6 nxpofition ofthe 8q. Pfale. Verf i life out of Ierufalem, 2 Sa, . 15. t 4. for he mentioneth appearing in Zion before the Lord, verfe 7. which was after the arkof the covenant was brought thither,which was not in Sat& life-time ,but after 2 Sam. 7. about the b Mollerus 13. year ofhis reign. Or as b others, in the troublefome times ofhis great wars,wherby he was detained from the publick place of Godsworfhip : for that Abfoloms re- bellion was not fo long. He begins with thehigh ef}eem hehad of theplace of Gods publick worfhip, whichby way of admiration he doth acknowledge unto God to be molt lovely and a- miable ; verfe T. In thehandling whereofwe have thefe two things : Firft, the defcriptionofthe perfon, unto whom the ac- knowledgement is made : Secondly, thematter, that is I. Obferva- acknowledged. tion. The defcription of the perfon is theLord of Hois, The reafon. t. 11n' fo as the point is this, The trueGod is the Lord ofhofis. So verfe 3.8.12.7Y:24.10. He isfo called, becaufe all creatures in Heaven and Earth are at the Lords command, as fouldiers in an Ar- my at thecommand ofthe Generali, ready preft to doe his will. Hence all creatures in heaven and earthare cal- VP I. led the hoft ofheaven and earth, Gen. 2. I. This title fhewes the Lords power and foveraignty o- ver all creatures, he may command and fet their places andStations at hispleafure, as generals do their Souldiers in an Army. See t Kings 22. 19, ce. Andhence are thofe strangeevents inwarre, that the weaker do con- quer, as Dent. 23. 3 0. One chafe a thoufand, and two put ten thoufand to flight. So z Sam. t A.6.13. Jonathan and his armour-bearer fmote a whole garrifon of the Yfe 2. PhilifIines. Foradmonition it ferves three waies. Firft, for feare and reverence towards Gods Majeftie : he is the Lordof hofts having all creatures at his beck, Pf. 5 O. I. 4. The mightyGod,even the Lordhathjpoken,and called the earth, from the rilingof the Sunne, unto the going down thereof. He
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