...filled with inward distress. Such, for instance, as David describes in the thirty-second Psalm : — " Day and night thy hand was heavy upon me : my moisture is turned into the drought of summer." George. And with this, Sir, his prayer is exactly consistent. f Minister. Yes. He so saw and felt himself...

...scriptures as these ; " Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there U no guile," John i. 47. " Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile," Psal. xxxii. 1. This, I say, may stumble some upright soul, not understanding in what a qualified...

...Q. 207. Is the man blessed unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity? Psalm, xxii. 2, 11. A. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright...

...instructive instance of the effect of earnest prayer, and of neglect in prayer, according to our subject. " When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my...my moisture is turned into the drought of summer." Thus,when he let down his hands, Amalek prevailed. But when he could say, " I acknowledged my sin unto...

...yourselves under the mighty hand of God, experience such disquietude as the Psalmist has described ? " When I kept silence, my bones " waxed old, through...upon me : " my moisture is turned into the drought of sum" mer."1 Why should you pertinaciously refuse to hearken to the voice of Christ, and the admonitions...

...3.) 25. /* the pardoned sinner blessed ? Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile, (32 P. 1,2.) VIII. OF THE RENEWAL OF THE MIND.— REGENERATION, OR THE NEW BIRTH. Man's inability...

...crime of self-murder, which is generally committed in agonies of solitary remorse and despair. 4. ' For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me : my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.' Outward calamities, and inward pangs of conscience, are the strokes of God's hand, designed to humble...

...PS-VLM XXXII. TILESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, and whose sin is covered. 2. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3. For while I was silent, my bones were consumed with continual grief. 4. For thy hand was...

...and wiped them with the hairs " of her head." " Behold he prayeth ! " Hear also his words : " While I kept silence, my bones waxed " old through my roaring...upon me: my " moisture is turned into the drought in summer. — " I acknowledged my sin unto thee,and my iniquity " did I not hide. I said, I will confess...

...bitter experience. Guilt and defilement had eaten up all his enjoyment. When I kept silence, saith he my bones waxed old, through my roaring all the day...my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. It does not appear that he fully desisted from prayer; but there was none of that freedom in it which...