Psalms 131

See now, a man of a great and magnanimous spirit, though a man as fit to put up wrongs as any man, yet when he sees the glory of God is interested in his person, and his calling, or his cause is called in question, then he knows how to stand upon his worth; and if in such a case…

For a wicked conscience will discover itself in the contempt of God and man, even by the outward gesture and look. It is in the same sense that David notes out lofty eyes, and high looks (Psalm 131:1; 101:5). Isaiah also does better confirm this, in the verse following.

Some pretend to great [〈◊〉], that are very haughty, audacious and assuming in their external Appearance and Behavior: But they ought to consider these Scriptures. Psalm 131:1. Lord, my Heart is not haughty, [〈…〉] neither do I exercise myself in great Matters, or in Things [〈◊◊〉]…

Enjoyment of your desires is the thing that will please you, but resignation of your wills, is that which is pleasing to God: if your hearts cannot come to this, mercies cannot come to you. David was made to wait long for the mercy promised him, yea, and to be content without it…

4. We must be quiet as the child is quiet after weaning. It is the Psalmist's comparison (Psalm 131:2): I have behaved (or rather, I have composed, so Ainsworth reads it) and quieted myself (my soul, Hebrew — for our souls are ourselves, and our principal care must be concerning…

When Shimei cursed him, with a bitter curse, in the day of his calamity, he resented not the offense, nor would hear any talk of punishing the offender: so let him curse; let him alone, for the Lord has bidden him (2 Samuel 16:10, 12), quietly committing his cause to God, who ju…

And although he had received anointing from Samuel, he had not yet been put in possession of the royal dignity; and God wished to keep him in a middling state, as a man of base and abject condition, until God himself willed him to come. How beautifully then he employed for use w…

Answer. By the blessed effects of this poverty: which are; 1. He that is poor in spirit is weaned from himself (Psalm 131:2). My soul is even as a weaned child; it is hard for a man to be weaned from himself.

8. Of such is the Kingdom of God, of such in covenant relation is the Kingdom of God, of such subjects. For if Christ's reason be, of such for humility, meekness, want of malice, and envy, as (1 Peter 2:1-3), (Matthew 18), (Psalm 131:1-2) is the Kingdom of God: he must mean by t…

Except a mad man, none will do that. 2. If anything, without a child of God, work upon him, they move him not much: Psalm 131:2. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother, my soul is even as a weaned child. Acts 20:24. None of these things…

Our fathers trusted in you, etc. 6. I am a worm and no man: because humility is a soul smoothed, and lying level with itself, no higher than God has set it (Psalm 131:1). I do not exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me: the proud soul has feathers broader…

And therefore were cast out of the family of Abraham, and out of the land of Canaan, to wander through the earth. 2. This weaning of Isaac's seems also to represent the conversion of sinners, which is several times represented in Scripture by the weaning of a child; as in (Psalm…