...13. — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look upon iniquity. Job xl. 4. — Behold I am vile; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Ps. li. 4. — Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in...

...attributes, and adored him for the exuberance of his mercy. O why was I such a fool, so idcotick and insane? "Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth." No, Brethren, he never says thus. I have never heard him, nor have you. Give me then, I insist, '•...

...upright man ; one that feared God, and eschewed evil." This perfect and upright man said to his Maker, " 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." Where could cither of these men...

...blind like himself : but when God comes to deal with him, how different his views ! then it was, ' Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand on my mouth, and my mouth in the dust.' Even, with the very best, there is cause for this exercise,...

...and blame into the free and vitiated will of man. Humbling self-knowledge maketh us say, with Job, " Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth :" and when God is glorifying himself on our relations, or ourselves, by his...

...righteous ?' And while God may thus with propriety address each of us, it becomes us to reply with Job, ' Behold, I am vile ; 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 I will proceed no...

...openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. — Job xxxvi. 8— 10. Behold, I am vile: 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 I will proceed no...

...Lord, and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thce? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: Yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. God 6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like...

...to us sinners.' This is no fewer than four texts joined, each beautiful by itself. First, Job xl. 4, 'Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.' Second, Lamentations iii. 29, 'He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there...

...contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? He that reproveth God, let him answer it." Job's reply (40:4, 5): is own eyes" (17:26). See also 19:1; 21:25. "And the...Baalam" (2:11). "And the anger of the Lord was hot God's second series of questions (40:6 — 41:34). 7. Job 40:15: "Behold now behemoth, which I made...