A plain discourse upon uprightness showing the properties and privileges of an upright man…A plain discourse upon uprightness shewing the properties and priviledges of an upright man…

This Psalm, though placed among the •rst, was penned among the last, (as the preface assures us) and is left as the Epi•me of the General history of Davids life. ⟨p. 2⟩It is twice recorded in the Scripture, (2 Sam. 22. and in this Book of Psalms) for the Excellency and Sweetness thereof; surely that we should take double notice of it.

This Psalm, though plac'd among the •rst, was penn'd among the last, (as the •reface assures us) and is left as the Epi•me of the General history of Davids life. ⟨p. 2⟩It is twice recorded in the Scripture, (2 Sam. 22. and in this Book of Psalms) for the Excellency and Sweetness thereof; surely that we should take double notice of it.

Holy David, being near the shore, here looks on his former Dangers and Deliverances with a thankful heart, and writes this Psalm to bless the Lord: As if each of you that are grown into years, should review your lives, and observe the wonderful Goodness and Providence of God, towards you; and then sit down, and write a modest Memorial of his most remarkable mercies, for the comfort of your selves and your posterity. An excellent practise: What a comfort would it be for you to read how good your God was to your Father, or Grandfather, that are dead and gone? So would your children rejoice in the Lord, upon the reading of his Goodness to you, and you cannot have a better pattern for this, than holy David who wrote this Psalm, when he was threescore and seven years old: when he had out-lived most of his troubles, and almost ready for his journey to his Father in heaven, he resolves to leave this good Report of him upon Earth.