...spirit ; for of that alone could it be said that it is promoted by sorrow, penitence, and faith. " O Lord, by these things men live; and in all these things is the lifeofthespirit." (Isa.xxxviii.16.) We are therefore persuaded — to say nothing of various strong...

...eyes failed and whose tongue cried out : O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me ? This he, who said I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul ? Yes, GOD LEFT HIM. O, if God leaves, satan tempts and corruptions rage. What evils may not the best...

...hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it ;] he promised health, and it immediately came : I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul ; I ihall all my days remember the bitterness of my soul ; or it may refer to walking humbly and circutnsfiectly...

...hath both spoken unto me, and himself hafh done [it ;] he promised health, and it immediately came : I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my sonl ; I shall all my days remember the bitterness of my soul ; or it may refer to walking humbly and...

...the fulfiller. What a blessed saying is that of good Hezekiah, Isa. xxxviii. 15. What shall I tay ? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it ? I got the word from him, and I got the deed from him ; the words were the words of his mouth, and the...

...of our spirits ; how can you expect divine life to flourish, but in the death of the body of sin? " By these things men live; and in all these things is the life of our spirit." If this be true, then all our energy,fervour, earnestness, life, power, struggles, appetite,...

...people." 9. They make very humble, and break the haughty mind, and bring down the lofty thought : " I shall go softly all my years, in the bitterness of my soul ; my soul is as a weaned child :" and God has this in view by them, to hide pride from man. 1 0. They...

...that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones; from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more...

...of our spirits ; how can you expect divine life to flourish, but in the death of the body of sin? " By these things men live; and in all these things is the life >of our spirit." If this be true, then all our energy, fervour, earnestness, life, power, struggles, appetite,...

...nothing to those still deeper shadows which affect the character, and compel the victim to exclaim, — "I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul !" A young lad, during a school boy quarrel, stabbed his companion in a frenzy of passion! After days...