...these first principles of holiness, we feel their breadth and spirituality; we exclaim with David, " I have seen an end of all perfection, but thy commandment is exceeding broad." 1 Be it our happy lot to share the quality which the prophet Isaiah names as a distinguishing feature...

...wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee." 3 96. 7 have seen an end of all perfection ; but thy commandment is exceeding broad. A DEEPER insight into the character of the Lord's " testimonies" is the sure result of " considering"...

...however, there is nothing certain in this world but death and sorrow, and I may say with the Psalmist, ' I have seen an end of all perfection, but thy commandment is exceeding broad.' Well, well! we are caught in a net, and are doubtless reproved for our sins; and so the wild boar is...

...had exhausted speech in its praise, he exclaims, hopeless of doing it or his own feelings justice, " I have seen an end of all perfection : but thy commandment is exceeding broad ! " What is the reason, brethren, that we do not feel that deep grief for sin which the Psalmist evinced...

...; therefore doth my soul keep them." " Thy word is very pure ; therefore thy servant luveth it." " I have seen an end of all perfection ; but thy commandment is exceeding broad." The believer loves God for his own sake : he loves the bible for God's sake — as the expression of...

...had exhausted speech in its praise, he exclaims, hopeless of doing it or his own feelings justice, " I have seen an end of all perfection : but thy commandment is exceeding broad ! " What is the reason, brethren, that we do not feel that deep grief for sin which the Psalmist evinced?...

...escape their wiles, but by ' considering,' so as to understand and observe, God's ' testimonies. ' 96. / have seen an end of all perfection : but thy commandment is exceeding broad. Of ' all perfection ' in this world, whether of beauty, wit, learning, pleasure, honour, or riches,...

...as many other godly men, both before and since the coming of Christ. The prophet David says, Psalm cxix. 96, " I have seen an end of all perfection ; but thy commandment is exceeding broad." And St. Paul makes this confession : " For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the...

...VIII. PHILIPPIANS, i. 23.—" To depart and to be with Christ—is far better." 154 DISCOURSE IX. PSALM cxix. 96.—" I have seen an end of all perfection : but thy commandment is exceeding broad." 179 DISCOURSE X. LUKE xvii. 32.—"Remember Lot'swife." 198 DISCOURSE XI. JOB, xlii. 5, 6.—" I have...

...as many other godly men, both before and since the coming of Christ. The prophet David says, Psalm cxix. 96, " I have seen an end of all perfection ; but thy commandment is exceeding broad." And St. Paul makes this confession : " For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the...