...to be without the providence of God, Matt. xxiv. 7. There are other calamities and afflictions which are of a more private nature, and are either inflicted...good men in love, and as fatherly corrections and chastizements ; for whom the Lord loveth, lie chasteneth, and scourgeth every son that he receiveth....

...are fatherly chasti/.cments, nor with wicked men, though they are punishments ; for ivhcrrforc doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? since it is less than he deserves, Lim. iii. 39. ii. What contentment of mind is, may be learned...

...when brought to his right mind. On the contrary, he lays his hand upon his mouth, and meekly says, " Wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins !" (Lamentations iii. 39.) He justifies God, and condemns himself; " Howbeit thou art just in all that...

...Come, thou Fount of every blessing,' &c. During one of the paroxysms, he exclaimed to a friend, ' Why should a living man complain ? a man, for the punishment of his sins ? I think I have not complained — have I, sir? — and I won't complain.' " Monday, February 21st,...

...kingdom. Shall a man receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall he riot receive evil. Wherefore shall a living man complain — a man for the punishment of his sins ? I will search and try my ways, and return unto the Lord. Perceiving how God ordinarily deals with...

...I know 0 Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. O why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ! Great God, I humbly submit to thy hand, and will bear the effects of thy displeasure, which I have...

...men, there also is guilt, and consequently there must be also punishment. " Where" fore," then, " doth a living man complain, a " man for the punishment of his sins ?" There is a peculiar beauty in that question in the context ; it seems to imply this : — " Dost...

...commandeth it not ? Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good ? Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again unto the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands...

...our iniquities deserve.' A thought this, which, if encouraged, will silence all our murmuring ; for wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his .tins ? when, under the heaviest afflictions, God deals not faith us after our sinst neither rewards...

...belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion ' of faces as at this day, Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of ' his sins. Q. 21. What is the goodness of God? ' A. The goodness of God is his essential property, whereby he...