...corrupted." (Henry VI., Part II.) Exhibit, only more amplified, the thought of Solomon, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth ; but the righteous are bold as a lion !" — Prov. 28: 1. The same thought, doubtless, gave birth to those striking lines in Scott's Marmion...

...exclaim, "0 death, where is thy sting? 0 grave, where is thy victory ?" GUILTY APPREHENSIONS. THE wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion. THE richest inheritance on earth is " a conscience void of offence towards God and man," and the most...

...thy miiidens. CHAPTER XXVIII. General observations of impiety and religious integrity. 'PHE wicked t on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where hi 2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge...

...fewer the better cheer. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. The wicked fleeth when no man pursueth ; but the righteous are bold as a lion. Time is a file that wears and makes no noise. To err is human ; to forgive is divine. Train up a child...

...sense of the presence and favour of God, are vital to the existence of moral courage. " The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion." Guilt and moral cowardice are inseparable companions. When conscience is burdened with unrepented sin,...

...sense of the presence and favour of God, are vital to the existence of moral courage. " The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion." Guilt and moral cowardice are inseparable companions. When conscience is burdened with unrepented sin,...

...presence of mind, as makes him able to endure the greatest shock. Solomon observes, that ' the wicked flee when no man pursueth ; but the righteous are bold as a lion;' Prov. xxviii. 1. — And the holy Psalmist tells us, that a good man ' shall not be afraid of any evil...

...fear in the sense of terror, or alarm. Terror attends the wicked, not the good. We read, " The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion." Prov. xxviii. 1. Again, " I will appoint over you terror. consumption, and the burning ague." Lev....

...to be so, for if God be for him, what need has he to fear what man can do against him ? " The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion," Prov. xxviii. 1. But though he be so full of courage, yet is he timorous as the doe, for if God leave...

...which is the nakedness of the soul, puts the stoutest sinner into a shaking-fit of fear. " The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion."d They say, sheep are. scared with the clatter of their own feet as they run ; so is the sinner...