Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies
The whole word of God, the Scriptures of truth, are his
testimonies: they testify of the mind of God, and of his love and
grace in the method of salvation by Christ; they testify of
Christ, his person, offices, and grace; of the sufferings of
Christ, and the glory that should follow; and of all the
happiness that comes to the people of God thereby. The law is
called a testimony, which being put into the ark, that had the
name of the ark of the testimony. This is a testimony of the
perfections of God, his holiness, justice, and goodness displayed
in it; and of his good and perfect will, what should or should
not be done. The Gospel is the testimony of Christ, of what he
is, has done and suffered for his people, and of the blessings of
grace by him; the ordinances of it, baptism and the Lord's
supper, testify of the love of God, and grace of Christ; and all
these good men keep: they keep the Scriptures as a sacred
"depositum"; they hold fast the faithful word of the Gospel, that
no man take it from them; and are desirous of observing both the
law of God, as in the hands of Christ; and the ordinances of the
Gospel, as delivered by him, from a principle of love to him; and
such are happy persons in life, at death, and to all eternity;
[and that] seek him with the whole heart;
that is, that seek the Lord by prayer and supplication, with a
true heart, and in sincerity; that seek to know more of him, and
that in good earnest; that seek for communion and fellowship with
him, with the Spirit within them, with all their heart and soul;
that seek Christ, and God in Christ, his kingdom, and his
righteousness, and that in the first place, early, earnestly, and
diligently. The Targum is,
``they seek his doctrine with the whole heart.''