...words, without removing the impropriety. In the same manner, if in reading the following passage : Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ! for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. If, in pronouncing this passage, I say, the reader neglects placing an emphasis...

...Christ. 271 lie be condemned. With shame and confusion of face would he not rather have reason to pray, " Enter not into judgment " with thy servant, O Lord ! for in thy " sight shall no man living be justified * ?" Besides, salvation implies, not only deliverance from punishment, but admittance...

...sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18j 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psal. cxliii. 2. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the...

...utmost abhorrence of justifying himself before God.f David, " a man after God's own heart," cries, " Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord, for in thy sight shall no flesh living be justified."* Isaiah, that most distinguished prophet, lamented that he was vile as...

...Mercy think thou upon me. 2. For thy Name's Sake, O Lord, be merciful unto my Sin, for it is great. 3. Enter not into Judgment with thy Servant, O Lord, for in thy Sight (hall no "Man living be juftified. 4. Have Mercy upon me, O God, after thy great Goodnefs ; according...

...men, he feels cause to implore forgiveness of his trespasses, and to cry out, " Behold, I am vile. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified." Thus is the Christian taught effectually humility by the knowledge of God's law,...

...and trembled at it as much as ever I did,1and knew he could never stand by that rule of judgment. " Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified." He knew God never could justify him, but must condemn him, or appear unjust,...

...justice, let him acknowledge and confess as the Psalmist did, Thy commandment is exceeding broad, " Enter not into judgment with thy servant, [O Lord,] for in thy sight [by the deeds of the law,] shall no man living be justified." David, in these views and under these...

...I have sinned against heaven, and before thee; and am no more worthy to be called thy s<m.—Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.—If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in...

...Lord, to claim this gracious promise ; and what thou hast commanded to be done, O give me power to do. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord, for in thy siglit shall no flesh be justified : look not upon thy servant, O God, but through the blood of thy...