...opposed to Pro/ferity ; thus, Lam. 3. a. I am thMan (faith the Prophet) that have feen Jjjlittion '•, by the Rod of his Wrath he hath led me and brought me into Darknefs. And thus likewife, tp name no more Texts, Joel aa The Day of God's Vifitation upon Jerujalem,...

...thy waves and thy billows * are gone over me. Lam. iii. r, 4. I am the man 'that hath feen afHicYion by the rod of his wrath. ' He hath led me and brought me into darknefs, but ' ' not into light. Surely againft me is he turned, hs ' turneth his hand againft me...

...said to walk in darkness. Hence we hear Jeremiafy speaking in his Lamentations in this manner : — " I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod...and brought me into darkness, but not into light." When the cause or design cannot be discerned by us, we may be said to walk in darkness, and (o have...

...fhall be poured out as dull, and their flefh as the dung. Lam. ii. i,2.I am the man that hath feen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me and brought me into darknefs, but not into light." And it is in this fenfe efpecially, that fome take the words of the...

...with a conviction that they sprang not out of the dust, thinks it unnecessary to name their author. ' I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of HIS wrath. ' HE hath brought me into darkness, and not into light. So Mary Magdalen, when she supposed herself conversing...

...this which made the Prophet fay, Lam. iii. i, 2, 3. I am the man that hath feen affliction, by tht rod of his wrath ; he hath led me and brought me into darknefs, but not into light; furely againftmeis be turned} he turned his head againft me all the day....

...heart." Psal. cxii, 4, " Unto the upright, there ariseth light in the darkness." And Lam. iii. 1,2, " I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod...and brought me into darkness, but not into light." Nothing is more common than this metaphorical use of the vi oftis light and darkness ; meaning by them...

...thine iniquities ; the chastisement of thy peace was upon me, and with my stripes thou art healed. I am the man that hath seen affliction, by the rod of God's wrath : he hath bent his bow, and set me as the mark for the arrow : lie hath caused the arrow...

...hath seen affliction by the rod of his 2 Ji wrath ; reftreseneing the case of his country as his own. He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light. 3 Surely agaiust me is he turned, he who was formerly kind to me ; •4 he turneth his hand [against...

...Hebrew alphabet ; and fach period contains thref verses, ivhich have all the same initial letter. 1 T [AM] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his 2 JL wrath ; representing the case of his country as his own. He hath led me, and brought [me into]...