5. There is a connex Mimesis in a Dialogism, or the Discourse of two or more;1 as Psal. 118.19, &c. which is an eminent Example of this, and is thus expounded by Junius, Parall. 1, 37. Open to me (says the godly Man) the Gates of Righteousness, being entered at them, I will praise (Jah) the Lord; to this Petition an Answer is annexed, as if the Church, who is the Mother, were teaching her Children the Causes or Ways of Salvation,— Ver. 20. This is the Gate of the Lord, into which the Righteous shall enter, viz. Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and Life. This Entrance being shown or expounded, the Godly congratulate, saying Ver. 21. I will praise thee, &c. as if they had said, When we behold this Entrance which the Lord has opened, we cannot but praise and admire the greatness of his Favour and Goodness; especially when we consider, that all good things bestowed upon Mankind, proceed from the Benignity of the Deity, tho unthought of by them. Pray therefore what is this Gate? Ver. 22. The Stone which the Builders refused, is become the *head Stone of the Corner (that is, not only the support of the Building, but what gives Entrance into it,) which, Ver. 23. is the Lord's doing, and exceeds the Capacity of humane Art, or Understanding. But when will this be? Ver. 24. This is the Day which the Lord hath made, not by constant Labour or Artifice. Therefore it is just, that we should place all our Joy and Comfort in him alone, and in an assured Confidence of our Deliverance proclaim his Glory, because he hath vouchsafed us so glorious a Redemption: Ver. 25. Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord, &c. that is, grant full Salvation to the Members of thy Church, and prosper the ways of thine Anointed, whom we celebrate with this joyful Acclamation: Ver. 26. Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord: not only in himself, or in his own Person, but transfusing Divine Benediction by the Voice of the Gospel into those who believe in his Word, saying, We have blessed you out of the House of the Lord; that is, from Heaven, or the highest Places, as the House of the Lord is frequently called in Scripture.
5. There is a connex Mimesis in a Dialogism, or the Discourse of two or more;1 as Psal. 118.19, &c. which is an eminent Example of this, and is thus expounded by Junius, Parall. 1, 37. Open to me (says the godly Man) the Gates of Righteousness, being entred at them, I will praise (Jah) the Lord; to this Petition an Answer is annexed, as if the Church, who is the Mother, were teaching her Children the Causes or Ways of Salvation,— Ver. 20. This is the Gate of the Lord, into which the Righteous shall enter, viz. Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and Life. This Entrance being shewn or expounded, the Godly congratulate, saying Ver. 21. I will praise thee, &c. as if they had said, When we behold this Entrance which the Lord has opened, we cannot but praise and admire the greatness of his Favour and Goodness; especially when we consider, that all good things bestowed upon Mankind, proceed from the Benignity of the Deity, tho unthought of by them. Pray therefore what is this Gate? Ver. 22. The Stone which the Builders refused, is become the *head Stone of the Corner (that is, not only the support of the Building, but what gives Entrance into it,) which, Ver. 23. is the Lord's doing, and exceeds the Capacity of humane Art, or Understanding. But when will this be? Ver. 24. This is the Day which the Lord hath made, not by constant Labour or Artifice. Therefore it is just, that we should place all our Joy and Comfort in him alone, and in an assured Confidence of our Deliverance proclaim his Glory, because he hath vouchsafed us so glorious a Redemption: Ver. 25. Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord, &c. that is, grant full Salvation to the Members of thy Church, and prosper the ways of thine Anointed, whom we celebrate with this joyful Acclamation: Ver. 26. Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord: not only in himself, or in his own Person, but transfusing Divine Benediction by the Voice of the Gospel into those who believe in his Word, saying, We have blessed you out of the House of the Lord; that is, from Heaven, or the highest Places, as the House of the Lord is frequently called in Scripture.
- 1Dialogism. Psal. 118.19, &c.
- *[Greek or Hebrew], Angularis, ab [Greek or Hebrew], summus▪ chief, & [Greek or Hebrew]. Angulus, a Corner.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Angularis, ab 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, summus▪ chief, & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Angulus, a Corner.
