...covetousness. Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity. And quicken me in thy way," Ps. cxix. 36, 37. And, " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart unto any evil thing," Ps. cxli. 2, 4 ; that is, let not my heart incline to any...

...the holy Scriptures, filled every circle. How needful then at all times is the prayer of David : " Set a watch, O ! Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips.'' The true believer is a new creature. He is surrounded by a holy atmosphere, in which the trifler cannot...

...prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; ana the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. rinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day : 4 Incline notmy heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity : and...

...Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand ? I wait for the Lord ; my soul doth wait. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips; incline not mr heart to any evil things, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity, and...

...heed lest he fall." " Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are the issues of life."J " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of my lips."§ Observe, thirdly, The delicacy and the danger of assuming a latitude and a liberty in sacred things....

...declarations in view, every minister is powerfully called on to unite with David, in that earnest prayer, " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, " keep the door of my lips." The evils especially opposed to this great ministerial duty, and from which incalculable mischief sometimes...

...shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto, according to thy word. — Ps. cxix. 9. : Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of my lips. — Ps. cxli. 3. Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. — Prov....

...Therefore let us resolve to take heed to our ways, that we sin not with our tongue. David prayed, " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips." Secondly, as the reverence of the disciples induced them not to question the propriety of our Lord's...

...assurances sounding in our ears, what can be more necessary than that we should pray with David, " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity; and let...

...and sometimes very great, whether in the young or the aged ; therefore, like David, incessantly pray, Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips. The other reason why Moses could not carry the people into the land of promise is, that he was the...