But, filled as his heart was with some portion of these bad
feelings, to which all flesh is subject, he kept, nevertheless, the
fear of the Lord always before his eyes so far as never to omit any
of the external duties of religion, and farther than that man hath
no power to pry. He lodged with the family of a Mr. Miller,
whose lady was originally from Glasgow, and had been a hearer
and, of course. a great admirer of Mr. Wringhim. In that family
he made public worship every evening; and that night, in his
petitions at a throne of grace, he prayed for so many vials of
wrath to be poured on the head of some particular sinner that the
hearers trembled, and stopped their ears. But that he might not
proceed with so violent a measure, amounting to
excommunication, without due scripture warrant, he began the
exercise of the evening by singing the following verses, which it
is a pity should ever have been admitted into a Christian
psalmody, being so adverse to all its mild and benevolent
principles:
Set thou the wicked over him,
And upon his right hand
Give thou his greatest enemy,
Even Satan, leave to stand.
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