...without all possible means of attaining that in which rational appetites may acquiesce ? God forbid. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness...shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures :\ so David to> God concerning such as put their trust under the shadow of his wings. Creature comforts...

...They shall be abundantly satisfied, (or, as the word ought to be translated, intoxicated,f) O Lord, with the fatness of thy house, and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures :"J thus the divine Psalmist expresses it; and, to be sure, it is very surprising, that the great and...

...great deep : O Lord, thou preservest both man and beast. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O Lord; therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light we shall see light. According to thy name, O God,...

...they began to rejoice, Luke xv. 24. And the Psalmist says, " They that put their trust in thee, O God, shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou shah make them drink of the river of thy pleasures ; for with thee is the fountain of life," Psal....

...desirable good; not only what equals, but also what infinitely transcends his conceptions and desires. " How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O " God ! therefore...trust " under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abun" dantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and " thou shalt make them drink of the river...

...in executing on the reprobate the vengeance that is due. 7. ' O LORD, thou preserves! man and beast. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! therefore...men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.' The good providence of God extendeth over all creatures, nourishing and preserving them, as well as...

...therefore the children of men put their trust " under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abun" dantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and " thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy plea" sures. For with thee is the fountain of life ; in thy " light shall we see light."' Both of these...

...that he may enjoy the happy advantages of the heavenly life ? How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God ! therefore the children of men put their trust...the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly sa'isficd vv ith the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures...

...is good and benevolent. " How excellent is thy loving kindness" says the - Psalmist ; (xxxvi. 7 ;) therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. This goodness is sometimes spoken of exclusively : w there is none good save one. says the Saviour,...

...promise, " Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filledV'— " They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness...shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures g." " His left arm is under my head, his right doth infold me." The King himself approaches — she...