Excerpt from A Commentary on the Book of Psalms But the symphonies which the Church singeth with Christ out of this book are not all a fellowship of suffering. For not only by the Shedding of his blood did Messiah make propitiation for her sins, and destroy her writing of condemnation, and put a new song in her mouth Who is he that condemneth, but also for her hath he purchased the raiment of an everlasting righteousness, and the beauties of holiness, and the Spirit of a perfect Obedience, which, by previous justifying faith, she claimeth as her own, and over which she singeth other symphonies of gladness: I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. I was upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteous dealing, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eye sight. And in the greatness of her loyal love, how many a song sing eth the daughter of Zion, touching the things that belong unto the King, when her tongue is as the pen of a ready writer: Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured upon thy lips, therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who redeemeth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with loving kindness, and tender mercies. And with what a brave pulse of glory doth her heart exult toward the accomplishment of Messiah's king dom, and the fulness of his power; when all lands shall call upon his name, and all nations Shall bow before him, and there shall be given to him of Sheba's gold, and his name shall endure for ever, and last like the sun, and men shall be blest in him, and all nations shall call him blessed! Then his people sing in high symphony with their triumphant King, and all-conquering Lord, in whom each one feeleth himself to be a conqueror and a king, seated on his throne, and sharing in his royal sovereignty, Thou hast made me the head of the heathen; a people whom I have not known shall serve me, as soon as they hear Of me they shall obey me. The' strangers shall submit themselves unto me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.