 | John Owen - 1826 - 584 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | James Sieveright - 1826 - 372 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Daniel Atkinson Clark - 1826 - 344 Seiten
...us to say with David, in reference to Shimei, " Let him curse for the Lord hath bidden him." " Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ?" If the men who injure us are to be the instruments of our sanctification, and then, unless the grace... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1826 - 572 Seiten
...TO GOD'S HOLY WILL must be added to the humble use of all the means of grace. For, wherefore should a living man complain, . a man for the punishment of his sins ? God's ways are not our ways, nor his thoughts our thoughts. To reach heaven at last, though under... | |
 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - 1826 - 570 Seiten
...the sight of our sin, and humiliation for it, makes a man willing to submit to God's chastisements. " Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of bis sins ?'' m There are three strong reasons together, why we ought not to murmur in our afflictions.... | |
 | 1826 - 478 Seiten
...29. Awoke in a good frame this morning. The first words which occurred to my mind were, ' Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins.' May 1 never forget them. Determined to spend this week in preparation for the solemn duties, which... | |
 | 1871 - 592 Seiten
...blessings we are in possession of, and our unworthiness of them ; and we cry out, " Wherefore should a living man complain — a man for the punishment of his sins?" Sometimes He leads us to view the trials of the saints of old : we find their language descriptive... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1826 - 424 Seiten
...teach us to say : / will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against 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 all is vanity and... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1892 - 568 Seiten
...Utmost obedience is no measure of that blessing wherewith God overfills and overflows any measure. " 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... | |
 | 1892 - 672 Seiten
...should not murmur over his punishment, but repent of the sins which made that punishment necessary. "Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?" (ver. 39). The word living is emphatic, and implies that while God spares man's life he has no room... | |
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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. 
