...that mourneth for his mother.' And he elsewhere tells us, how he was affected as to his enemies : ' It was not an enemy that reproached me ; then I could have borne it.' This David might say : for with what singular meekness did he bear the reproaches and curses of Shimei,...

...lud myself from him : 13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. . 1 4 15 Let death seize upon them, ana let them go down quick into hell ; for wickedness M in their dwellings,...

...midst of it. 1 1 Wickedness is in the midst thereof:! deceit undguile depart not from her streets. 12 hear my voice. 18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that trat against me: tot there...

...with their mouths, but they curse inwardly8. For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; then I would have borne it. Neither was it he that hated me, that...against • me; then I would have hid myself from him b. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. The words of his mouth were...

...like this that drew from the afflicted king of Israel, the language of the following lamentation : "For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; then...acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and 9* 108 Christian Repository. walked unto the house of God in companj." Ps. \v. 12, 13, 14. In an enumeration...

...almost too much for him, Psal. Iv. 12, 13, 14. " It was not an enemy — then I could have borne it; but it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide, and...together, and walked unto the house of God in company." It is with professors of religion, especially such as become so in a time of outpouring of the Spirit...

...not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it ; neither was it he that hated me, who did magnify himself against me, then I would have...myself from him ; but it was thou, a man, mine equal and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together and walked to the house of God in company. Mine...

...in the person of Christ concerning the treachery of Judas, aggravates it from these circumstances. " It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it ; neither was it he that hated me, who did magnify himself against me, then 1 would have hid myself from him ; but it was thou, a man,...

...and guile depart not from her streets. 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me : then could I have borne it : neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; then 1 would have hid myself from him. 13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide and mine acquaintance....

...can only vent its sorrows in language like that of 'the king of Israel under similar circumstances. " For it was not an " enemy that reproached me ; then...guide, " and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel to" gether, and walked into the house of God in company." But if the ingratitude of man towards his...