You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.
When the godly cease and the faithful fail, the times are truly bad, not for want of money or trade, but because wickedness abounds and honest men are scarce. These deceivers speak with flattery on one side and malice on the other, their words smooth but their hearts divided against truth.
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Commenting on Psalm 12:1-8
To be baited by a cruel generation or polluted by its influence is evil beyond measure, yet God has foreseen and provided for it. Rise above your age like a mountain peak above clouds; stand as a heaven-pointing pinnacle, and trust those two assuring words: Thou shalt, thou shalt.
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Bad times come not chiefly from scarcity or war, but from the decay of piety and honesty among men. Godly men are faithful men; their word binds as firmly as an oath. When such men cease or fail, whether by death or desertion, the times grow truly dark.
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Commenting on Psalm 12:1-8