SELECTED BY CHANCELLOR J. H. VINCENT, D. D.
[February 1.]
I find David making a syllogism, in mood and figure, two propositions he perfected.
(Ps. lxvi) 18. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
19. But verily God hath heard me, he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Now I expected that David should have concluded thus:
Therefore I regard not wickedness in my heart.
But far otherwise he concludes:
20. Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.