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62 The Meritoriom Trice ofenr Part L
condemned and crucified : or elfe thcfe words may be taken as an
cvpollulating prayer, l}^a,j theeUdve menot inagtod cAufe, hnt
4tt lafi jfifiijie me in mj caufe lj mj Refttrre^hon-aftd bj rtv engirt
my urt)uji nfage u^on mj m*ligndnt adverfaries, as it is impliea
in thefecond par[ oFthis Pfalm, and a^ God had promifcd to doc
for him in iy.Sp. 2 3. the like imprecation Chrill makes upon his
implacablecnemies,P/Iio9.28,2p.ree a\{oAIat.2i./\.o. & Mat.
::'2.7.and thus God juftificd the canle of/)4»;>/, andthecaufeof
jyAvii againrt Nabdl, i Sam. 25.39. and the caufe of lohn Hm^
(at laftj by revenging him upon his enemies, as the victories of
the Bohemians againft them doe witnefi to all pofteiities, and
God doth promife 10 plead againA thofe that plead againd his
pcople,/fw.49.25.
V.I. frhy art theufefarfrom tny help, andfrom the "^'ords of
my roaring vhy doejh thou liAve me unto the ^illofmj maligrant
adverfarics^Ket '^ithjtand rnj prAjers and mj righteous caufe
V.2. God I cry in the day time , and thou bearefi wer, and in
the night feaftn, and there u u$ filence to me.
The diligence and perfcverancc of Chrirt in prayer to be delivered
from rhe power of his malignant adrerfarics took cffr (S : for
though he died, ycc he died not by their power, and God did he.ir
iiim becauft hcc ftoodat his right hand to alTift him., thatfohee
might not be moved from his ftedfaft obedience by any temptations
whatlbever, as I have expounded H^^.5 . 7. (cc alfb his perfcreuncc,
and how he fpcnt whole nights in prayer, Luh^ 6.12. Luly
John 17.
2.1.17.
V.3. Thotfjittefi,0 thou th^t inhal;itefl the fraifts of Jfrad^
namely J
thou fitrcjt as a King upon thy Throne of Juftice, therefore
I appeal to therfur jufhice again J}
my malignant adverfaries,
as P/*i/.47. 8. ^udgc thou my caufe, far I commit my caufe to thee
that judgefi right tokjly, i Per. 2. 23. Pf. 9. 7. 'Delivtr mee ulfo
fr§m the poorer ofmy malignant adverfaries, namely, by mj Ref»r~
rc(iioi>at lafij
Jfrael.
at:dfo thou fhult inh.ti;it the praifcs ofa/lt/.y true
V. d. But I am a y^'orm and no man : namely , I nm no better
cftetmed o[ my mali^nnrt .Uver'ancs th«.n a bafe ivorme . diey
think it" I iiid be' n th^ 11 ^nu Aieffi.-.h, that I would never have liv:d
fo puoi .1 iilc, nyr di;d lo bale a death, //w.^ 5.2.
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