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THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE
Psalms 116:1. _I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my
supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore
will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed
me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I f... [ Continue Reading ]
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GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS
Psalms 116:8. _Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from
tears, and my feet from falling: I will walk before the Lord in the
land of the living._
IT is justly said by David, in another psalm, “The works of the Lord
are great, sought out of all them... [ Continue Reading ]
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HOW TO REQUITE THE LORD FOR HIS MERCIES
Psalms 116:12. _What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits
toward me! I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of
the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all
his people._
THE influence of fa... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE DEATH OF SAINTS PRECIOUS
Psalms 116:15. _Previous in the sight of the Lord is the death of his
saints._
THE meaning of these words will be best marked from the occasion on
which we suppose them to have been uttered. The psalm appears to have
been written after Absalom’s rebellion... [ Continue Reading ]