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Rh addreſſed to the Son of God, and that it celebrates his ſpiritual union with the church, and the happy fruits of it.

T ſixty-eighth pſalm, though apparently converſant about Iſraelitiſh victories, the tranſlation of the ark to Zion, and the ſervices of the tabernacle; yet does, under thoſe figures, treat of Chriſt’s reſurrection, his going up on high, leading captivity captive, pouring out the gifts of the Spirit, erecting his kingdom in the world, and enlarging it, by bringing the Gentiles to the knowledge of the truth; as will be evident to any one, who knows the meaning, and conſiders the force and conſequence of the apoſtle’s citation from it, Ephef. iv. 7, 8. “Unto every one of us is given grace, according to the meaſure of the gift of Chriſt. Wherefore he ſaith, When he aſcended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”

T ſixty-ninth pſalm is five times referred to in the goſpels, as being uttered by the prophet, in the perſon of Meſſiah. The imprecations, or rather predictions, at the latter end of it, are applied, Rom. xi. 8. to the Jews; and to Judas, Acts i. 20. where the hundred and ninth pſalm is alſo cited, as prophetical of the ſore judgments which ſhould befal that arch traitor, and the wretched nation of which he was an epitome.