Edwards, J. (1856), 254

Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758), 318, 458, 467
Eusebius (267-338), 378, 385

Evans, Christmas (1766-1838), 376, 437
Ewald, Henrich, 29, 80

Fawcett, John (1823), 265

Gurnall, William (1617-1679), 19, 29, 30,
56, 57, 58, 60, 84, 105, 120, 139, 150, 154,
155, 174, 225, 230, 231, 251, 254, 263, 381, 392,
417, 432, 463, 482, 483
Guthrie, Thomas, 95

Haak, Theodore (1618-1657), 149

Fenner, William (1600-1640), 419, 450, 452, Hacket, H. B. (1852), 233
463

Flavel, John (1627–1691), 47, 282, 286, 378
Fletcher, Giles (1588-1623), 196
Fletcher, Phineas (1632), 10
Foxe, John (1517-1587,) 90

Frame, James (1858), 222, 223, 241
Frank, Mark (1613-1664,) 347, 431

Franké, Augustus Hermann (1663–1727), 348
Fra Thomé de Jesu (See Thomé)
French, W. and Skinner, G. (1842), 156
Frost, John (1657), 258

Fry, John (1842), 4, 113, 167

Fuller, Andrew (1754-1815), 47, 173, 175,
178, 392, 396, 437

Fuller, Thomas (1608-1661), 59, 86, 96,
138, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 227, 449,
451, 454, 455, 466

Gadsby, John (1862), 135, 317, 411, 413, 434
Gataker, Thomas (1574-1654), 172, 298
Geddes, Alexander (1737-1802), 251, 299
Gerhohus, (1093-1169), 382, 388, 461
Gesenius, Friedrich H. W. (1786—1842), 29
Gilfillan, George (1852), 281

Gill, John (1697-1771), 72, 81, 207, 232,

253, 342, 346, 359, 371, 382, 465
Gilpin, Richard (1677), 66, 133, 150
Godwyn, Thomas (1587-1643), 480
Good, John Mason (1764-1827), 27, 167, 311
Goodhart, C. J. (1848), 393

Goodwin, Thomas (1600-1679), 43, 58, 92-
94, 95, 132, 141, 166, 194, 226, 229, 237,
261, 291, 294, 322, 335, 455, 456, 457, 462

Gotthold (See Scriver)

Gouge, Thomas (1605-1681), 81, 249

Gouge, William (1575-1653), 252, 283, 377,
384, 391

Haldane, Robert (1764-1842), 58

Hall, Joseph (1574–1656), 98, 166, 173, 436
Halle, Dr., 323

Hammond, Henry (1605-1660), 69, 114, 290,
298, 480

Hapstone, Dalman (1867), 361

Hardy, Nathanael (1618–1670), 323, 329, 409,
418, 458

Hare, Julius Charles (1841), 320

Hawker, Robert (1753-1827), 37, 40, 120, 166,
216

Hengstenberg, E. W. (1845), 29, 84, 113, 211,
377, 428, 474

Henry, Matthew (1662-1714), 4, 16, 28, 29,
45, 87, 176, 218, 240, 253, 276, 347, 362, 452,
464, 466

Heraud, J. A., 120

Herbert, George (1593–1632), 101, 368
Herder, J. G. Von (1744-1803), 29

Hervey, James (1713–1758), 302, 314, 411, 431
Hervey, Mrs., 417

Heywood, Oliver (1629—1702), 301
Hilary, 22

Hitchcock, Edward (1867), 313
Homer, 299

Homilies, The Book of (1547), 412
Hood, Thomas (1789-1845), 328
Hooker, Richard (1554–1600), 130
Hooper, John (1495-1555), 415, 421
Hopkins, Ezekiel (1633-1690), 154, 156, 257,
329, 330

Horne, George (1730-1792), 47, 73, 105, 120,
164, 175, 271, 306, 358, 363, 371, 385, 388,
394, 456, 464

Horsley, Samuel (1733-1806), 80, 83, 149, 216,
362

Horton, Thomas (-1673), 42, 48, 384

Gower, J. A. (1831), 419 (See "Plain Ex- Howard, Theodosia A., Viscountess Powers-

planation," &c.) [Anon.]

Gray, Andrew (1616), 142

Greenham, Richard (1531-1591), 220, 223,

224, 226, 230, 231, 241

118, 192, 454

court (1861), 407, 414

Howe, John (1630-1705), 119, 164, 187, 253,
254, 255, 259, 263

Hughes, George (1642), 232

Greenhill, William (1591-1677), 56, 57, 116, Hull, William (1615), 403

Gregory, 8, 22, 36, 37, 191, 237, 256, 462

Griffith, Matthew (1634), 285

Grose, Alexander (1632), 44

Humboldt, F. H. Alexander Von (1769-1859),
96

Hurrion, John (1675–1731), 348, 360

Hutcheson, George (1657), 172, 389

Jay, William (1769–1853), 23, 60, 241, 264, Merrick, James (1720-1769), 299

Philpot, John (—1555), 177

Phillips, G. (1846), 448, 474

Pitcairn, David (1851), 16, 17, 19, 20, 23

Salter, H. G. (1840), 334

Sanderson, Robert (1587-1662–3), 333, 335
Sandys, George (1577-1643), 288

Plain Explanation of Difficult Passages in Saurin, James (1677—1730), 134
the Psalms (1831), [Anon.] 419

Plato, 245

Playfere, Thomas (1604), 70, 74, 203, 251, 252,
301, 318, 381

Plumer, William S. (1867), 17, 80, 115, 117, 285,
289, 290, 298, 342, 349, 359, 403, 464, 476
Plutarch, 32, 311

Pool, Matthew (1624–1679), 82, 88, 205, 227,
290, 299, 346, 349, 385, 410, 411, 418, 462, 464,
466, 480

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), 299

Porter, Ebenezer (1834), 432

Porter, J. L. (1867), 405

Port Royal Authors, 428

Posidonius, 208

Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne (1825), 428
Schleusner, John Frederick (1756-1831),

29

Scot, James (1774), 438, 482

Scott, Thomas (1747-1821), 385

Scriver, Christian (1629-1693), 480
Scotch Version (1649), 288

| Scudder, H. (1633), 46

Secker, William (1660), 45, 82, 85, 138, 203,
225, 226, 407, 419, 461

Sedgwick, Obadiah (1600-1658), 312, 313,

326, 327, 328, 331, 332, 406, 414, 418, 421
Selden, John (1584-1654), 207

Seneca, 91, 132, 188

Shakspeare, William (1564-1616), 209

Power, Philip Bennet (1862), 31, 46, 108, 113, Shaw, Thomas (1692—1751), 387

415

Powerscourt, Viscountess (1861), 407, 414

Practical Illustrations of the Book of Psalms
[Anon.] (1826), 391

Prime, John (1588), 416

Sheffield, John (1654), 165

Sherlock, Thomas (1676-1761), 335

Sibbes, Richard (1577—1635), 30, 85, 117, 191,
433, 465

Sidney, Edwin (1866), 320

Simeon, Charles (1759-1836), 145, 302

Quarles, Francis (1592—1644), 83, 126, 129, Skinner, G. (See French)
163, 250

Smith, B. M. (In The Critical and Explana-

Ranew, Nathaniel (1672), 7

Rayment, J. (1630), 43

Remigius (900), 300

tory Pocket Bible)

Smith, Henry (1560-1591), 16, 44, 115, 130,
138, 155, 212

Smith, James (1802–1862), 36

Religious Tract Society's Commentary (See Smith, Miles (-1624), 257, 296

Roberts, Joseph (1835), 253, 347, 383, 390, 419 Steele, Richard (-1692), 281, 295

Robinson, Ralph (1614–1655), 195, 410

Rogers, Daniel (1573–1652), 95

Rogers, Mrs. (1856), 408, 421, 476

Rogers, Timothy (1660-1729), 59, 70, 172,
173, 174, 231, 380

Rollock, Robert (1555-1598), 224, 241
Rosenmüller, Ernest F. C. (1768-1835), 29
Row, John (1677), 379, 380
Russel, Robert (1705), 334

Rutherford, Samuel (1600-1661), 173, 361
Ryland, H. R. (1853), 342, 357, 381, 428

Sternhold, Thomas (-1549), 270
Sterry, Peter (1649), 300

Stevenson, John (1842), 381, 383, 384, 385,
386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 395,
396, 397, 407, 408, 412, 421

Stock, Richard (-1626), 66, 132, 225, 322, 325,

459

Stoughton, John (-1639), 322

Stoughton, John (1860), 403, 421

Stowell, Hugh, 412

Streat, William (1654), 317, 378
Street, Stephen (1790), 299

Sacy, Louis Isaac le Maistre de (1613-1684), Strong, William (-1654), 291, 292, 293, 294,

INDEX.

Stuckley, Lewis (-1687), 71, 84, 131, 192, Vincent, Nathaniel (-1697), 331

Symson, Archibald (1638), 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, Wardlaw, Ralph (1779-1853), 359

Tholuck, Augustus F. (1856), 29, 287, 289, Wedderburn, Alexander (1701), 379
316, 360

Thomé de Jesu, Fra (-1582), 383, 386
Thomson, James (1700-1748), 176, 315
Thomson, W. M. (1859), 135, 405, 408, 409,

Verschoyle, Hamilton (1843), 344, 350, 357, Young, Edward (1681-1765), 97, 101, 438

PSALM I.

TITLE.-This Psalm may be regarded as THE PREFACE PSALM, having in it a notification of the contents of the entire Book. It is the psalmist's desire to teach us the way to blessedness, and to warn us of the sure destruction of sinners. This, then, is the matter of the first Psalm, which may be looked upon, in some respects, as the text upon which the whole of the Psalms make up a divine sermon.

DIVISION.-This Psalm consists of two parts: in the first (from verse 1 to the end of the 3rd) David sets out wherein the felicity and blessedness of a godly man consisteth, what his exercises are, and what blessings he shall receive from the Lord. In the second part (from verse 4 to the end) he contrasts the state and character of the ungodly, reveals the future, and describes, in telling language, his ultimate doom.

EXPOSITION.

ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

"BLESSED"-see how this Book of Psalms opens with a benediction, even as did the famous Sermon of our Lord upon the Mount! The word translated "blessed" is a very expressive one. The original word is plural, and it is a controverted matter whether it is an adjective or a substantive. Hence we may learn the multiplicity of the blessings which shall rest upon the man whom God hath justified, and the perfection and greatness of the blessedness he shall enjoy. We might read it, "Oh, the blessednesses!" and we may well regard it (as Ainsworth does) as a joyful acclamation of the gracious man's felicity. May the like benediction rest on us!

Here the gracious man is described both negatively (verse 1) and positively (verse 2). He is a man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly. He takes wiser counsel, and walks in the commandments of the Lord his God. To him the ways of piety are paths of peace and pleasantness. His footsteps are ordered by the Word of God, and not by the cunning and wicked devices of carnal men. It is a rich sign of inward grace when the outward walk is changed, and when ungodliness is put far from our actions. Note next, he standeth not in the way of sinners. His company is of a choicer sort than it was. Although a sinner himself, he is now a blood-washed sinner, quickened by the Holy Spirit, and renewed in heart. Standing by the rich grace of God in the congregation of the righteous, he dares not herd with the multitude that do evil. Again it is said, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." He finds no rest in the atheist's scoffings. Let others make a mock of sin, of eternity, of hell and heaven, and of the Eternal God; this man has learned better philosophy than that of the infidel, and has too much sense of God's presence to endure to hear his name blasphemed. The seat of the scorner may be very lofty, but it is very near to the gate of hell; let us flee from it, for it shall soon be empty, and destruction shall swallow up the man who sits therein. Mark the gradation in the first verse:

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When men are living in sin they go from bad to worse. At first they merely walk in the counsel of the careless and ungodly, who forget God-the evil is rather practical than habitual-but after that, they become habituated to evil, and they stand in the way of open sinners who wilfully violate God's commandments; and if let alone, they go one step further, and become themselves pestilent teachers and tempters of others, and thus they sit in the seat of the scornful.