...darkness and the withdrawing of God's spirit. " Will the Lord cast off for ever, and will he be favorable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? Doth his promise fail forevermore '." In many such instances, does the Psalmist and others, is recorded in sacred scripture,...

...bitterness of his heart, he is tempted, for a moment, to question the mercy and faithfulness of God. " Will the Lord cast off for ever ? " and will he be...? " Hath he, in anger, shut up his tender mercies ?"f But not daring to proceed, in a strain so nearly approaching to impiety, he immediately corrects...

...bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine." Unbelief has indeed, sometimes asked, " Will the Lord cast off for ever, and will he be favourable...gracious ? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?" But Faith has answered, "This is my infirmity : I will remember the years of the right hand of the...

...Lord cast oft for ever ? And ivill he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone jor ever ? Dolh his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten...gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Psa. Ixxvii. 8, 9, 10. What ideas do these words excite in your minds ? Is it the presumptuous confidence...

...into a dangerous passion ! Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will ht be favourable no more? Js his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail...evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he shut up his tender mercies in displeasure? Ps. J \\vii. 1 — 9. Lo, the man was even falling; yet...

...good caus-e for this change of his proceeding? Shall we suspect that his nature is entirely altered ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? Hath he in anger shut up "' his tender mercies ? No ; let us say with the Psalmist, 'This -is my infirmity ; but I will remember the^ works of the Lord....

...countenance, whose smiles formerly exhilarated his soul, now wears an angry frown. This makes him cry out. " Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Hath God forgotten to be be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Psalm Ixxvii. 7,...

...present ease, of good men, that he attends. When under the impatienre of sorrow we exclaim, Hath he forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ? we recollect not in whose hands we are. His compassion is not diminished, when its operations are...

...case, Ps. Ixxvii. where we have a most doleful complaint of a poor deserted soul : verses T, 8, 9. Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be favourable...fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious f hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ? you see that he all along seems to lay the very accent...

...his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth A/B promise fail for evermore ? The fisalmiat'a -victory. PSAI 9 land. 30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king. lender mercie* ? Selah. 10 And I said, This 1.1 my infirmity : fiul /7MY/rrtwm6pr the years of the...