...justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God f .'05. nP,al. xiv. i. The fool hath s™ iii his heart, There is no God: they are corrupt, they have done *b°minable works, there is none that doeth good. Eph. ii. 12. That at ™t time ye were without Christ,...

...at a wide and dreadful distance from their Creator. Compare Ps. xiv. 2,3. with Rom. iii. 9—12. " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...God : they are all gone, aside, they are altogether hecome filthy ; there is none that dotli good, no, not oae. This text of the psalmist is cited by the...

...after God ? The universality of this estrangement from God is also plainly taught in the 14th Psalm, " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy : there is none that doeth good, no, not one." In the writings of Solomon...

...the heart of man is only evil continually,' (Gen. vi. 5:) yea 'evil from his youth,' (Ch/viii. 21.) ' The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...were any that did understand and seek God. They are gone out of the way : there is none that doth good, no not one,' (Psm. xiv. 2.) * There is not a just...

...was occupied by the latter, (he godly man ceaseih ; the faithful fail from among the children of men. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...They are all gone aside, they are altogether become Jilthy ; there is none that doeth good, no not one, Psal. xii. 1. and xiv. 2, 3. An exaggeration of...

...wickedness ; their throat is an open sepulchre ; they flatter with their tongue." Again he says, " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...understand and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are together become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." And of himself, the Psalmist...

...gods of this world which end in the fire that never shall be quenched ; what saith the witness : " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...there were any that did understand and seek God. They arc all gone aside ; they are all together become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one....

...people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, they have none understanding." " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the .children...men, to see if there were any that did understand. — They are all gone aside," " There is none that understandeth." Hence all spiritual understanding...

...any doubt who are meant by the wicked that do not seek God, the Psalmist will resolve it at once : " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did — seek God. They are all gone aside," "there is none that seeketh after God." This class do not fear...

...his way upon the earth. — The cry of Sodom is great; their sin is very grievous." In the Psalms: "They are corrupt, they have done abominable works ; there is none that doeth good ; they are all gone aside ; they are all together become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no...