...is oil to the wheels of obedience, which makes the soul go on cheerfully in the ways of the Lord : " I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart." Psa. 119 : 32. Oiled wheels run freely. How prompt and ready for any act of obedience is a soul under...

...: or it may be called, largeness of heart. So the Psalmist expresses himself: (Psalm cxix. 32.) " 1 will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart." Untiring speed : so the prophet expresses himself. "They shall mount up with wings as eagles : they...

...have I laid before me. 31 I nave stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. 32 I wiu people ; and will give thjs land to thy" seed after thee, ./for HE, 33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes ; and I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding,...

...gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. Psal. cxix. 32. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 0 1 John ii. 1. My little children, these things wtite I unto you, that ye siu not. And if any man...

...therewith also corresponds the language of Old Testament saints. For one of them thus expresses himself: " I will run the way of thy commandments, " when thou shalt enlarge my heart."* Various are the degrees of enlargement which the human mind attains. The desires of some men are bounded...

...law. Help me to take thy " Yoke upon me, for I shall find it easy. / Christ's Yoke an easy Yoke. 145 " will run the way of thy commandments, " when thou shalt enlarge my heart." Upon the whole, in the truth illustrated in the first clause of the text, we see exemplified that close...

...perfect," find it so ; every deviation from perfect obedience to his holy law, is proportionally slavery. " I will run the way of thy commandments, "when thou shalt enlarge my heart ;" or set it at liberty from the prison and bondage of sin. "And " I will walk, at liberty, for I seek...

...produced a beam of hope, for I felt it sensibly spring in my heart. I answered and said, Oh Lord, " I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart," Psalm cxix. 32. Soon after this a person came and spoke to me, of whom I asked an alms, for I was almost...

...God. David freely acknowledged before God his need of divine influence, in every act of obedience. "I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart." Jeremiah humbh said, "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh...

...it: but true spiritual joy makes one forward in the duties of universal obedience, Psal. cxix. 32. ' I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.' And it makes one tender in moral duties towards God, and towards man. Inf. 1. Unjustified persons cannot...