...being checked, if he is turning his steps into some bye-path ? How sweet is the language of David i " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall -ue .ал «iccellerrt oil :" — and, as A grateful return, he concludes,-—" My prayer also shall...

...operations, of the Holy Spirit. But not always ; as may be readily seen in the following passage. " Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent Oil." (Psalm cxli. 5.) We are led to connect with the foregoing, the latter part of the...

...¡larlake of any of those feast», at which they contrive mischirf, and 5 encourage one another to purtue it, Let the righteous smite me ; [it shall be] a kindness : and let him reprove me ; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head : for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities...

...xii. 1. The taw of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death chap. xiii. 14. Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, that shall not break my head, Psal. cxli. 5. May God always continue a succession...

...heart." They desire not to be freed from the watch of their Christian brethren ; but are ready to say, " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head." But I need not enlarge. It is sufficient to say,...

...upright Christian loves a soul-searching ministry, and is not offended with the most faithful reproofs. Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be dn excellent oil, which shall not break my head. But the language of the hypocrite, or self-soothing...

...v. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father. LIX. To refirove one another. Ps. cxli. 5. Let the righteous smite me. it shall be a kindness, and let him reprove me, it sahll be un excellent oil, which shall not break my head. Prov. xxvii. 6. Prov. vi. 23. Reproofs of...

...lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity. Let the righteous smite? me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil. Mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord : in thee is my trust ; leave not my soul...

...me, blessed be the Name of my God, my stripes are medicinal and healing: Let the righteous God thus smite me ; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me ; it shall be an excellent oil. tltat shall not break my head; Ps. cxli. 5. VlTH. TEMPTATION : with these superstitious...

...degree, the spirit of the ,sweet singer of Israel, you will most cheerfully adopt his language — " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness...as excellent oil, which shall not break my head." From the purity of your motives, (which is abundantly manifest,) although your " works may be burnt...