I have done judgment and justice.
What every man should do, and what every man requires
I. What every man should do. “I have done judgment and justice.” The whole moral code of the universe may be reduced to two words--Be just.
1. Be just to self. Properly train your own faculties, discipline your own affections, regulate your own activities.
2. Be just to other creatures. Whether they be small or large, irrational or intelligent. The meanest insect as well as the greatest soul hem claims on you.
3. Be just to the Creator. The kindest Being thank the most, the greatest Being reverence the most, the best Being adore the most.
II. What every man requires. “Be surety for Thy servant for good;” or, as some read, “Interpose for Thy servant for good.” There is a thing here which every man requires, viz. the merciful interposition of God. “Be surety”--interpose--“for Thy servant.” Unless He, in mercy, intervenes on our behalf, we are ruined for ever. Every awakened soul hungers for this, it is the great hunger of the soul. “Mine eyes fail for Thy salvation.” (Homilist.)