to seek your happiness in God ; and never to rest, till you can say of him, " Whom have I in heaven but Thee ? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides Thee."]*
* If this be a subject at the Opening of a Church or Chapel, the great need that there was of a place of worship may be stated, and a hope expressed, that it may be the means of preparing many for the Church above.
Ps. xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my shield: my heart trusted in him, and I am helped : therejure my heart greatly rejoicelh, and with my song ivill I praise him.
THE man of this world delights to speak of the things of this world : the man of God delights to speak of God : each speaketh out of the abundance of his own heart. It is the very character of a true Believer, that *' he regards the M'orks of the Lord and the operation of his hands," and that he desires to magnify the Lord for all the benefits conferred upon him. No one can read the Psalms of David, without being penetrated with this thought. What the particular affliction was from which he had re- cently been delivered when he penned this psalm, we do not certainly know : but after blessing God for his condescension and grace in hearing and an- swering his supplications, he records, for the benefit of all future saints, his feelings in the review of the mercies vouchsafed unto him.
In this record we see,
I. What God is to the Believer —
To all that trust in him, he is both a protector from all evil, and a helper to all good — This is a blessed truth, if considered only in theory—^
[What cannot he do that " has the God of Jacob for his help ?" To what duty may he not address himself with a full assurance that he shall be able to fulfil it? Would he overcome the most inveterate lusts ? " Through the influence of God's Spirit he shall mortify the deeds of the body," and " bring the
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