...in executing on the reprobate the vengeance that is due. 7. ' O LORD, thou preserves! man and beast. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! therefore...men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.' The good providence of God extendeth over all creatures, nourishing and preserving them, as well as...

...therefore the children of men put their trust " under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abun" dantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and " thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy plea" sures. For with thee is the fountain of life ; in thy " light shall we see light."' Both of these...

...that he may enjoy the happy advantages of the heavenly life ? How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God ! therefore the children of men put their trust...the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly sa'isficd vv ith the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures...

...shone, Impnrpled with celestial roses smiPd. 357- — the fount of life, and river of bliss] Thou shall make them drink of the river of thy pleasures, for with thee is the fountain of life, Psal. xxxvi. 8, 9For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall...

...immortality and joy, &c. The allusion is to the waters of life, and more particularly to Ps. xxx vi. 8, 9. " Thou shalt " make them drink of the river " of thy pleasures, for with thee " is the well of life." T. Warton. * This and the two following Sonnets are not found in the edition of Milton's...

...is good and benevolent. " How excellent is thy loving kindness" says the - Psalmist ; (xxxvi. 7 ;) therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. This goodness is sometimes spoken of exclusively : w there is none good save one. says the Saviour,...

...&c. The allusion is to the waters of life, and more particularly to Ps. xxxvi. 8, 9. « Thou shall " make them drink of the river " of thy pleasures, for with thee " is the well of life." T. Warton. * This and the two following Sonnet* are not found in the edition of Milton's...

...promise, " Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filledV'— " They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness...shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures g." " His left arm is under my head, his right doth infold me." The King himself approaches — she...

...acceptable to God, peace whereby we may be comfortable in ourselves. See this fully in Psalm xxxvi. 8, 9, " They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness...shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures." Why so ? " For with thee is the fountain of life." Natural, spiritual, joyful, eternal life, all that...

...Jtrji—Lon'tli, " A va*t abjss." .Confidence] PSALMS. a great deep : 0 LORD, thou preotrvest man and beast. 7 lence, to do it. 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house ; and thou shall make them drink...