...something of the nature and design of affliction, or trial. It was long since observed by Eliphaz, that " affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground." We have an intimation here, that they are ordered according to the wise counsels of the Most High,...

...the discriminating providence of the Most High, to fix the blame on secondary agents ; but surely, " affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground." Oh that, through the medium of Divine Light, we might look up to God ! therein we should discover the...

...America have been, and still continue to be, great in 'divers provinces. " Affliction," it is said, " cometh not forth of the dust, neither " doth trouble spring out of the ground."* Let the present calamities, therefore, awfully impress every mind, and lead us seriously to reflect,...

...affections ; to exhibit their character, either in ithe mast amiable, or the most odious light. " Asflhotion cometh not forth of the dust ; 'neither doth trouble spring out of the ground." It is God, who wounds and heals ; who kills and makes alive. And, when he afflicts the children of...

...general, the Scriptures tell us, that calamities are not to be considered as happening by chance ; that "affliction cometh not forth of the dust, " neither doth trouble spring out of the " ground"," but proceeds from him by whom the " hairs of our head are all num" bered;" from him without whose permission...

...if we consult our reason and our faith, they will soon bring us to the acknowledgment of this truth, That affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground. The crosses we meet with, are not the effects of blind chance ; but the results of a wise and unerring...

...governing providence in the world, or once imagine them to be mere casualties and contingencies ; for affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble " spring out of the ground," Job v. 6. In what Utopia does that good man live, who feels not the painful rod of God upon himself,...

...mountains which I will tell thee of^ ,Gen. xxii. 1, 2, "ALTHOUGH," say the scriptures,— "Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground, yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upwards." It is, my dear friends, the severe but necessary...

...consideration of our intimate relation with misery ; yet to reflect, that though affliction comes, it u cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground," is a balm in our misfortunes, and an alleviating antidote to all our afflictions : for then ** we seek...

...promises—Kindness of God—Compassion of Christ. 1. Are we born to trouble? Although affliction coroeth not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward. (5 Job. 6, 7.) 2. Is affliction caused by sin?...