DISCOURSE: 823 A SAINT’S VIEWS OF HIMSELF Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man_. THE sayings of the wise and good have in all ages b... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 824 AGUR’S WISH Proverbs 30:7. _Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 825 THE SELF-DECEIVER EXPOSED Proverbs 30:12. _There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness_. MEN of themselves are very backward to form an unfavourable estimate of their own character. Hence arises the necessity of accurate discrimi... [ Continue Reading ]