...glory will I not give to another. And thus and thus shall ye do, for I am the Lord. And cursed be every one that continues not in all things written in the...divine nature, will not only make us glad that he is Go n, and KING, and GOVERNOR; but also exceedingly glad that we live under his government, and are...

...represented as the Governor of the world, and his government, as being like himself, absolutely perfect : The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice ; let the multitude of the isles be glad thereof, is the effect. Psalm xcvii. I. Is God represented as the supreme good ? Whom have I iu heanen but thee,...

...walk and not faint. Isaiah xl. 31. SERMON 16. THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT THE JOY OF OUR WORLD. PSALM tern. 1. The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice ; let the multitude of the i»les be glad thereof, WISE and good rulers are justly accounted an extensive blessing to their subjects....

...world, and to rejoice with the Psalmist in his government, and to adopt the words, " The Lord reigueth, let the earth rejoice, let the multitude of the isles be glad thereof; though clouds and darkness are round about him, yet righteousness and judgment are the habitation of...

...saith the Lord, the heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool, chap. Ixvi. 1. and elsewhere, The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of the isles be glad thereof Clauds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne....

...evil. " He stilleth " the raging of the sea, and the tumult of the people." •" The Lord jeigneth, let the earth rejoice, let the " multitude of the isles be glad thereof." Surely, O Lord, the wrath " of man shall praise thee, the re" mainder of wrath shalt thou restrain."...

...saiili the Lord, the heaven is my throne, and the earth is /ny footstool, chap. Ixvi. 1. and elsewhere, The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of the i.iles be glad thereof. Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the...

...it about. The benevolent rejoice in it. It demands the acknowledgements of all. " The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice, let the multitude of the isles be glad thercof I" Besides : In the matter of the dispensations of saving; grace, Who shall tell God how to...

...12. The duties of holiness, thankfulness, and relig-ious joy, are inculcated. 1. The LORD reignetk; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of the isles be glad thereof. Triumphant over death and hell, the Lord Jesus is gone up on high, and " reigneth." What greater cause...

...judge the people righteously." Psalm xcvii. — The glorious reign of Messiah is here described. " The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice, let the multitude of the isles be glad thereof.-" — " The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory." Psalm xcix. — The...