John Trapp on Psalms 98:1

PSAL. XCVIII.

A Pſalm] The Greek addeth, of David; A man might think it were rather of John Baptiſt pointing out Chriſt, and his Kingdom, as it already come, with the great good thereby accrewing to the Saints.

Verſ. 1. O ſing unto the Lord a new ſong] See Pſal. 96.1. and obſerve how the compiler of the Pſalms hath hereabout ſet together ſundry Pſalms of the ſame ſubject.

His right hand and his holy arm] His is emphatical, and excluſive, q.d. Chriſt alone hath done the deed, he is our ſole Saviour, Iſa. 59.16. & 63.5. In the juſtification of a ſinner, Chriſt and faith are alone, ſaith Luther, Tanquam ſponſus & ſponſa in thalamo. As Wax and Water cannot meet together, ſo neither can Chriſt and any thing elſe in this work. Away then with that devilliſh Doctrin of the Saints Merits, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Ariſtot, in Meteor. Quibuſcun que tandem pigmentis illita obtrudatur. If any commend or go after any other way to Salvation beſides Chriſt, hee doth according to the Greek Proverb, draw miſchiefs to himſelf; as the Wind Caecius doth Clouds.