Homilist Psalm 119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments. I. Promptitude in duty is SUPREMELY BINDING. Duty is the supreme end of existence. We are made to "keep Thy commandments." Unless we do this our existence will prove a failure, and a curse. Even Seneca has said, "To obey God is perfect liberty, he that does this should be safe, free, and quiet." II. Promptitude in duty is SUPREMELY NECESSARY. 1. The great Creator seems to have made the happiness of all His sentient creation to depend on obedience to His laws. Hence from the microscopic insect, to the huge mammoth, we find pleasures flowing into them through obedience to their instincts. Disobedience is misery in all worlds. 2. Hence the necessity of promptitude in this matter. (1) The sooner it is attended to the better. (2) The longer it is delayed the more, difficult to begin. Both the inclination and the power get weaker with every moment's delay. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.WEB: I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. |
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