2 AnExpofitionofthe 84. Pfilme. °Ver.2 t'fc. 3. For.comfort, they that are the fervantsof the true God, arethe fervants ofthe living God, and whileft God lives- theyneaiivot fear to lack any thingthat is good for them, ,they =Ana ot fearfalling into anytemptation,out ofwhich they may not afluredly enact a comfortable iffue, This ufe Darius feemes tohave made of this confideration, Dan. 6. 20. 26, 27. and Godhimfelfe may be thought to aime at and intend the fame, when toconfirme the faith of his fer- vants, in the of ured certainty ofhis promifes, he fweareth byhis owne life, as If. 49. 18. and teacheth his people fo to fweare, /Pr. 4. 2. and when they commemorate his mercies unto them tomake mentionofhis life, Ier. 23.7 8. as thePfilmif doth, Pfal. 18. 48. To this defcription of the true God, thePfalmift addes this expreffiion.¡Dais a%ftion towards him, my heart and my flefh cry eth out:as much as to fay,I donot only earnefily delire toenjoy Gods prefènee in his facred ordinances, but iikewifeoutwardly, in all the parts ofmy body,' give evi- 3. Obforva- Bence of that,earneft de -fire: The obfervation will be this. tion. They, that have the fame efteemof the true God that Da- vidhad, will earneftly in their hearts delire, and diligently intheir ac4ions and behaviours ,endeavour to exprefhe and give evidence of that delire : The like expreffion is ufed , - -pfal. 7.3. 25, 26, whom have .I in heaven but thee? and ;here is nave.ssponearth that I defre befides thee : my flefh ,and my heartfaileth : but Gad is the f>'rength of my heart, andmy portion for ever. Keafon t. The reafon is : Firft, becaufe they make account that in communion with, :and fruition of the true .God confias ¡their happineif . Byhim they expert tobe freed from all evill, and made partakers ©fall good things : as the Pfalmift expreffeth more at large in the foure and five, the eleven and twelve Ïtea n 2. vCi eE, Secondly; +bwcaufe an earneft dire in the heart is as fappe ti-Yyth6rfoot, which in-the branches will budde andbreake fir& interleaves and fruit:As the ointment in the hand ivill not
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