Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 85:10
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Psalms85:10
10 Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace kave kissed each other .
This is to be understood, either 1. Of these Graces or Vertues in men. So the sence is, when that blessed time shall come, those Virtues which now seem to be banished from humane Societies, shall be restored, and there shall be an happy conjunction of mercy or benignity; truth or veracity; righteousness or faithfulness; and peace or peaceableness and concord. Or rather 2. Of the Blessings of God, of which the whole Context speaks. And the sence is, That great Work of Redemption by Christ shall clearly manifest and demonstrate God's mercy in redeeming his People of Israel, and in the calling and conversion of the Gentiles; his truth in fulfilling that great promise of the sending of his Son, which is the Foundation of all the rest; his righteousness in punishing sin, or unrighteousness in his Son, and in conferring righteousness upon guilty and lost creatures; and his peace or reconciliation to sinners, and that peace of conscience which attends upon it▪
As Friends use to do when they meet▪ See Exod. 4. 27. and 18. 7. So this is another expression of the same thing.
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