...grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. (fj Psal. 73. 2, 3. But as for me, my feet were almost gone : my steps had well nigh slipt. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wieked. (~g ) 1 Sam. 6. 7....

...at first ; but upon a just review he chid himself, and submitted to call it by its proper name ; " 1 was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." О that it had been fonnd only among the Jews and Heathens, and never broke into Christendom ! But...

...believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Luke ix. 51 — 56.) We think and feel as the Psalmist describes — " As for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had...foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." (Ps. Ixxiii. 2, 8.) A spiritual Egyptian covets wealth, power, and indulgence in all the delights of...

...PSALM LXXIII. Repining Cured. TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet •were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when 1 saw the prosperity of the wicked. 5 They are not in trouble...

...with happiness, although such happiness is evidently of the grossest kind. Thus the Psalmist says, " I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men." — But what is the...

...of this business, and the manner in whieh it was treated by the synod, my faith was staggered—Bui as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped. Psalm Ixxiii, 3^ I began to despair of justiee ever being done. I was ready to ery out in the language...

...providence. Thus the Psalmist says ; But as fir me, my feet mere almost gone ; my steps had ivell nigh slipt. For I •was envious at the foolish, -when I saw the...are no bands in their death: but their strength is Jirm. They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men, Psal. xxiii....

...PSALM LXXII1. A Psalm of Asaph. 1 RULY God zsgood to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands...

..." The spirit that is within us, leadeth to envy ;" and it was an eminently good man who confessed, "I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked !" But a serious consideration of this truth, will tend to check the risings of this evil disposition....

...are oppressed with ignominy, poverty, contempt, and distress of every kind. " My feet," says he, " were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped....foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." (tf) At length he concludes his Account of them; •' When I thought to know this, it was too painful...