CONTENTS This is a song or Psalm of holy triumph. The prophet exhorts the Church to make God in Christ her confidence. A reference is made, towards the close of the Psalm, from beholding the desolations of the earth, to consider the blessed of those who have the Lord for their God. To the chief Mu... [ Continue Reading ]
That blessed scripture in which Jehovah saith by his servant the prophet, that he hath laid in Zion for a foundation, a tried stone, serves to explain the nature of what this verse saith concerning God as a refuge. Until Christ is our foundation we have nothing to rest upon, nor trust in, against th... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader, it is blessed to observe how the scriptures, in various places, open to our view the holy and sacred persons of the Godhead, as the united source of all our mercies. When John saw this river in a vision, which by its streams makes glad the city of God, he tells us he saw it issuing out of th... [ Continue Reading ]
How was this accomplished in the wars of Joshua? Joshua 10:12. How was it in the wars of our spiritual Joshua? John 18:6. Reader, how is it now when God the Holy Ghost speaks in the hearts, and to the heart's of sinners? 1 Corinthians 14:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
Who that reads these verses and observes what is going on in the earth, but must be overpowered with the conviction, that everything in the kingdoms of nature and of providence is rendered subservient to that one design, and is ultimately ministering to it, through which the kingdoms of this world s... [ Continue Reading ]
What a blessed verse this is! And what a blessedness would it induce in the minds of the faithful, if they were everlastingly living under the gracious influence of it. Oh! how would it prompt our hearts to cast all our care upon him that careth for us. Blessed Lord! I dare not pass over the perusal... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed conclusion! Jacob's God is our God! God in Christ the sure refuge of his people forever, Amen. Psalms 46:1 REFLECTION S READER! pause and contemplate the happy state of those who have God for their refuge. All the perfections of the Godhead are made over for their security, who have a God... [ Continue Reading ]