Secondly: He is described by that he hath not, or by what he wants; And, 1or but thou art far from their reins, (i. e.) they feel not the powers and influences of that name which they so often invocate and talk of, going down to their very reins, and affecting their very hearts; so we must understand this Metaphorical expression here, as the opposition directs. For the reins having so great and sensible a sympathy with the heart, which is the seat of affections and passions, upon that account it is usual in Scripture, to put the reins for those intimate and secret affections, thoughts, and passions of the heart, with which they have so near cognation, and so sensible a sympathy. When the heart is under great consternation, the loins or reins are seized also, as Dan. 5. 6. Then that Kings Countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed. On the contrary, when the heart is ⟨p. 23⟩filled with delight and gladness, the reins are said to rejoice, Prov. 23. 16. Yea, my reins shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things, totus laetitiâ dissiliam. I shall even leap for joy. So then, when the Prophet saith, God is far from the reins of the Hypocrite, the meaning is, he feels not the heart-affecting influence and power of Religion upon his heart and affections, as Gods People do. And hence the Note will be.
Secondly: He is described by that he hath not, or by what he wants; And, 1or but thou art far from their reins, (i. e.) they feel not the powers and influences of that name which they so often invocate and talk of, going down to their very reins, and affecting their very hearts; so we must understand this Metaphorical expression here, as the opposition directs. For the reins having so great and sensible a sympathy with the heart, which is the seat of affections and passions, upon that account it is usual in Scripture, to put the reins for those intimate and secret affections, thoughts, and passions of the heart, with which they have so near cognation, and so sensible a sympathy. When the heart is under great consternation, the loins or reins are seiz'd also, as Dan. 5. 6. Then that Kings Countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joynts of his loins were loosed. On the contrary, when the heart is ⟨p. 23⟩fill'd with delight and gladness, the reins are said to rejoyce, Prov. 23. 16. Yea, my reins shall rejoyce when thy lips speak right things, totus laetitiâ dissiliam. I shall even leap for joy. So then, when the Prophet saith, God is far from the reins of the Hypocrite, the meaning is, he feels not the heart-affecting influence and power of Religion upon his heart and affections, as Gods People do. And hence the Note will be.
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