Psalms 116:6

Psalms 116:6. The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

There is here, first, a general doctrine; and, then, there is a particular proof and application of it. It is true, in a general sense, that the Lord preserveth the simple-hearted ones who have learned to trust in him; but, in particular, you or I, if saved by his grace, can say, with the psalmist, "I was brought low, and he helped me." There is a little book of medicine, which Mr. John Wesley brought out, and he put to some of the recipes the word "Proved." He had evidently tried the medicine, and proved it to be efficacious in his own case. In a similar fashion, we can often put, in the margin of our Bibles, concerning the Word of the Lord, "Proved." We have tried it, and proved it, and therefore we also can personally say, "The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me."