2. To seek him whilst he may be found —
[There is " a time wherein he may be found" of every one of us ; and a time wherein he may not be found. This is an awful truth ; but it is attested by many passages of Holy Writ : " O that thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things that belong unto thy peace !" said our Lord to Jerusalem; '' but now they are hid from thine eyes." God may, and does, ^' give over many to a reprobate mind," and to final impenitence: *^ So I gave them up." But if you have the least desire of mercy, we are warranted to say, " Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation." O then improve the present hour : '* Seek ye the Lord whilst he may be found ; call ye upon him whilst he is near." *' If you cover your sins, you cannot pro- sper ; but if you confess and forsake them, you shall find mercy." ^' If you say that you have no sin, you deceive yourselves ; but if you confess your sins, he is faithful and just to forgive you your sins, and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness."]
Ps. xxxiv. 2,3. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
A SENSE of gratitude to God for his mercies v^^ill ever abide in some measure on the soul of a true Believer. But there are special occasions whereon he is so impressed with the Divine goodness, that he feels as if he never could forget it, and as if he would have the whole creation join with him in his devout acknowledgments. This was the frame of David's mind, when, by feigning himself mad^ he had escaped out of the hands of Achish, who would probably have put him to death, or delivered him into the hands of Saul, his blood-thirsty persecutor''.
In discoursing on his words, we shall notice,
I. His determination to praise God —
Ungodly men love to boast of themselves — [There is no man who has not some imaginary excellencies whereof to boast. If we possess any natural endowment either
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* Compare 1 Sam. xxi. 10. to xxii. 1. with the title of this psalm.