John Trapp on Psalms 100

PSAL. C.

A Pſalm of prciſe] Suavis & gravis, ſhort and ſweet; appointed likely to be ſung at the Thank-offerings, quando pacifica erant offerende, ſay the Italian, Levit. 7. [illegible: 2 letters]. and Spaniſh annotators. See verſ. 4. Enter with Thanks-giving, or with Thank-ſacrifice.

Verſ. 1. All ye lands] Both Jews and Gentiles, Rom. 15.10, 11. for your common ſalvation.

Verſ. 2. Serve the Lord with gladneſs] The Ca[illegible: 1 letter]baliſts have a Proverb, The Holy Ghoſt ſingeth not, but out of a glad heart. Cheerfulneſs is much called for in both Teſtaments, God loveth a cheerful ſerver.

Verſ. 3. Know ye that the Lord he is God] Be convinced of it, ye Heathens whoſe fantaſies have forged falſe gods; and ye Jews, acknowledge the true God to be Three in One, and One in Three.

It is he that hath mode us] And new made us; for we are his workmanſhip (a ſecond time) created in Chriſt Jeſus unto good works. Eph. 2.10. The word ſignifieth, ſaith Kimchi, Ornate beneficiis, afficere donis, gratiis cumula[illegible: 1 letter]e (confer 1 Sam. 12.6.) and ſo is diſtinguiſhed from Bar[illegible: 1 letter] to create, and Ja[illegible: 1 letter]ſar to form. William of Malmsbury telleth of a certain Emperor of Germany, who coming by chance into a Church on the Sabbath day found there a moſt miſ-ſhapen Prieſt, penè portentum natura, inſomuch as the Emperor much ſcorned and contemned him: But when he heard him read thoſe words in the Service, For it is be[illegible: 1 letter] that bath made us, and not we our ſelves; the Emperor checkt his own proud thoughts, and made in quiry into the quality and conditions of the man, and finding, upon examination, that he was a very learned and devout man, he made him Archbiſhop of Collen, which place he diſcharged with much commendations.

We are his people, and the ſheep] See Pſal. 95.7. This is a priviledge proper to the Communion of Saints.

Verſ. 4. Enter into his gates, &c.] As ſheep into his ſheepfolds, frequent his publick Ordinances, wait at the poſts of the gates of Wiſdome; there, as at an heavenly Exchange, the Saints preſent duty, and God confers mercy.

Verſ. 5. For the Lord is good] Though we be evil, he giveth us all theſe good things gra[illegible: 2 letters]e; and although we provoke him daily to puniſh us, yet his mercy is everlaſting; like a fountain, it runneth after it hath run; And as the Sun which ſhineth after it hath ſhined. See Zach, 13.1. Job. 1.27.

And his truth endureth to all generations] Heb. to Generation and Generation. He ſaith, not for ever, ſaith an Interpreter, becauſe his promiſes are true, but under a condition, which perhaps the following Generations will not obſerve; The condition is to the promiſe as an Oar in a Boat, or ſtern of a Ship, which turns it another way.