...David knew when in his penitential agonies he prayed, Cast me not away from thyv*.\\. n, presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me; 'restore unto me...thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit : this those first Christians felt, who, under persecutions and all outward discouragements, were yet...

...with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high ahove the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that...Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy sah<ation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners...

...torpid conscience had so long intermitted. Therefore he prays, " Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away...ways ; and sinners shall be converted unto thee." It is evident that David's chagrin for the shame and scandal his conduct had cast upon religion, was...

...face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities." — And " Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me ; cast me not away...thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit." Here it is manifest, that it is not remission of sin, as the removal of a judicial sentence, nor adoption...

...blood-guiltiness, from which the royal psalmist entreats the Lord to preserve him— Restore vnto me the joy of thy salvation, and -uphold me with thy free Spirit:...thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of...

...your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God. Ruin. ix. 14. Restore unto me the joys of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free Spirit....thy ways ; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Ps. li. 12, 13. Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph ? How long shall...

...the instruments too ! Let David's prayer and resolution be your's — " Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free spirit....ways ; and sinners shall be converted unto thee." Surely, if there was only a probability, yea, a possibility of this success, in one instance only,...

...this David knew when in his penitential agonies he prayed, ' Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me; restore unto me...thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit :' this those first Christians felt, who, under persecutions and all outward discouragements, were...

...life itself, and earnestly to pray with the Psalmist — " Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me: Restore unto me...thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit." But in the mean time, he is to be very cautious, not to quarrel with his Maker for withdrawing the...

...sealed like his, until God opens them. " Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me by thy free Spirit ; then will I teach transgressors...thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." This experimental knowledge of the joy of God's salvation, and this buoyancy and fulness of freedom...