...was vexed at seeing and hearing the conversation of the wicked ; and if the royal Prophet exclaimed, O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest ! what must the perfectly holy Jesus have felt through the course of his ministry ! For grief like...

...own heart and mourning for the loss of those better days which once he knew, he is ready to exclaim: O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest 1 . Such appears frequently to have been the case with that favoured servant of God, the holy Psalmist...

...to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar! O that I had the wings of a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest!" Though integrity, uprightness and the fear of God should be even banished from the abodes of men—though...

...dread overwhelmed them," must these faithful men have taken up the affecting prayer of the Psalmist : " O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away and be at rest. Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. I would make haste to escape, because of the stormy...

...How oflen does the heart's bitterness leao them to sigh, "I loathe it, I would not live alway"— " O ! that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest; I would haste me from the stormy wind and tempest." What uneasinesses have others to excite them! How...

...Tearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape,...

...forest of Bondy.'] 31 [' Many who on earth wished to enjoy a divine life, have said with one voice: "Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness." ' (Psalms 55 : 7.)] the same idea has been expressed by all whom Prometheus had formed of better clay....

...Tearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I flee away, and be at rest." This last is the voice of the American princess, Milly Theale, and the first is the acknowledgement...

...overwhelmed me. 6 And I said. Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite. and Joshua the son o Selah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their...

...life on earth have cried with one voice, Ecce elongavi fugiens, et mansi in solitudine. Psalms 55:7: "Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah." Bruno, Heroic Frenzies, 225. 5 The Prophetic Tradition for David Erdtnan We will not get "Blake...