VSR, 8,9. Epi/leto the Hs BREW S. íd$ ND: is a Kingly Throne; nor is it ever ufed in Scripture for mom, a CommonSeat. '0 Oda; Metoirymicatiy it is ufed for Power and Government, and that frequently. The LXX almoficoaftantlyrender it by pvoc, and aeoc resc auv úscaolíw,Athenè. lib. 5. Afree openSeat with a Feat fool. , And fuch a Throne is here properly affigned unto the Lord Chrift, mentionofhis Foot fool being immediately fubjoyned. So God fays of himfelf, Heaven it my Throne, and the Earth it my Foot (fool: as the Heathen termed Heaven, Dias-rO v, the Throne ofGod. Thy Throne, OGod, 1ÿt O`71V, Infecu/um d?' ufque ; infmpiternum &perpetuo ; in 'Ets 7av feculumfeculorum. The Duration denoted by the conjunftïon ofboth there words, is tìm`razñ z6 molly an abfolute perpetuity, and a certain uninterrupted continuance, where the fub- toys. jeerfpoken of admitsa limitation. Manyof the Greek Interpreters render `Iyby irl, attending to therund rather than the ufe,and fignificatiou of the word ; fo isyet in ourlanguage. This we exprefs by, For ever and ever., 7'á(d'@ iveáramos ñ- pips& gun?aim eau; the variation of i ,'ii & in the firf place before mentioned, takes off from the Elegancy of the Expreffion, and darkens the fenfe; for theArticle prefixed to the laf iggife. declares that to bethe fübjeót of the Propofition. The wordsofthePP/miff are, 1rdSD tow -elm ono. Shelet is Virga and Sceptrum, and in this place is rendred by Aquila ozí.4pev, a Rod, a Staff, a Scepter; always a Scepter when referred to Rule, as in this place it iscalled theScepter of the Kingdom. , A Scepter non, from ,w', relïurfuit, tobe right, ftreight; upright principally in a Eveú7nras: moral fettle : iveuvnros, ofUprightnefs. 'Eullvns is properly fuch a Rectitude as we callJfreight, oppofed to crooked; and Metaphorically only is it ufed for moral upright- mg, that is, Equity and Righteoufnefs. Syr. Nvo9 maw ; Boderianut, Sceptrum ereltam, a Scepter lifted up, orheld upright. The Paris Edition, Sceptrum protenfum, a Scepter (retched out ; and theffretching out of the Scepter was a fign and token ofmercy, EJth. 5. a. Tremelius, Virga recta, which anfwers mifchor in both its acceptations. Erpenius to the fame purpofe, Sceptrum return, a right Scepter. Thou haft loved Righteoufnefs, and hated pun siroµíav, ¿Pialar, Iniquity, tinrigh- 'Avopíari >, teoufnefs, Wickednefs ; ëta' v a'. TT-7y, propterea, propter quod, quare,' ideo, idcirco ; otà 7î7o., Wherefore, for which caufe. Some copies of the LXXand Aquila read i.l 7441; fo that Sid a iro feems tohave been taken into the LXX from this rendring ofthe words by theApofle. Exe,as es é Oeós ó Osts as Cristo' áynO,adaems> TITIAO pit TMN D'r144 inum "Extras: God thy God, bath anointed thee. The words in Greekand Hebrew are thofe from whence the Names ofCheiff and Meffiah are taken, whichare of the lathe importance and fignification, the Anointed one. And the fame is expreffed by the Targumijt. Aquila, 'imt4e. Hath anointed thee, tratov , o,' ,i,,,ç, the Infirument in doingof the thing in 'Eñate' tended, expreffed by the AccufativeCafe; whereof there are other influxes in that tyaosttiasse,i Language. Ofold the LXX read iaairo ,eyrataµa,with theOil ofdelight, or Ornament fo that Ixoiav siyaurrdoeas came alto into the GreekVerfion from this place of the Apofle, and is moreproperthan the old reading, the Oil ofrejoycing, Joy orGladnefs. rIaea vio µe7ixso a.v,1+13r10, before, or above thofe that partake with thee. Thy naei rés fellows, or companions fo Symmaehur,7às ilaftes aov. rivet my. Verf. 8, g. But unto the Son ( hefaith) Thy Throne, OGodisforever, thescepter ofthy Kingdom is a scepter ofRighteoufnefr. thouhaft loved Righteoufnefs, and hated Iniquity, wherefore God, thy God, bath anointed thee with the Oil of gladneffabove thy fellows. This tejfimony is produced by the Apofle in anfwer unto that fore-going concern- ing Angels. Tholewords, faith he, were fpoken by the HolyGhof of the Angels, wherein their Office and Employment under the Providence of God is defcribed. The/i are fpoken by the fameSpirit ofthe Son, or fpoken to him ; denoting his Pre- exifience unto the Prophefes themfelves. There is little or no difficulty to prove that this Tee timony belongs properlyunto him by whom it is applied by the Apoftle. The ancient Jews .granted it, and the pefent
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