...contendest with me." Jobs. 2. " Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord." Lam. iii. 40. " For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men." Lam. iii. 33. [God hath always just and sufficient cause against us, should He enter into judgment. But...

...Jeremiah, had it not been better to have adopted his occasional language of acquiescence and hope : " Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion...mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men? •" II. But this leads us, Secondly, to the PHOMISE OF COMFORT contained in the...

...every other case, to bear that sense. Jehovah hath said that he '•'•willnot cast off forever; that though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion...mercies, for he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men." Lamen. iii. 31—33. This sentii See the Author's Ed. of Smith on Divine Government,...

...his love and in his pity he redeemed them ; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that...

..." perfect peace," because you shall be taught that, "whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth ; "' and " though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies." 2 And again, when in a state of doubtful uncertainty respecting the issue of any important...

...desires not the constrained service of a slave, but the willing and grateful obedience of a child. " Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies n ;" and will cause his believing people to enjoy an assured sense of their acceptance...

...for our family, and may evince to those around us that the Lord will not cast off for ever, but that though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His merries. What in our own conduct led to this calamity teach us to search out, to bewail, and guard...

...him not off. 10 He endureth with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction. 11 Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies : i Prov. xvi. 7. - Psal. xxxvii. 28. Gen. xxiv. 27. Psal. xxsiv. 22. 3 Psal. ciii. 8....

...Father of mercies, and God of all comfort. He is rich in mercy. He is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." The mariners,...

...Father of mercies, and God of all comfort. He is rich in mercy. He is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." The mariners,...