any good? that is, men are generally inquisitive after happiness,
For when all things Are well weighed, and all accounts rightly cast up and adjusted, we shall At last settle in David is resolution of that great Question, What is the chief Good of man? There be many, Says he, that say, Who will show us any good? that is, men Are generally inquisitive After happiness,
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most men place it in the present enjoyments of this World, but David for his part pitches upon God, in whom he was fully convinc'd that the happiness of man does consist:
most men place it in the present enjoyments of this World, but David for his part pitches upon God, in whom he was Fully convinced that the happiness of man does consist:
But David had found that which gave more joy and gladness to his heart, the favour of God and the light of his countenance: This gave perfect rest and tranquillity to his mind,
But David had found that which gave more joy and gladness to his heart, the favour of God and the Light of his countenance: This gave perfect rest and tranquillity to his mind,
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First, This plainly shews us the great unreasonableness and folly of Atheism, which would banish the belief of God and his Providence out of the World:
First, This plainly shows us the great unreasonableness and folly of Atheism, which would banish the belief of God and his Providence out of the World:
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because his unhappiness would be laid in the very frame of his nature, in that which distinguishes him from all other Beings below him, I mean in his Reason and Understanding:
Because his unhappiness would be laid in the very frame of his nature, in that which Distinguishes him from all other Beings below him, I mean in his Reason and Understanding:
yet the belief of these things is so much for the interest, and comfort, and happiness of Mankind, that a wise man would be heartily troubled to part with a Principle so favourable to his quiet,
yet the belief of these things is so much for the Interest, and Comfort, and happiness of Mankind, that a wise man would be heartily troubled to part with a Principle so favourable to his quiet,
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For no other Principle but this, firmely believed, and truly lived up to by an answerable practise, was ever able to support the generality of Mankind,
For no other Principle but this, firmly believed, and truly lived up to by an answerable practice, was ever able to support the generality of Mankind,
And if there were not something real in the Principles of Religion, it is impossible that they should have so remarkeable and so regular an effect to support our minds in every condition, upon so great a number of persons of different degrees of understanding, of all ranks and conditions, young and old, learned and unlearned, in so many distant Places,
And if there were not something real in the Principles of Religion, it is impossible that they should have so remarkable and so regular an Effect to support our minds in every condition, upon so great a number of Persons of different Degrees of understanding, of all ranks and conditions, young and old, learned and unlearned, in so many distant Places,
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I remember that Grotius, in his excellent Book of the Truth of the Christian Religion, hath this observation, That God did not intend that the Principles of Religion should have the utmost evidence that any thing is capable of,
I Remember that Grotius, in his excellent Book of the Truth of the Christian Religion, hath this observation, That God did not intend that the Principles of Religion should have the utmost evidence that any thing is capable of,
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but so much as is abundantly sufficient to satisfie a sober and impartial Enquirer after Truth, one that hath no other interest but to find out Truth,
but so much as is abundantly sufficient to satisfy a Sobrium and impartial Enquirer After Truth, one that hath no other Interest but to find out Truth,
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that he would offer some other Principles, that he would advance any other Hypothesis and Scheme of things that is more agreeable to the common and natural Notions of men,
that he would offer Some other Principles, that he would advance any other Hypothesis and Scheme of things that is more agreeable to the Common and natural Notions of men,
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But now, according to the Doctrine and Practise of the Church of Rome, the Psalmist here puts a very odd and strange Question, Whom have I in Heaven but thee? To which they give a quite different answer from what the Psalmist plainly intended,
But now, according to the Doctrine and practice of the Church of Rome, the Psalmist Here puts a very odd and strange Question, Whom have I in Heaven but thee? To which they give a quite different answer from what the Psalmist plainly intended,
They understand this matter much better than the Psalmist did, namely, that besides God there are in Heaven innumerable Angels and Saints, in whom we are to repose great trust and confidence,
They understand this matter much better than the Psalmist did, namely, that beside God there Are in Heaven innumerable Angels and Saints, in whom we Are to repose great trust and confidence,
to whom we may apply our selves, without troubling God and our Blessed Saviour, who also is God blessed for evermore, by presuming upon every occasion to make our immediate Addresses to Him:
to whom we may apply our selves, without troubling God and our Blessed Saviour, who also is God blessed for evermore, by presuming upon every occasion to make our immediate Addresses to Him:
For as they would make us believe, though Abraham was ignorant of it and David knew it not, the blessed Spirits above, both Angels and Saints, do not onely intercede with God for us for all sorts of Blessings,
For as they would make us believe, though Abraham was ignorant of it and David knew it not, the blessed Spirits above, both Angels and Saints, do not only intercede with God for us for all sorts of Blessings,
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They would indeed fain palliate this matter by telling us, that by these direct & immediate Addresses to Angels and Saints to bestow Grace and eternal Life upon them, they mean no more but only to pray to them that they would be pleased to intercede with God for these Blessings to be bestowed upon them by their Mediation:
They would indeed fain palliate this matter by telling us, that by these Direct & immediate Addresses to Angels and Saints to bestow Grace and Eternal Life upon them, they mean no more but only to pray to them that they would be pleased to intercede with God for these Blessings to be bestowed upon them by their Mediation:
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But if they meane no more, why do they say more then they meane? Why do they use such expressions as to the common sense and understanding of Mankind do signify a great deal more than they say they mean;
But if they mean no more, why do they say more then they mean? Why do they use such expressions as to the Common sense and understanding of Mankind do signify a great deal more than they say they mean;
such expressions, as they themselves do acknowledge, if they be understood according to the most obvious sense of the words, would render them guilty of flat Idolatry? Especially when they know, that they are charged with Idolatry upon this account;
such expressions, as they themselves do acknowledge, if they be understood according to the most obvious sense of the words, would render them guilty of flat Idolatry? Especially when they know, that they Are charged with Idolatry upon this account;
And yet admitting what they say in this matter to be true, and that by these expressions in their Prayers they intend no more but the solemn Invocation of Angels and Saints that they would intercede with God to bestow these Blessings upon them for the sake of their Merits, and upon their Mediation:
And yet admitting what they say in this matter to be true, and that by these expressions in their Prayers they intend no more but the solemn Invocation of Angels and Saints that they would intercede with God to bestow these Blessings upon them for the sake of their Merits, and upon their Mediation:
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yet this surely is a great deal too much, and cannot be done without a high entrenchment upon the Office of the onely Mediatour between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus:
yet this surely is a great deal too much, and cannot be done without a high entrenchment upon the Office of the only Mediator between God and man, the Man christ jesus:
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I mean, in their extravagant worship of the blessed Virgin and Mother of our Lord; whom they blasphemously call the Queen of Heaven; and whom by a new style, unknown to the Scriptures and Primitive Antiquity, they think to dignify with the modish Title of our Lady; as if that could be any addition of honour to Her, whom the Angel declared to be blessed among Women: Who,
I mean, in their extravagant worship of the blessed Virgae and Mother of our Lord; whom they blasphemously call the Queen of Heaven; and whom by a new style, unknown to the Scriptures and Primitive Antiquity, they think to dignify with the modish Title of our Lady; as if that could be any addition of honour to Her, whom the Angel declared to be blessed among Women: Who,
if she know any thing of the follies of Her Worshippers here below, with what disdain and indignation, do we think She heares those infinite Prayers that are made to Her,
if she know any thing of the follies of Her Worshippers Here below, with what disdain and Indignation, do we think She hears those infinite Prayers that Are made to Her,
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and which for the frequency of it, both in their publick and private Devotions, is very much beyond what they give to God and Christ? As if there were none in Heaven but She, nor any thing upon Earth to be worshipped in comparison of Her Image.
and which for the frequency of it, both in their public and private Devotions, is very much beyond what they give to God and christ? As if there were none in Heaven but She, nor any thing upon Earth to be worshipped in comparison of Her Image.
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Nay so far have they carryed this extravagant Folly, and how much farther they would have carryed it, had not the Reformation given a check to it, God only knows:
Nay so Far have they carried this extravagant Folly, and how much farther they would have carried it, had not the Reformation given a check to it, God only knows:
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so far, I say, have they proceeded in this Folly, as, in that famous Book of their Devotions called our Ladyes Psalter, not only to apply to Her some part of this Psalm out of which I have taken my Text, beginning it thus, How good is God to Israel, to them that worship his B. Mother? But they have likewise profanely burlesqued, I cannot afford it a better terme, this whole Book of Psalms, applying to Her almost the highest things that are there said concerning God and our Blessed Saviour. Heare, O Heavens,
so Far, I say, have they proceeded in this Folly, as, in that famous Book of their Devotions called our Ladies Psalter, not only to apply to Her Some part of this Psalm out of which I have taken my Text, beginning it thus, How good is God to Israel, to them that worship his B. Mother? But they have likewise profanely burlesqued, I cannot afford it a better term, this Whole Book of Psalms, applying to Her almost the highest things that Are there said Concerning God and our Blessed Saviour. Hear, Oh Heavens,
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and to see the most learned Persons in that Communion set themselves in good earnest to justify all these follyes and absurdities by a grave and groundless pretence to Infallibility.
and to see the most learned Persons in that Communion Set themselves in good earnest to justify all these folly's and absurdities by a grave and groundless pretence to Infallibility.
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Then may we rejoice and glory in God, as the Psalmist here does, and say, Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
Then may we rejoice and glory in God, as the Psalmist Here does, and say, Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
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But then it is no mans interest to be wicked, because thereby we make Him our Enemy in whose favour is life, and upon whom all our hopes of happyness do depend.
But then it is no men Interest to be wicked, Because thereby we make Him our Enemy in whose favour is life, and upon whom all our hope's of happiness do depend.
To conclude, if we would have God for our Happiness, we must be sure to make Him our Friend ▪ and then we may promise to our selves all those advantages which the Friendship of so great and powerful a Patron can give us:
To conclude, if we would have God for our Happiness, we must be sure to make Him our Friend ▪ and then we may promise to our selves all those advantages which the Friendship of so great and powerful a Patron can give us:
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Ye are my friends, saith our Blessed Lord, if ye do whatsoever I command you: This is the love of God, saith St. John, that we keep his commandments:
You Are my Friends, Says our Blessed Lord, if you do whatsoever I command you: This is the love of God, Says Saint John, that we keep his Commandments:
for his mercies sake in Jesus Christ; To whom with Thee O Father, and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen. FINIS.
for his Mercies sake in jesus christ; To whom with Thee Oh Father, and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen. FINIS.
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