...hath mine enemy consumed. CHAP. HI. 1ЛМ&С man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 arently, and not 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin...

...wicked". SECT. 4. Even the heaviest afflictions are to be endured by his servants with humble submission. I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod...into darkness, but not into light. Surely against me is he turned ; he turneth his hand against me all the day \ He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark...

...itself, under tenons a|~ prehensions of Divine wrath, will instantly recognize the following traits. ' He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Snteiy apainst me is lie turned ; lie turneth hi» are they so ? Do they shew a suitable day. band...

...disciplinary punishment, as any passages that are to be found in the Bible. "I am a man," says he, "that hath .seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me and brought me into darkness, but net into light. Surely against me is he turned ; he hath turned his hand against me all the day." St....

...conviction that they sprung not out of the dust, thinks it unnecessary to name their author. ' I am the mau that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. He hath brought me into darkness, and not into light.' So Mary Magdalene, when she— supposed herself conversing...

...siege against us ; they shall smite the judgd of Israel with a rod upon the cheek." Lament, iii. 1. " I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath." Prov. x. 13. " In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found ; but a rod is for the back...

...mouth." He was, also, " a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." He, beyond all others, could say, " I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath," Lam. iii. J ; nor was there ever any sorrow like unto his sorrow. " A man of sorrows ! " Nothing can...

...the upright, there arisetb light in the darkness." And in Samuel, in. 1,2. " I am the man that bath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath: He hath led...and brought me into darkness, but not into light." Nothing is more common than this metaphorical use of the terms light and darkness; by which are meant...

...endure the sight of that which he had endeavoured to avert. I am the man that hath seen affliction Under the rod of his wrath. He hath led me and brought me Into darkness arid not into light. He turneth his hand against me every day. " Jeremiah did not forsake his people....

...ef his breast are pathetically expressed, in the Lamentations he penned on that mournful occasion. / am the man that hath seen affliction, by the rod of his wrath a. — /* it nothing to you, all ye that pass by ? Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow like unfa...