Bearing the Cross

The pious mind must ascend still higher, namely, whither Christ calls his disciples when he says, that every one of them must “take up his cross,” (Matth. xvi. 24.) Those whom the Lord has chosen and honoured with his intercourse must prepare for a hard, laborious, troubled life, a life full of many and various [...]

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True happiness

We ought to bear in mind, that our happiness consists in this, that his hand is stretched forth to govern us, that we live under his shadow, and that his providence keeps watch and ward over our welfare. Although, therefore, we have abundance of all temporal good things, yet let us be assured that we [...]

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Not love or charity to cloak evil

Therefore when we see any man do amiss, let us learn that it is no love nor charity to cloak his evil doings, so as we should dissemble them and make no countenance at all of them: but that if we have a care of him that is so fallen, we must turn him away. [...]

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Contented with the testimony of Christ

There is singular consolation, moreover, when we are persecuted for righteousness’ sake. For our thought should then be, How high the honour which God bestows upon us in distinguishing us by the special badge of his soldiers. By suffering persecution for righteousness’ sake, I mean not only striving for the defence of the Gospel, [...]

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Wearied in my groaning

6:6 I have become wearied in my groaning; I make my bed to swim every night; I water my couch with my tears. 6:7. Mine eye hath waxed dim for vexation; it hath waxed old among my persecutors. [Psalm 6:6]
These forms of expression are hyperbolical, but it must not be imagined that David, after the [...]

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The saint’s fear of death

6:4. Return, O Lord, deliver my soul; save me for thy mercy’s sake. 6:5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee; and in the grave who shall acknowledge thee? [Psalm 6:4-5]
From this passage, we are furnished with the solution of another question, why David so greatly dreaded death, as if there had been [...]

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Return O Lord

6:4. Return, O Lord, deliver my soul; save me for thy mercy’s
sake. 6:5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee; and in
the grave who shall acknowledge thee? [Psalm 6:4-5]

4. Return, O Lord. In the preceding verses the Psalmist bewailed the
absence of God, and now he earnestly requests the tokens of his presence,
for our happiness consists in this, [...]

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Aspiring to the future, eternal life

In proportion as this improper love diminishes, our desire of a better life should increase. I confess, indeed, that a most accurate opinion was formed by those who thought, that the best thing was not to be born, the next best to die early. For, being destitute of the light of God and of true [...]

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Contempt for the present Life

Still the contempt which believers should train themselves to feel for the present life, must not be of a kind to beget hatred of it or ingratitude to God. This life, though abounding in all kinds of wretchedness, is justly classed among divine blessings which are not to be despised. Wherefore, if we do not [...]

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