Psalms 2

Name is put here for person; to that holy thing Jesus, to the scepter of that divine person every knee shall bow. Bowing is put for subjection; all must be subdued to him as sons or captives, submit to him as to their Lord or Judge: Kiss the Son (Psalm 2:12), with a kiss of love…

Resp. Not by usurpation, but legally: Christ holds his crown by immediate tenure from Heaven. God the Father has decreed him to be King (Psalm 2:5-6), I have set my king upon my holy hill; I will declare the decree. God has anointed and sealed him to his regal office (John 6:27)…

God is a Spirit, invisible, how can the wicked with all their forces hurt him, when they cannot see him? Hence all the attempts of the wicked against God are foolish, and prove abortive (Psalm 2:3-4). The kings of the earth set themselves against the Lord, and against his Anoint…

2. As he partakes of the Godhead: he is of infinite prudence to understand all causes brought before him: and of infinite power to execute offenders. He is described with seven eyes (Zechariah 3:9), to denote his prudence; and a rod of iron (Psalm 2:9), to denote his power. He i…

That stone cut out of the mountains without hands, which smote the image (Daniel 2:34), was an emblem (says Austin) of Christ's monarchical power conquering and triumphing over his enemies. If we are on God's side we are on the strongest side; he can with a word destroy his enem…

Christ himself, as man, obeyed God the Father (John 4:34), much more than must we (Deuteronomy 27:10). 2. Obey God the Son (Psalm 2:12). Kiss the Son lest he be angry.

The Jews expected a monarch for their Messiah; but Christ came not with outward pomp and splendor; his kingdom was not of this world: the stars which are seated in the lightest orbs are least seen; Christ who was the bright Morning Star was not much seen, his divinity was hid in…

At present it suffices for the satisfaction and confirmation of our faith, that the distinctions named are clearly revealed in the Scripture, and are proposed to be its proper object in this matter. Psalm 2:7: You are my Son, this day have I begotten you. Matthew 16:16: You are…

So that faith and unbelief are rooted in the Will: hence we shall find that Christ layes the blame of mens not believing in him upon their Wills (John 5:40). "You will not come to me that you may have life": thus also the Scripture is frequently expressing the work of faith, by…

Knowing, they carry not the sword for nothing, but for the punishment of them that do evil, and for the praise, and defense of them that do well. Lastly, the wondrous power of the Spirit of grace, in enlightening dark minds with the knowledge of his truth; and scattering the kno…

The Lord said to my Lord: and the Oath of God is nothing but the solemn eternal unchangeable decree and purpose of his Will, under an especial way of Declaration. So the same Act and Counsel of God's Will is called his Decree (Psalm 2:7). Therefore when God will so far unveil a…

With respect hereunto he acted of old as the Angel of the Covenant with express prayers for the Church (Zechariah 1:12, 13). So the command given him to intercede by the way of petition, request or prayer (Psalm 2:8), "Ask of me," respects his state of exaltation at the right ha…

1. Jesus Christ is a King: as he is a Prophet and a Priest, so he is a King. Psalm 2:6. Acts 17:7. 1 Timothy 6:14, 15. 1 Corinthians 15:25. He is the blessed and only potentate, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and he must reign: and let his Kingdom come.

Psalm 115:3. Our God is in heaven and does whatever he will. Psalm 2:4. He that dwells in heaven shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall have them in derision. Isaiah says (Isaiah 66:2): Thus says the Lord, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.

Thus Paul speaking of Christ says, that he was declared mightily to be the Son of God touching the spirit of sanctification by the resurrection from the dead (Romans 1:4). And by the mouth of David God said, "You are my Son, this day I have begotten you" (Psalm 2:7). Which place…

Men cannot endure that two things should be despised, their anger or their kindness: Nebuchadnezzar, when he thought his anger despised, he bids them heat the furnace seven times hotter; and David, when he thought his kindness despised, threatened to cut off from Nabal every one…

The Hebrew Jachad is used in the same sense, (Ezra 4:3) We ourselves together will build; they mean not they will all build in the like fashion, or in the same manner, but that they will build all of them together, one as well as another. So (Psalm 2:2) The rulers take counsel t…

We give you thanks, O Lord God almighty, because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned. And where there is a resistance of this glory of Christ, it is a natural effect of that decree whereby Christ is constituted King, that the resisters should be broken in pi…

Our God is in heaven and does whatever he will. He that dwells in heaven shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall have them in derision (Psalm 2:4). Esay says (66:2), "Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool."

It is natural and reasonable to suppose, that the whole world should finally be given to Christ, as one whose right it is to reign, as the proper heir of him, who is originally the King of all nations, and the Possessor of heaven and earth. And the Scripture teaches us, that God…

And to find God is to obtain and secure the aid thus sought, and to experience His most holy majesty as propitious and benevolent." In reply: to take refuge in the faith of God is to trust in God; those who do this are blessed (Psalms 2:12); to seek the aid of God's grace includ…

For the kiss was indeed a pledge and sign of religious worship. So the Psalmist (Psalm 2:12), in Hebrew, "Kiss the Son" — that is, worship with religious reverence. The LXX (Septuagint) corrupts the sense of the passage, rendering the words as "Lay hold of instruction," and the…

Nor, as we have said, does Cohenim, when that word is transferred to the civil sphere, ever signify kings or those endowed with supreme power, but only those who occupy secondary or tertiary positions — the kind of minor prince that the Jews are unwilling to admit their Messiah…

The first title is added to note his great power, to do what he will, so that being persuaded in the first property of his readiness to punish, and in the second of his readiness to reward. And first, in this of his power we need not to doubt at all, and such use we should make…

And yet this that Christ calls for, is, even as if the physician should say to his dying patient, "I will be satisfied greatly, if you will take this potion that is for your recovery, health, and cure, and I will not be content if you take it not, though the ingredients stand my…

Secondly, it is comfortable to God's people, as to their own particular case; corruption is a strong, and formidable enemy, the Devil is a restless enemy, and goes about like a roaring lion seeking whom He may devour; the world is a deceitful, ensnaring enemy, and does often, in…

Again, if you look to promises of public mercies, as that He shall have a church in the world, and that she shall be continued and preserved, etc. These promises shall certainly be performed, as that (Psalm 2:6), "I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion, ask of me, and I wi…

Fourthly, consider the expressions under which He sets out His being affected, (to say so,) with this sin; He was so affected with it (Mark 3:5) that it's said, He was grieved for their unbelief, He had many sorrows and griefs, and suffered many things, but this grieved Him in s…

(John 17:5) Father, glorify me, with the glory which I had with you before the world was. Christ will have his spouse, though his by conquest, and the law of buying, and ransom, made over to him by a De novo damus (Psalm 2:8): Ask of me, (pray to me) and I will give you the heat…

Now there must be a condition in this Royal charter, in Christ's Magna Charta, nothing can be done, even when Christ goes up to a mountain, and lifts up his Royal Ensign, and Standard of love, and cries, all mine, come here; and when the people flock in about him, except free wi…

(Psalm 65:2) O you that hears prayer, to you shall all flesh come — a figure there must be in the word flesh; and if there be no figure in the particle [illegible], then must all flesh, and all Adam's sons put up prayers to God, contrary to experience, and to Scripture (Psalm 14…

Likewise when he hung upon the cross, his words to God are recorded, Psalm 22:1: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' In like manner when he rose again, God's words used then to him are recorded: 'You are my Son; this day have I begotten you' (Psalm 2), which place is exp…

Therefore though Christ in his dispensation of all to us downward carries it as a king, as one having all power to justify and condemn (as has been shown), yet upward toward God he carries it as a priest who must still intercede to do all that which he has power to do as a king.…

Do you find that the Lord has worked a spirit of fear in your heart, so as that you walk awfully before him, and in the fear of his name go about every duty, and in his fear depend upon him, and endeavor to approve yourself before him? Truly he will assuredly fulfill the desires…

God sent his Church, and kept it there seventy years among them, that some of them at least might embrace the salvation of God, but she would not be healed; we have used the best means we could to heal her, but it will not be, she will not be healed of us, and therefore let us b…

This is the first combination of graces that is found in the soul after sin is pardoned, and the heart restored to a new life, for we spoke before of prizing Christ in our judgments, by certain preparative graces, but now we speak of that kind of life of sanctification, which pu…

God has appointed another order, that the cross, should go before the crown (Romans 8:17), if so be that we suffer with him that we may be glorified together. 2. From the Libertinism and yokelessness of our natures, and that spirit of unsubjection, which is so natural to us (Rom…

This is a vain boast of the tempter, who ascribes to himself that which was proper to God, and promises to Christ those things, which were all his before. God had said (Psalm 2:8): Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the ea…

So for our improvement of his Kingly Office, which respects duties and privileges; our duty with respect to the Kingly Office is subjection. Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and you perish in the mid-way (Psalm 2:12). Because Christ Jesus is the Son of God, he should be submitted…

The soul and life of our worship and godliness lies in our faith, love, reverence, and delight in God above all other things: the visible expression of it is in invocation, thanksgiving, prayers and sacraments, and other acts of outward worship. Now it is not enough, that we own…

We can hardly keep the middle between the extremes, our faith is apt to degenerate into presumption, and our humility into despondency of spirit, and our fear into discouragement and distrust. So hard a matter is it to serve the Lord with fear, and to rejoice with trembling, (Ps…

Therefore, O you mockers, although God defers his punishment for a season, yet when he sees the time he will find you out, and will punish this contempt of his word and bitter hatred which you bear against his ministers. Therefore you deceive not God but yourselves, and you shal…

The Apostle fittingly distinguishes this grace and peace from all other kinds of grace and peace whatever. He wishes to the Galatians grace and peace, not from the Emperor, or kings and princes: for these do commonly persecute the godly and rise up against the Lord and Christ hi…

But these things followed through the fault of the people, the nations, the Kings & Princes, who being possessed of the Devil, would not hearken to the word of grace, life, and eternal salvation: but detested and condemned it as a doctrine most pernicious and hurtful to religion…

Have I then labored and borne the burden and heat of the day in vain? Hereof rise those uproars of nations, of Kings and Princes, against the Lord and against his Christ (Psalm 2:2). For the world neither will nor can suffer that his wisdom, righteousness, religions and worshipp…

The second point is, that Paul must preach to the Gentiles. There be two causes of it: one, that the prophecies of the calling of the Gentiles might be fulfilled (Psalm 2 and 110; Isaiah 2). The second, because at the death of Christ the division which was between the Jews and G…

The paschal lamb was eaten with sour herbs, to signify, that we feel no sweetness in the blood of Christ, till we feel the smart of our sins. We here must rejoice in trembling (Psalm 2:11). Joy is sown for them that are upright in heart (Psalm 97:12).

And the sense is this: they did evil, which turned you forth of the way, and you have done evil that you obeyed not the truth. The like is (Psalm 2:1), Why do the heathen rage? That is, it is great wickedness for them to rage.

Further, in that all the faithful are called a household and a family, this teaches us, that as we have one bed and one board, one bread to feed upon, and one cup of which all drink: so we should have one mind and one heart, we should cleave together, and hold together: for if t…

For no man takes this honor to himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron (Hebrews 5:4-5). So Christ took not upon himself the office of the high Priest, but he which advanced him to it, said, You are my son, this day have I begotten you (Psalm 2:7). Moreover, the Proph…