...prescription, ' I was,' saith he, ' envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked — until I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood...end ; surely thou didst set them in slippery places — How are they brought into desolation as in a moment !' So likewise doth Solomon prescribe : ' Let...

...overwhelmiing. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places : thou castedst them down inte'destruction. How are they brought into desolation as in a moment. They are utterly consumed with terrors. 3dly. It is transitory. This is too obvious in view of all that has been said to need further illustration,...

...things without regard to the end, he says, " When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me ; until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I their end." This gave him a very different prospect of the matter, and now he proceeds, " Surely thou didst set...

...actions, have been met and repelled : — " When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end." When evil has not been brooding over the mind, still the restraining influence of ordinances has been...

...been plagued, and chastened every morning, &c. When I thought to know this it was too painful for me ; until I went into the sanctuary of God : then understood...places ; thou castedst them down into destruction as in a moment," &c, Psa. Ixxiii. On these words of the psalmist we may observe, 1. That there was...

...in the case of Voltaire and some other striking instances is made manifest by a death-bed of horror. "Surely thou didst set them in slippery places : thou...destruction. How are they brought into desolation in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors." " And upon a set day Herod arrayed in royal ap>arel...

...been plagued, and chastened every morning, &c. When I thought to know this it was too painful for me ; until I went into the sanctuary of God : then understood...places ; thou castedst them down into destruction as in a moment," &c, Psa. Ixxiii. On these words of the psalmist we may observe, 1. That there was...

..."Their foot shall slide in due urne." However, Edwards immediately cites and also employs Psalm 73:18, "Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them down into destruction." HRN conflates the actual text and the first part of Psalm 73:18. ADDRESS ON MARTIN BUBER'S EIGHTIETH...

...of the lampstand. Psalm 73:16 and 17 say, "When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end." The psalmist was bothered, perplexed, and puzzled about a particular situation. When he thought about...

...destruction coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm 72:18: 'Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them down into destruction.' 2. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction. As he that walks in...