...before him: and mall fet us in the way of hij fteps. (87) TTER foundations are upon ITT the holy hills : The 'LoRD loveth the gates of Zion, more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious thing* are fpoken of thee : O city of God. Selah. I will make mention of Rabat and Babylon...

...Chriftians are taught, that " the " power and glory of the Lord are to be feen " in the fanctuary. He loveth the gates of " Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." Thither adoring tribes have gone up to meet him, and he hath not fent them empty away. Thus faid David,...

...the order of private families to the order of the great family of heaven, the church of Chrift ? ' The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more * than all the dwellings of Jacob.' The order of families is without doubt of great importance; but the filence of fcripture refpeding...

...good cheer, thy fns be forgiven thee — 289 DISCOURSE XV. On the Twenty-ninth of May. PSALM Ixxxvii. 2. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob — 311 Preached before the Univerfity of Oxford, at St. Mary's, May 29, 1760. DISCOURSE XVI. The Woman...

...confpire to promote the felicity of his chofen, who governs the univerfe as head of his church, who loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob ! It mall be my endeavour, in the following difcourfe, to fet before you a fuccinct view of the divine...

...expeft more fruits and influences from tliem than from all private gifts and helps in the world : " For the " Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Ja" cob," P-.alm Ixxxvii. 2. And all private helps may fay, in conip.irifon of Chritl's public ordinances,...

...together in bis name, cur Lord hath told us that be is in the midjt of them*. God hath f aid that he loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob f. 'fhe prayer of the upright is his delight. Both in their temporal and fpiritual concerns, they may...

...through with each verse, the following is proposed as the proper rendering of the whole Psalm. " 1. His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2. The Lord loveth the gate! of Zion, more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city...

...two or three are gathered together in my " name, there am I in the midft of them."" Pfal. Ixxxvii. 2. " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion, more than " all the dwellings of Jacob." And doth not the experience of every one of thofe who love the habitation of God's houfe, and the place...

...water, and the dry land fprings of water." " She crieth at the gates ;" and the voice of her cry is, " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation, which keepeth the truth, may enter. This is the gate...