Yes, as David passed thro' many Circumstances which were Typical of the Promised Redeemer, so the Holy SPIRIT of GOD inclined him to write many things, in which the Circumstances of the Promised Redeemer were much more exhibited than his own. Christian, In thy spiritual Songs, which are Fat things full of Marrow, be still Inquisitive, What is there of a Glorious CHRIST, which I am now led unto the Contemplation of? Getting a Taste of That, thou hast the very Marrow of them. Not only the II, the VI, the VIII, the XVI, the XVIII, the XXII, the XXXIV, the XXXV, the XXXVIII, the XL, the XLI, the XLV, the XLVII, the L, the LV, the LVI, the LVII, the LXI, the LXIII, the LXVI, the LXVIII, the LXIX, the LXXI, the LXXII, the LXXV, the LXXXV, the LXXXVI, the LXXXVIII, the LXXXIX, the XCI, the XCVI, the XCVII, the XCVIII, the CI, the CIX, the CX, the CXVI, the CXVIII, the CXXXII, the CXXXIX, the CXL, the CXLI, the CXLII, the CXLIII, the CXLV, the CXLIX Psalms, have a CHRIST sensibly filling of them; a CHRIST Evidently in them, set before our Eyes: But a Folengius was right in saying, Totius Voluminis Psalmorum Argumentum CHRISTUS; A Glorious CHRIST is the Sum and Soul of them all; The Person, the Natures, the Virtues, the Humiliation, the Exaltation, the Extensive Kingdom, and the Admirable Glories of our SAVIOUR, are in the Psalms, every where sparkling, like the Stones of Fire, with which the Rock is brightened. It has been the Conjecture of some Learned Men, that some of the Songs among the Ancient Grecians, did in reality celebrate the Achievements of Joshua, with Traditions which Cadmus the Phoenician, left among them. 'Tis very sure, That our spiritual Songs do every where celebrate the Perfections and the Performances of our wonderful JESUS; and when we find HIM in them, we have then found the very Kernel of them: We are then Fed with the Finest of the Wheat, and satisfied with Honey ⟨p. 19⟩out of the Rock. O Believer, Sing the Graces, the Actions, the Sufferings and the Grandeurs of thy Incomparable SAVIOUR; Yea, get as far as thou canst into the Sentiments, that may somewhat resemble those, which the Prophetic Spirit here assigns unto thy SAVIOUR, in the Time of His Working out thy Salvation for thee; And then, become able, with an Holy Triumph of Soul, to say, O my SAVIOUR, Thou knowest all things, Thou knowest that I Love thee; and that I love to Sing thy Praises.
Yes, as David passed thro' many Circumstances which were Typical of the Promised Redeemer, so the Holy SPIRIT of GOD inclined him to write many things, in which the Circumstances of the Promised Redeemer were much more exhibited than his own. Christian, In thy spiritual Songs, which are Fat things full of Marrow, be still Inquisitive, What is there of a Glorious CHRIST, which I am now led unto the Contemplation of? Getting a Taste of That, thou hast the very Marrow of them. Not only the II, the VI, the VIII, the XVI, the XVIII, the XXII, the XXXIV, the XXXV, the XXXVIII, the XL, the XLI, the XLV, the XLVII, the L, the LV, the LVI, the LVII, the LXI, the LXIII, the LXVI, the LXVIII, the LXIX, the LXXI, the LXXII, the LXXV, the LXXXV, the LXXXVI, the LXXXVIII, the LXXXIX, the XCI, the XCVI, the XCVII, the XCVIII, the CI, the CIX, the CX, the CXVI, the CXVIII, the CXXXII, the CXXXIX, the CXL, the CXLI, the CXLII, the CXLIII, the CXLV, the CXLIX Psalms, have a CHRIST sensibly filling of them; a CHRIST Evidently in them, set before our Eyes: But a Folengius was right in saying, Totius Voluminis Psalmorum Argumentum CHRISTUS; A Glorious CHRIST is the Sum and Soul of them all; The Person, the Natures, the Vertues, the Humiliation, the Exaltation, the Extensive Kingdom, and the Admirable Glories of our SAVIOUR, are in the Psalms, every where sparkling, like the Stones of Fire, with which the Rock is brightned. It has been the Conjecture of some Learned Men, that some of the Songs among the Ancient Grecians, did in reality celebrate the Atchievements of Joshua, with Traditions which Cadmus the Pluenician, left among them. 'Tis very sure, That our spiritual Songs do every where celebrate the Perfections and the Performances of our wonderful JESUS; and when we find HIM in them, we have then found the very Kernel of them: We are then Fed with the Finest of the Wheat, and satisfied with Honey ⟨p. 19⟩out of the Rock. O Believer, Sing the Graces, the Actions, the Sufferings and the Grandeurs of thy Incomparable SAVIOUR; Yea, get as far as thou canst into the Sentiments, that may somewhat resemble those, which the Prophetic Spirit here assigns unto thy SAVIOUR, in the Time of His Working out thy Salvation for thee; And then, become able, with an Holy Triumph of Soul, to say, O my SAVIOUR, Thou knowest all things, Thou knowest that I Love thee; and that I love to Sing thy Praises.
