...complain ? a man fop the punishment of his sins. James iv. 7. Submit yourselves to God. Ps. xxxix. 9. I was dumb and opened not my mouth because thou didst it. Threats. Isa. xlv. 9. Woe to him that strivrth with his Maker. RELYING UPON GOD. CXXVIII. Relying upon...

...appointed lot of suffering with resignation, according to the language of David in a time of affliction, " I " was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou " didst it." The other is, tenderness of spirit towards his fellow Christians. He cannot but judge of their conduct...

...in all that is brought upon us. Jesus said, even so Father, for so it seemei good in thy sight. Ps. I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it O Lord. Prayers and confessions, which will well become all rulers, magistrates, and ministers of religion...

...appointments ; so that, when his will is manifested by the event, you are enabled to say, " All is well." " I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." She is gone a little before you ; and after a few more changes, you will meet her again to unspeakable...

...have reason to give check to the excess thereof, by the exercise of self-denial, am say with David, I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it, Psal. xxxix. 8. or follow the example o:~ Aaron, cbncerning whom1 it is said, that, when he lost two...

...deservings maketh him silent, and K to lay his hand on his mouth whatsoever God doth unto him? Ps. xxxix. 9. "I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." Ezra ix. 13. " God hath punished us less than our iniquities. Micah vii. 9. " I will bear the indignation...

...and passions would be presently scattered. David had a blessed experiment of this in his distress: " I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." Psal. 39. 8. Such an awful apprehension he had of God, as transcendently superior to him, and unaccountable...

...Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord: or when we are taught to say, with holy David, I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it: or when, under reproaches, we again say, with David, So let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto...

...thart by any other means saying, " Let me fdfl into the hands of the Lord for his mercies are great." I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it. Glory to God, that I am fallen into his mer^ ciful h:ind. Hath God appointed that man's coming into...

...So far as we are enabled to say, when we are exercised with poverty, or heavy losses or crosses, " I was dumb and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it," so far, and no farther, are we truly convinced that God has a sovereign right to dispose of us, and...