...source of the happiness of mankind. Then I may apply to myself these words of the pious patriarch, / am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou hast shewed to thy servant. Gen. xxxii. 20. JANUARY IV. THE DIFFERENT USES OF FIRE. is, in some sort, the universal...

...the God of his father Isaac, that was a promising God ; but the God that said unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee, ver. 9. And thou saidst, I will surely d» thee good, ver. 12. See how Jacob's wrestling stood, how,...

...most precious favour ; then thou wilt say with Iacob, " O God, I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant," Gen. xxxii. And with David, " Many, OLord my GoJ,are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and...

...precious favour ; then thou wilt say with, Jacob, " O God, I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant," Gen. xxxii. And with David, " Many, OLord my GoJ, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and...

...O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well...least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thon hast shewed unto thy servant : for with my staff 'I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become...

...always wondering at the goodness, admiring at the kindness of the Lord ; saying, with good Jacob, Wt-are not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant, Gen. xxxii. 10.; and with the Jewish Church, Ogive thanks tmti) the Lord,...

...engagements of Jehovah, that the Lord will be with me, will do me good, and deal well with me, though I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which the Lord hath shewed to his servant. Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. I am now arrived in my history to the year...

...Testament. Jacob felt that humility, which consists in self-abasement, when he said unto God, "lam not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of...the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant." David exercised that humility, which consists in self-abasement, under a sense of what he had deserved...

...taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes." Such anonecries, " I am not worth}- of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant." In the view of God's immaculate perfections, Job exclaims, "Behold I am vile!" — and (lie seraphic...

...more suitable and pious the language and sentiment of the patriarch Jacob, " / am not worthy of tlie least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant." Or of the Centurion, " / am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof." § 5. As words acquire...