...rises by repentance. * Behold I am vile,' saith he, •o ' what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand upon my mouth : once have I spoken, but I will...answer, yea twice, but I will proceed no further. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye seeth thee : wherefore I abhor myself,...

...with the blushes and pains of a penitent. Behold I am. vile, what shall I answer thee r 1 will lay my hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken, but I will not answer, yea twice, but I will proceed no farther. He ascribes it to God as a prerogative, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no...

...their mouths and speak no more. Behold I am vile, saith Job, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but 1 will proceed no further. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee,...

...their mouths and speak no more. Behold I am vilci saith Job, what thall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken, but I will not answeri yrae twice, but 1 will proceed no further. 1 have heard cf thee by the hearing of the ear,...

...an humbling view of thine own un worthiness and guilt, as shall lead thee to exclaim with holy Job, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes*. ' Nor is the young man better...

...says to a soul, Be thou humbled, it is effectually humbled; as in^ the case of Job, chap. xl. 4, 5. ' Behold, I am vile, what' shall I answer thee ? I will...answer : yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.' And when he says, Be thou comforted, it is immediately comforted, Isa. Ixvi. 13. 'As one whom his mother...

...man that he should be clean, or he that is born of woman, that he should be righteous. Behold O Lord, I am vile, what -shall -I answer thee. I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Mine eye seeth thee, wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. I have said to corruption,...

...let him answer it. Then Job answered the Lord and said, Behold I am vile; what shall I answer thee? 1 will lay mine hand upon •my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will proceed no further." God continues, however, to proclaim his sovereignty by a series of pointed and...

...the dust before the Holy One of Israel. It is most suitable, that each one of us should cry out, " Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand upon my mouth I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." Who can number the crimes which...

...great simplicity, and the most profound humility and contrition. Then Job answered the Isord, and said, Behold, I. am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth: chap. xl. 3, 4>. And again, / have uttered that I know not; things too wonderful...