A DISCOURSE UPON THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD.

A DISCOURSE UPON THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD.

Psalm 102.26, 27. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old as a Garment; as a Vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

THIS Psalm contains a Complaint of a People pressed with a great Calamity; some think of the Jewish Church in Babylon, others think the Psalmist doth here personate Mankind lying under a state of corruption, because he wishes for the coming of the Messiah, to accomplish that Redemption promised by God and needed by them. Indeed the title of the Psalm is a Prayer of the Afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord: Whether afflicted with the sense of corruption, or with the sense of oppression. And the Redemption by the Messiah, which the ancient Church looked upon as the fountain of their Deliverance from a sinful or a servile Bondage, is in this Psalm spoken of: A set time appointed for the discovery of his mercy to Zion, v. 13. An appearance in glory to build up Zion, v. 16. The loosing of the Prisoner by Redemption, and them that are appointed to Death, v. 20. The calling of the Gentiles, v. 22. And the latter part of the Psalm, wherein are the verse I have read, are applied to Christ, Heb. 1. Whatsoever the design of the Psalm might be, many things are intermingled that concern the Kingdom of the Messiah, and Redemption by Christ.

THIS Psalm contains a Complaint of a People pressed with a great Calamity; some think of the Jewish Church in Babylon, others think the Psalmist doth here personate Mankind lying under a state of corruption, because he wishes for the coming of the Messiah, to accomplish that Redemption promised by God and needed by them. Indeed the title of the Psalm is a Prayer of the Afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord: Whether afflicted with the sense of corruption, or with the sense of oppression. And the Redemption by the Messiah, which the ancient Church looked upon as the fountain of their Deliverance from a sinful or a servile Bondage, is in this Psalm spoken of: A set time appointed for the discovery of his mercy to Sion, v. 13. An appearance in glory to build up Sion, v. 16. The loosing of the Prisoner by Redemption, and them that are appointed to Death, v. 20. The calling of the Gentiles, v. 22. And the latter part of the Psalm, wherein are the verse I have read, are applied to Christ,