6o AnExpofitionofthe84. P flclme. \lets`. 9, 7,g. See Pfd. 74. 13, 14. and Ifa. g i. 9. Awake,awake, put on flrength, O arm ofthe Lord : awake as in the an- cient dayes : Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab ? ( that is, Egypt ) and wounded the Dragon in the waters ? (that is , Pharaoh ) and verfe I o. Art not thouhe which hath dried up the fea, &c. Meaning , that he can do fohill. So 7ehofbaphat in his prayer, z Chron. 20.7. For admonition , remember that whatfoever was writ- ten afore-time was written for our learning ; that wee through patience and comfort of the Scriptures,might have hope, Rom. 15.4. We therefore muft read the Scripture with obfervation , and thusencourage our felves in prayer to prevail with God for his Church,and for our felves. Forcomfort , in prayer remember the true God is the Godof 7acob, he will be prevailed with by prayers and teares : but follow and imitate 7acob , leave not off, give not over till he ànfiver, as Ifa. 62. I, 2. Verf. 9. Behold, OGodour fhield : and look, upon the face ofthine anointed. 'N the former verfe , Daviddid moil earneáily begge of God audience to his prayer. In this verfe,continuing the fame duty of prayer, he begs of God ( whom he calleth their fhield) with like earnelt affec`lion ( for he doubleth his requeR) the favour and kindneffe to be beheld and looked upon : moving the Lord thereto by thehonourable Rate whereunto God had advanced him , in anointing him tobe a King, fo ashe was the Lords anointed. In this Petition note three things : firft , the title which he gives to God ; fecondly, the favour he craves of God : thirdly, the reafonwhereby he would move the Lord to togrant that favour. For the firit,the title he gives to God is their fhield, OGodour fhield. A fhield we know is a part ofarmour for defence, ferving to keepoff and award the hurts and blower which an enemy might give : and fo by fit refemblance fhewes what God becomes to thofe that Vfe 3.
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