PSALMS I for the place of devils and damned wights ; yet the word is more large : and as heaven is not onely the dwelling place of God and his Saints, but generally all places above us,where the ftars, the clouds ,thewinds,thebirds, &c.are,as is thew- fo hell is all places beneath. Wherfore it may in this large fence fern to expreffe the Hebrew word Sheal here ufed;which Sheol is a deep place lob i i.8.Prov.9.18, and laid in Scripture to be beneath,Pfal.86.13.Deut.3 2.2211'4.14.9. as hea- ven is ebeze, and it, with theGreeke word baides, is oppoled to heaven,Plal 139.8, Amos.9.z. Mat. t I.23. it commeth of Sbaal, CO crave, asks, or re- quire, becaufe it requireth all men to come unto it and id never fätiafied, PIa. 89.49. Prov.3o.15,16. & 27. 20 It is a place or eftate which all men, even the heft, come unto; for I %ob made account to goe thither, Gen. 37. 3 5. and lob defìred to be there, Job 14. t 3. (for he knew it Should be his houle, Job 17.13.) and our Lord Chrift was there, as this Plainte, with A&. 2.31. fheweth; and Solomon telleth, that all goe thither, Ecdef, 9. 10. It is ufttally joyned with graze, pie, corruption, dejiru£fi- on, and the like words pertaining to death, with which Sheol or balder is joyned as a companion thereof,Rev.1.18.& 6.8- Durban and Abiram,when the earth fwallowed them up,are laid to go down quicke into Sheol, Num. 16.30532,33, Ions in the Whales belly, was in the belly of Sheol, Jon. 2.3.and other holy men that were delivered from great mifeties and perils of death, are Paid to be delivered from Shoo/ or hell, Pfa1.86.13. & 30.4. & 18.6.& n6.3. and thofe that are dead,are one to Sheol, Ezek. 3 2.21,27. And as death is laid figura- tively to havegate., P111.9.4 .fo Sheol, h,eides, bell, bath gates, Ifa. 38.1o. Mat. i 6,18. and a f nee, Ila. 5.14. & a band, Pfa1.49.16. & 89.49. and a mouth, Pfal. 147.7. and a fling, which by Chrilt is done away, 1 Cor.i 5.55. fo that as he was not left to Sheol, but rote from death (from the heart of the earth, Matth. 12. 40.)the third day : fo all the Saints Shall likewife be delivered from Sheol, or baldeo, Pfa1.49n6. Hof.i 3.14. and it with death Shall be abolifbed, Rev.2o.14. So by the Hebrew word Sheol, the Greeke haides,and our Englifh hell, we are to underfiand the place, efiate, or depth of death, dead/ihed. See the Annotations on Gen.37. 35. And thefewords , thou wilt not leavemy pile to hell,teach us Chrilts refetrre&ion; as if hee Should fay,thou wilt not leave nie to the power of death or grave, to be Confined, but wilt ralle use from the dead, as the words following,& the Apoltles explanation dine manjfelt, A &.z. 24,31. & 1334, 35. thou wilt not give] not grant or fir. An Hebrew ph rafe often stied, as, I gave thee not to touch her, Gen. zo. 6. God gaze thee not to hurt me, Gen. 31.7. he will not give you to goe, Exod. 3.19. So Kai. 55.23. and 66.9. and 118.18. and many the like. to fee corruption] that is, to f ele corruption, or, to corrupt, to rot. As to fie death , is to die, Plalm. 89.49. Luke 2. 26. Jóh. 8.51, 52. fo, to fee evil], Pfal. 90.15. and to fiegood, PCal. 34. 13. is tofocle and enjoy it, and to fee the grave, Pfal. 49.10. corruption] the Hebrew Shacbath properly fignifi- XVII, 25 eth cooruption or rottennej7e; and is fo to be taken here,as the Apoftle urgeth the force of the word, A&. 13. 36, 37. David Caw corruption, but he whom God railedup, fare not corruption. Yet often the word is tiled for a pit or ditch, wllerin carkaffes doe cor- rupt. See the note on PGL7.16. Verle t t . Thou m i lt ma / o e me lgaw] or, h a l f made 1 I meMow, (as Aft. i 28.) that is,gizefimeexperience of: the way of life] or journey of lives:" the way or tourie to life from death, and to continue in life eternal]; the Apoftle faith, wales of life, Aft. 2.28. And hereby , life in heaven wjth God is implied; as, to enter into life, Mat. 18.9. is to enter into the kjngdomeofGod Marke 9.47. before thy face] or with rhy face, that is, in thy prefence I (hall have fuboeffè of foyer. TSe Greeke, which the Apoftle followetli,,A&s i. 28. faith, Thou wilt fill me with joy, with thy face. The Hebrew eth penei and liphnei, with or before the face, are both one; ami fometline put one for another ; as t Kings 12. 6. with 2 Chronicles Io. 6. Gods face orlrefencei as it is our reaten joy in this life,' s.3. 14,15, 16. fo (hall it be in the next, Palm. t 7 15. Wherfore the wicked (hall then be pt red; i. from his pretence, 2 Thefît.9. pleafures or p/eafantnefft, (that is, pleafant joyes)at thy right band, the place of honour, delights and'joyes eternal!,' Matth. 25. 33,34,46. Hf12 ",K12****ft Pset..X,VII. David in confidence of his int egritie, axial; defence of God again fl his enemies. to He fbeweth their pride, craft and eagernef e. 13 He prayeth to be delivered from them who have their portion in this life; but his bope is for the life to come. A Prayer of David. HEare thou Jehovah, juftice; attend to my (brill crie : hearken to my prayer, without lips of deceit. From a before thy face, let my judgement come forth; let thine eyes view righteoufneffes. Thou haft prooved my heart,haft vifited by 3 night;thou haft tried me, but haft not found: I have purpofed, my mouth !hall not tranf= 4 greffe.. For the workes of men by the word of thy lips,] have obferved the paths of the breaker thorow. Suflaine thou my fleps in thy beaten paths,thst my footfieps he not removed. I call.upon thee,fir thou wilt an- 6 fwerme,6God: bow thine care to me,heare my laying. Marveiloufly feparate thy mer- 7 cies,ô Saviour of them that hope for fafety; from themthat raite up themfelveswith shy right hand. Keepe thou me as the blacke of 8 the apple of the eye ; in the Shadow of thy wings hide thou me. From faces of the wie -Ig Cccccc3 ked 1l Ì1'11N1IIlh1
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