Psalms 60

That prophecy of Jacob and Esau, that the elder should serve the younger, must not be restrained to the persons of Jacob and Esau, but referred to their posterity; especially in the days of David and Solomon: for then were the Edomites who came of Esau, in subjection to the Isra…

But if any one shall still urge the question, and ask me, where are we told that these comets and prodigies are divine signs? I answer, we are told so directly in the infallible and holy Book, by one who was an accurate observer of the works of God; You have given (says he) a ba…

Though a man could get the work through, be it praying, hearing, reading, warring, governing, eating and drinking, yet he is not satisfied with the bulk of the work, except the spirit be the doer. This gracious spirit looks not so much to praying as to praying in the Holy Ghost;…

15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel: The LORD God of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me to you: this is my Name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations. If God be the Lord o…

A winnowing storm may be sent to this purpose; we think our faith and resolution strong, now God will try how we can stand alone. And partly to drive us to God — with you the fatherless find mercy (Hosea 14:3); (Psalm 60:11): Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of ma…

Faith does antedate glory, it does substantiate things not seen. Faith alters the tenses, it puts the future into the present tense (Psalm 60:6): Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, Ephraim is the strength of my head, etc. Those places were not yet subdued, but God had spoken in h…

The God of mercy shall prevent me, God shall let me see my desire upon my enemies. Psalm 60:1, O God you have cast us off, you have scattered us, etc. But in the end, verse 12, Through God we shall do valiantly.

When Moses let fall his hand, and he left to pray, Amalek prevailed. So while Israel fought against the Philistines, Samuel prayed (1 Samuel 7:9-10): and while Joab fought against Aram, David prayed (Psalm 60:1). The like I might instance in Asa (2 Chronicles 14:11), Jehoshaphat…