...is the counterpart of the divine decree, or an exposition of the Hidden things of infinite wisdom. ' Shall there be evil in a « city and the Lord hath not done it ?' The times and the seasons, the earth and the clouds, the winds and the rains, are all under his...

...dictate of reason, and a doctrine of the Bible. Affliction is natural evil, and the Prophet asks, " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" On the same principle, shall any adversity befal a family, or an individual, and God be not acknowledged...

...punish you for all your iniquities. Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid r shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it ? Surely, the LORD GOD will do nothing, but he revealeththesecretunto his servants the prophets. The...

...transgressors : and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." Amos iii. 6. " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?'* Malachi iv. 1 . " For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven ; and all the proud, yea,...

...extraordinary phenomena are designed to answer, and make the improvement which they so loudly suggest. " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" Yet he is glorious in holiness, fearful in the manifestations of his attributes, and wonderful in...

...extraordinary phenomena are designed to answer, and make the improvement ^rhich they so loudly suggest. " Shall there be evil in a city,! and the Lord hath not done it ?" Yet he is glorious in holiness, fearful in the manifestations of his attributes, and wonddpful in...

...— I confess I am quite surprised that this passage should be considered es having any difficulty. " Shall there be evil in a city and THE LORD hath not done itl" which Mr. Bellamy, renders " the Lord bath not requited it?" The e vil here intended, is evidently,...

...hand of God, and shall we not receive evil > /*«. 45. 7, 1 make peace and create evil Arnot 3. 6, Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it .' Thii it the evil of punishment, or peiial evil. It it alto taken for injuries <•> vrangt tfi-ne...

...communicate concerning his moral government, accords with its principles. The prophet Amos exclaims : shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ? Here we see a jealousy, not of the purity of the divine goodness, but of the sovereignty of the divine...

...whatsover be the nature of the action as from him, the sovereign hand of God is in them, and chief in them. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ? And yet all evils, as he doth them, are both good and well done. Actions, whether voluntary or casual,...