Expounding the text of Psalm 39:9; 'I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it'. The author sets out to show that it is 'the great duty and concernment of gracious souls to be mute and silent under the greatest afflictions, the saddest providences, and sharpest trials that they meet with in this world'. 'If you would have this work effectual and successful, you must look off from man and look up to God, who alone can make it a blessing to you'.description