Psalms 147

2. Political, peace in the state. Peace is the nurse of plenty (Psalm 147:14): He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat. How pleasant is it when the waters of blood begin to assuage, and we can see the windows of our ark open, and the dove retur…

Use 1. Here we may take notice of God's goodness, who has not left us without a Law. Therefore the Lord does often set it down as a demonstration of his love, in giving his Commandments (Psalm 147:20). He has not dealt so with any nation, and as for his judgments they have not k…

He will bless us first in our estate (Deuteronomy 28:4-5): Blessed shall be the fruit of your ground, blessed shall be your basket and your store: We shall not only have our sack full of corn, but it shall be blessed: Here is money in the mouth of the sack. 2. He will bless us w…

Were God all justice, it might frighten us from him, but his mercy may be a loadstone to draw us to him. Use 2, Branch 1: Hope in God's mercies (Psalm 147:11). The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and hope in his mercy.

(Psalm 10:11). God has forgotten, he hides his face, he will never see it. But (Psalm 147:5). His understanding is infinite. He has a grate (Crates) that looks into men's breasts: he has a key for the heart, he beholds all the sinful workings of men's spirits: As in a glass hive…

Use 1. See the wonderful goodness of God, who besides the light of nature, has committed to us the sacred Scriptures. The heathens are enveloped with ignorance (Psalm 147:20). As for his judgments, they have not known them.

Beg God's Holy Spirit. Psalm 147:18: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow. When the wind of God's Spirit blows upon us, then the waters of repentant tears will flow from us.

That among all virgins that were brought before the king, that Esther should find favor in the eyes of the king, was not without God's special Providence; for by this means the Lord saved the Jews alive that were destined to destruction. Providence reaches to the least of things…

Riches are the gift of God (2 Chronicles 1:12). I will give you riches; peace is the gift of God (Psalms 147:14). He makes peace in your borders; health, which is the cream of life, is the gift of God (Jeremiah 30:17).

So in the Revelation the twenty-four elders fall down before him, and say, You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor, and power: giving this reason, for you have created all things, and for your will's sake they are and have been created (Revelation 4:11). Read the Psal…

And frequently in the Song, as in chapter 2 and 6, He is said to feed among the lilies; there is all the entertainment that He gets in the world, He feasts only on the fruits of His own Spirit in them that welcome Him. I shall name but one place more, and that is Psalm 147:10-11…

But then the question is, whether these means be the preaching of the Gospel, or of the same God revealed as Creator, by the Sun, Moon, and Stars, who is revealed in the Gospel, and salvation by him. Now the Sun, and Stars, and heaven declare the glory of God, and sound forth hi…

3. Rather I think it is taken for his providential word, or commanded blessing: for as God made all things by his word, so he upholds all things by the word of his power (Hebrews 1:3). His powerful word does all in the world (Psalm 147:15): "He sends forth his commandment on the…

Likewise then as Agar the bondmaid brought forth to Abraham a son, and yet not an heir but a servant, so Sinai the allegorical Agar, brought forth to God a son, that is to say, a carnal people. Again, as Ishmael was the true son of Abraham, so the people of Israel had the true G…

But he will afflict you that so you may be humbled, and know that you have need of mercy, and the benefit of Christ. This holding in prison then under the law, must not always endure, but must only continue to the coming or revealing of Faith: which this sweet verse of Psalm 147…

Answer: Here the Jews are opposed to sinners of the Gentiles: and therefore by the Jews, are meant a holy, and peculiar people. The distinction therefore lies in this, that the one was holy, the other profane: the one in the covenant, the other out of the covenant (Romans 9:4-5;…

For before, the grace of God was shut up as it were in Israel, in regard that the Lord had made a covenant with this people only, and had spread out his cord upon Jacob; as Moses speaks (Deuteronomy 32:9). And David says, God has not dealt so with every nation, neither had they…

But it is far otherwise with God: he has always his soldiers at a beck, indeed by number — that is to say, he knows the count of them, so as none absents himself. He calls them all by their names.] This sentence is in so many words contained in Psalm 147. Some expound it as if G…

These are no needless repetitions therefore, but were of necessity to be added for the sustentation of the weak, that that which otherwise was incredible, might be assuredly confirmed to them. Who gathers &c.] Isaiah gives God this title in regard of the circumstance of the matt…

He adds round about, that they might certainly know the people should not come from one nation alone, but from all parts, to be knit together into one body. Neither does he alone promise an end, and a remedy to the scattering which was to come, as in (Psalm 147:2) and (chapter 5…

Behold the Eye of the Lord is upon them that Fear him, upon them that Hope in his Mercy. Psalm 147. 11. The Lord taketh Pleasure in them that Fear him, in those that Hope in his Mercy.

Therefore if we aim at the having our spirits placed and settled in the secret of the divine presence, entertained with the delights of it; if we would know and have the sensible proof of that religion which is all life and power, and consequently sweetness and pleasure; our dir…

And first, Labour to work into your hearts a deep and fixed sense of the infinite wisdom of God, and your own folly and ignorance. This will make resignation easie to you: whatsoever the Lord does is by counsel, Ephesians 1:11 his understanding is infinite, Psalm 147:5 his thoug…

The first is, verse 11: Rise (says he) and come away; for there is no hazard now to travel this journey, because what might scare you is done away, the winter-cold and storm is past; and the rain that makes rivers impassable, and journeys dangerous and wearisome (therefore, it's…

1. A man's way in the series of his carriage and deportment, as ordinarily his life is called a walk: so, (Ecclesiastes 5:1) Take heed to your feet, that is, to your carriage; hence the iniquities of the heels are spoken of (Psalm 49:5) to set out men's defects, that cleave to t…

If taken passively, he is gone down to feed, that is, that himself may eat, and it is the same with what was, (Song of Solomon 5:1) I have come to my garden, I have eaten, etc. and the scope in both, looks to be the same. So the meaning of the similitude is, that as men have the…

It is excellently paraphrased by Mr. Patrick, God and yourself (my soul) enjoy; in quiet rest, freed from your fears. It is said (Psalm 147:6) that the Lord lifts up the meek; As far as their meekness reigns, they are lifted up above the stormy region, and fixed in a sphere perp…

He sings to his church, a vineyard of red wine. I the Lord do keep it (Isaiah 27:3; Psalm 147:11; 149:4). There is rest, and complacency in his love.

So, (Matthew 6:33) Seek first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added to you. 3. These things are dispensed to inferior, indeed, to the worst of his creatures; (Psalm 147:9) He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.…

17. The Lord is much pleased with such as Fear him. Psalm 147:11. The Lord takes pleasure in them that Fear him.

So when we suffer some loss from barrenness, we are reminded of our sins; but if the weather is fair, we have a most abundant testimony of divine blessing and of his perpetual providence, by which he alone governs the weather as he wills. And in this sense Scripture says in Psal…

Certainly the Law as a rule is a very great privilege; and surely Christ did not come to lessen or abolish the privileges of his people (Deuteronomy 4:4): "There is no nation that has such statutes." (Psalm 147:20): "He has made known his statutes to Israel," was their prerogati…

1. Press God about this, not only to grant his word to the Church, but to grant it to you, to your persons; To reveal his Son in me (Galatians 1:16). There is a general benefit, He has shown his word to Jacob, and his statutes to Israel (Psalm 147:19). And there is a particular…

To remember his gracious word, and all the passages of his providence; is this burdensome to us? (Psalm 147:1) Praise the Lord, for it is pleasant. And (Psalm 135:3) Sing praises to his name for it is pleasant.

And again (Job 37:41): He feeds the young ravens when they cry and wander for lack of meat. And (Psalm 147:9): He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. Why is the raven made such an instance of providence above other fowls, or other living creatures, so…

2. Those that would strongly believe the promises, but weakly believe that part of the Word that requires their duty from them: all for privileges, seldom reflect upon their own qualification: it is a good temper when both go together; (Psalm 119:166) I have hoped for your salva…

Upon all things and all persons he bestows many common blessings, as natural life, being, health, wealth, beauty, strength, and supplies necessary for them. There is none of God's creatures but taste of his bounty, and have sufficient proof that a good God made them, and preserv…

Secondly, the reason is, because I hoped in your Word; and there compare this with the first clause: God's children are described to be those that fear God, and David is described to be one that hopes in his Word, both together make up a good character and description of the Lor…

(Psalm 119:166) I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments. (Psalm 147:11) The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. And (Psalm 33:18) Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy.

Learn of the fowls of the air, and lilies of the field, to trust God, etc. They teach man to pray, or call upon man to call upon God; for they cry to God, they observe their morning prayer before they break their fast (as I may speak) — the ravens forget it not (Psalm 147:9). He…

"To them belong the adoption, and the glory and the covenant, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises" (Romans 9:4). "He has not dealt so with other nations, neither have the heathen the knowledge of his ways" (Psalm 147:20). They who never heard of […

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Political plants thrive best in the sunshine of peace. Psalm 147:14: he makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest of the wheat. Omnia pace vigent.

He it is who puts virtue into medicine and makes it healing. And he is a physician for the soul (Psalm 147:3): he heals the brokenhearted. We are all as so many helpless, diseased persons.

And the Gospel is no favor to them that they are within the net, and in the office house of Grace the Visible Church, where the word is Preached to children, who are to be taught (Genesis 18:19, Deuteronomy 6:7, Exodus 12:26-27, Psalm 78:1-7, 2 Timothy 3:15). And the Lord reckon…

Though this be spoken to all the covenanted people of God, yet are infants cast out of the bosom of a Covenant Father and God? (5.) Infants are debarred from Covenant-calling and gathering in under the wings of Christ: contrary to Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 23:37, Psalm 147:19-20…

And are we not to believe that God will write his law in the hearts of Cain, Pharaoh, Saul, Doeg, Ahab, Judas, Magus, and of Moabites, Ammonites, Egyptians, and of all and every one of mankind, if they be in covenant with him? Contrary to Psalm 147:19-20; Hosea 8:12; Exodus 20:1…

But that none in Egypt, Assyria, of all the called Gentiles, though visibly and professedly in covenant, and affirmed by the mouth of the Lord to be his people, the sister of the Jewish church, and his kingdoms, are members of the visible church, or has right to membership and s…

Such are expectants of grace and glory; to such the marriage table is covered — eat if they will. But the parties contractors of the covenant in the latter respect are, as in (Jeremiah 31; Hebrews 8), only the house of Judah, the taught of God, the people in whose heart the law…