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t fear , to some dullness of tbefaculfci $ ftr , of t&e natural man upon spiritual si * oj * & £ 4 , mnd partly to the mi&ajmUe ^ labours of ttiodern expositors , wno *" -nkrfe evSpi&ghd much ingenuity and learning- to find the iol&fcaH&i ^ uliMk of &tei ? Psalm , eftifer i # Hhe * ttf ^ b ^ f ^ tfe ^ J ^ Wtiti ^ ati ^ ii ; or In fm \> d& & * & * € & bffhe lift ofTJtovK ! . *'
- * pj —^^ of tfios ** pSalitftfj T *< aictr relate trtfce ^ ftifelrchtetory of the natural Israel , tEferestitfe few m which the fort a nes of the vsytfti&Bl Iwfcel , the Christian churchy are t * tit > adumbrated ; and of those which allude to the' U $ ? of Davi < ty there are node in ubich t ^ e Son of David is oot the principal « ijd immediate subject . David's complaints
against his enemies are Messiah ' s complaints , first of tne unbelieving Jews , then of the Heathen persecutors , and the apostate faction in later ages . David ' s afflictions aJNTthfeiVIessial ^ s sufferings . David ' s pefcfrtfcritfal supplications are the supplications tff ! &e $% i £ ti in agony , under the burden of
tfci ? Im ^ uSted guilt of mdft : Davids songs of triumph and thanksgiving are Messiah ' s s'&n ^ s ^ f ^ itlnipb « nd ^ hanksgirirtg for his victory over siu , and death , and hell . In a word-, there is not a pfeffe of this book of PsataaS in which the pious reader will not find his Saviour , if he reads with a view of &BM |* $ g £ ilim . " ¦
<| „— . —the spirit of , Jehovah , described by David ' s utterance what was known to ^ o ^ t spirit only , * and that spirit only could describe . So tfeat , if David be allowed to have hadf any VrtoWledge of the true subject of his own composition * , it was nothing in Ins divti iife , but something put into his nitnd by the * holy spirit of Go 4 and the tfti $ a | y £ ! ication ofHhe Psalms to the literal 0 av $ l has done more mischief tliah the any oth
iftf ^ a p ^ fc jttidn of er parts of the *« te !» i £ tere * , ttnft > tigthos * e wlmprof ^ esStiiierb ' eiircf of the Ciii iatiuri religion . " * A «; ain : -- * f . Some [ of the Psahns ] ate deaigiBatic , ' 4 j ^ iv ^ ring the doctrines- of reYtgi di * Iki senigm ^ ta ^ contrived to strike the iiattagfnatioo forcibly , and yet easy to be
utidcrstooft . JL « all these , the auUior deli vets the whole matter in bis own person . But a yery ^ great , I believe the far greater part are a sort of dramatic ode , consisting © £ , dialogues between ^ persons sustains tig certain characters . In these dialogue-Psalms the persons are frequently- the Psalmist hin ) self , or tjie chorus of Pitue $ ts srnS Levites , or the leader of'fl > e T ^ evitiqal
fc ^ and , bpeiiing the ode with a proem " decfar ^ tive of tfie subject , aiiil very orlfi ' n ^ IWing fhe'wh ^ e wit h a solemn admonition drawn from what other person ' s say . £ h £ other ( j&Esoma aic JUshoimh ^ s aia et ttnoa as one , sometimes as a / iather of the fhree persons ; Christ in nls incarnate state ,
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« omeUoi € « iKibrt * , 9 Cm * t ti nS ******* > Hi ^ r ^ vaatt ^ oa ; the ^> UMWrti iqul ^ o ^ ^ lfIWHfm 4 Astiogttfrited fram ¦ ^ e £ & $ &&& * ¦ e ^ JCtfft > CJ ^ g # » in hi * iocfinafll i » t » te ^ i ^^ > ejfgbt » u - ted sometimes as * . priest ^ % 6 m « eta * l ! &a « a ^»^ * » piaetifl | es . ^ co »^ oefot ^ fg ^ f 1 s pecimens of th « Slshl ^ % tt £ fe - taw an s , * tin ust xioiw be plae ^*^ ft 8 "e tte reader ; 46 * ^^ ^*
Psv xxv . 14 , pa the Eng . yej ^ . Jf ^ 3 " his soul shall rest i » bUss / ' p&hrit 0 & bjt . « f The words , seem to alhide t £ the Vm state of the good man's departed iSSS ,. while his posterity prosper in the i > YeiAt world > unless , indeed the f « rM or i | r &m be put mystically for the true iirti& of promise , —the Canaan of tbe ^ M % ^ fe y in which case > the sense will be , th « C ifot h
the good man himself shall r € 5 t in bl ^ &y and his seed also , bis mystical seed , tl | os « whom he shall instruct in tfee way of flae Lord , and bring to be his chttfcrcgy ? is goodness , shall inherit the pK ^ mi ^^ i Ji ^ ad of everlasting happiness . " , ., ' ; . > ^ *• Upon mature consideration h ^ r afever , I am persuaded that tkis \ -wyrticr \ p spoken of Messiah . 1 take ; the whf 3 o
plan of the psalm to he thus : ** " In ttoe first tw ^ ve verses , t ^ e ni € fi& Christ Jesus , ( or , in the Huticiiia * onlaa phrase i the humanity of Chrkt ) , | nrays to the Trinity . In the i 5 rst three , l&tUc word to which the' bunmnity was uait *? d for support . In the 4 th and 5 th to the Holy Spirit to instruct and guide Itiii . In . the $ th , 7 th and Sth , to God the
Fatlier , to spare him . The imputetl g ; uiit of man , in verse 7 tb , he speaks ot 4 | % » his own , because it was imputed to ; 1 % . But what , it may be asked , were tt ^ r trespasses and disobediences of Me ^ siaUls yotitb , which he request * may apt }* remembered ? I agree with Mr . Ui ^ c ^ il ^
son , that Me sins of my youf ^ ( consutt the ^ original w ^ ordj , may be the sin % , Juniorufh i of hi $ younger bmthfen / i . * . of Christians . In the 9 th , lOth < fe& lUti verses Messiah celebrates the th $ * cy 6 t Jeliuvnh to the faithful . In the 12 tt > , 'bk prays for the d ^ liveras ee of tfee true Israel from its afificted stsitlt **
44 In the 13 th verges , A voice of dnt df the angelic « hoir , who biw © bserwl thfe extraorUioary piety and deTOtion jrf ^ Ml ana « , Christ Jeao& , < a » k # with &&&& $# what man § 9 this who so perf ^ c ^ f- ^^ iaf ^ t ^ -God ? aiKl f » ro $ > iieiiw » in O « l ^ kfft # « f < rf this ' in i&zjate A $ fg } & ' « < A , T ^ ti * b ^ ssthat . . ^^|> % ^ ii % 4 Hi # W fn fl ^ ^ l 5 t ! r V ^ ie , tST ^^ Ttoice 0 m 2 m , tkH *> - * ti * er C ' ** 9 € kimvftot ^ u rf CMI * » Wittj them that fe ^ y ^ j ^^ me tMQjfct l > y pivioe revelation . MM the l ^ tb ^ f » se .
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40 Review .- ~ Bkkofi H ? v * Ietf * S&thiaiion of tie Bdok + fPtakt ? .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1817, page 40, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2460/page/40/
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