...know " 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 f" Let these considerations prevail with thy servant to submit to thy dispensations. Make him resolve...

...trouble, as the sparks fly upward. (5 .lob, 0, 7.) 2. Is affliction caused by sin ? Wherefore doth a living man complain; a man for the punishment of his sins? (3 Lam. 39.) 3. Should a sense of our sinfulness render us humble and resigned under affliction? Rejoice...

...clay say to him that la.hioneth it, what makest thou ? or thy work, he hath no hands ?- 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 B2 How...

...of this life' are Communication . compared with the desert of sin; for " the wages of sin is death." Why, then, ' should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?' Under the severest trials of life, it becomes men to consider, that ' it is of the Lord's mercies that...

...deserve ? Certainly they deserve far greater evils, than God ever inflicts upon men in this world. " Why then should a living man complain; a man for the punishment of hit sins?" The afflicted always have reason to say, " It is of the Lord's mercies, that we are not...

...every person cheerful, and ready to afford you the help which you are capable of receiving. And " why should a living man complain, a man " for the punishment of his sins fl " Is it not better " to be chastened of the Lord," than " to be con" dcmned with the world?" We...

...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 his sins ?" " Did all our kings, and chiefs," he inquired "offend the God of Christians ? Why does he thus draw...

...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...

...know " that they arc right, and that it is in very faithfulness thou causest us to he afflicted." " Why then should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of hit) sins 1" Let these considerations prevail with thy servant to suhmit to thy dispensations. Make...

...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...