...since it is uncertain how soon God may deal thus with thee, it is wisdom to be always ready. " Letc us search and try our ways, and turn again unto the Lord." Let us first try how the matter stands with us, at the present ; let us examine ourselves and our ways, and...

...to be gracious to us. Ah ! let us not harden our Hearts, nor perfift in our Sins ; but let as fearch and try our Ways, and turn again unto the Lord. Let us humble our felves and cry earneftly unto God, and he will have Mercy upon us. There was a time when...

..."Jeremiah, Wherefore doth a living Man complain, a Man far the Puni/hment of his Sins? Let us fear cb and try our Ways, and turn again unto the Lord. Let us lift up our Hearts with our Hands unto God in the Heavens. Or, let us fpeak in the Language of Micah, Who is a...

...afflictions are fatherly chasti/.cments, nor with wicked men, though they are punishments ; for ivhcrrforc doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? since it is less than he deserves, Lim. iii. 39. ii. What contentment of mind is, may be learned...

...private nature, and are either inflicted on wicked men by way of punishment for sin ; Wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Lam. iii. 39. or they are inflicted on good men in love, and as fatherly corrections and chastizements...

...I will do no more. To reflect upon our ways and spirits, to complain of sin, and not of punishment, Wherefore doth a living man complain ? a man for the punishment of his sin ? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord, To think the present condition the...

...thou Fount of every blessing,' &c. During one of the paroxysms, he exclaimed to a friend, ' Why should a living man complain ? a man, for the punishment of his sins ? I think I have not complained — have I, sir? — and I won't complain.' " Monday, February 21st,...

...kingdom. Shall a man receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall he riot receive evil. Wherefore shall a living man complain — a man for the punishment of his sins ? I will search and try my ways, and return unto the Lord. Perceiving how God ordinarily deals with...

...0 Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. O why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ! Great God, I humbly submit to thy hand, and will bear the effects of thy displeasure, which I have...

...are men, there also is guilt, and consequently there must be also punishment. " Where" fore," then, " doth a living man complain, a " man for the punishment of his sins ?" There is a peculiar beauty in that question in the context ; it seems to imply this : — " Dost...