The fear of the Lord [is] clean
Still the word of God is intended, which teaches men to fear the
Lord; gives a full account of the worship of God, which is often
meant by the fear of God; it instructs in the matter and manner
of worship; and nothing more powerfully engages to serve the Lord
with reverence and godly fear than the Gospel does: and this is
"clean"; and the doctrines of it direct to the blood of Christ,
which cleanses from all sin, and to the righteousness of Christ,
the fine linen, clean and white; the promises of it put the
saints on cleansing themselves from all filthiness of flesh and
spirit; and the whole of it is the word of truth, by which God
and Christ sanctify the church and the members of it, ( John 15:2 ) ( 17:17 ) ( Ephesians
5:25 Ephesians
5:26 ) . And this word is
enduring for ever;
the law is done away; the ceremonial law entirely, and the moral
law, as a covenant of works, and as to the ministration of it by
Moses; but the Gospel continues; it is an everlasting one; it
endures for ever, notwithstanding all the opposition made to it
by open persecution, or false teachers;
the judgments of the Lord [are] true, [and] righteous
altogether;
"the judgments of the Lord" are the same with "the word of God",
as appears from ( Psalms
119:25 Psalms
119:149 ) ; and these seem to design that part of the word,
which contains rules of God's judging and governing his people;
or the laws, orders, and ordinances of Christ in his house, which
his people should observe, and yield a cheerful obedience to, he
being their King, Judge, and Lawgiver: and these are "true", or
"truth" F7 itself; being wisely made, according
to the truth of things, and agreeable to the holiness and
righteousness of God, and so righteous; not at all grievous, but
easy, pleasant, and delightful, one and all of them.