Psalms 16:3
The holy people who live in the land are the truly great; they are my whole delight.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Inferences on communion with the Father in love cites Ps. xvi. 3
…trade in, it is love; — what so precious? Doubtless they are the excellent on the earth, Ps. xvi. 3. Farther; this will discover a main difference between the saints and empty professors:—…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation, in its consequential affections cites Ps. xvi. 3
…delight, for his sake. Take an instance in both kinds in one man, namely, David, Ps. xvi. 3, “In the saints and the excellent” (or the noble) “of the earth is all my delight; my…
- Practical Religion ·
Heirs of God cites Ps. xvi. 3
…are with the "excellent of the earth?" Are we never so much at home as in their company? (Ps. xvi. 3.) We shall have it perfectly in glory. What saith the Scripture? "The Son of man shall…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon I cites Psalm xvi. 3
…and he, that could laugh at their sins, is readier now to weep for their sin and misery, Psalm xvi. 3. and xv. 4. Phil. iii. 18. In short, he hath a new end in his thoughts, and a new way in…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
Ruth’s Resolution cites Psalm xvi. 3
…excellent than their neighbors, Prov. xii. 26. Yea, they are the excellent of the earth, Psalm xvi. 3. They are lovely in the sight of the angels; and they have their souls adorned with those…