...the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord, Job i. 20, 21. " Job said, what ! shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not receive evil also I Job ii. 1O. " Rest in the Lord, and -wait patiently for Him ; fret not thyself because of him...

...mouth, because ' • thou didst It. It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth good in his eyes. Shall 'we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not receive evil aho ?• This is loyalty to he great Governor of the universe. This is that reverence which so well...

...refreshes them with his outward blessings and comforts ; so that they may well say with his ancient servant Job, " Shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and not evil?" Job. ii. 10. Thus afflictions have been indeed usually called, but they often, in the hand...

...and resignedly to lie in the hand of the Lord, as the passive clay in the hand of the potter. " Shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not receive evil? the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away," must be the language of our hearts, on many occasions:...

...from the heart, in every trying hour, " It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good." " Shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not receive evil ?" And what a glorious spectacle is this ! Did it not constrain even a heathen to cry out, " Ecce spectaculum...

...living men complain, men and transgressors, for the punishment of their sins ? Shall we receive so much good at the hand of the Lord, and, shall we not receive evil ; patiently and contentedly receive evil also "? This temper we know, O Lord, is our bounden duty ;...

...and perfection of his 6 overeignty, they are sweetly constrained to feel and say as Job did, "Shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord? and shall we not receive evil?" 2. God designs to bring his children to submission, when he gives them a realizing sense of his holy...

...number : — see him stripped of all his •wealth, and saying in that deplorable situation, Shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not receive evil? Job. ii. 10. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord, Job. i....

...die. But the suffering Patriarch still retains his integrity, and justifies the ways of God : " Shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not receive evil?" While suffering under his severe afflictions, his three friends come to mourn with and to comfort him...

...(Jod owed us nothing ; and, therefore, when he resumes his own grant, we should acquiesce," and say, with Job ; " Shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not receive evil?" (Job ii. 10.) Surely he hath as r uch right .to recal his favours as ,to dispense them. — Now, among...