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^ Matt. vii. 24—27. ^ 1 John iii. 9.
'' Isai. xxxiii. 15, 10. » 2 Pet. i. 5—1 1.
feet of his saints," and that " the righteous shall hold on his way, and that he who hath clean hands (the very persons described in our text) shall wax stronger and stronger'' !" Let this then stir us up to walk worthy of our high calling ; and let ^us " be stedfast, immoveable, always abounding in tlie work of the Lord, knowing tliat our labour shall not be in vain in the Lord\"]
■' Job xvii. 9. ' 1 Cor. xv. 58.
GOD HIMSELF HIS PEOPLEs' PORTION.
Ps. xvi. 5 — 7. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel : my reins also instruct me in the night- seasons.
THIS psalm is called ** Michtam," that is, A golden psalm. And a golden psalm it is, whether we interpret it of David, or of Christ. To both it is applicable ; to David, as a type of Christ ; and to Christ, as so typified. In all the word of God there is not a passage on which greater stress is laid, as establishing beyond a doubt the Messiahship of Jesus; to whom alone the latter part of the psalm can with any truth be literally applied \ The former part of it, on the contrary, is much more applicable to David himself. The truth is, I apprehend, that David began to write respecting himself; but was overruled and inspired to speak things which he himself did not fully comprehend, and to declare literally respecting the Messiah, what was only in a very lax sense true in relation to himself. This we know to have been the case with the Prophets gene- rally : they were inspired to predict the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow, whilst they themselves understood not their own prophecies \ They spoke of one point which was uppermost in their own minds; and God overruled them to speak in language that was applicable rather to another
point,
» Acts ii. 25—31. k xiii. 35—37. " 1 Pet. i, 10—12.