36n Vert 5, and 6, opened. Pfal. z 30. I am at, no lip- labour, no bodily work, no formal cold carelefs performance of a duty ; no, my foul doh wait : it is foul work, heart wort', I am at ; I wait, I wait with my whole foul. 4. In his word do I hope : or wait. There is not any thing of difficulty in there words ; the word ufed 'r16?111i' is from `Mr funt qui quod acne fit verbo rt velint anxietatem é nifum cludere, ut figniftcet anxie, fen enixe expeäare, fuftinere, & e- rare ; It fignifies to hope, expel, endure, and fuftain, with care, folicitoufnefs, and indeavours. Hence the 70 have ren- dred the word by i rp ver, and the Vul. Lat. Suftinui. I have fuffained and waited with patience. And this on the Nord; or he Attained bit foul with the Word of promife that it Ihould not utterly faint. Seeing he had made a difcovery of Grace and forgiveneft, though yet at a great difance ; he had a fight of Land, though he was yet in a format Sea; and therefore incourageth himfelf, or his foul, that it do not defpond. But yet all this that we have fpoken reaches not the intent nefs of the foul of the Pfalmift in this his Exptllation of Jeho- vah. The earneft engagement of his foul in this duty rifeth up above what he can exprefs. Therefore he proceeds, vet. 6. My Soul, faith he, for the Lord, ( that is, expec`s him, looks for him, waits for his coming to me in Love and with forgivenefs) more than the watchers for the morning, tbe watch- ers for the morning. Thefe latter words are varioufly rendred, and varioufly ex- pounded. The L XX. and vulgar Latin render them ; from theMorning watch, until night. Others, from tbofe that kelp the Morning watch unto thole that keep the Evening watch. More than the watchers in the morning, more than the Watchers in the Morning. The Words allo are varioufly expounded. ilufiin would have it to fignifìe, theplacing of our hopes on the Morning of Chrif s Refurreelion, and continuing in them until the night of our owndeath. Hierome who renders the Words, from the morning:watch to the morning watch, expounds them of continuing cur hopes andexpet Cations from the morttin,g that we are called into the Lords
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