...xxiv. 14, 16. '« What man is he that desireth life, and lovri.it many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile....from evil, and do good ; seek peace and pursue it, Psalm xxxiv. 12, 14. " My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Walk not thou in the way with...

...How did the Psalmist rejoice in the favor of God to the humble and contrite? The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (34 P. 18.) The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt...

...sources of peace, consolation, and joy, which are opened in the gospel. For " the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit...

...broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O GOD, thou wilt not despise.- The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.- He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.- For thus saith the high and lofty One...

...desireth life, and lovetii many clays, that he may see good ? Let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are ever open to their cry. The fear of the Lord...

...us? Is it not to do justly, and to love mercy, and walk humbly with our Maker. (o) He is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit! (p) Have we not an example unequalled in our Holy Redeemer of divine and human perfections, who took...

...shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them." David says. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit— a broken and contrite spirit, O God, thou wilt not despise." God himself says, " Whoso offereth praise...

...shall trust in Him; aid all the upright in heart shall glory. Ps. Ixiv. 10. T. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Ps. xxxiv. 18. C. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Ps.li.10....

...of martyrs is their deliverance ; and the greatest of all deliverances. 18. ' The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.' We are apt to overlook men, in proportion as they are humbled beneath us ; God regards them in that...

...xxii 16. " Come, ye children, hearken unto me, and 1 will teach you the fear of the Lord. — Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile...from evil, and do good; seek peace and pursue it," P.ia xxiv. 11, &c. See also Job, xxviii. 28. Psa. xv. I, &c. xxiv. 3, 4. cxix. 1, 6. Pro.y. viii. 20....