...in the regular course of the service by thus reading the seventh verse of the seventy-fifth psalm: " Promotion cometh neither from the East, nor ".- from the West, nor from thee, (the) South." The Doctor conceded to wit, what merit had failed to obtain, and the curate found...

...ready to perish was my father — .' Job xii. 21. 'he poureth contempt upon princes.' Psal. Ixxv. 7. ' God is the judge, he putteth down one, and setteth up another.' cxiii. 7. 'he raiseth up the poor out of the dust.' Isai. xxxii. 8. ' the liberal deviseth liberal...

...up the horn : 5 Lift not up your horn on high : speak not with a stiff neck. 6 For promotion comtth damsels playing with 7 But God is the judge : he puttcth down one, and setteth up another. EXPOSITION. PSALM LXXIV. (Z)...

...contrary to fact, but also absolutely opposed to the declared purposes of our God, who declare, that " promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south ; but it is the Lord that setteth up one, and pulleth down another :" and who has also promised that " the...

...process of his "lapstone," and save himself the exertion of his "hammer." True it is for "Crispin," "Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south," so far as " Bishops'' of the present day are concerned ; and I much doubt whether, with all my skill...

...but with the Psalmist, • that promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south. But God is the judge : he putteth down one, and settcth up another. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full mixed,...

...not frequently, on observing the rise and decline of nations, find the confession extorted from him, God is the judge ; he putteth down one and setteth up another ?* And, especially if with these Scriptures in our hands, w'e look at the countries and people, which...

...Affliction cometh not forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground. Job v. 6. Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the...Judge ; he putteth down one, and setteth up another. Ps. Ixxv. 6, 7. If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him ? Job xi. 10....

...material point in the argument I have overlooked. Distinction is not of ourselves : as David says, " It cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor...judge : He putteth down one and setteth up another." Anxiety therefore, on this point, is vain even on the ground of probabilities, which in regard to woman,...

...stood at God's elbow, when he wrote thy name in the book of life. Gvmall. Election is a promotion that cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south; but from God, who, as he puU down one, and sets up another; so, some he chooses, and others he passes by,...