The works of George Swinnock, M.A

4. For instruction in righteousness. It is the way in which we should walk, the rule of our spiritual race: What is written on some Psalms, may be written on every Psalm and Chapter in the whole Bible, Maschil, or Psalm for instruction. Its precepts teach us what to follow, its prohibitions tell us what to forsake; Its promises are to allure us to sanctity, its threatenings to affright us from sin; the good example of the Saints speaketh as Christ to Peter, Follow thou me; the wicked actions and ends of sinners cry aloud, as Abner to Joab, Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the end?

4. For instruction in righteousness. It is the way in which we should walk, the rule of our spiritual race: What is written on some Psalms, may be written on every Psalm and Chapter in the whole Bible, Maschil, or Psalm for instruction. Its precepts teach us what to follow, its prohibitions tell us what to forsake; Its promises are to allure us to sanctity, its threatnings to affright us from sin; the good example of the Saints speaketh as Christ to Peter, Follow thou me; the wicked actions and ends of sinners cry aloud, as Abner to Ioab, Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the end?

5. For comfort: There is no such cordial for a fainting spirit, as a promise in the Word. The Gospel in the Greek, is glad tidings, and not without cause; This is my comfort in my affliction, for thy word hath quickened me. When souls have been ⟨p. 408⟩ready to despair under the sense of their wickedness, and to sink in deep waters, the Word of God hath held them up by the chin, and preserved them from drowning; Unless thy law had been my delight, I had perished in mine affliction.

5. For comfort: There is no such cordial for a fainting spirit, as a promise in the Word. The Gospel in the Greek, is glad tidings, and not without cause; This is my comfort in my affliction, for thy word hath quickned me. When souls have been ⟨p. 408⟩