...every thing will be indifferent to you except the favour and friendship of your God. " Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth, therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty." If he maketh sore, yet he bindeth up, though he woundeth, yet his hands make whole. " He shall deliver...

...the voice of God. Correction is an evidence of sinship, and a mean of sanctification. " Verse 18. ' For he maketh sore and bindeth up ; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.' " Here is God as a judge wounding, and as an all-sufficient friend binding up ; as if the very act...

...Therefore will we not fear," for His word is, " I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him." " He shall deliver thee in six troubles ; yea, in seven there shall no evil befall thee." But if He is such a Saviour, why is it that all are not saved ? Why is He still treated...

...therefore, and " trust in him at all times ; pour out your hearts before him ; God is a refuge for us." " He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea in seven, there shall no evil come «ear thee." " Trust and tear L him in the days of your youth, and he will not cast you off in...

...us, or whether our wounds are a chance that hath happened unto us, 1 Sam. vi. For God assures. That he maketh sore, and bindeth up : he woundeth and his hands make whole, Job v. 18. Affliction cometh not forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground,...

...Judges iii. iv. &c. I will for this afflict the seed of David ; but not for ever. — 1 Kings xi. 39. He maketh sore and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.— Job v. 18, 19. God brings his servants very low, and then delivers them. — Job xxxiii. 19, &c. And...

...enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness ; and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. He maketh sore, and bindeth up, He woundeth, and his hands make whole. The Most High liveth for ever and ever ; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is...

...magnify the divine attributes ; they contend that God is just. " Happy is the man," says Eliphaz, " whom God correcteth ; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty." He accuses Job, whose wisdom and benevolence had heretofore supported others, of weakness in sinking...

...chasteneth t In v, Dr») . \ in. 5. Behold^ happy AD 69. 1 COR. xi. 32— 34.— xil. 1—4. д. о. 69. ic the man whom God correcteth ; therefore despise not...bindeth up ; he woundeth, and his hands make whole, Job т. 17, 18. That he may withdraw man from hit purpose, and hide pride from mam. He keepeth back...

...they shall say, the Lord is my G,od, Zcch. xiii. 9. 140 USES OF AFFLICTION. (FROM SCRIPTURE.) Happy is the man whom God correcteth ; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For he niaketh sore, and bindeth up ; he woundeth, and his hands -make whole, Job v. 17, 18. Before I was...