...was vexed at seeing and hearing the conversation of the wicked ; and if the royal Prophet exclaimed, O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest ! what must the perfectly holy Jesus have felt through the course of his ministry ! For grief like...

...may observe, how each of them with a moderate sigh, and eyes lift up to heaven, says within himself, O! that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest!" This was their continual exercise of public devotion every day. Their private vacancies and intervals...

...own heart and mourning for the loss of those better days which once he knew, he is ready to exclaim: O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest 1 . Such appears frequently to have been the case with that favoured servant of God, the holy Psalmist...

...thou my bed in all my sickness. О deliver my soul from the place of hell : and do thou receive me. My heart is disquieted within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long, and my age is even as nothing in respect of...

...and am vexed. 3 The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast ; for they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against...within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. 5 Tearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said,...

...until he can in the language of the holy Psalmist, breathe forth the genuine desires of his heart, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away, and be at rest. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth...

...dread overwhelmed them," must these faithful men have taken up the affecting prayer of the Psalmist : " O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away and be at rest. Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. I would make haste to escape, because...

...How oflen does the heart's bitterness leao them to sigh, "I loathe it, I would not live alway"— " O ! that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest; I would haste me from the stormy wind and tempest." What uneasinesses have others to excite them! How...

...thou my bed in all my sickness.f O deliver my soul from the place of hell : and do thou receive me4 My heart is disquieted within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me.§ Behold thou hast made my days as it were a span long, and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee...

...with Mesech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar;" or to breathe the Psalmist's wish, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away, and he at rest." How often does the lover of peace sigh for some sequestered spot to which he might retire,...