Psalms 122

God for Israel's idolatry, suffered their army to be routed, their priests slain, the ark taken captive, and we never read that the ark returned to Shiloh any more. Jerusalem was the most famous metropolis of the world: There was the temple (Psalm 122:4). Where the tribes go up,…

Desire is the wing of the soul, which sets it flying: hasten after ordinances; they are Pabulum Animae, the food of the soul; fly to them with appetite; get the serpent's wing. (Psalm 122:1) Come, let us go up to the house of the Lord. We know not how long we shall enjoy the ble…

Quest. 52. Wherein consists the duty of any Church of Christ towards other Churches? Answ. (1) In walking circumspectly, so as to give them no offence. (2) In prayer for their peace and prosperity. (3) In communicating supplyes to their wants according to ability. (4) In receivi…

2. Forasmuch as the kingdom of grace is erected in God's church here upon earth, in this petition we are commanded to pray for the Church of God, and the parts thereof. Psalm 122:6: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you. Isaiah 62:7: You which are the…

I begin with the matter, or blessings prayed for: it will not be altogether unuseful to observe that diversity which is used in salutations. In the Old Testament peace was usually wished without any mention of grace; as (Psalms 122:8) For my brethrens and companions sake I will…

If joining in Covenant be that which makes a company to become a Church, then taking hold of that Covenant is requisite to make a particular person become a member of the Church: But the first is true, as has been showed before; therefore the second is true also. If compacting a…

2. Forasmuch as the kingdom of grace is erected in God's church here upon earth, here in this petition we are commanded to pray for the church of God and the parts thereof. Psalm 122:6: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love you." Isaiah 62:7: "You which…

And in that great out-pouring of the Spirit that was in the days of the Apostles, which was attended with such glorious effects among Jews and Gentiles, the Spirit came down first on those that were engaged in united earnest prayer for it. A special blessing is promised to them…

And translated into English by R. V. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love you. Psalm 122.6. AT LONDON, Printed by Thomas Purfoote, and are to be sold at his shop over against Saint Sepulcher's Church.

For as the balance puts no difference between gold and lead, but gives an equal or unequal weight to them both, not giving a greater weight to the gold for the excellence of the metal, because it is gold, nor a lesser to the lead for the baseness of it, because it is lead: so th…

“De discerner entre ladrerie et ladrerie;” — “of distinguishing between leprosy and leprosy.” Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44. For a testimony to them Some consider testimony to mean here a law or statute, as it is said in the Book of Psalms, God laid down this “for a testimony to Israel…

But so has God contrived in the affair of our redemption, that a divine Person may be the object even of this inclination of our nature. And in order to this, such a one has come down to us and has taken our nature and become one of us, and calls himself our Friend, Brother, and…

Continual prayer for the prosperous state of the Church, in God's protection towards it. (Psalm 122:6) Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love you. (Philippians 1:4) Always in every prayer of mine for you all, making request with joy, ver. 5. For your fello…

About the derivation and precise significations of the word, we have no need to contend. Most learned men look upon it as derived from [in non-Latin alphabet], to be quiet, safe, happy, prosperous, from where also is [in non-Latin alphabet] (Psalms 122) safety, peace, prosperity…

It's called so, 1. For its order and government, so the Church is as a city, that has watchmen and laws. 2. For its unity; it's one commonwealth and incorporation (Ephesians 2:12). This Jerusalem is a city compacted together (Psalm 122:3). 3. For its privileges, whereof all beli…

2. She is comely as Jerusalem: this was the head city of Judah, beautiful for situation, and the joy of the whole earth (Psalm 48:2), but most beautiful for the ordinances and worship of God, which were there; therefore glorious things are spoken of it, more than anything that w…

The second part of the verse, namely the commendation he gives her, is insinuated in these words, "The companions hearken to your voice." By companions here, are understood particular believers, members of the Church, called also brethren and companions (Psalm 122:8), and the br…

And as the body shall be one, so the members shall be in beautiful proportion to each other. There shall that be verified in Psalm 122:3. "Jerusalem is built as a city, that is compact together."

2. Men can refuse to come and partake of Ordinances and to be Baptized, as the Pharisees do (Luke 7:29, 30), and so reject the counsel of God; and refusing to be among the golden Candlesticks, and the Assembly of his Saints, comes near to trampling on the blood of the Covenant,…

If God first, before we stir and bow our souls, as ethical, moral, knowing, and considering causes, must move, stir and determine our souls to good, then are all influences of grace above our reach absolutely, and then farewell free-will; there is no necessity of the one connexi…

- 2. By Endeavors. 1. By Prayers when things are otherwise irremediable, here is the last refuge, (Psalm 122:6) Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love it: if you love it that's the least you can do to mourn over the matter to God, indeed sometimes it is al…

Enemies without threaten only the evil of pain; they can but kill the body, and no great hurt in that to a child of God, if they do not provoke the enemies within, our own irregular passions, which if they be not kept under, plunge us in the evil of sin, and that is the much gre…

And thus we may take it here, for all kind of peace, yes, and for all other blessings, but especially that spiritual peace, which is the proper fruit of grace, and does so intrinsically flow from it. We may and ought to wish to the Church of God outward blessings, and particular…

That wherever the Gospel is by any Nation owned, received, embraced, it is the blessing, benefit, prosperity and advantage of that Nation. They that love Zion shall prosper (Psalms 122:6). Godliness has the promise of this life, and is profitable to all (1 Timothy 4:8).

The saints have had experience of the power of it, and therefore delight in it. I was glad when they said, Come, and let us go up to the house of the Lord (Psalm 122:1). You should be glad of these occasions of hearing, not as with the minstrel, to please the ear, but to warm th…

They find more solid joy in living holily, than in all the pleasure of sin, and vanity of the world; therefore they cheerfully practice that which God requires of them. 2. They are full of joy and gladness in all their approaches to God (Psalm 122:1). I was glad when they said t…

2. For the situation of his palace; it was in Jerusalem, the princess and paragon of the earth. Jerusalem for its renown, was called the city of God; it was the most famous metropolis in the world, Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord (Psalm 122:4). 3. For wealth; his…

Secondly, the sense and meaning of this place from verse 3 to the 13 is that inferior Courts and Assemblies in cases too hard and difficult for them, are commanded to go higher to some superior Court and Assembly, as those words clearly show, you shall arise, and get you up into…

Answ. You speakest like one of the foolish world, and shewest your self a meer stranger to the Christians life that speakest thus: a burden to exercise grace? why? it is no burden to exercise the acts of nature, to eat, to drink, to walk, all delightful to us in our right temper…

There is a heaven in the bosom of prayer, though there were never a granting of the suit, sure there is a sin in making heaven a hire, and in making duty a relative thing, a horse for a journey, a ship for a voyage to fetch home gold, whereas there is heaven in praising God befo…

And hence it is usually applied to the Church of God; sometimes to the militant, [illegible] 26: "Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all;" sometimes to the triumphant (Hebrews 12:22): "You are come to the heavenly Jerusalem." And in the former of these r…

5. These happy times are to be ushered in by prayer. God is well pleased in our praying for them (Psalm 122:6): Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love you. And he has told us, that such a spirit shall be preparatory to that happy day, and help to bring it…

Here the divine light and glory had long shone. Here was the sacred Shechinah, the dwelling place of the Most High, the symbols of his presence, the seat of worship, the Mercy Seat, the place of receiving addresses, and of dispensing favors: The House of Prayer for all nations:…

The Ordinances are a Gospel market, and those that hunger and thirst after righteousness, will not for every slight occasion stay away. I was glad when they said, come let us go up to the house of the Lord, Psalm 122:1. You that are glad when the Devil helps you with an excuse t…

And thus David uses many general imprecations, as Let them be confounded which transgress without cause. Let them all be confounded that hate Zion, etc. (Psalm 25:3; Psalm 122:5). 2. Conditionally, as when we observe any to persist obstinately in persecuting the saints, and supp…

(2) Because, it is the duty of the civil magistrate being born within the church, to take care that peace and unity be preserved and kept in the Church: that the truth and Word of God, be entirely, and soundly preached and obeyed: that blasphemies and heresies be kept under and…