...humiliating depths from whence it rescues the sinner, and the amazing heights to which it elevates him. " It raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up...princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory."* Alas ! what is man in himself, man in a state of nature ? He is wretched, and miserable, and poor,...

...for he putteth down one, and raisoth up another: he rniseth up tbe poor ont of the dust, and lifteth the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes,...the throne of glory ; for the pillars of the earth arc the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.'1 Those striking turns of fortune — so men call...

...feeble. The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich : he bringeth low, and...lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and liflelh up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne...

...&c. The Lord killeth, and maketh' alive ; he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich; he bringeth low, and lifteth up : he raiseth up the poor, &c. So the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them. He will keep the...

...upon the throne. They are naturally in a low estate, and are viler than the earth ; but he raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. And though the world knoweth them not, and they are little and low in their own eyes, and it doth not...

...bringeth up. 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raise tn up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dungliill, to set thr.m among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory : foi the pillars...

...bringeth low, and lifteth up ; ponreth contempt on princes; raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory :' seeing, I say, apparently such is the condition of things here, that we may soon need his pity and...

...bringeth low, and lifteth up ; poureth contempt on princes ; raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory :' seeing, I say, apparently such is the condition of things here, that we may soon need his pity and...

...upon princes ; raiseth P° ^ ",' the poor out of the dust, and Itfteth the beggar from cxm' 7i *• the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory : seeing, I say ^apparently such is the condition of things here, that we may soon need his pity and...

...P». cvii. 41. providence of him, who raiseth the poor out of the 'dust, and lifteth the beggar out of the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory. He doth it in an evident manner, and eminent degree, to some ; he doth it in a convenient way, and...