| Rowland Hill - 1824 - 500 Seiten
...submission, 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... | |
| 1824 - 414 Seiten
...sermon on the occasion, from Lam. iii. 39, 40, 41. by request of the bereaved parents. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? Let vs search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord ; let us lift tip unf hearts with our... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1824 - 294 Seiten
...our iniquities 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 bis sins ?" " Did all our kings, and chiefs," he inquired "offend the God of Christians ? Why does... | |
| Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 506 Seiten
...censure such dispensations as severe and unjust. " Can the judge of all the earth do wrong ? Shall a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?" He hath learned in his measure to bear the yoke, to deny him•self, and to make account of pain and... | |
| Benjamin Beddome - 1824 - 366 Seiten
...our afflictions equal to our deserts ? If not, let us still be thankful, and adore. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? Things are never so bad with us but they might have been worse ; and every thing short of endless... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 528 Seiten
...at all, arrived at the due degree of resignation. Jeremiah, with irresistible force, asks, ' Shall a living man complain ; a man for the punishment of his sins?' 3. Religious resignation is perfectly consistent with the clearest and strongest sense of the evils... | |
| 1879 - 422 Seiten
...when we meet with trouble, let us search into our own hearts to discover the cause. " 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. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands... | |
| Charles Drelincourt - 1824 - 654 Seiten
...grief, nor cast yourselves into despair ; let us rather say with the prophet 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. Let us lift up our heart with our hands... | |
| William Paley - 1825 - 436 Seiten
...that they 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... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1825 - 344 Seiten
...not. They 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... | |
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