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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>PSALM CXXXII.</FONT>
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It is probable that this psalm was penned by Solomon, to be sung at the
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dedication of the temple which he built according to the charge his
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father gave him,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+28:2-21">1 Chron. xxviii. 2</A>,
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&c. Having fulfilled his trust, he begs of God to own what he had done.
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I. He had built this house for the honour and service of God; and when
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he brings the ark into it, the token of God's presence, he desires that
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God himself would come and take possession of it,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:8-10">ver. 8-10</A>.
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With these words Solomon concluded his prayer,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+6:41,42">2 Chron. vi. 41, 42</A>.
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II. He had built it in pursuance of the orders he had received from his
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father, and therefore his pleas to enforce these petitions refer to
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David.
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1. He pleads David's piety towards God,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:1-7">ver. 1-7</A>.
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2. He pleads God's promise to David,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:11-18">ver. 11-18</A>.
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The former introduces his petition: the latter follows it as an answer
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to it. In singing this psalm we must have a concern for the gospel
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church as the temple of God, and a dependence upon Christ as David our
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King, in whom the mercies of God are sure mercies.</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>Solomon's Prayer for Divine Favour.</I></FONT></TD>
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<P>A song of degrees.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, remember David, <I>and</I> all his
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afflictions:
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2 How he sware unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, <I>and</I> vowed unto the mighty <I>God</I>
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of Jacob;
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3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor
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go up into my bed;
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4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, <I>or</I> slumber to mine
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eyelids,
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5 Until I find out a place for the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, a habitation for the
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mighty <I>God</I> of Jacob.
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6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of
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the wood.
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7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his
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footstool.
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8 Arise, O L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy
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strength.
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9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy
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saints shout for joy.
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10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine
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In these verses we have Solomon's address to God for his favour to him
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and to his government, and his acceptance of his building a house to
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God's name. Observe,</P>
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I. What he pleads--two things:--</P>
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1. That what he had done was in pursuance of the pious vow which his
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father David had made to build a house for God. Solomon was a wise man,
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yet pleads not any merit of his own: "I am not worthy, for whom thou
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shouldst do this; but, <I>Lord, remember David,</I> with whom thou
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madest the covenant" (as Moses prayed,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ex+32:13">Exod. xxxii. 13</A>,
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<I>Remember Abraham,</I> the first trustee of the covenant); "remember
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<I>all his afflictions,</I> all the troubles of his life, which his
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being anointed was the occasion of," or his care and concern about the
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ark, and what an uneasiness it was to him that the ark was in curtains,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Sa+7:2">2 Sam. vii. 2</A>.
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<I>Remember all his humility and meekness</I> (so some read it), all
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that pious and devout affection with which he had made the following
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vow. Note, It is not amiss for us to put God in mind of our
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predecessors in profession, of their afflictions, their services, and
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their sufferings, of God's covenant with them, the experiences they
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have had of his goodness, the care they took of, and the many prayers
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they put up for, those that should come after them. We may apply it to
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Christ, the Son of David, and to all his afflictions: "Lord, remember
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the covenant made with him and the satisfaction made by him.
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<I>Remember all his offerings</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+20:3">Ps. xx. 3</A>),
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that is, all his sufferings." He especially pleads the solemn vow that
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David had made as soon as ever he was settled in his government, and
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before he was well settled in a house of his own, that he would build a
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house for God. Observe,
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(1.) Whom he bound himself to, <I>to the Lord, to the mighty God of
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Jacob.</I> Vows are to be made to God, who is a party as well as a
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witness. The Lord is the Mighty One of Jacob, Jacob's God, and a mighty
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one, whose power is engaged for Jacob's defence and deliverance. Jacob
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is weak, but the God of Jacob is a mighty one.
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(2.) What he bound himself to do, to <I>find out a place for the
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Lord,</I> that is, for the ark, the token of his presence. He had
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observed in the law frequent mention of the <I>place that God would
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choose to put his name there,</I> to which all the tribes should
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resort. When he came to the crown there was no such place; Shiloh was
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deserted, and no other place was pitched upon, for want of which the
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feasts of the Lord were not kept with due solemnity. "Well," says
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David, "I will find out such a place for the general rendezvous of all
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the tribes, a place of <I>habitation for the Mighty</I> One <I>of
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Jacob,</I> a place for the ark, where there shall be room both for the
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priests and people to attend upon it."
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(3.) How intent he was upon it; he would not settle in his bed, till he
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had brought this matter to some head,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:3,4"><I>v.</I> 3, 4</A>.
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The thing had been long talked of, and nothing done, till at last
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David, when he went out one morning about public business, made a vow
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that before night he would come to a resolution in this matter, and
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would determine the place either where the tent should be pitched for
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the reception of the ark, at the beginning of his reign, or rather
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where Solomon should build the temple, which was not fixed till the
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latter end of his reign, just after the pestilence with which he was
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punished for numbering the people
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+22:1">1 Chron. xxii. 1</A>,
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<I>Then David said, This is the house of the Lord</I>); and perhaps it
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was upon occasion of that judgment that he made this vow, being
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apprehensive that one of God's controversies with him was for his
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dilatoriness in this matter. Note, When needful work is to be done for
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God it is good for us to task ourselves, and tie ourselves to a time,
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because we are apt to put off. It is good in the morning to cut out
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work for the day, binding ourselves that we will do it before we sleep,
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only with submission to Providence; for we <I>know not what a day may
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bring forth.</I> Especially in the great work of conversion to God we
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must be thus solicitous, thus zealous; we have good reason to resolve
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that we will not enjoy the comforts of this life till we have laid a
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foundation for hopes of a better.</P>
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2. That it was in pursuance of the expectations of the people of
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Israel,
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(1.) They were inquisitive after the ark; for they lamented its
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obscurity,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Sa+7:2">1 Sam. vii. 2</A>.
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They <I>heard of it at Ephratah</I> (that is, at Shiloh, in the tribe
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of Ephraim); there they were told it had been, but it was gone. They
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<I>found it,</I> at last, <I>in the fields of the wood,</I> that is, in
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Kirjath-jearim, which signifies <I>the city of woods.</I> Thence all
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Israel fetched it, with great solemnity, in the beginning of David's
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reign
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+13:6">1 Chron. xiii. 6</A>),
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so that in building his house for the ark Solomon had gratified all
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Israel. They needed not to go about to seek the ark anymore; they now
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knew where to find it.
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(2.) They were resolved to attend it: "Let us but have a convenient
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place, and <I>we will go into his tabernacle,</I> to pay our homage
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there; <I>we will worship at his footstool</I> as subjects and
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suppliants, which we neglected to do, for want of such a place, <I>in
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the days of Saul,</I>"
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+13:3">1 Chron. xiii. 3</A>.</P>
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II. What he prays for,
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1. That God would vouchsafe, not only to take possession of, but to
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take up his residence in, this temple which he had built: <I>Arise, O
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Lord! into thy rest,</I> and let this be it, <I>thou,</I> even <I>the
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ark of thy strength,</I> the pledge of thy presence, thy mighty
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presence.
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2. That God would give grace to the ministers of the sanctuary to do
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their duty: <I>Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness;</I> let
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them appear righteous both in their administrations and in their
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conversations, and let both be according to the rule. Note,
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Righteousness is the best ornament of a minister. Holiness towards
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God, and goodness towards all men, are habits for ministers of the
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necessity of which there is no dispute. "They are <I>thy priests,</I>
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and will therefore discredit their relation to thee if they <I>be not
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clothed with righteousness.</I>"
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3. That the people of God might have the comfort of the due
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administration of holy ordinances among them: <I>Let thy saints shout
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for joy.</I> They did so when the ark was brought into the city of
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David
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Sa+6:15">2 Sam. vi. 15</A>);
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they will do so when the priests are clothed with righteousness. A
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faithful ministry is the joy of the saints; it is the matter of it; it
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is a friend and a furtherance to it; we are <I>helpers of your joy,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+1:24">2 Cor. i. 24</A>.
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4. That Solomon's own prayer, upon occasion of the dedicating of the
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temple, might be accepted of God: "<I>Turn not away the face of thy
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anointed,</I> that is, deny me not the things I have asked of thee,
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send me not away ashamed." He pleads,
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(1.) That he was the anointed of the Lord, and this he pleads as a type
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of Christ, the great anointed, who, in his intercession, urges his
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designation to his office. He is God's anointed, and therefore the
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Father hears him always.
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(2.) That he was the son of David: "For his sake do not deny me;" and
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this is the Christian's plea: "For the sake of Christ" (our David),
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"<I>in whom thou art well pleased,</I> accept me." He is David, whose
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name signifies <I>beloved;</I> and we are made accepted in the beloved.
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He is God's servant, whom he <I>upholds,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+42:1">Isa. xlii. 1</A>.
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"We have no merit of our own to plead, but for his sake, in whom there
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is a fulness of merit, let us find favour." When we pray for the
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prosperity of the church we may pray with great boldness, for Christ's
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sake, who purchased the church with his own blood. "Let both ministers
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and people do their duty."</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>God's Choice of Zion; God's Promises to Zion.</I></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>11 The L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> hath sworn <I>in</I> truth unto David; he will not turn
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from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
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12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that
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I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne
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for evermore.
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13 For the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> hath chosen Zion; he hath desired <I>it</I> for his
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habitation.
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14 This <I>is</I> my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have
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desired it.
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15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her
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poor with bread.
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16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her
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saints shall shout aloud for joy.
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17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained
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a lamp for mine anointed.
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18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall
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his crown flourish.
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These are precious promises, <I>confirmed by an oath,</I> that the
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heirs of them might have <I>strong consolation,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Heb+6:17,18">Heb. vi. 17, 18</A>.
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It is all one whether we take them as pleas urged in the prayer or as
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answers returned to the prayer; believers know how to make use of the
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promises both ways, with them to speak to God and in them to hear what
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God the Lord will speak to us. These promises relate to the
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establishment both in church and state, both to the throne of the house
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of David and to the testimony of Israel fixed on Mount Zion. The
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promises concerning Zion's hill are as applicable to the gospel-church
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as these concerning David's seed are to Christ, and therefore both
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pleadable by us and very comfortable to us. Here is,</P>
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I. The choice God made of David's house and Zion hill. Both were of
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divine appointment.</P>
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1. God chose David's family for the royal family and confirmed his
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choice by an oath,
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David, being a type of Christ, was made king with an oath: <I>The Lord
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hath sworn and will not repent,</I> will not turn from it. Did David
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swear to the Lord
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that he would find him a house? The Lord swore to David that he would
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build him a house; for God will be behind with none of his people in
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affections or assurances. The promise made to David refers,
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(1.) To a long succession of kings that should descend from his loins:
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<I>Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne,</I> which was
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fulfilled in Solomon; David himself lived to see it with great
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satisfaction,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+1:48">1 Kings i. 48</A>.
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The crown was also entailed conditionally upon his heirs for ever:
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<I>If thy children,</I> in following ages, <I>will keep my covenant and
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my testimony that I shall teach them.</I> God himself engaged to teach
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them, and he did his part; they had Moses and the prophets, and all he
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expects is that they should keep what he taught them, and keep to it,
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and then <I>their children shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.</I>
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Kings are before God upon their good behaviour, and their commission
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from him runs <I>quamdiu se bene gesserint--during good behaviour.</I>
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The issue of this was that they did not keep God's covenant, and so the
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entail was at length cut off, and <I>the sceptre departed from
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Judah</I> by degrees.
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(2.) To an everlasting successor, a king that should descend from his
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loins of <I>the increase of whose government and peace there shall be
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no end.</I> St. Peter applies this to Christ, nay, he tells us that
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David himself so understood it.
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ac+2:30">Acts ii. 30</A>,
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<I>He knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of
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his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on
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his throne;</I> and in the fulness of time he did so, and <I>gave him
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the throne of his father David,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Lu+1:32">Luke i. 32</A>.
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He did fulfill the condition of the promise; he kept God's covenant and
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his testimony, did his Father's will, and in all things pleased him;
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and therefore to him, and his spiritual seed, the promise shall be made
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good. He, and the children God has given him, all believers, shall
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<I>sit upon the throne for evermore,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Re+3:21">Rev. iii. 21</A>.</P>
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<P>
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2. God chose Zion hill for the holy hill, and confirmed his choice by
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the delight he took in it,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:13,14"><I>v.</I> 13, 14</A>.
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He <I>chose the Mount Zion which he loved</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+76:68">Ps. lxxviii. 68</A>);
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he chose it for the habitation of his ark, and said of it, <I>This is
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my rest for ever,</I> and not merely my residence for a time, as Shiloh
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was. Zion was the city of David; he chose it for the royal city because
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God chose it for the holy city. God said, <I>Here will I dwell,</I> and
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therefore David said, <I>Here will I dwell,</I> for here he adhered to
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his principle, <I>It is good for me to be near to God.</I> Zion must be
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here looked upon as a type of the gospel-church, which is called
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<I>Mount Zion</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Heb+12:22">Heb. xii. 22</A>),
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and in it what is here said of Zion has its full accomplishment. Zion
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was long since ploughed as a field, but the church of Christ <I>is the
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house of the living God</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+3:15">1 Tim. iii. 15</A>),
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and it is his <I>rest for ever,</I> and shall be blessed with his
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presence always, even to the end of the world. The delight God takes in
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his church, and the continuance of his presence with his church, are
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the comfort and joy of all its members.</P>
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<P>
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II. The choice blessings God has in store for David's house and Zion
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hill. Whom God chooses he will bless.</P>
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<P>
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1. God, having chosen Zion hill, promises to bless that,</P>
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<P>
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(1.) With the blessings of the life that now is; for godliness has the
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promise of them,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:15"><I>v.</I> 15</A>.
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The earth shall yield her increase; where religion is set up there
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shall be provision, and in blessing God will bless it
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+67:6">Ps. lxvii. 6</A>);
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he will surely and abundantly bless it. And a little provision, with an
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abundant blessing upon it, will be more serviceable, as well as more
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comfortable, than a great deal without that blessing. God's people have
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a special blessing upon common enjoyments, and that blessing puts a
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peculiar sweetness into them. Nay, the promise goes further: <I>I will
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satisfy her poor with bread.</I> Zion has her own poor to keep; and it
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is promised that God will take care even of them.
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[1.] By his providence they shall be kept from wanting; they shall have
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provision enough. If there be scarcity, the poor are the first that
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feel it, so that it is a sure sign of plenty if they have sufficient.
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Zion's poor shall not want, for God has obliged all the sons of Zion to
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be charitable to the poor, according to their ability, and the church
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must take care that they be not <I>neglected,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ac+6:1">Acts vi. 1</A>.
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[2.] By his grace they shall be kept from complaining; though they have
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but dry bread, yet they shall be satisfied. Zion's poor have, of all
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others, reason to be content with a little of this world, because they
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have better things prepared for them. And this may be understood
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spiritually of the provision that is made for the soul in the word and
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ordinances; God will abundantly bless that for the nourishment of the
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new man, and satisfy the poor in spirit with the bread of life. What
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God sanctifies to us we shall and may be satisfied with.</P>
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<P>
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(2.) With the blessings of the life that is to come, things pertaining
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to godliness
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:16"><I>v.</I> 16</A>),
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which is an answer to the prayer,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:9"><I>v.</I> 9</A>.
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[1.] It was desired that the priests might be <I>clothed with
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righteousness;</I> it is here promised that God will <I>clothe them
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with salvation,</I> not only save them, but make them and their
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administrations instrumental for the salvation of his people; they
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shall both <I>save themselves and those that hear them,</I> and <I>add
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those to the church that shall be saved.</I> Note, Whom God clothes
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with righteousness he will clothe with salvation; we must pray for
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righteousness and then with it God will give salvation.
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[2.] It was desired that the saints might <I>shout for joy;</I> it is
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promised that they <I>shall shout aloud for joy.</I> God gives more
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than we ask, and when he gives salvation he will give an abundant
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joy.</P>
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<P>
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2. God, having chosen David's family, here promises to bless that also
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with suitable blessings.
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(1.) Growing power: <I>There,</I> in Zion, <I>will I make the horn of
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David to bud,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+132:17"><I>v.</I> 17</A>.
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The royal dignity shall increase more and more, and constant additions
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he made to the lustre of it. Christ is the <I>horn of salvation</I>
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(denoting a plentiful and powerful salvation) which God has raised up,
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and made to bud, <I>in the house of his servant David.</I> David had
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promised to use his power for God's glory, to cut off the horns of the
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wicked, and to exalt the horns of the righteous
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+75:10">Ps. lxxv. 10</A>);
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in recompence for it God here promises to make his horn to bud, for to
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those that have power, and use it well, more shall be given.
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(2.) Lasting honour: <I>I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.</I>
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Thou wilt <I>light my candle,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+18:28">Ps. xviii. 28</A>.
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That lamp is likely to burn brightly which God ordains. A lamp is a
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successor, for, when a lamp is almost out, another may be lighted by
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it; it is a succession, for by this means David shall not want a man to
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stand before God. Christ is the lamp and the light of the world.
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(3.) Complete victory: "<I>His enemies,</I> who have formed designs
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against him, <I>will I clothe with shame,</I> when they shall see their
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designs baffled." Let the enemies of all good governors expect to be
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clothed with shame, and especially the enemies of the Lord Jesus and
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his government, who shall rise, in the great day, <I>to everlasting
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shame and contempt.</I>
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(4.) Universal prosperity: <I>Upon himself shall his crown
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flourish,</I> that is, his government shall be more and more his
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honour. This was to have its full accomplishment in Jesus Christ, whose
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crown of honour and power shall never fade, nor the flowers of it
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wither. The crowns of earthly princes <I>endure not to all
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generations</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Pr+27:24">Prov. xxvii. 24</A>),
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but Christ's crown shall endure to all eternity and the crowns reserved
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for his faithful subjects are such as <I>fade not away.</I></P>
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