Thus having viewed the passage in this literal form, let me return to point out some of the days of evil of which the Bible speaks, and you may meet with, that when they come you may remember I told you of them. When God is pleased to shew us our sinful hearts in that degree we are able to bear it. When conscience reproaches us for sins of omission and commission; sins long practised and long pursued by us. Satan taking the advantage of these convictions, and throwing in his fiery darts. These are called the days of evil. _Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil_, _when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about_. This is a time you will surely meet with, as Job and others have, who have said before you, _Thou makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth_. _Thou hast set my secret sins before me_. _Remember not the sins of my youth_. Such days as these, when guilt lies heavy on the conscience, you will feel no pleasure, till faith embraces the atonement, and banishes fear. Another evil day you will have is the day of temptation, when Satan is apparently let loose upon you, as he was upon poor Job, and Paul, and Jeremiah. When you will want your head covered in the day of battle, and feel your need of the shield of faith and the helmet of hope, the one to cover your head, the other to repel these fiery darts of the Devil, which he will shoot at you—fiery shot, from the burning malice of Hell, such as strong temptation to excite burning lusts, blasphemous thoughts of God, horrid suggestions, debasing thoughts of Christ, with all the Atheism, Deism, Arianism, Socinianism, Arminianism, and Antinomianism of the human heart, stirred up by the Devil, to foster despair, enmity, and hatred of God. Thus tried you must watch the motions of the Spirit, leading you to the death of the Saviour, and with your Spirit exclaiming, Thou, O Lord, art my hope in the day of evil.