...true difciple of Chrift.—There are' in it, i. An efteem of Chrift above all: Pfal. xlv. 2. " Thou art fairer than the children of men, grace is poured into thy lips ; therefore God hath bleffed thee for ever." Chrift is the higheft and moft glorious object in the practical judgement of...

...founded perhaps on a literal interpretation of that expreffion in the Plalmifl, Pfalm xlv. 2. " Thou art fairer than " the children of men; grace is poured into thy lips ; 11 therefore God hath blefled thee forever." Without being pofitive, I (hall only fay, that this...

...engage ourselves to his government ; let his dominion be the ground of all our O most mighty ! thou art fairer than the children of men. Grace is poured...thy lips, therefore God hath blessed thee for ever / Psal. xlv. 3, 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of%ion, saying, Rule thou in the...

...of the divine perfections shining in Jesus Christ fixes his attention, and then he exclaims, Thou, art fairer than the children of men, grace is poured...thy lips, therefore God hath blessed thee for ever ! Psal. xlv..2. Sometimes his mind contemplates the train of favors, with which God hath enriched every...

...tcloquentlyexpiainingthis twofold mannerof theGodhead of the Father and Son, saith to the Son ; Psal. 45, 2, 6, 7. Thou art fairer than the children of men ; Grace is poured into thy lips :. therefore, thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou, lovest...

...teloquentlyexplainingthis twofold mannerof theGodhead of the Father and Son, saith to the Son ; Psal. 45, 2, 6, ~. Thou art fairer than the children of men ; Grace is poured into thy lips : therefore, thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. The tccptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest...

...illustrious founder is prophetically addressed by the Psalmist, " Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in...thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things."-]- And hence the propagation of the Gospel in the primitive ages is described by St. John in the same...

...finished, and beautifully appropriated to his character and work. " Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth, meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are...

...Thee the Heathen for thine inheritance, &c." Psal. xlv. 3, 4, &c. " Gird thy sword on thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy Glory and thy Majesty ; and in thy Majesty ride prosperously." And so every thing that is said from thence to the end of the Psalm. And those promises, Isa. Hi. 13,...

...Js a beautiful perfon; Pfal. xlv. here is a notable defcription of Chrift, and of his church, " Thou art fairer than the children of men, grace is poured into thy lips," &c. But the lovelinefs and beauty of Chrift are efpecially fpiritual, in regard of the graces of his...