...believed that the hand of God was in it ; that he gave it to us, and that he now took it away from us. " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" Amos iii. 6. I had moreover a perfuafion that, according to God's word, it would work together for...

...hand. He again inquires, as the proper application and inference to be deduced from this figure, ' Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord ' hath not done it *?' Affliction doth not fpring out of the ground, like thofe herbs and plants which grow without labour...

...a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God ;" for though Satan may afflict, yet — " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" At, or soon after this period, mere professing Christendom will bo the subject of direful judgment:...

...exalted him, and given him aname which is above every name - SERMON LV, ON ASH-WEDNESDAY. AMOS iii, 6. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ? * - - 169 SERMON LVI, 2 TIM. iii. 16. Att scripture is given by inspiration of God 1 89 SERMON LVII....

...are of his ordering, or are some way sent by him, we are plainly taught. It is asked, Amos iii. 6, " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" There are all sorts of evils in cities, moral as well as natural ; and yet this question implies...

...the dead shall be raised....! Cor. xv. 52. Tremendous voice! Most solemn sound ! The prophet asks, " Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid ?".... Amos iii. 6. If the alarm of war and the approach of an enemy be sounded in the dead of the...

...upon the word njn more correspondent to the preceding sentence, translate the words in this manner; " shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be a shout in the city, and shall there be no doer of it?" ; • • « ' ,-• 7th. — The conjunction...

...made the necessary preparation for it } nor will he remove his judgments till • the end is answered. Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid ? shall it not throw them into an alurm ? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it,] or,...

...on other occasions!. It w*s V the signal of hostile invasion § ; it was fearful : — " Shall " the trumpet be blown in the city, and the people " not be afraid || ?" Of such kind we may account the seven trumpets of the angels. They are not the trumpets of the...

...trumpet be blown, in the city, and the people not be afraid ? shall it not throw them into an alerm ? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it,] or, inflicted it ? are not all calamities to be ascribed to the hand of God, and -not to chance ? he...