Psalms 116:7
Come back to your rest, my soul, because the LORD has treated you with kindness.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Ps. cxvi. 7
…for it is a love also of rest and delight. “Return unto thy rest, my soul,” says David, Ps. cxvi. 7. He makes God his rest; that is, he in whom his soul doth rest, without seeking farther…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the First cites Psalm cxvi. 7
…of Psalm cxxvi. 1, “When the Lord shall turn again the captivity of Zion;” and that of Psalm cxvi. 7, “Turn again into thy rest, O my soul.” Hence, Malachi, in a very brief compendium, has…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Psalm 116:7
…waves, it is not without reason he exhorts his soul to return to her quiet rest (Psalm 116:7). And yet (what is strange) amid those commotions, faith sustains the believer’s heart…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Restless Until It Rests in Thee cites PSALM 116:7
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. PSALM 116:7 The Confessions opens not with Augustine but with God. “Great art Thou, O Lord,” it…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
When the heart is disquieted by sin, speak no peace to it until God speak it cites Ps. cxvi. 7
…good, and desirable to the will and affections; by them the “soul returns unto its rest,” Ps. cxvi. 7. (4.) Which is worst of all, it amends not the life, it heals not the evil, it cures not…