" all our desire," or, as the word imports, all our delight
To this also we should have recourse in every season
of affliction. David betook himself to it under all his domestic troubles, and in the near prospect of eternity. " His house, alas ! was not so with God," as he could wish. And how many are there who have great trials in their families ! some from their unkindness, and others from their removal by death ^
Let every one that is so circumstanced learn from
David where to flee for comfort: let him contemplate the riches of divine grace as exhibited in the covenant, and the blessedness of having an interest in it, and he will soon forget his sorrows, and have a heart overflowing with the most ex- alted joy If, in addition to other troubles, we are lying
ujion the bed of death, we may well, like David, seek comfort in this covenant, and make " the last words of David^" our last words also. What can so effectually remove the sting of death, as to behold a covenant-God in Christ Jesus, engaged to " keep him unto the end," and to receive him to an everlasting enjoy- ment of his presence and glory? • Study then the won- ders of this covenant, that they may be familiar to your minds in a time of health ; and so shall they fill you with unutterable peace and joy, when every other refuge shall fail, and your soul be summoned into the presence of its God.]
2 This may be amplified so as to apply to many cases which may greatly interest the feelings of an audience. ^ ver. 1.