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The sure trial of uprightness opened in several sermons upon Psal. xviii, v. 23…The sure trial of uprightness open'd in several sermons upon Psal. xviii, v. 23…
The sure trial of uprightness opened in several sermons upon Psal. xviii, v. 23 ... / by William Bates.The sure trial of uprightness open'd in several sermons upon Psal. xviii, v. 23 ... / by William Bates.
London: printed for Jonathan Robinson, 1689
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
PSAL. xviii. 23. I was also upright before him: and have kept my self from mine Iniquity.
THE Title of this Psalm declares the Occasion of it: David spake unto the Lord the words of this Song, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his Enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 'Tis a clear Evidence of his Heavenly Mind, that after his Victories and Triumphs, when his Throne was established in Peace, he recounts the signal Acts of Divine Providence with holy Ecstasies of Praise and Thankfulness, and leaves an everlasting ⟨p. 2⟩Memorial of God's excellent Goodness to him. Carnal Persons in Extremities, may be ardent in Requests for Deliverance, but when 'tis obtained, they retain but a cold remembrance of God's preserving Mercy; nay, they often pervert his Benefits: the affluence, and ease, and security of their Condition, occasions the ungrateful forgetfulness of their Benefactor. Self-love kindles desires for what we want, the Love of God inspires a holy Heat in Praises for what we enjoy.
THE Title of this Psalm declares the Occasion of it: David spake unto the Lord the words of this Song, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his Enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 'Tis a clear Evidence of his Heavenly Mind, that after his Victories and Triumphs, when his Throne was establish'd in Peace, he recounts the signal Acts of Divine Providence with holy Extasies of Praise and Thankfulness, and leaves an everlasting ⟨p. 2⟩Memorial of God's excellent Goodness to him. Carnal Persons in Extremities, may be ardent in Requests for Deliverance, but when 'tis obtain'd, they retain but a cold remembrance of God's preserving Mercy; nay, they often pervert his Benefits: the affluence, and ease, and security of their Condition, occasions the ungrateful forgetfulness of their Benefactor. Self-love kindles desires for what we want, the Love of God inspires a holy Heat in Praises for what we enjoy.