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A34992	A practical and polemical commentary or exposition on the whole fifteenth Psalm wherein the text is learnedly and fruitfully explained, some controversies discussed, sundry cases of conscience are cleared, more especially that of usurie : many common places succinctly handled ... / by Christopher Cartwright ... ; the life of the reverend and learned author is prefixed.	Cartwright, Christopher, 1602-1658.; Bolton, John, 1599-1679. Life of the author.	1658 (1658)	Wing C693; ESTC R18318	282,330	382

did almost perswade him to be a Christian I would to God ●said Paul unto him that not only thou but also all that heare me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am except these bonds Act. 26.29 As he was partaker of the benefit of Christ so he wished that all others were like unto him but not as he was a prisoner and in bonds he wished all others the good which he enjoyed but not the evil which he suffered so far was he from doing evil to his neighbour 2. This is a thing which God expressely requireth of his people Oppresse not the widdow nor the fatherless the stranger nor the poore and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in his heart Zach. 7.10 Be harmeless as doves 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Matth. 10.16 That ye may be blameless and harmeless Phil. 2.15 The word used in the two last places which is translated harmeless imports as much as without hornes it is a metaphor borrowed from horned beasts which push and hurt with their hornes To such are they compared who are injurious and harmeful unto others Many buls have compassed me saith David strong buls of Bashan have beset me round Psal 22.12 I lift up mine eyes saith Zacharie and saw and behold foure hornes And I said unto the Angel that talked with me What be these And he answered me These be the hornes which have scattered Judah Israel and Ierusalem Zach 1.18 19. The people of God therefore must be without hornes they must be harmless 3. It is required of all that they love their neighbour Owe nothing to any man but to love one another Rom. 13.8 Now they that indeed love their neighbour will be careful to doe him no harme Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13.10 4. All are enjoyned not only to love their neighbour but to love him as themselves Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Levit. 19.18 Matth. 19.19 That is every one must doe to his neighbour as he would that his neighbour should doe to him All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them for this is the law and the prophets Matth. 7.12 Now no man would that another should doe him harme and therefore neither should any doe harme to another 5. Such as desire salvation must imitate Christ and not the devil My sheep saith Christ follow me And I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish John 10.28 29. Now Christ was harmelesse Heb. 7. vers 26. He did no violence Isai 53.9 When some of his disciples were offended at the Samaritanes for refusing to entertaine them and thereupon asked him if they should call for fire from heaven to consume them alledging the example of Elias for it he rebuked them saying Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives but to save them Luke 9.54 55. On the other side the devil was a murtherer from the beginning John 8.44 Like a roaring lion he goes about seeking whom he may devoure 1 Pet. 5.8 He is called Abaddon that is destruction as being the author and worker of it and Apollyon that is a destroyer Rev. 9.11 Now if this be so then it speaks terrour unto many Use 1 who doe what evill they can to their neighbour they verifie the proverbe Homo homini lupus One man is a wolf to another men tearing and devouring one another But to speak more distinctly 1. Some doe evil to others in respect of their name credit and reputation slandering and defaming them of which I have partly spoken before upon the former part of the verse and also shall God willing speake more hereafter upon the last part of it 2. Some do evil to others in respect of their goods and estate and that many wayes 1. By stealing I take the word now in the more strict sense as it is commonly used for otherwise it comprehends all unjust getting that which is anothers But for stealing in the stricter sense as denoting either open robbery or secret filching what evil many do in this kind the prisons every where doe shew and much more would be done if the feare of humane laws did not prevent it Besides many are guilty in this kinde who yet do little think nor perhaps will easily be perswaded that they are so yea it may be will take it ill that any should so judge of them Such as put their cattel to feed in other mens grounds or wittingly trespasse upon them any such way such as break their neighbours fences carry away their hedges and the like What is all this else but plain stealing But whosoever doe evil to their neighbour this way viz. by stealing let them consider what the Prophet Zacharie denounceth namely this Every one that stealeth shall be cut off Zach. 5.3 And again I will bring it viz. the curse forth saith the Lord of hosts and it shall enter into the house of the thief vers 4. 2. By oppression Thus do they evil to others who unjustly and without cause or rigorously and without mercy cast them out of their houses and possessions who racke their tenants and make them pay excessi●ely for what they hold of them who impose upon others heavy burthens which they are not able to beare This s●n of oppression great ones are most guilty of who grinde the faces of the poore Isai 3.15 But the poore also may be guilty of oppression one poore man may oppresse another and that useth to be the sorest oppression A poore man saith Salomon that oppresseth the poore is like a sweeping rain that leaveth no food Prov. 28.3 But whosoever they be whether rich or poor that are guilty in this kinde let them know and consider that oppression is a sin whereby God is especially provoked This is mentioned as one of those great abominations for which the wrath of God came upon Jerusalem The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery and have vexed the poore and needy yea they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully Ezek. 22.29 Woe to them saith Micah that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds when the morning is light they practise it because it is in the power of their hand And they covet fields and take them by violence and houses and take them away so they oppresse a man and his house even a man and his heritage Therefore thus saith the Lord Behold against this familie do I devise an evill from which you shall not remove your necks neither shall ye go haughtily for this time is evil Mic. 2.1 2 3. So the Prophet Zephanie Wo to her that is filthy and polluted to the oppressing city Zeph. 3.1 The Prophet Esay also shewes this to be the great provoking sin for which God would lay his vineyard wast He looked saith he for judgment but behold oppression In the Hebrew

things shall never fall In the Answer as it is more fully and distinctly set down the person about whom the inquiry is made is described 1. by his inward integrity of heart and affection He that walketh uprightly 2 By his outward conformity of Life and Conversation and that 1. more generally and worketh righteousness 2. More particularly and that in nine Particulars 1. And speaketh the truth in his heart 2. He that backbiteth not with his tongue 3. Nor doth evil to his neighbour 4. Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour 5. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned 6. But honoureth them that fear the Lord. 7. He that sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not 8. He that putteth not out his money to usury 9. Nor taketh reward against the innocent Lord In the Original the word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which we pronounce Jehovah and so usually when the word LORD is written all with great Letters excepting some few places where the Original word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jah which is taken to be a contract of Jehovah The word Jehovah comes of a word that signifies to be and God is so called because he hath his being from none and all other things have their being from him So that this Name Jehovah is peculiar unto God and not communicable to any besides him Thou whose Name alone is Jehovah art most high c. Psal 83.18 From hence that the Question is propunded unto God Doct. we may fetch this Observation God is he that must instruct all and teach them the things which concern Salvation David here in a matter of Salvation seeks unto God and desires to learn of him So Psal 119.33 Teach me O Lord. And v. 34. Give me understanding And v. 66. Teach me good judgement and knowledge And Psal 143.8 Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk This may further be confirmed by these Arguments Reasons why the Way of salvation must be learn'd of God 1. All true knowledge is from God I say all true knowledge for there is science falsly so called 1 Tim. 6.20 Some are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledge Jer. 4.22 But if it deserve the name of knowledge if it be of things meet to be known God is the Author and Worker of it It is he that teacheth man knowledge Psal 94 10. The Lord giveth wisdom out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding Prov. 2.6 The knowledge of cunning Artificers is from God Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiak and every wise-hearted man in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary c. Exod. 36.1 See also Exod. 31.16 So the knowledge of the Husbandman his skill in plowing sewing and threshing this also is from God For his God doth instruct him to discretion and doth teach him Isa 28.26 This also cometh from the Lord who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in working v. 29. More especially then that knowledge Edocuit autem Dominus Mat. 11.27 quoniam Deum scire nemo potest nisi Deo docente hoc est sine Deo non cognosci Deum Iren. lib. 4. cap. 14. which concerns Salvation is from God the knowledge of God and of the things of God must needs be from God No man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father but the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him Mat. 11.27 If every good gift and every perfect gift be from God as it is Jam. 1.17 then surely the more good and the more perfect any gift is the more clear and evident it is that it is from God 2. Salvation is from God it is called the salvation of God Psal 50.23 So Psal 51.12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation saith David unto God Therefore it is God that must teach the things that concern Salvation the way how to attain unto it In the first Verse of the Psalm we are in hand with David calls the Tabernacle and the Hill which he speaks of the Lord's Tabernacle and his Hill good reason therefore why he should as he doth consult the Lord and ask of him how he should be so qualified as to be admitted into it and so abide and dwell in it for ever Quest But may some say how doth God teach and instruct Answ I answer God doth teach and instruct both by his Word and by his Spirit 1. By his Word as the outward means It is true The Light of Nature may afford some knowledge of God The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy-work Day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night sheweth knowledge There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard Psal 19.1 2 3. That which may be known of God is manifest in them for God hath shewed it unto them For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made even his eternal power and Godhead Rom. 1.19 20. But such knowledge as is requisite and necessary unto Salvation cannot be had by the Light of Nature but the Light of God's Word is it by which it must be attained In Judah is God known Psal 76.1 to wit because in Judah they had the Oracles of God committed unto them Rom. 3.2 As for the Gentiles that were without the word they were even without God in the world Eph. 2.12 without the true saving knowledge of God the Gentiles which know not God 1 Thess 4.5 Salvation is of the Jews said our Saviour to the woman of Samaria to wit because the Jews onely had the Word of God which doth shew the Way of Salvation David therefore having said Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord he adds and teachest him out of thy law Psal 94.12 And Psal 119.105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my paths And v. 130. The entrance of thy words giveth light it giveth understanding to the simple 2. By his Spirit as the inward and principal Agent I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts Jer. 31.33 This God doth by his Spirit I will put my Spirit within you saith he Ezek. 36.27 Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministred by us written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in the fleshy tables of the heart saith the Apostle to the Corinthians 2 Cor. 3.3 Christ by his Spirit did open the understandings of his Disciples that they might understand the Scriptures Luk 24.45 And by his Spirit he opened the heart of Lydia to attend unto the things which were spoken by Paul Act. 16.14 This then serves first to convince all such as think to Use 1 promote and further their Salvation by observing and

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