 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 436 sider
...to my Father ?' does he say, ' I have sinned against thee,' O Lord? — 'Wherefore,' then, ' shall a living man complain ? — a man for the punishment of his sins ? Let us search and try our ways, and turn unto the Lord, for he will still hear !' — Is this his... | |
 | James Ross - 1825 - 472 sider
...stronger language does the prophet Jeremiah express himself in the book of Lamentations, Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? It is Of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. When affliction... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 588 sider
...penitent Eli, it is the Lord ; let him do what seemeth him good*: and with 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^. Perhaps also, the uneasiness, which we... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 514 sider
...Lam. iii. 38, 39. ' out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil arid good ? wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? ' Amos iii. 6. ' shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?' For God, who is infinitely... | |
 | 1826 - 478 sider
...nothing." "April 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... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 588 sider
...acknowledge, ' It is of the Lord's mercies we are not consumed.' Each of them can say, ' Wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? It is good that he should both hope, and quietly wait, for God's salvation : I will therefore watch... | |
 | 1871 - 592 sider
...of the 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 sider
...not. They 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... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1826 - 572 sider
...RESIGNATION 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... | |
 | Daniel Atkinson Clark - 1826 - 336 sider
...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... | |
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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. 
