...FleJh. This Affliction befel David, as appears from what he'fays, in Pfal. Iv. ver. 12, 13, 14. For it was not an Enemy that reproached me, then I could have horn it ; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would have hid...

...ipend and be fpent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the Jefe I be loved. Pfa.lv. 12. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have born it; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would have hid...

...reproaches the former companion of their devotions, and increafe the fmart of a wound, already rankled. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himfelf again/1 me, tSen I could have hid...

...injury of this kind aggravated, when it proceeds from thofe whom we love and refpect ? How fenfibly did the Pfalmift feel this, when he exclaimed —...not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it; neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himfelf againft ine, then I would have hid...

...faft, adds injury to infult ; conduct fuch as this, is well detailed by the royal pfalmift. * " For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; then I could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me ; but it was thou, a man, my equal." 1 truft Sir, my countrymen...

...their fleeting and flowing, the heavier their eafe lies on ferious fouls : Pfal. Iv. 12. 13. 14. " For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it -, neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would have...

...come very near to him, and try his fpirit. The words of the Pfalmift feem applicable to this cafq^ It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it ; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would have...

...friends. David magnifies the afHiction he endured by the nearnefs of the quarter from which it came. " It " was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could " have borne it ; neither was it he that hated me ; " that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would "...

...have drunk of the deep waters, but ye muft foul the refidue with your feet ? -1 Pfalm lv. 12, 13, For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it ; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfclf againft me, then I would have...

...are in the midft of her, fraud is within her, deceit and guile depart not from her ftreets. 11. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adverfary, that ufed his ftrength againft me, then peradventure I would...