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"...godly people are happy people"
"Those are happy, 1. Who make the will of God the rule of all their actions, & govern themselves, in their whole conversation by that rule. 2. Who are upright & honest in their... (covenant-love relationship w/ God) - undefiled in the way, not only who keep themselves pure from the pollutions of actual sin, unspotted from the world, but who are habitually sincere in their intentions, in whose spirit there is no guile, who are really as good as they seem to be & row the same way as they look. 3. Who are true to the trust reposed in them as God's professing people. 4. Who have a single eye to God as their chief good & highest end in all they do in... (covenant-love relationship w/ God). They seek him with their whole heart. 5. Who carefully avoid all sin" "...the desire & prayer of a good man exactly agree with the will & command of a good God" "As long as we live we must be scholars in Christ's school & sit at his feet" "Good men see themselves undone if God forsake them" "O forsake me not utterly! for woe unto me if God departs from me." "Young men must make the word of God their rule, must acquaint themselves with it & resolve to conform themselves to it" "The ruin of young men is either living at large... or choosing to themselves false rules; let them ponder the path of their feet, & walk by scripture rules; so their way shall be clean" "...in true (covenant-love relationship w/ God) there is all riches, the unsearchable riches of Christ." "Those that meditate in God's word, & delight in it, are in no great danger of forgetting it." "We are by nature blind to the things of God, till his grace cause the scales to fall from our eyes" "If in a day of trial we still retain our integrity, we may be sure it will end well." "Those who in all their ways acknowledge God may pray in faith that he will direct their steps in the right way." "The way of serious godliness is the way of truth" "Let us choose that way for our way, which we will walk in, though it be narrow." "If God, by his Spirit, give us a right & good understanding, we shall be 1. Constant in our obedience... 2. Cordial in our obedience..." "Since we are not sufficient of ourselves, our dependence must be upon the grace of God, for from him all our sufficiency is." "Those therefore that would have the love of God rooted in them must get the love of the world rooted out of them; for the friendship of the world is enmity with God." "What God has promised we must pray for; we need not be so aspiring as to ask more; we need not be so modest as to ask less." "Those are the 2 pillars on which our hope is built, & they will not fail us: (1) The grace of God... (2) The promise of God..." "If we serve him to the end of our time on earth, we shall be serving him in heaven to the endless ages of eternity" "The service of sin is perfect slavery; the service of God is perfect liberty." "Has God kindled in us desires towards spiritual blessings more than towards any temporal good things, & will he not be so kind as to satisfy those desires?" "Those that are governed by the precepts of the word, & are resolved to keep them, may plead the promises of the word & take the comfort of them." "To what purpose have we thought on our ways if we do not turn our feet with all speed to God's testimonies?" "Surely he that will not let his birds be unfed will not let his children be untaught." "God often makes use of afflictions as a means to reduce those to himself who have wandered from him." "It is an encouragement to poor sinners to hope that God will teach them his way because he is good & upright." "Gracious souls fetch all their comfort from a gracious God, as the fountain of all happiness & joy" "When the eyes fail yet the faith must not; for the vision is for an appointed time, & at the end it shall speak & shall not lie." "There is a day coming, & a great & terrible day it will be, when God will execute judgment on all the proud persecutors of his people." "We cannot proceed, nor persevere, in the good way, unless God quicken us & put life into us" "Those that have in sincerity given up themselves to God to be his may be sure that he will protect them & preserve them to his heavenly kingdom. Malachi 3:18." "All true wisdom is from God." "A constant adherence to the ways of God in trying times will be a good evidence of our integrity." "The way of sin is a false way; it deceives, & will ruin, all that walk in it; it is the wrong way, & yet it seems to a man right. Proverbs 14:12." "The more understanding we get by the word of God the more rooted will our hatred of sin be... & the more ready we are in the scriptures the better furnished we are with answers to temptation." "A gracious disposition to do the will of God is the acceptable principle of all obedience." "Vain thoughts, how light soever most make of them, are sinful & hurtful, & therefore we should account them hateful & dreadful, for they not only divert the mind from that which is good, but open the door to all evil. Jeremiah 4:14." "The more we love the law of God the more we shall get the mastery of our vain thoughts, the more hateful they will be to us, as being contrary to the whole law, & the more watchful we shall be against them, lest they draw us from that which we love." "We stand no longer than God holds us & go no further than he carries us." "If God's right hand uphold us, we must in his strength, go on in our duty both with diligence & pleasure." "Who or what shall harm us if God's power & goodness be engaged for our protection & rescue?" "Though our eyes fail, yet God's word does not, & therefore those that build upon it, though now discouraged, shall in due time see his salvation." "The great use for which the word of God was intended, to give light, that is, to give understanding, to give us to understand that which will be of use to us in our travels through this world; & it is the outward & ordinary means by which the Spirit of God enlightens the understanding of all that are sanctified." "Every word of God is pure, & he will be true to it" "Wherever there is grace there is a warm attachment to the word of God." "The word of God will judge us, it will judge us in righteousness, & by it our everlasting state will be determined." "Those that know much of the word of God should still covet to know more; for there is more to be known." "This is life eternal, to know God. John 17:3." "All that ever dealt with God, & trusted in him will own that they have found him faithful." "We ought to obey God rather than men, & to make sure of God's favour, though we throw ourselves under the frowns of all the world. Luke 12:4, 5." "By the word of God we become more than conquerors, that is, unspeakable gainers." "...those that love God's word have great peace, for it outdoes their expectation, & in it they have sure footing." "Those that pray for God's grace must aim at God's glory. Ephesians 1:12." "All our help must be expected from God's hand, from his power & his bounty." Matthew Henry's Commentary: Job To Song Of Solomon, Mac Donald, pgs. 685 - 723.
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September 2023
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