...coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm Ixxiii. 18. " Surely thou didst set them in slippery places ; thou castedst them down into destruction." 2. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction. As he that walks in...

..." saw the end of such men," and the transient nature of that wealth which had excited his envy : " How are they brought into desolation as in " a moment ! they are utterly consumed with ter" rors! As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, " shalt thou make their image to vanish." And was...

...against the generation of thy chi Idren. 16 When I thought to know this, it was (oo painful for me ; 17 l the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their c 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places : thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How...

...shall vouchsafe it the necessary information. " It " was too painful for me," says the Psalmist ; 17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end. The third argument, with which we may repress the spirit of murmuring and distrust, so apt to be excited...

...David, utterly at a loss to account for the prosperity of the wicked, and his own calamities, says, " When I thought to know this it was too painful for...I went into the sanctuary of God : then understood Itheirend."f In the sudden death of a good man, however tragical apparently, every thing connected...

...(Prov. iii. 33.) " Behold, these are the ungodly; who prosper in the world. They increase in riches ! How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors!" (Psalm Ixxiii. 12, 19.) " What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his...

...heart could wish0. Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world, they increase in riches d. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until I went unto the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places...

...of momentary duration ; it was the shortlived brightness of a passing meteor. " How," says he, " arc they brought into desolation as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors."* The moral writings of Solomon are not, by the absence of future sanctions, less useful to those who...

...15 If I say, I will speak thus ; behold, I should oflend against the generation of thy children. 16 @ 5 17 Until 1 went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their i. irl. 18 Surely thou didst set...

...washed my hands in innocence ; for all the day Jong have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for...into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end—thou shall guide me with thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to glory." This is the Psalmist's...