PSALMS LXXXVjj, 14 Verle 14.óe proud] Compare this with Pfalme, 54.5- 15 VerCe r 5. pitifall] or full of ruth, merde, and ten- der love. When Gods name was proclaimed be- fore Moles, this title with other was in it, Exod. 34,5,6. long Hiring] long of noflrilr,that is, of anger ; long ere thou be angry. The note and anger have one name in Hebrew fee Pfalm.z.5. 15 Verfe 16. fin of thine handmaid] that is, borne thy fervant, of godly parents that were thy fer- vitors. Cf Christ, this allo was true, the Conne of Mary the Virgin,the handmaid of the Lord,Luk. 1.48. See the like fpeech, Pla1.11 6.16 17 VerCe 17. Doe with me a figne] or, Sbewitmee: that is,So deale with me, in my deliverance,and prefervation, that I may have my felfe, and may be to others,' a fgne, fur good. Korah and his company were for a fgne to the Ifraelites, Nuni. 16.38. k 26.'0. Ionat afigne of the Ninevites,and Chrift to the Jewes, Luke 11.30. 43444; 4.444440.44 4.3L-4.4414..3 131f3ff3139:3F3 I 3 4 5 6 7 PsAL. LXXXVII. The nature and glory of the Church. 4 7' be increafe, honour andeomfsrt of the members thereof. To the fonnesof Korah, aPfalnie, a Song. H Is foundation among the tnoun. taines of holineffe. Jehovah loveth the gates of Sion above all the dwelling places of Iakob. Gloriousthings fpoken is of thee, O Citieof God Selah.I will make mention of Rahab and Babel, to them that knowme ; loe Paleftinaand Ty- rus with Culls , this man was borne there. And of Sion it (hall be Paid , man and man was borne in her, and he the molt High Thal eltablifh her. Jehovah will recount when be write (h the peoples ; this manwas borne there Selah. And fingers , as players on flutes ; all my well.fprings in thee. I Annotations: H f ajiomdetbon] or, The foundation thereof, Gods ground -worke of the Temple which was built upon the mountaines, sllorijah and Sion, 2 Chro11.3.1. Plalm. z. 6. Some referre it to the Pfalme, the fotmdation (or argument) whereof is of the Church of Chrift. The Chaldee faith, By the hand, of the formes of Korah the Pfalme was faid, and the Song founded in the mouth of the ancient fa- thers. V e r t e S. gates o f Sim¡the publike affemblies of 2 the people: fee the Notes on Hall-119.i 5. The Law was to come out of Sion, Mich 4. 2. and the Scepter of Chrifts Kiogdome, Pfalm. i t o.2. dwelling places ] thefe the Chaldee expoundeth, Synagogues of the bottle' of Iakb , which were in all the Cities of Ifrael. Verb 3. ;6olZen is ] that is, are particularly ffiol¿m, all and every of them. f the citie of God) thát is, Ierufalem: fo called al fo, Pfal.46.5. and 48. z, a figure of the Church. What honourable things are 1poken of this Oltie fee EfaY54. and 6o. and 62. and 65. Revel. a1. and za. chapters. The Hebrew phrafe, in thee, is rightly turned ac- cording to the Greeke , of thee , or concerning thee: which many times bath luth llgnification,as Pfal. 63.7. and 71.6.and 119.46. r Sám.19.4. fo alto in theGreeke, as Rom. i 1.2. Verte4. Rahab] that is, as the Chaldee Para - phralt faith the .Egyptians. So "Egypt is called Rabab, in Pfal. 89.I r. Efay 51.9. either for the ftrength and pride of Egypt,(which theword Ra- hab lignifieth ;) or of Ionic chiefe title fo named; as ellewhere7lean, Plálm. 78.1 z. The calling of Egypt to the fellowfhip of the Church is allo pro - phefied, Eloy 19.19.21.25. And for I will mention, the Chaldee tranflateth, the Egyptians and Babyämi- ans, thry(hall mention thy prayfes: Babel] the Ba- bylonians : fee Plain,. i 37.5. their chiefe citie was Babel. Of a Chriftian Church there , mention is made, I Pet.5.13. to them] or, among them that loop me, to wit, my familiars. Paleflina] the Philiftimr : fee Pfal.6o.1 o. Tyran] the 7:pions: fee Pfal. 45. 13. Of them were Chri- ftian difciples, Aéts a I.3.4. CO] the Æ- tbiopiani , as the Greeke tranflateth ; the Pfal. e8. 32. this man] that is , (as the Greeke faith) theft nier,; meaning all before mentioned. So the Hebrew oftenfpeaketh of a whole nation, as of one man. See Pfal nm.25zz.and 130.8. But the Chaldeeexpoundeth it, where this kingdome is borne. was borne] in the citie of God] aforefaid. There, of immortall feed by the word aud.Spi- rit of God,are men borne a new, I Pet.1. z 3 . la m. 1.18. A thing to come is here let dowse as al- ready done : lo in Pfalme 9.6, VerCe 5. man and man ] fo'the Greeke alfo ex- preffeth the Hebraihne. Hereby feemeth to bee meant, every man, hsccelfìvely, as Hitt. I.8. For Ierufalemis the mother of us all, f al.4.26. (So day and day, is every day, Heft.3.4. Pfalm. 61.9.)0r, man and man is many men, of this and that Nation, of each eftate and degree. flahlifb her] that the gates of hell fhall not prevaile againfl her, at.16. t 8. Therefore this citie lieth fourefquare foaled in all changes , Rev. z r .2 6. Ezekk.48.15,-20. It may be read, and he willffablìfb ber on high : and fo the Chaldee expoundeth it ; and Ierufalem is Paid to be above, Ga1.4.2 6. VerCe 6. writing the peoples] in the writing of the 6 houF of Ifrael, that is, the Church, Ezek.t3 9. Ife. 43 Verte 7. And fngers]or, And fnging are, &c. This 7 may have reference to the tòlemn worship of' M ni mmmz God 4 S
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