...when thou wast afraid to sleep, lest thou shouldst awake in hell. Now thou mayest say with David, " I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep ; for thou, Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety." Psa. 5 : 8. Now, come life, come death, the soul is safe ; the peace...

...But the kingdom of thy saints is not of this world ; a more durable recompense awaits them. VERSE 8. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep : for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. PENETRATED with these holy truths, though I should be called to suffer many...

...hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep ; for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety ; I am so satisßfd with thy favour, and so secure under thy protection,...

...heart," says an ancient saint, " more, than in the time, when their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep ; .for thou, Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety." In the second place, religion denies us no pleasure, but such as directly...

...enemies can take in seeing their barns full of corn, and their presses overflow with wine. Ver. 8. / will both lay me down in peace^ and sleep : for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. ,] Nor can they take their rest more securely than I ; for, though encompassed...

...strength. You shall now see one who is going to bed in the exercise of faith, and hear what he says : " I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety," Psalm iv. 8. It is faith that discriminates those that are God's charge,...

...hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 1 will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. PSALM V. To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. VTlVE ear...

...safety," Isaiah xiv. 30. The psalmist expresses his deep sense of divine preservation in these words, " 1 will both lay me down in peace, and sleep, for thou, Lord, only makesl me dwell in safety." Psalm iv. 8. Fourthly, the branch or blessing of Jabez's prayer; "That...

...us to approach thedivine Being, with humble hope and godly confidence, in the comfortable language of the Psalmist : ' I will both lay me down in peace and sleep; for thoit, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.' With sentiments like these, replete with piety, if not...

...grape, and the cup of salvation. Teach us, O Lord, to discern this difference, and to choose aright ! 8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep ; for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. This conclusion affords ample matter for profitable and delightful meditation,...