...miserable, but for sin ; yea, for his own sin. The prophet tells us so in terms ; " Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? " Lam. iii. 39. Nothing can be more true, than that of Bildad the Shuhite; " Behold, God will not...

...silence, because, &c. He putteth his mouth in the dust, If so be, there may be hope, &c. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ?— Lam. iii. 27 — 29. 39. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...silence, because, &c. He putteth his mouth in the dust, if BO be, there may be hope, &c. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? — Lam. iii. 27 — 29. 39. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against...

...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 ?" Let these considerations prevail with thy servants to submit to thy dispensations. Make him resolve...

...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...