...deserve. Saith not that holy book, whose words thy strong memory so well cherisheth, " wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ?" " Did all our kings, and chiefs," he inquired "offend the God of Christians ? Why does he thus draw...

...to destroy.' Lam. iii. 38, 39. ' out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil arid good ? wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? ' Amos iii. 6. ' shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?' For God, who is infinitely...

...And in still stronger language does the prophet Jeremiah express himself in the book of Lamentations, Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? It is Of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. When affliction...

...hearts, with poor penitent Eli, it is the Lord ; let him do what seemeth him good*: and with Jeremiah, wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord^. Perhaps also, the uneasiness, which we...

...to my Father ?' does he say, ' I have sinned against thee,' O Lord? — 'Wherefore,' then, ' shall a living man complain ? — a man for the punishment of his sins ? Let us search and try our ways, and turn unto the Lord, for he will still hear !' — Is this his...

...are right, and that it is in very faithfulness thou causest us to be afflicted." " Why then should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ?" Let these considerations prevail with thy servants to submit to thy dispensations. Make him resolve...

...we should correct our rebellious feelings, and bring our minds to say with the Prophet, " why should a living man complain ; a man for the punishment of his sins ?" But when he came to his final address, believing from the scriptures " the effectual fervent prayer...

...teach us to say: 7 will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned againtt him. Should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? This stirs us up to true repentance. — Then they teach us experimentally that nil is vanity and vexation...

...and understand how it is between God and our souls. This direction is given us, Lam. iii. 39, 40. ' Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.' When trials and punishments draw nigh,...

...comforts of religion, and cry, without relief, in prayer for their restoration, we would say, — " Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins," verse 39. Lay it down as an unquestionable truth, that it is of the Lord's mercies ye are not consumed...