...righteous were to the psalmist, a precious balm. "Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness — it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head." Psalm 141 : 5. And thou mayest say, Let the wicked smite me with the tongue, with the fist of wickedness,...

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...frequently their language : " Let the Righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; let him icprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head, for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamity.'* Surely the Psalmist saw the excellence of biotherly reproof. Hew affectionately...

...being checked, if he is turning his steps into some bye-path ? How sweet is the language of David i " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall -ue .ал «iccellerrt oil :" — and, as A grateful return, he concludes,-—" My prayer also shall...

...operations, of the Holy Spirit. But not always ; as may be readily seen in the following passage. " Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness...let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent Oil." (Psalm cxli. 5.) We are led to connect with the foregoing, the latter part of the address from the...

...of any of those feast», at which they contrive mischirf, and 5 encourage one another to purtue it, Let the righteous smite me ; [it shall be] a kindness...break my head : for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities ; let the righteous rtprove me severely, even though so keenly as almost to -uxund...

...xii. 1. The taw of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death chap. xiii. 14. Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness...let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, that shall not break my head, Psal. cxli. 5. May God always continue a succession of such righteous...

...connected. But I hope, Sir, that I can with some sincerity say, "Let the righteous smite me, it stall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be...not break my head : for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities." . But when I consider that some, for whom I have had an affectionate regard,...

...heart." They desire not to be freed from the watch of their Christian brethren ; but are ready to say, " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness...an excellent oil, which shall not break my head." But I need not enlarge. It is sufficient to say, that the people of God repent not of their vows, and...

...upright Christian loves a soul-searching ministry, and is not offended with the most faithful reproofs. Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be dn excellent oil, which shall not break my head. But the language of the hypocrite, or self-soothing...