...wonderfully blessed and prospered; so that the saying of the wisest of kings was signally verified to them, "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Prov. xvi. 7. The benefits, advantages, and favour, we have experienced by our dependence...

...brother, hie heart was softened upon the road, and he fell upon Jacob's neck, kissed him, and wept. For " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." IV. It is worthy of our notice, HOW NEHEM1AИ SPEAKS OF THE OOVERNGR OF ONE HÜNDRJtD AND...

...general declarations ; •' It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." " When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." " Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and stay on huríes, and trust in chariots...

...honour simply and consistently, are unexpectedly rewarded, in the end, by the good opinion of men. For " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." 3 Enable us, O Lord, through " honour and dishonour, through evil report and good report,"...

...is the lesson of our Divine Master ; and if enabled to attain this lesson, often will you find that when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. O that the Redeemer's bequest to his Church may be yours : My peace I leave with you, my...

...will preserve them; or how he will confound their enemies; but they believe the declaration, that " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Though for a season he may suffer the wrath of the wicked to rise up against him, and threaten...

...in Jacob to recognise an overruling Providence in such an unexpected result. Prov. 16. 7, ' When t man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.' What did Esau say on seeing the women and children, arid how was he answered 1 v. 5. ' Who...

...to show the hand of God as clearly as anything we have yet seen. I think it is Solomon who says, ' When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies be at peace with him ;' and this affair of the 1 dians looks very much like it." Mr. Allerton. It does...

...us to fall into if we provoke our Defender to withdraw from us. Is safety and concord a blessing ? " When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Is the answer to prayer a blessing? "And whatsoever we ask we receive of Him, because we...

...hurting us ; nay, he can change their minds towards us, according to that of the wise man, Prov. xvi. 7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. A notable example of this we have in Jacob, Gen. xxxii. for, when his brother Esau was coming...