...have borne it : neither was it he that hated us that did magnify himself against us ; then would I have hid myself from him : but it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, my friend, and my brother.' And for what ? Why, a temporizing spirit. O this has been the curse of...

...almost too much for him. Psal. ly. 12 — 14. It was not an enemy — then I could have borne it ; — but it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance : toe took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. It is with professors...

...come very near to him, and try his spirit. The words of the psalmist seem applicahle to this case, " It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have horne it ; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himself against me, then I would have...

...midst of it. 11 Wickedness is In the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I...against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. 14 We took sweet counsel together,...

...have been ungrateful, have been fickle and false, have neglected, have deserted, have betrayed me ; 'It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it,' &c. this is indeed commonly most grievous ; yet being scanned will not render a man's condition so...

...many years her members and her friends. The Bible Society might say, with the church in the Psalm, " It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked in the house of God in company." Yes, they were men for many years members of the Society — men some...

...midst of it. 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 12 hese words unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this thai did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 13 But it was thou, a man...

...sorrow must have been when his son Absalom rebelled against him, for in Psalm 55:12-14 he said, ". . .it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it... it was thou, a man mine equal .. . and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together. . . ." What...

...friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me" (Ps. 41:9). "It was not an enemy that reproached me: then I could have borne it ... It was thou . . . mine acquaintance" (Ps. 55:12-14). Fulfillment: "Judas . . . came to Jesus, and...

...rod in the hands of the High and Lofty One, by whom I am thus sorely chastised? It was not an enemy; then I could have borne it. Neither was it he that hated me in days past; for then I would have hid myself from him. But it was the man mine equal, my guide, my...