3. Draw me not away with the wicked. They
will be dragged off to hell like felons of old drawn on a hurdle to Tyburn.
David fears lest he should be drawn to their doom; and the fear is an
appropriate one for every godly person. The best of the wicked are dangerous
company in time, and would make terrible companions for eternity; we must avoid
them in their pleasures, if we would not be confounded with them in their
miseries. And with the workers of iniquity. These are overtly sinful. Whichspeak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. They have
learned the manners of the place to which they are going. Soft words, oily with
pretended love, are the deceitful meshes of the infernal net in which Satan
catches the precious life. Deceitful people are more to be dreaded than wild
beasts. Those who cry “peace” too loudly mean to sell it if they can get their price; if they were
really peaceful they would not need to say so.
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