...interpreted 'to fae a punishment : " And they said one "** to another, We are very guilty concerning otfr . " brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, "...upon us. And " Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I ntft UnJ'''fo you, Saying, Do not sin against th'e -child'? " and ye would not hear ; therefore behold...

...youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty...not hear : therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, .saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child ;...

...youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty...not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child ; and...

...misery; yet in their fears conscience remembers it with aggravations of their unnatural cruelty: " And they said one to another, we are verily guilty...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us." Lastly. Consider the several kinds of sins to find out your own: some are of omission, some of commission;...

...anguish. Joseph's brethren, when they were accused as spies, and threatened to be severely dealt with, " said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us'' (Gen. xlii. 21); though we do not find that they ever had one relenting thought before. So the widow...

...spared him from the pit; and they were finally constrained to acknowledge the force of those reasons. "They said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...s'oul, when he besought us; and we would not hear." The cries of the poor and needy are proper reasons, why we should grant them relief. And the ardent...

...and almost forgotten. Take an instance of this. We are verily guilty, said the brethren of Joseph, we are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear: therefore is this distress come upon us. What language is this ? We are guilty ! we are verily guilty ! How strange, that the sons of a pious...

...and kindly done. As they reflected on passing events, and felt the pressure of their present trial, they said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning...would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon usf." Now what should bring them to this confession ? Why * John viii. 7—9. t Gen. xlii. 21. think...

...to them. How long will it be., ere the brethren of this most innocent and most injured Joseph, " say one " to another, We are verily guilty concerning...not hear : " THEREFORE is this distress come upon us !" Gen. xlii. 21. 17. As he loved cursing, so shall it come unto him : as he delighted not in blessing,...

...prosper in his hand." His brethren confessed it, when, recognizing the just retribution of Providence, " they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not bear; therefore is this distress come upon us." Joseph himself, who passer) through the trying scene,...