1. He hath put a stop to Judgments; Psal. 99. 6, 7, 8. Moses and Aaron among the priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his Name. They called upon the Lord, and he answered them; he spake unto them in the cloudy pillar, they kept his testimonies and the ordinance that he gave them. Thou answerest them, Oh Lord our God, thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest Vengeance of their Inventions. The drift of the Psalmist in this place, is to show by eminent Instances of Holy Men that were most notable ⟨p. 46⟩for Prayer, how they have stopped Judgments when they begun to be executed. Moses, at his Prayer God was propitiated, after the provocation of the Golden Calf; for it is said, Exod. 32. 11. Moses besought the Lord his God. Verse 14. The Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do. The second, Aaron's making an Atonement for the People whereby the Plague was staid; Numb. 16. 46. Take a Censer quickly, for wrath is begun. And Verse 48. presently the Plague was staid; upon Samuel's prayer the Philistines were discomfited when they were over-running Israel, 1 Sam. 7. 5. with 9, 10. ver. With every one of these God was pleased to talk and commune as a Friend; such Honour was God pleased to put on these his Faithful Servants, and when the people had provoked God, and Gods wrath was already gone out against them for their crying sins, their prayers were so effectual as to divert the plagues and obtain Remission.
1. He hath put a stop to Judgments; Psal. 99. 6, 7, 8. Moses and Aaron among the priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his Name. They called upon the Lord, and he answered them; he spake unto them in the cloudy pillar, they kept his testimonies and the ordinance that he gave them. Thou answerest them, Oh Lord our God, thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest Vengeance of their Inventions. The drift of the Psalmist in this place, is to shew by eminent Instances of Holy Men that were most notable ⟨p. 46⟩for Prayer, how they have stopped Judgments when they begun to be executed. Moses, at his Prayer God was propitiated, after the provocation of the Golden Calf; for it is said, Exod. 32. 11. Moses besought the Lord his God. Verse 14. The Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do. The second, Aarons making an Atonement for the People whereby the Plague was staid; Numb. 16. 46. Take a Censer quickly, for wrath is begun. And Verse 48. presently the Plague was staid; upon Samuels prayer the Philistines were discomfited when they were over-running Israel, 1 Sam. 7. 5. with 9, 10. ver. With every one of these God was pleased to talk and commune as a Friend; such Honour was God pleased to put on these his Faithful Servants, and when the people had provoked God, and Gods wrath was already gone out against them for their crying sins, their prayers were so effectual as to divert the plagues and obtain Remission.
