It6 An éxpofition cf the In the Taft verfe for s`aiE£ts one copyhath äN.slá etc, to anfwer unto m?TayGocvra And M. S. 7. tgen thrble o f iµzrtov. The words are the fame in the GreekBibles as in this place of the Apofile, nor is there any foot-ftep of any other old Tranflation ofthem,in the Pfalm. The Syriac( Itxt. differs little,. rì, it renders fltfl1, and again, to thew that +ÿ is no part ofthe teflimony cited, but fervcs only to the introduction ofanother. v. ta. For adrol dnoacdenot, they frail peril"); j+159 117rt, theyfhall paß away; alluding to that of 2 Pet. ;. io. ór pavot parn8òr %%itaxiueeviar, the heavens fhall pall away with a noif : oú d ì d'ta¡.ietes, but thou abideft, thou continueJt, fl» asp21N, & toffans es, ér toffas, :& tajtabilis es ; and Thouflandet, thou artffanding ; anfwering the Hebrew, 7t flin the Pfalm. £`Aiets tboujhalt roll them up. which words Interpretersrender varioufly, though to the famepurpofe ; involves, Boderianus, roll them ; cómplicab , Tremelisos, fold them. Duplicabir; D' Dieu,double them up. And it is manifeft, that the Tranflator reads %rísts, and not eie 's; and I doubt not but the fame word was infected into the Tranflation of the Pfalm from this place of the Apoftle, ad;`d ; dvrós., thou art the fame, orthou art, Iam. fl)tt iTonn 3ttt r1 ti1; Boderia : Et to flout exi(fenses; and thou art as thou exiJlefl. Tremel. Tu autemficut es, eri! ; But thou ¡bahbe as thou art. Pr3perly, And thou, as thouart,art ; that is, art thefame. xdut. The Tranflation ofthe Apofle in all things material anfwereth the Original in the Pfalm; v. 26, 27. od xdeu, thou, OLord, is fupplied out of the verfe fore- going, Ifetid, 1=1 as o my God. n-1 snarl Gt)e*7, ofold, before it was ; that is, r« de ie, ormum, tX in thebeginning. Andour Tranflation needed not to have ufed any differenceof ex- r'rloe preon in the Pfalm and this place of the Apoille, as they do there, ofold ; here, 'EA.µ£ría- in the beginning. Thouhaftfounded ( not laid thefoundation of ) the earth. And the flwyo heavensare the works : fliP , the work, which the Greekrenders work!, becaufe oftheir End- variety ; ofthy hands. i pct tfltt They'hailperifb, Yarn rim; butthouJhalt fland, or dolt abide. The wordufed in ît) ótafhiffit. our Tranflation ofthe Pfalm, ( endure ) doth ill anfwer the Original, but the margin gives relief. Pfal. Tea all ofthem (hallwax old like a garment ; here, And they Jhall all Wax oldas Both a garment. A little variety without difference, and that needle;, the Greek, Text exactly exprelling the Hebrew. And as a ve(iureJhalt thou fold them up, a&lrtfl 1 =3V'rlfl ;'halt thouchangethem. The change ofa vesture, whereunto the change of the 'EA *0. Heavens iscompared, being by folding up, and laying afide, at leaf} from, former ufe ; theApofile infield ofaidesse, tboufhalt change, renders the word by i,4eas, thou t11 t 7i1ä1 (haltfold, or roll them up : brio ;;rim, a toipfe, and thou art be A i duels t and thy 7 ÇaJ ó oc' lieflhave no end; (hall not fail, 10n1 tt4,Jhall not confume. There is no que-filon but that thefe wordsdofufñciently prove.the.Preheminenceof him ofwhom they are fpoken, incomparably above all Creatures what ever. Two things rheiefore are queftioned by the Enemies of the Truth contained in them a. Whether they were originally fpoken at all ofChrift, whichthe prefent Jews de- ny. a. Whether they are fpokenall ofChrift, which is que(iioned by the Socinianr. ^rhefe Enquiries being firft fatisfied, the words fhall beopened, nod the force of the Apof}les Argument from thence declared. 'r. That what is fpoken in this Pfalmdoth properly refpect the Mph is denied by theprefent Jews. That it was ownedby the ancient Hebrews is fuf lciently evident from hence, that theApofile dealing with themon their ownPrinciples, urgeth them with the teftimonyof it. ThePfalvt alfo it feifgives us light enough into the fame infrudion. It is partly Eutlica, partlyProphetical; both parts fairedunto the con- dition of the Church when the Templewas walled, and Sion lay in theduiduring theBabyloni(le Captivity: In theProphetical part thereare three things fignal. x. The Kedemptionof the people, with the Re-edification ofthe Temple, as a Type ofthat Spiritual Temple and Worshipwhich was afterwards to be credal. As v. 13. Thou !halt :wife and have mercy upon Sion, for the time to favour her, yea thefit time is come. And v. 16. Whenthe Lord'ball buildSion, b&Jhallappear in bisglory. 2. The Calling ofthe Gentiles to the Church and Worshipof God, v. t5.TheHea- then fhall fear the resues ofthe Lord, and all the Kings ofthe earth thyglory. V. IF, 22. To declare thename of the Lord in Sion, and his praifi in Jerufalem, when thepeople arega- thered together,and the kingdoms tofeerre the Lord. 3. Hereby the creationofa newpeople, a new world, is brought in ; v. x8. This(hall be written for the generation to come, ( the world to come) and the people that fhall be cleated (the new creation ofJews andGentiles)'hallpraife the Lord. There are the heads
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