...coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm Ixxiii. 18. " Surely thou didst set them in slippery places ; thou c.astedst them down into destruction." 2. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction. As he that walks in...

...on their spiritual character, and their final condition. " When I thought to know this," he says, " it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of (iod : then understood I their end Surely thou didst set thorn in slippery places ; them castedst thein...

...when he contrasted his own wretchedness with the riches anu" power of the Lord's enemies, exclaimed, " When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me:" Ps. Ixxiii, 16. Yet, when he went "into the sanctuary of God" — when he humbled himself before the...

...when he contrasted his own wretchedness with the riches and power of the Lord's enemies, exclaimed, " When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me:" Ps. Ixxiii, 16. Yet, when he went "into the sanctuary of God" — when he humbled himself before the...

...If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. When 1 thought to know this, it was too painful for me ;...destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment ! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh ; so, O Lord,...

...ixxiii. prescription, / was, saith he, envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked until I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood...end; surely thou didst set them in slippery places How are they brought into desolation as in a moment ! So likewise doth Solomon preProv.xxiii. scribe...

...men. Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain." — Psalm Ixxxiii. I3ut he afterwards adds, " I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end. Surely Tlfou didst set them in slippery places : Thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought...

...in the Most Highl Behold there are the ungodly who prosper in tins world; they increase in riches. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until 1 understood their end; FO foolish was I and ignorant, 1 was as a beast before thee." Psalm Ixxiii....

...again, envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked ; hut I went into the sanctuary, then understood I their end ; surely thou didst set them in slippery places — how are they brought into desolation as in a moment ! Thus considering the lubricity and transitoriness...

...understanding was opened in the sanctuary ; for viewing these things without regard to the end, he says, " When I thought to know this, it was too painful for...the sanctuary of God: then understood I their end." This gave him a very different prospect of the matter, and now he proceeds, " Surely thou didst set...