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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>PSALM XCVIII.</FONT>
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This psalm is to the same purport with the
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+96:1-13,Ps+97:1-12">two foregoing psalms</A>;
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it is a prophecy of the kingdom of the Messiah, the settling of it up
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in the world, and the bringing of the Gentiles into it. The Chaldee
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entitles it a prophetic psalm. It sets forth,
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I. The glory of the Redeemer,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:1-3">ver. 1-3</A>.
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II. The joy of the redeemed,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:4-9">ver. 4-9</A>.
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If we in a right manner give to Christ this glory, and upon right
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grounds take to ourselves this joy, in singing this psalm, we sing it
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with understanding. If those who saw Christ's triumph thus, much more
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reason have we to do so who see these things accomplished and share in
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the better things provided for us,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Heb+11:40">Heb. xi. 40</A>.</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>An Invitation to Praise.</I></FONT></TD>
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<P>A psalm.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 O sing unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> a new song; for he hath
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done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath
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gotten him the victory.
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2 The L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> hath made known his salvation: his righteousness
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hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.
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3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house
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of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of
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our God.
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We are here called upon again to <I>sing unto the Lord a new song,</I>
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as before,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+96:1">Ps. xcvi. 1</A>.
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"Sing a most excellent song, the best song you have." Let the song of
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Christ's love be like Solomon's on that subject, a <I>song of
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songs.</I> A song of praise for redeeming love is a <I>new song,</I>
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such a song as had not been sung before; for this is a mystery which
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was hidden from ages and generations. Converts sing a <I>new song,</I>
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very different from what they had sung; they change their wonder and
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change their joy, and therefore change their note. If the grace of God
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put a new heart into our breasts, it will therewith put a new song into
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our mouths. In the new Jerusalem there will be new songs sung, that
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will be new to eternity, and never wax old. Let this new song be sung
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to the praise of God, in consideration of these four things:--</P>
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I. The wonders he has wrought: <I>He has done marvellous things,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:1"><I>v.</I> 1</A>.
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Note, The work of our salvation by Christ is a work of wonder. If we
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take a view of all the steps of it from the contrivance of it, and the
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counsels of God concerning it before all time, to the consummation of
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it, and its everlasting consequences when time shall be no more, we
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shall say, God has in it <I>done marvellous things;</I> it is all his
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doing and it is <I>marvellous in our eyes.</I> The more it is known the
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more it will be admired.</P>
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II. The conquests he has won: <I>His right hand and his holy arm have
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gotten him the victory.</I> Our Redeemer has surmounted all the
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difficulties that lay in the way of our redemption, has broken through
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them all, and was not discouraged by the services or sufferings
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appointed him. He has subdued all the enemies that opposed it, has
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gotten the victory over Satan, disarmed him, and cast him out of his
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strong-holds, has <I>spoiled principalities and powers</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Col+2:15">Col. ii. 15</A>),
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has <I>taken the prey from the mighty</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+49:24">Isa. xlix. 24</A>),
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and given death his death's wound. He has gotten a clear and complete
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victory, not only for himself, but for us also, for we through him are
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more than conquerors. He got this victory by his own power; there was
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<I>none to help, none to uphold,</I> none that durst venture into the
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service; but his <I>right hand and his holy arm,</I> which are always
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stretched out with good success, because they are never stretched out
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but in a good cause, these have <I>gotten him the victory,</I> have
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<I>brought him relief or deliverance.</I> God's power and faithfulness,
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called here <I>his right hand and his holy arm,</I> brought relief to
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the Lord Jesus, in raising him from the dead, and exalting him
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personally to the right hand of God; so Dr. Hammond.</P>
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III. The discoveries he has made to the world of the work of
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redemption. What he has wrought for us he has revealed to us, and both
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by his Son; the gospel-revelation is that on which the gospel-kingdom
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is founded--<I>the word which God sent,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ac+10:36">Acts x. 36</A>.
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The <I>opening of the sealed book</I> is that which is to be celebrated
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with songs of praise
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Re+5:8">Rev. v. 8</A>),
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because by it was brought to light the mystery which had long been hid
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in God. Observe,
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1. The subject of this discovery--his salvation and his righteousness,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>.
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Righteousness and salvation are often put together; as
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+61:10,Isa+46:13,51:5,6,8">Isa. lxi. 10;
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xlvi. 13; li. 5, 6, 8</A>.
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Salvation denotes the redemption itself, and righteousness the way in
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which it was wrought, by the righteousness of Christ. Or the salvation
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includes all our gospel-privileges and the righteousness all our
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gospel-duties; both are made known, for God has joined them together,
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and we must not separate them. Or righteousness is here put for the way
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of our justification by Christ, which is revealed in the gospel to be
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by faith,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ro+1:17">Rom. i. 17</A>.
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2. The plainness of this discovery. He has openly shown it, not in
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types and figures as under the law, but it is written as with a
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sunbeam, that he that runs may read it. Ministers are appointed to
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preach it with all plainness of speech.
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3. The extent of this discovery. It is made in the sight of the
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heathen, and not of the Jews only: <I>All the ends of the earth have
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seen the salvation of our God;</I> for to the Gentiles was the word of
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salvation sent.</P>
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IV. The accomplishment of the prophecies and promises of the Old
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Testament, in this
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>):
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<I>He has remembered his mercy and his truth towards the house of
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Israel.</I> God had mercy in store for the seed of Abraham, and had
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given them many and great assurances of the kindness he designed them
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in the latter days; and it was in pursuance of all those that he raised
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up his Son Jesus to be not only a <I>light to lighten the Gentiles,</I>
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but <I>the glory of his people Israel;</I> for he sent him, in the
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first place, to bless <I>them.</I> God is said, in sending Christ, to
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<I>perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember the holy
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covenant,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Lu+1:72">Luke i. 72</A>.
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It was in consideration of that, and not of their merit.</P>
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<A NAME="Ps98_5"> </A>
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<A NAME="Ps98_6"> </A>
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<A NAME="Ps98_7"> </A>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>4 Make a joyful noise unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, all the earth: make a loud
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noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
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5 Sing unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> with the harp; with the harp, and the
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voice of a psalm.
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6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before
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the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, the King.
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7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and
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they that dwell therein.
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8 Let the floods clap <I>their</I> hands: let the hills be joyful
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together
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9 Before the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>; for he cometh to judge the earth: with
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righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with
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equity.
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The setting up of the kingdom of Christ is here represented as a matter
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of joy and praise.</P>
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I. Let all the children of men rejoice in it, for they all have, or may
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have, benefit by it. Again and again we are here called upon by all
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ways and means possible to express our joy in it and give God praise
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for it: <I>Make a joyful noise,</I> as before,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+95:1,2">Ps. xcv. 1, 2</A>.
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<I>Make a loud noise,</I> as those that are affected with those glad
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tidings and are desirous to affect others with them. <I>Rejoice and
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sing praise,</I> sing <I>Hosannas</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mt+21:9">Matt. xxi. 9</A>),
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sing <I>Hallelujahs,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Re+19:6">Rev. xix. 6</A>.
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Let him be welcomed to the throne, as new kings are, with acclamations
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of joy and loud shouts, till the earth ring again, as when Solomon was
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proclaimed,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+1:40">1 Kings i. 40</A>.
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And let the shouts of the crowd be accompanied with the <I>singers and
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players on instruments</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+87:7,Ps+68:25">Ps. lxxvii. 7; lxvi. 25</A>),
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as is usual in such solemnities.
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1. Let sacred songs attend the new King: "<I>Sing praise, sing with the
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voice of a psalm.</I> Express your joy; thus proclaim it, thus excite
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it yet more, and thus propagate it among others."
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2. Let these be assisted with sacred music, not only with the soft and
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gentle melody of <I>the harp,</I> but since it is a victorious King
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whose glory is to be celebrated, who goes forth conquering and to
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conquer, let him be proclaimed with the martial sound of the
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<I>trumpet</I> and <I>cornet,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>.
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Let all this joy be directed to God, and expressed in a solemn
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religious manner: <I>Make a joyful noise to the Lord,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:4"><I>v.</I> 4</A>.
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<I>Sing to the Lord,</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:5"><I>v.</I> 5</A>);
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do it <I>before the Lord, the King,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>.
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Carnal mirth is an enemy to this holy joy. When David danced before the
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ark he pleaded that <I>it was before the Lord;</I> and the piety and
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devotion of the intention not only vindicated what he did, but
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commended it. We must rejoice <I>before the Lord</I> whenever we draw
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near to him
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+12:12">Deut. xii. 12</A>),
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before <I>the Lord Jesus,</I> and before him, not only as the Saviour,
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but as the King, the King of kings, the church's King, and our
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King.</P>
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II. Let the inferior creatures rejoice in it,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+98:7-9"><I>v.</I> 7-9</A>.
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This is to the same purport with what we had before
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+96:11-13">Ps. xcvi. 11-13</A>):
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<I>Let the sea roar,</I> and let that be called, not as it used to be,
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a <I>dreadful noise,</I> but a <I>joyful noise;</I> for the coming of
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Christ, and the salvation wrought out by him, have quite altered the
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property of the troubles and terrors of this world, so that when the
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floods <I>lift up their voice, lift up their waves,</I> we must not
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construe that to be the sea roaring against us, but rather rejoicing
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with us. Let the <I>floods</I> express their joy, as men do when they
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<I>clap their hands;</I> and let the hills, that trembled for fear
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before God when he came down to give the law at Mount Sinai, dance for
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joy before him when his gospel is preached and that word of the Lord
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goes forth from Zion in a still small voice: <I>Let the hills be joyful
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together before the Lord.</I> This intimates that the kingdom of Christ
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would be a blessing to the whole creation; but that, as the inferior
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creatures declare the glory of the Creator
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+19:1">Ps. xix. 1</A>),
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so they declare the glory of the Redeemer, for by him all things not
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only subsist in their being, but consist in their order. It intimates
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likewise that the children of men would be wanting in paying their due
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respects to the Redeemer, and therefore that he must look for his
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honour from the sea and the floods, which would shame the stupidity and
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ingratitude of mankind. And perhaps respect is here had to the <I>new
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heavens</I> and the <I>new earth,</I> which we yet, according to his
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promise, look for
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Pe+3:13">2 Pet. iii. 13</A>),
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and this second mention of his coming (after the like,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+96:1-13">Ps. xcvi.</A>)
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may principally refer to his second coming, when all these things shall
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be so dissolved as to be refined; then shall he come to <I>judge the
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world with righteousness.</I> In the prospect of that day all that are
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sanctified do rejoice, and even the sea, and the floods, and the hills,
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would rejoice if they could. One would think that Virgil had these
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psalms in his eye, as well as the oracles of the Cumean Sibyl, in his
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fourth eclogue, where he either ignorantly or basely applies to Asinius
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Pollio the ancient prophecies, which at that time were expected to be
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fulfilled; for he lived in the reign of Augustus Cæsar, a little
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before our Saviour's birth. He owns they looked for the birth of a
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child from heaven that should be a great blessing to the world, and
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restore the golden age:--</P>
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<P>and that should take away sin:--</P>
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<BR>Irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras--
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<BR>Thy influence shall efface every stain of corruption,
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<BR>And free the world from alarm.
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Many other things he says of this long-looked-for child, which
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