...The spirit that is within us, leadeth to envy ;" and it was an eminently good man who confessed, "I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked !" But a serious consideration of this truth, will tend to check the risings of this evil disposition....

...a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble a*...

...distress of every kind. " My feet," says he, " were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." (tf) At length he concludes his Account of them; •' When I thought to know this, it was too painful...

...1. Psalm Ixxiii. 2. 3« " As for me, ray feet were almost gone, my steps had veil nigh slipt; for 1 was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." And for this he befooled himself, ver. 22. " So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before...

...observes, (ver. 2, 3.) " As for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipt. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." In the 4th and following verses, he informs us, what in the wicked was his temptation. In the first...

...a clean heart. 3 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. S 'For I that Shish 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is f firm. 5 bThey are not fin trouble...

...well nigh slipped. 3 Ь orí was envious at the foolish, when 1 saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 h sa?d. so will thy servant do. And Sbimei Idwplt in Jerusalem ma 5 They are not in trouble as other men neither are they plagued like other men. 0 Therefore pride compasseth...

...endure affliction. 2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone : my steps had well nigh slipt. 3. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Temptations impede the progress of the Christian in the way of righteousness, and incline him to fall...

...minds are torpid. Religion, for them, possesses no interest, and therefore prompts to no inquiries. " They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued like other men." They have no doubts, because they have no convictions. But earnest faith stirs up many a secret foe,...

...substance to their babes*. As for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked b. Their eyes stand out with fatness, they have more than heart could wish0. Behold, these are the...