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Psalms 116:16

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Psalms 116:16. O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid:-

"Born in thine own house, of one who belonged to thee,- a home-born slave, and glad to glory in that fact. Born in thy house, and bought with thy money, and yielding up myself joyfully to thee: ‘I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid:’ -

Psalms 116:16. Thou hast loosed my bonds.

Why, we thought he was going to say, "Thy grace hath, like a fetter, bound my wandering heart to thee." Just so; that is the liberty which he enjoys: "Thou hast loosed my bonds." We are never so free as when free-will has had its death-blow, and we have come under the power of sovereign grace; and now there is another free-will, born of grace, and with its full consent we give ourselves up to God, saying, with David, "O Lord, truly I am thy servant; thou hast loosed my bonds."

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