...Actions from them ; when we would have disregarded much worse conduct in persons indifferent to us. " It was not an enemy that reproached me ; then I could...acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company." The mutual confidence which is requisite to friendship renders fidelity...

...because the laws of friendship strictly prohibit every act but those of mutual kindness. David said, " It was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could...acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company." And God brings you into acquaintance with him, that the love which...

...the verge of the precipice, and then, with fiend-like disposition, have triumphed in their fall. " It was not an enemy that reproached me— then I could...acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the House of God in company." Yours, faithfully, September 18, 1827. V1NDEX. TO CORRESPONDENTS....

...affluence on the charities of the supporters of missions;—these will be blows extending to the heart. " It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...mine equal, my GUIDE and mine acquaintance. We took tweet counsel together, and walked into the house of God in company." In the impatience of the public,...

...for his comfort. Hence the Lord will often let the dearest friend take the part of an enemy. " For it was not an enemy that reproached me : then I could...man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance." Reader, contemplate again the apostle's language, " fa the botc«l* of Jetus Chr'at." It implies such...

...treachery David laments in several passages. "It was not an enemy that reproached pje^.^th^n-; I;-could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that...acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked *V* ' ' " ' Y>,,. •* '.*' '. » i * « '<"* .' e Matt, xxvii. 46. Mark xv. 34. ' Psalm xli. 9- John...

...essential element in the original constitution of his mind. — "It was not an enemy that reproach* ed me ; then I could have borne it : neither was it he...: but it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and my acquaintance: we took sweet counsel together, and walked to the House of God in company." In religious...

...verbal attack. I think those are some of the most hurtful cases. It happened to David too, he said, "For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it neither was it be that hated me that did magnify himself against me. . .but it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide...

...person— "Either myself or somebody else must be condemned"— but God directs her to Scripture: "For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. . . . But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. ... As for me, I will call...

...midst of it. Wickedness is in the midst thereof. Deceit and guile do not depart from her streets, for it was not an enemy that reproached Me, then I could have born it. Neither was it one that hated me who magnified himself against Me. Then I would have hid Myself...