An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Under the shadow of thy Wings shall be my refuge until this calamity be over-past; That is, I will put my self under thy protection, while the stormy showers last. The Hen gathereth her young ones under her wings; so would Christ the Jewish Nation, both for comfort and safety, and they refused him; What followed? The next verse tells us, Desolation. What could save them when the Roman Eagle spread her wings against them, who would not come under the wing of Jesus Christ! (Matth. 23.37.) 'Tis not any worldly refuge, not any arm of flesh, but the shadow of the Lords wings that can hide us in an evil day from the evil of the day. They who get and keep close to God by Fai h, need not fear the worst storms which this world can raise against them.

Ʋnder the shadow of thy Wings shall be my refuge until this calamity be over-past; That is, I will put my self under thy protection, while the stormy showers last. The Hen g•thereth her young ones under her wings; so would Christ the Jewish Nation, both for comfort and safety, and they refused him; What followed? The next verse tells us, Desolation. What could save them when the Roman Eagle spread her wings against them, who would not come under the wing of Jesus Christ! (Matth. 23.37.) 'Tis not any worldly refuge, not any arm of flesh, but the shadow of the Lords wings that can hide us in an evil day from the evil of the day. They who get and keep close to God by Fai h, need not fear the worst stormes which this world can raise against them.

And hence, let sinners in general take warning; suppose you should live all your days in this world without a storm, I mean, without any outward trouble, yet remember, there will be a stormy day, the day of the great rain of the strength of God will come, he will rain down vengeance upon all the ungodly in that day; Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and ⟨p. 485⟩