...peculiarly delightful, and w.> shall find it attended with a special blessing. The Lord himself loveth the gates of Zion, more than all the dwellings of Jacob; and if our hearts be there also, he will meet with us and he will bless us. Yea, blessed is the roan whom...

...right hand forget her cunning.":): The pious man is like Eli, he sits trembling for the ark of God, he loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Alas, what can such a poor insignificant creature as I do ? well, I will put it into the hands of my...

...desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for I have desired it." He " loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob ;" that is, public worship more than private. He regards both, and accepts of both, when performed...

...Yet he went, to bear his testimony to publick ordinances. — For, still saith he, the Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob ; and so do I. Such, then, were his sentiments ofjthings, expecting that God would yet open a door of return...

...be called by his name. At Salem was his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion. The Lord loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. And the church, in all ages, hath thought it fit to separate some places from vulgar and common use, and...

...prevailed in Isabella's mind, how many of you would be present in the solemn assemblies? Although God loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob ; •who among you would be worshippers there ? Alas ! it is a strange delusion, as it is a bold presumption...

...be called by his name. At Salem was his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion. The Lord loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." And the church in all ages hath thought it fit to separate some places from vulgar and common use, and...

...;" yet he went to bear his testimony to public ordinances ; " For still," says he, " the Lord loveth the gates of Zion, more than all the dwellings of Jacob; and so do I." Such, then, were his sentiments of things, expecting that God would yet open a door of return...

...Thus was exemplified the declaration of the psalmist, perhaps upon this very occasion, Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.* And thus too was prefigured that tender feeling and compassion which our blessed Saviour himself exhihited...

...God of their fathers, and refused to bow down to the idols of the nations. But forgetting that God loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, they were content to serve him afar off. Enjoying in common with the heathen their cultivated fields...