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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>PSALM CXLVIII.</FONT>
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This psalm is a most solemn and earnest call to all the creatures,
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according to their capacity, to praise their Creator, and to show forth
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his eternal power and Godhead, the invisible things of which are
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manifested in the things that are seen. Thereby the psalmist designs to
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express his great affection to the duty of praise; he is highly
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satisfied that God is praised, is very desirous that he may be more
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praised, and therefore does all he can to engage all about him in this
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pleasant work, yea, and all who shall come after him, whose hearts must
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be very dead and cold if they be not raised and enlarged, in praising
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God, by the lofty flights of divine poetry which we find in this psalm.
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I. He calls upon the higher house, the creatures that are placed in the
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upper world, to praise the Lord, both those that are intellectual
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beings, and are capable of doing it actively
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:1,2">ver. 1, 2</A>),
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and those that are not, and are therefore capable of doing it only
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objectively,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:3-6">ver. 3-6</A>.
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II. He calls upon the lower house, the creatures of this lower world,
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both those that can only minister matter of praise
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:7-10">ver. 7-10</A>)
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and those that, being endued with reason, are capable of offering up
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this sacrifice
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:11-13">ver. 11-13</A>),
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especially his own people, who have more cause to do it, and are more
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concerned to do it, than any other,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:14">ver. 14</A>.</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>An Invitation to Praise.</I></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 Praise ye the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>. Praise ye the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> from the heavens:
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praise him in the heights.
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2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
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3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of
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light.
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4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that <I>be</I>
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above the heavens.
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5 Let them praise the name of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>: for he commanded, and
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they were created.
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6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made
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a decree which shall not pass.
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We, in this dark and depressed world, know but little of the world of
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light and exaltation, and, conversing within narrow confines, can
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scarcely admit any tolerable conceptions of the vast regions above. But
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this we know,</P>
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I. That there is above us a world of blessed angels by whom God is
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praised, an innumerable company of them. <I>Thousand thousands minister
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unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stand before him;</I> and
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it is his glory that he has such attendants, but much more his glory
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that he neither needs them, nor is, nor can be, any way benefited by
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them. To that bright and happy world the psalmist has an eye here,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:1,2"><I>v.</I> 1, 2</A>.
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In general, to <I>the heavens,</I> to <I>the heights.</I> The heavens
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are the heights, and therefore we must lift up our souls above the
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world unto God in <I>the heavens,</I> and <I>on things above</I> we
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must <I>set our affections.</I> It is his desire that God may be
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praised <I>from the heavens,</I> that thence a praising frame may be
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transmitted to this world in which we live, that while we are so cold,
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and low, and flat, in praising God, there are those above who are doing
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it in a better manner, and that while we are so often interrupted in
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this work they rest not day nor night from it. In particular, he had an
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eye to God's <I>angels,</I> to <I>his hosts,</I> and calls upon them to
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praise God. That God's angels are his hosts is plain enough; as soon as
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they were made they were enlisted, armed, and disciplined; he employs
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them in fighting his battles, and they keep ranks, and know their
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place, and observe the word of command as his hosts. But what is meant
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by the psalmist's calling upon them, and exciting them to praise God,
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is not so easy to account for. I will not say, They do not heed it,
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because we find that <I>to the principalities and powers is known by
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the church the manifold wisdom of God</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Eph+3:10">Eph. iii. 10</A>);
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but I will say, They do not need it, for they are continually praising
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God and there is no deficiency at all in their performances; and
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therefore when, in singing this psalm, we call upon the angels to
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praise God (as we did,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+103:20">Ps. ciii. 20</A>),
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we mean that we desire God may be praised by the ablest hands and in
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the best manner,--that we are pleased to think he is so,--that we have
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a spiritual communion with those that dwell in his house above and are
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still praising him,--and that we have come by faith, and hope, and holy
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love, to the <I>innumerable company of angels,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Heb+12:22">Heb. xii. 22</A>.</P>
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II. That there is above us not only an assembly of blessed spirits, but
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a system of vast bodies too, and those bright ones, in which God is
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praised, that is, which may give us occasion (as far as we know any
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thing of them) to give to God the glory not only of their being, but of
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their beneficence to mankind. Observe,</P>
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1. What these creatures are that thus show us the way in praising God,
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and, whenever we look up and consider the heavens, furnish us with
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matter for his praises.
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(1.) There are the <I>sun, moon,</I> and <I>stars,</I> which
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continually, either day or night, present themselves to our view, as
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looking-glasses, in which we may see a faint shadow (for so I must call
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it, not a resemblance) of the glory of him that is <I>the Father of
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lights,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>.
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The greater lights, the sun and moon, are not too great, too bright, to
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praise him; and the praises of the less lights, the stars, shall not be
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slighted. Idolaters made the sun, moon, and stars, their gods, and
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praised them, worshipping and serving the creature, because it is seen,
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more than the Creator, because he is not seen; but we, who worship the
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true God only, make them our fellow-worshippers, and call upon them to
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praise him with us, nay, as Levites to attend us, who, as priests,
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offer this spiritual sacrifice.
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(2.) There are the <I>heavens of heavens</I> above the sun and stars,
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the seat of the blessed; from the vastness and brightness of these
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unknown orbs abundance of glory redounds to God, for <I>the heavens of
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heavens are the Lord's</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+115:16">Ps. cxv. 16</A>)
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and yet <I>they cannot contain him,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+8:27">1 Kings viii. 27</A>.
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The learned Dr. Hammond understands her, by <I>the heavens of
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heavens,</I> the upper regions of the air, or all the regions of it, as
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+68:33">Ps. lxviii. 33</A>.
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We read of the heaven of heavens, whence <I>God sends forth his voice,
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and that a mighty voice,</I> meaning the thunder.
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(3.) There are <I>the waters that are above the heavens,</I> the clouds
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that hang above in the air, where they are reserved <I>against the day
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of battle and war,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Job+38:23">Job xxxviii. 23</A>.
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We have reason to praise God, not only that these waters do not drown
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the earth, but that they do water it and make it fruitful. The Chaldee
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paraphrase reads it, <I>Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and you
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waters that depend on the word of him who is above the heavens,</I> for
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the key of the clouds is one of the keys which God has in his hand,
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wherewith he opens and none can shut, he shuts and none can open.</P>
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2. Upon what account we are to give God the glory of them: <I>Let them
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praise the name of the Lord,</I> that is, let us praise the name of the
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Lord for them, and observe what constant and fresh matter for praise
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may be fetched from them.
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(1.) Because he made them, gave them their powers and assigned them
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their places: <I>He commanded</I> them (great as they are) out of
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nothing, <I>and they were created</I> at a word's speaking. God
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created, and therefore may command; for he commanded, and so created;
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his authority must always be acknowledged and acquiesced in, because he
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once spoke with such authority.
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(2.) Because he still upholds and preserves them in their beings and
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posts, their powers and motions
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>):
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<I>He hath established them for ever and ever,</I> that is, to the end
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of time, a short ever, but it is their ever; they shall last as long as
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there is occasion for them. <I>He hath made a decree,</I> the law of
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creation, <I>which shall not pass;</I> it was enacted by the wisdom of
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God, and therefore needs not be altered, by his sovereignty and
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inviolable fidelity, and therefore cannot be altered. All the creatures
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that praised God at first for their creation must praise him still for
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their continuance. And we have reason to praise him that they are kept
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within the bounds of a decree; for to that it is owing that the waters
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above the heavens have not a second time drowned the earth.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>7 Praise the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
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8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his
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word:
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9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
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10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
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11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges
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of the earth:
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12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
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13 Let them praise the name of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>: for his name alone is
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excellent; his glory <I>is</I> above the earth and heaven.
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14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all
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his saints; <I>even</I> of the children of Israel, a people near unto
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him. Praise ye the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>.
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Considering that this earth, and the atmosphere that surrounds it, are
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the very sediment of the universe, it concerns us to enquire after
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those considerations that may be of use to reconcile us to our place in
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it; and I know none more likely than this (next to the visit which the
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Son of God once made to it), that even in this world, dark and as bad
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as it is, God is praised: <I>Praise you the Lord from the earth,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:7"><I>v.</I> 7</A>.
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As the rays of the sun, which are darted directly from heaven, reflect
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back (though more weakly) from the earth, so should the praises of God,
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with which this cold and infected world should be warmed and
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perfumed.</P>
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I. Even those creatures that are not dignified with the powers of
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reason are summoned into this concert, because God may be glorified in
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them,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:7-10"><I>v.</I> 7-10</A>.
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Let the <I>dragons</I> or <I>whales,</I> that sport themselves in the
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mighty waters
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+104:26">Ps. civ. 26</A>),
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dance before the Lord, to his glory, who largely proves his own
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omnipotence by his dominion over the leviathan or whale,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+41:1">Job xli. 1</A>,
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&c. <I>All deeps,</I> and their inhabitants, praise God--the sea, and
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the animals there--the bowels of the earth, and the animals there.
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<I>Out of the depths</I> God may be praised as well as prayed unto. If
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we look up into the atmosphere we meet with a great variety of meteors,
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which, being a king of new productions (and some of them
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unaccountable), do in a special manner magnify the power of the great
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Creator. There are fiery meteors; lightning is fire, and there are
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other blazes sometimes kindled which may be so called. There are watery
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meteors, <I>hail,</I> and <I>snow,</I> and the <I>vapours</I> of which
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they are gendered. There are airy meteors, <I>stormy winds;</I> we
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know not whence they come nor whither they go, whence their mighty
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force comes nor how it is spent; but this we know, that, be they ever
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so strong, so stormy, they <I>fulfil God's word,</I> and do that, and
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no more than that, which he appoints them; and by <I>this</I> Christ
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showed himself to have a divine power, that he <I>commanded even the
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winds and the seas,</I> and <I>they obeyed him.</I> Those that will not
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fulfil God's word, but rise up in rebellion against it, show themselves
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to be more violent and headstrong than even the stormy winds, for they
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fulfil it. Take a view of the surface of the earth
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:9"><I>v.</I> 9</A>),
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and there are presented to our view the exalted grounds, <I>mountains
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and all hills,</I> from the barren tops of some of which, and the
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fruitful tops of others, we may fetch matter for praise; there are the
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exalted plants, some that are exalted by their usefulness, as the
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<I>fruitful trees</I> of various kinds, for the fruits of which God is
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to be praised, others by their stateliness, as <I>all cedars,</I> those
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<I>trees of the Lord,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+104:16">Ps. civ. 16</A>.
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Cedars, the high trees, are not the fruitful trees, yet they had their
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use even in God's temple. Pass we next to the animal kingdom, and there
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we find God glorified, even by the <I>beasts</I> that run wild, <I>and
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all cattle</I> that are tame and in the service of man,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:10"><I>v.</I> 10</A>.
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Nay, even the <I>creeping things</I> have not sunk so low, nor do the
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<I>flying fowl</I> soar so high, as not to be called upon to <I>praise
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the Lord.</I> Much of the wisdom, power, and goodness of the Creator
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appears in the several capacities and instincts of the creatures, in
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the provision made for them and the use made of them. When we see all
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so very strange, and all so very good, surely we cannot but acknowledge
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God with wonder and thankfulness.</P>
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II. Much more those creatures that are dignified with the powers of
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reason ought to employ them in praising God: <I>Kings of the earth and
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all people,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:11,12"><I>v.</I> 11, 12</A>.
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1. God is to be glorified in and for these, as in and for the inferior
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creatures, for their hearts are in the hand of the Lord and he makes
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what use he pleases of them. God is to be praised in the order and
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constitution of kingdoms, the <I>pars imperans--the part that
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commands,</I> and the <I>pars subdita--the part that is subject: Kings
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of the earth and all people.</I> It is by him that kings reign, and
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people are subject to them; the <I>princes and judges of the earth</I>
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have their wisdom and their commission from him, and we, to whom they
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are blessings, ought to bless God for them. God is to be praised also
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in the constitution of families, for he is the founder of them; and for
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all the comfort of relations, the comfort that parents and children,
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brothers and sisters, have in each other, God is to be praised.
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2. God is to be glorified by these. Let all manner of persons praise
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God.
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(1.) Those of each rank, high and low. The praises of kings, and
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princes, and judges, are demanded; those on whom God has put honour
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must honour him with it, and the power they are entrusted with, and the
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figure they make in the world, put them in a capacity of bringing more
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glory to God and doing him more service than others. Yet the praises of
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the people are expected also, and God will graciously accept of them;
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Christ despised not the hosannas of the multitude.
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(2.) Those of each sex, <I>young men and maidens,</I> who are
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accustomed to make merry together; let them turn their mirth into this
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channel; let it be sacred, that it may be pure.
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(3.) Those of each age. <I>Old men</I> must still bring forth this
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fruit in old age, and not think that either the gravity or the
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infirmity of their age will excuse them from it; <I>and children</I>
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too must begin betimes to praise God; even <I>out of the mouth of babes
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and sucklings</I> this good work is perfected. A good reason is given
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:13"><I>v.</I> 13</A>)
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why all these should <I>praise the name of the Lord,</I> because <I>his
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name alone is excellent</I> and worthy to be praised; it is a name
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above every name, no name, no nature, but his, has in it all
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excellency. <I>His glory is above</I> both <I>the earth and the
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heaven,</I> and let all inhabitants both of earth and heaven praise him
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and yet acknowledge his name to be exalted <I>far above all blessing
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and praise.</I></P>
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<P>
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III. Most of all his own people, who are dignified with peculiar
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privileges, must in a peculiar manner give glory to him,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+148:14"><I>v.</I> 14</A>.
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Observe,
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1. The dignity God has put upon <I>his people, even the children of
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Israel,</I> typical of the honour reserved for all true believers, who
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are God's spiritual Israel. <I>He exalts</I> their <I>horn,</I> their
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brightness, their plenty, their power. The people of Israel were, in
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many respects, honoured above any other nation, for <I>to them
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pertained the adoption, the glory, and the covenants,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ro+9:4">Rom. ix. 4</A>.
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It was their own honour that they were <I>a people near unto God,</I>
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his <I>Segulla, his peculiar treasure;</I> they were admitted into his
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courts, when a stranger that came nigh must be put to death. They had
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him <I>nigh to them in all that which they called upon him for.</I>
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This blessing has not come upon the Gentiles, through Christ, for those
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that <I>were afar off are</I> by <I>his blood made nigh,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Eph+2:13">Eph. ii. 13</A>.
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It is the greatest honour that can be put upon a man to be brought near
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to god, the nearer the better; and it will be best of all when nearest
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of all in the kingdom of glory.
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2. The duty God expects from them in consideration of this. Let those
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whom God honours honour him: <I>Praise you the Lord.</I> Let him be
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<I>the praise of all his saints,</I> the object of their praise; for he
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is a praise to them. <I>He is thy praise, and he is thy God,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+10:21">Deut. x. 21</A>.
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Some by <I>the horn of his people</I> understand David, as a type of
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Christ, whom God has exalted to be <I>a prince and a Saviour,</I> who
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is indeed the praise of all his saints and will be so for ever; for it
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is through him that they are <I>a people near to God.</I></P>
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