...the world was then more wicked than it has been since. It is said again in the fourteenth Psalm ; " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...understand and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are together become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." And this the apostle quotes,...

...the world Was then more wicked than it has been since. It is said again in the fourteenth Psalm ; " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...understand and seek God. They are all gone aside, they arc together become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, •not one." And this the apostle quotes,...

...is no man that " sinneth not. There js not a just man upon earth that doth " good and sinneth not. The Lord looked down from heaven " upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did un" derstand and'seek God ; they are all gone aside, they are alto" gether hecome filtby, there is...

...is no man that u sinneth not. There is not a just man upon earth that doth: " good and sinneth not. The Lord looked down from heaven " upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did un" derstand and'seek God ; they are all gone aside, they are altc" gcther become filtby, there in...

...we suppose there were no happy exceptions among them : It is true, the royal Prophet declares...." The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...all gone aside, they are altogether become filthy t there is none that doeth good, no not oae." But were not the disciples of our Lord to be considered...

...saints themselves are involved in the guilt, and are by nature children of wrath, even as others. ' The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...if there were any that did understand, and seek God : and what was the result of this survey ? they are, it is said, all gone aside ; they are altogether...

...alter the hideous portrait : The Lord, says he, looked down from heaven upon the children of men ; to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. And the result of the divine inspection is : They are ail gone aside, they are altogether become filthy...

...was occopied by the latter, the godly man ceaseth ; the faithful fail from among the children of men. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children...become filthy : there is none that doeth good, no not one, Psal. xii. Land xiv. 2, J. An exaggeration of the prophet, I grant, but an exaggeration for...

...pa*t of the nation were degen* erate, corrupt in their principle*) and licentious in their moral*. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children...there were any that did understand, [and] seek God ; to »ee how they behaved themselves upon thin occasion, and whether they would, by shewing ^fidelity...

...men to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. Every one of them is gone back ; they are altogether become filthy : there is none that doeth good, no not one.* To reduce the exhortations of scripture to the level of a carnal mind is to betray the authority...