The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…

David is styled by some Ancients, The Divine Orpheus, by whose music the wild beasts, evil men, may be made tame: and certainly his material Harp was not more efficacious to drive out Sauls evil spirit, then his Psalms are sanctified means to expel all corrupt affections in us. And although all Scripture be equally excellent in respect of the Author, yea, and of the matter absolutely considered, yet in respect of us, our direction or consolation by reason of our present estate, one place of Scripture may be preferred before another: in which sense Junius interprets those Psalms, that have their inscription, A Psalm of Degrees, A Psalm of Excellencies, as the Hebrew word will bear it. Now this Psalm I am upon, may justly be so styled, because it hath a peculiar usefulness to those who are exercised about ⟨p. 213⟩the guilt of sin; for here we have David like an anatomy, opened, that we may be instructed. Hence the title of the Psalm is Maschil, which is as much as giving instruction, and it is observed by Commentators, this is prefixed commonly to those Psalms that have some choice, eminent Doctrine, especially about afflictions, as this hath, about Davids guilt and trouble under sin, and also his pardon of it.

DAvid is stiled by some Ancients, The Divine Orpheus, by whose musick the wilde beasts, evil men, may be made tame: and certainly his materiall Harp was not more efficacious to drive out Sauls evil spirit, then his Psalms are sanctified means to expell all corrupt affections in us. And although all Scripture be equally excellent in respect of the Authour, yea, and of the matter absolutely considered, yet in respect of us, our direction or consolation by reason of our present estate, one place of Scripture may be preferred before another: in which sense Junius interprets those Psalms, that have their inscription, A Psalm of Degrees, A Psalm of Excellencies, as the Hebrew word will bear it. Now this Psalm I am upon, may justly be so stiled, because it hath a peculiar usefulnesse to those who are exercised about ⟨p. 213⟩the guilt of sinne; for here we have David like an anatomy, opened, that we may be instructed. Hence the title of the Psalm is Maschil, which is as much as giving instruction, and it is observed by Commentators, this is prefixed commonly to those Psalms that have some choice, eminent Doctrine, especially about afflictions, as this hath, about Davids guilt and trouble under sin, and also his pardon of it.