4. Endear many promises.
5. Illustrate divine attributes.
6. Afford extensive knowledge.
7. Create capacity for the varied joys of heaven.
Verse 12. ( first clause ). The rage of oppression. Thomas Adam's Sermon.
Verse 12. ( last clause ). A plentiful place, free from penury; a pleasant place, void of sorrow; a safe place, free from dangers and distresses. Daniel Wilcocks.
Verse 12. ( last clause ). The victory of patience, with the expiration of malice. Thomas Adams' Sermon.
Verse 12. ( last clause ). The wealth of a soul whom God has tried and delivered. Among other riches he has the wealth of experience, of strengthened graces, of confirmed faith, and of sympathy for others.
Verse 13. God's house; or, the place of praises. Thomas Adams' Sermon.
Verses 13-15.
1. Resolutions made (Ps 66:13).
(a) What? To offer praise.
(b) Why? For deliverance.
(c) Where? In thy house.
2. Resolutions uttered (Ps 66:14).
(a) To God.
(b) Before men.
3. Resolutions fulfilled.
(a) In public acknowledgment.
(b) In heartfelt gratitude.
(c) In more frequent attendance at the house of God.
(d) The renewed self dedication.
(e) In increased liberality. G. R.
Verse 16.
1. What has God done for the soul of every Christian?
2. Why does the Christian wish to declare what God has done for his soul?
3. Why does he wish to make this declaration to those who only fear God?
(a) Because they alone can understand such a declaration.
(b) They alone will really believe him.
(c) They only will listen with interest, or join with him in praising his Benefactor. E. Payson.
Verse 16.
1. Religious teaching should be simple: I will declare.
2. Earnest: Come and hear.
3. Seasonable: All ye that.
4. Discriminating: Fear God.
5. Experimental: What he hath, etc.
Verse 17.
1. The two principal parts of devotion. Prayer and praise.
2. Their degree. In prayer, crying. In praise, extolling.
3. Their order.
(a) Prayer.
(b) Then praise. What is won by prayer is worn in praise.
Verses 18-19.
1. The test admitted.
2. The test applied.
3. The test approved.
Verse 19. The fact that God has heard prayer.
Verse 20. The mercy of God.
1. In permitting prayer.
2. In inclining to prayer.
3. In hearing prayer.
WORK UPON THE SIXTY-SIXTH PSALM
"A fourth Proceeding in the Harmony of King David's Harp. That is to say; A Godly and learned Exposition of six Psalms more of the princely Prophet David, beginning with the 62, and ending with the 67, Psalm." Done in Latin by the reverend Doctor VICTORINUS STRIGELIUS, Professor of Diunitie in the university of Lypsia in Germany, Anno 1562. Translated into English by Richard Robinson, Citizen of London. 1596... London... 1596.
(The above is the "fourth, " and, as far as we have been able to discover, the last part of R. Robinson's Translation of Strigelius. The four parts, separately titled and paged, contain Expositions of Psalms 1-67. Dates: 1591-3-5-6.)