The best armor against evil lusts – Thomas Brooks

“Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” Psalm 119:11

David hides the word in his heart as a treasure that he might not lose it; and as a rule that he might not transgress against it. The law of God kept close in the heart is the best armor against evil lusts. David locks up the law of God in his heart, as in a chest or cabinet to secure him against Satan’s ambushes and assaults on the one hand, and to preserve him from sin on the other hand.