A Commentary on the Psalms of David, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Commentary on the Psalms of David, Vol. 2 of 3 For if God should set up a formidable kingdom among the Gentiles, he would rather cast down all men´s hearts, and overwhelm them with despair, than give them occasion of dancing. Besides, he preaches not of the ordinary grace of God, but of such a grace as, shedding forth incredible joy upon the whole world, should stir up the minds of all men to celebrate God´s praises. Therefore when a little after he adds that nations were brought in obedience to Israel, it must needs be understood, not of slavish submission, but of such a subjection as were better and more to be desired, than all the kingdoms of the world. For it were against reason that such as are in thraldom under compulsion of force and fear, should leap for joy. Indeed many nations were tributary to David and to his son Solomon; but in suchwise that they repined at it, and were grieved at the heart that that yoke was laid upon them; so far were they from giving thanks to God gladly and cheerfully. Therefore seeing that there is no service happy and desirable, save that whereby God, by the auspices of Christ his son, tameth and subdueth those that were rebels before, it follows that this eulogium agrees only to Christ´s kingdom, who is called a high and dreadful king, not because he terrifies the wretched, over whom he reigneth, with tyrannical violence, but because his majesty, which before was held in contempt, will suffice to quell the unruliness of the whole world. For it is to be noted that the meaning of the Holy Ghost is, that seeing the Jews had been contumaciously treated and oppressed a long while, and afflicted with sundry calamities from time to time, God´s gracious goodness was now so much the more conspicuous towards them, because the nations that bordered around about them were subdued, and David´s kingdom in the height of glory. Meanwhile, that what I have suggested is true, namely, that this applies to the kingdom of Christ, is obviously gathered from the expression in the context, in which God is called a terrible and mighty king above all the earth. Therefore no doubt God´s grace was commended with these titles to strengthen the minds of the godly in that intermediate time; in which not only the dignity of the people of Israel was decayed, but also they themselves, being oppressed with the bitterest reproach, could be refreshed with no taste of God´s favour, unless it were by reclining on his promises alone. We know how long the interruption of this glorious power continued, even from the death of Solomon to the coming of Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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