...relate to ourselves, and to our duties. ' Who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.' ' The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.' Divine providence, or God's visible dealings towards us, is nevertheless not to be...

...tiling as blind fate, but there is a providence that guides and governs in -the world : Prov. xvi. 33, " g K 8 t Q ]P.԰ lJ { N S ] h V Ѷ + is of the Lord." 2<%. What this providence is 7 I answer, Providence is God's ordering all issues and...

...them, drew one out, without being able to know beforehand which it would be. For we read in Proverbs, The lot is cast into the lap: but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Lots have been used both for good and for bad purposes. They are used for very bad...

...He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good : and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he." " The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." " The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold : but the Lord trieth the...

...the thing that is appointed for me, Job xxiii. 14. Does any thing come to pass by chance ? No : for a < > c ! ] `0F1 z & j q 0 >)1 E E &G is of the Lord, Prov. xvi. 33. Does every thing come to pass as God has ordained it ? Yes : for there...

...heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he Trill. . 10 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. 11 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the...

...declare, that ' the lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.' And again, ' that the lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is ofth« Lord.' And considering also that we have the examples of the Apostles themselves, ¿rt a...

...fail, his marriage was immediately to take place, and passages to New England be at once secured. — " The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." . When Wentworth and her brother had left her, Lucy began to consider how she should...

...paths.' ' For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.' ' The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.' ' How can a man then understand his own way?' If ye forsake the Lord, he will forsake...

...powerful armies meet in the field, or two well-prepared fleets encounter each other on the mighty ocean, " the lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." 2. To the concerns of persons or families. When we place a child out to be instructed...