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<BR><FONT SIZE=+3><B>P S A L M S</B></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>PSALM CXVII.</FONT>
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This psalm is short and sweet; I doubt the reason why we sing it so
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often as we do is for the shortness of it; but, if we rightly
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understood and considered it, we should sing it oftener for the
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sweetness of it, especially to us sinners of the Gentiles, on whom it
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casts a very favourable eye. Here is,
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I. A solemn call to all nations to praise God,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+117:1">ver. 1</A>.
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II. Proper matter for that praise suggested,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+117:2">ver. 2</A>.
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We are soon weary indeed of well-doing if, in singing this psalm, we
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keep not up those pious and devout affections with which the spiritual
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sacrifice of praise ought to be kindled and kept burning.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 O praise the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
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2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth
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of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> <I>endureth</I> for ever. Praise ye the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>.
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There is a great deal of gospel in this psalm. The apostle has
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furnished us with a key to it
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ro+15:11">Rom. xv. 11</A>),
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where he quotes it as a proof that the gospel was to be preached to,
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and would be entertained by, the Gentile nations, which yet was so
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great a stumbling-block to the Jews. Why should that offend them when
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it is said, and they themselves had often sung it, <I>Praise the Lord,
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all you Gentiles, and laud him, all you people.</I> Some of the Jewish
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writers confess that this psalm refers to the kingdom of the Messiah;
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nay, one of them has a fancy that it consists of two verses to signify
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that in the days of the Messiah God should be glorified by two sorts of
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people, by the Jews, according to the law of Moses, and by the
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Gentiles, according to the seven precepts of the sons of Noah, which
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yet should make one church, as these two verses make one psalm. We have
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I. The vast extent of the gospel church,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+117:1"><I>v.</I> 1</A>.
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For many ages in Judah only was God known and his name praised. The
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sons of Levi and the seed of Israel praised him, but the rest of the
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nations <I>praised gods of wood and stone</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Da+5:4">Dan. v. 4</A>),
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while there was no devotion at all paid, at least none openly, that we
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know of, to the living and true God. But here <I>all nations</I> are
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called to praise the Lord, which could not be applied to the
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Old-Testament times, both because this call was not then given to any
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of the Gentile nations, much less to all, in a language they
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understood, and because, unless the people of the land became Jews and
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were circumcised, they were not admitted to praise God with them. But
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the gospel of Christ is ordered to be preached to all nations, and by
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him the partition-wall is taken down, and those that were <I>afar
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off</I> are <I>made nigh.</I> This was the mystery which was hidden in
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prophecy for many ages, but was at length revealed in the
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accomplishment, <I>That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Eph+3:3,6">Eph. iii. 3, 6</A>.
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Observe here,
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1. Who should be admitted into the church--<I>all nations</I> and
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<I>all people.</I> The original words are the same that are used for
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the <I>heathen that rage</I> and <I>the people that imagine</I> against
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Christ
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+2:1">Ps. ii. 1</A>);
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those that had been enemies to his kingdom should become his willing
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subjects. The gospel of the kingdom was to be preached <I>to all the
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world, for a witness to all nations,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mt+24:14,Mk+16:15">Matt. xxiv. 14; Mark xvi. 15</A>.
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All nations shall be called, and to some of all nations the call shall
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be effectual, and they shall be discipled.
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2. How their admission into the church is foretold--by a repeated call
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to <I>praise him.</I> The tidings of the gospel, being sent to all
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nations, should give them cause to praise God; the institution of
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gospel-ordinances would give them leave and opportunity to praise God;
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and the power of gospel-grace would give them hearts to praise him.
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Those are highly favoured whom God invites by his word and inclines by
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his Spirit to praise him, and so makes to be to him for a name and a
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praise,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jer+13:11">Jer. xiii. 11</A>.
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See
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Re+7:9,10">Rev. vii. 9, 10</A>.</P>
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II. The unsearchable riches of gospel-grace, which are to be the matter
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or our praise,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+117:2"><I>v.</I> 2</A>.
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In the gospel, those celebrated attributes of God, his mercy and his
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truth, shine most brightly in themselves and most comfortably to us;
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and the apostle, where he quotes this psalm, takes notice of these as
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the two great things for which the Gentiles should glorify God
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ro+15:8,9">Rom. xv. 8, 9</A>),
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for <I>the truth of God</I> and for <I>his mercy.</I> We that enjoy the
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gospel have reason to praise the Lord,
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1. For the power of his mercy: <I>His merciful kindness is great
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towards us;</I> it is <I>strong</I> (so the word signifies); it is
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<I>mighty</I> for the pardon of <I>mighty sins</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Am+5:12">Amos v. 12</A>)
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and for the working out of a mighty salvation.
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2. For the perpetuity of his truth: <I>The truth of the Lord endures
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for ever.</I> It was mercy, mere mercy, to the Gentiles, that the
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gospel was sent among them. It was merciful kindness prevailing towards
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them above their deserts; and in it the <I>truth of the Lord,</I> of
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his promise made unto the fathers, <I>endures for ever;</I> for, though
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the Jews were hardened and expelled, yet the promise took its effect in
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the believing Gentiles, the spiritual seed of Abraham. God's mercy is
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the fountain of all our comforts and his truth the foundation of all
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our hopes, and therefore for both we must praise the Lord.</P>
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