...utmost abhorrence of justifying himself before God.f David, " a man after God's own heart," cries, " Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord, for in thy sight shall no flesh living be justified."* Isaiah, that most distinguished prophet, lamented that...

...sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18j 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psal. cxliii. 2. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive...

...words, without removing the impropriety. In the same manner, if in reading the following passage : Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ! for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. If, in pronouncing this passage, I say, the reader neglects...

...men, he feels cause to implore forgiveness of his trespasses, and to cry out, " Behold, I am vile. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified." Thus is the Christian taught effectually humility by the knowledge...

...and trembled at it as much as ever I did,1and knew he could never stand by that rule of judgment. " Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified." He knew God never could justify him, but must condemn him,...

...to the perfection of the nature thou hast given me. But, O Lord, how greatly do I fall short of it! enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified ! I beseech thee, O Lord, to continue thy heavenly benediction...

...Mercy think them upon me. 2. For thy Name's Sake, O Lord, be merciful unto my Sin, for it is great. 3. Enter not into Judgment with thy Servant, O Lord, for in thy Sight (hall no Man living be juftified. 4. Have Mercy upon me, O God, after thy great Goodnefs ; according...

...dashes in pieces all the guilty that come to it. Therefore the psalmist so earnestly deprecates ; " enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified." And the apostle, though a transcendent saint, divests himself...

...opinion he entertained of himself upon a contemplation of God's infinite purity, that he exolaim«d, " Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified." John Baptist, though the most exalted of those >born among...

...says he, " give ear to my supplications : In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord : For in thy sight shall no man living be justified." And David, What if God doth thus ? Why then saith he, " My...