illu.l \ PSALME XLIX. tons of noble man, together rich and poore. 4 My mouth thall fpeake wifdomes ; and the s"I meditations of my I cart, prudencies. I will incline mine care to a pasable, I will open 61 with harp mine hidden matter. SV by fh.iuld I I flare inthe,daies of evill,when the iniquhy 7 I of my footfleps (hall compafle me c They 1 thattrua in their wealthypower, and glory 8 in the multitude of their riches. A man fhall not redeeming redeeme his brother, (hal not 9 g:ve to God his ranforne. So precious (hall be the redemption of their foule, and it (hall 1 o teafe for ever. Thar he may live yet to cop- tinuall aie,mayt not fee the pit of corruption. For he feeth the wife doe die , together the unconflant foole anyl bruit]] doeperifh, and to leave to others theirwealthy power. Their inward thought is; that their houfes /hag be for ever, their dwelling places to generation and generation; they proclaime their names 13 on lands. But man in honour doch not lodge a night ; he is likened to beans that are filen- 14 ced. This their way is ur.conitant folly to them, and their pofldritie like well of their 15 mouthSelah. As fheep they areput in hell, death Thal feed them, and righteous men Thal have rule over them at the morning, and their forme weare away, in hell, from his 16 dwelling place. But God will redeeme my foule from the hand of hell, for he will 're- 17 ceive me Selah. Feare thou not when a man (hall grow rich,when the glory ofhis boute 18 fhall bemultiplied, For he fhall not when he die take any shing,h is glory Thal not defcend 19 after him. Though in his life he blelfeth his foule and they will confeflethee,when thou 20 doefh good to thy felfe. Erfhall come unn the generation of his fathers,unto continual) 21 aye, they fhall not fee the light. Man in ho- nour, and under(landcth not, he is likened to beafts that are filenced. 11 Anpetations. 2 He trrnfitorie world] fee Pfal: t 7.14. j Vertè 3. bafeman] in Hebrew Adam, who was fo called of Adamah the earth, whereupon this title is given to the bafir fart 4-people. The Greeke tranflateth is here Earth- borne. So the Apoftle faith, the f it men of the earth, earthly, r Cor.15.47. noble man] in Hebrew Ifb, which is the name of man refpeft of beat valour,noileneß anddignitie, whereby man io, and xceleth ; and in oppofetion to the former word Adam, it meaneth the great or nobler fart ofpeople.The Chaldee paraphrafeth thus, Both fens ofAdam thefrfl , and font of Jakob, together righteous and firmer. Verfe4. wifdrmerjthat is ,.excellent and manifld' 4 wifdome - fo after, prudencieo, tor very excellence pro- deuce, and of fiendry fros. So Solomon calleth the chicle and molt excellent wifdome, wifdorner, NOV, 1.20. and 9.1, Verle 5.4 parable] or aproverbe in HebrewMa- 5 fhal which denoteth rule, fuperioritie orexcelencie, necaufe filch fpeeches prevailemuch in the minds of men, and are in cocente. The 'new Teftament in Greeke tranflateth it, a parable, Match. 13. 3 5. from Pfal. 78.2. of the Latine, we name it a Pro- verbe: in old Englifh or Saxon it was called a 'big jpeL Sometime it is pled in the evils part, foe a b} -word, Pfal. 44 t 5. and 69. r. 2. mine bidden matter] my dark queffien, or grave deblrine, my riddle. The Hebrew Chidah,riddle,hath the name of fharp- neffé, as proceeding from a fharpe wit , and need- ing the like to expound it. See Judg. t 4. t a, 18. Num. z. 8. 1 Kings to. t. Prov.1.6 The holy Ghofl exprefeth is in Greeke by hidden Mingo, Mat. 13.35. from Pfa1.78.2. Verle 6. Why fboukl I feare] This is the hidden 6 dobUrine or riddle,which the Prophet propoundeth as in his owne name and therefore allo called a parable. By feare , he meaneth difinay,or difeourage- ment. See verfe 17. the iniquitie] that is, pit+ nifhment or death, which is the wages of finne; the Pfa.31.11. and by foes -fteps or foot- foles,hc næa -' neth his waits or worker. Or, he may calldeath» the punifhment of his beeles or feet, becaufe the Sers pent bruifeth Chrift and his people but in the hiele, Gen. 3.15. the fling of death being done a- way, and it made a pallage into life and glorie, I Cur, 15. 55,57. Verfe7. their wealthy power]. their ride, ., which are thus called becaufe they are gotten by pone, given ofGod,Deut,8.1b. with labour and indnitry; and to the rich , their goods are theirfirong ride, Prov. to. i 5. therefore here they are fajd to trufo in them : contrary to Timoth. 6.17. Job 31.24, Marke 10. 24. . g!orie] or praife themfelvea, vaunt, contrary to Jer. 9.23. Verle 8. not redeeming redeeme] that is, (hall in no 8 wife, or not at all redeeme. The Chaldeeexpoun- deth it, a wicked man cannot redeeming redeeme bit cap. Lived brother. Verfè 9. So precious jhall be] or, And dear, (eeflly) is : and confequently rare and hard to obtaine, as Daniel 2. I I. 1 Samuel 3. t. of their Joule] that is, of their life. So Exodus 21.30. ceafefar ever] that is, it fhallneverbeaceomplfhed. Soceafng is uled for the not doing"of a thing, Deuteron. 23. 2 2. Zach. 1 r. 12. Verfe t o. That he may live] this is referredto I O the end of the 8. verle not give bit ranfame , and fi live. And, is here for ?hat; tee Ptalm43.4. The Chaldee expoundeth live,to be the life eternal!; and tie pit, to be the judgement ofGehenna (or het.) Verfe r t . the wii,,p The Chaldee faith, For he (hall fie reicked wife men that die the fecund dcarb , and are adjudged to Geierntao teneonftant foe@ and brutifh] thefe two names are often joyned to- gether, tís Pfa. 92.7. & 94.8. the one noting fickle - net and mutability, celled CeJO,which is both the 7 9 Ex
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