CONTENTS It should seem from several expressions in this Psalm, that it was written upon some occasion of deliverance from trouble; for which the sacred writer blesseth God; ascribing all the glory to him. A Song of Degrees of David.... [ Continue Reading ]
What situation soever it was the church refers to (for it is not particularly noticed), it is equally instructive to see how faith refers the whole of her deliverance to the Lord. And very sweet it is, in any, and every trial and victory, to trace the divine hand leading us through, and bringing us... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader! shall we not join this song, and evermore take up the same confidence: "Blessed, forever blessed be God for Jesus Christ! And henceforth our help, and hope, and strength, shall only be in him. He that hath delivered, doth deliver, and in whom we trust he will yet deliver, " 2 Corinthians 1:1... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Deliverer of thy people! thou art our salvation, and the salvation of God our Father to the ends of the earth. And what thy Father appointed, thou hast accomplished: thy love, and thy mercy, have been the glorious procuring cause of all thy Church's deliverance, and of all their... [ Continue Reading ]