David was an excellent practitioner hereof. No man was more tried and tossed than he, “yet he ever drew near unto God” (Ps. 73:28). Indeed, sometimes he said, “All men were liars,” but that was in his fear (116:11). And again, “I am cast out of thy sight,” but that was in his haste (31:22)—that is, when the force of some passion or the violence of some temptations did carry him headlong. But otherwise he ever lived the life of faith. So must we not think to live in sensuality and die in faith, but