...are the ungodly. These prosper in the world, and these have riches in possession. And I said, then I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency." Sentiments such as these, are, I believe, what many good men have found occasionally rising in their...

...encounter in this scene of trial, diminish your trust in the wisdom and goodness of Providence: say not, " I have cleansed my heart in " vain, and washed my hands in innocency." Rather remember the " years of the right hand of the Most " Highest;" and let faith be your support...

...missed of all that pcrtuintid unto him : and he hath requited me evil for good, 1 Sam. irv. 21. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency, Psal. Ixxiii . 13. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing...

...religion, and all our pains, zeal, and care about duty were little better than lost labour. " Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocenry. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning." By these things...

...2—4, &c. And such surprisals may now also befal us, that we may be ready to say with him, ' Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency ; for all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.' Hence when the prophet Habakkuk...

...high ? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and $ chastened every morning. * 15 If I say, I will speak...

...7 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world ; they increase m riches. и 13 Verily alf a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD t innoccncy. 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. p là UI say,...

...prosperous and happy, moral virtues were an unnecessary burden and restriction : " Verily," said he, " I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.' But revelation explained the enigma. " I went," he adds, " into the sanctuary of God ; then understood...

...iieardest the voice of my supplications, when I cried unto thee, Psal. ¡x.xiii. l3, 22, 'i3. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. So foolish was I. and ignorant : I was is a beast before thee. Nevertheless, I am continually with...

...am clean in thine eyes." The Psalmist also declares his own integrity in terms somewhat similar ; / have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. Ver. 31. Still wilt thou plunge me Sfc. The meaning is, that his calamities would cause him to be looked...