...thy sting ? 0 Grave ! where is thy victory ? SERMON XIII. the POWER of -CONSCIENCE. , xl-ii. 2 r, 22, they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul., ivhen be besought us ; and we 'would not hear : Therefore is this distress come upon us. And Ruben...

...might be, for their lives, that their consciences, so far as appears, for the first time, smote them: " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and would not hear." This is the natural and true effect of judgments in this world, to bring us to a knowledge...

...cooped up three days in Pharaoh's ward, now it bays at them, and flies in dieir faces : We are -eerily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, &'c. Gen. xlii. 21. What should I instance in that, w hereof not Scripture, not books, but die whole...

...youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 f k to pay it : for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee ; and it would be sin 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child'; and...

...the shade of Joseph. On their former visit to Egypt, when placed in temporary confinement, they had said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning...would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.'1 Now, their sin comes again to their remembrance. It seems to be brought home to them. One brother,...

...and they said one to another in their own language, (which they supposed he' did not understand,) " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us." They looked upon Joseph, as an austere man, and they well knew that he, being governor of the country,...

...expressive language of scripture, " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we " saw (he anguish of his soul when he besought us, and we " would not hear ; therefore is this evil come upon us." But although the people are disposed to accommodation, a mighty power continues...

...that their hearts were not callous to remorse. He had overheard them, when, in their embarrassment, they said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning...his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear him ; therefore, is this distress come upon us." He had heard the eldest brother thus upbraid the rest,...

...anxiety and suspicion, in a strange land ; and shall say with the brethren of Joseph, ice are verity guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the...not hear : therefore is this distress come upon us*. God who found out the iniquity of Joseph's brethren, and at last opened their eyes to see and confess...

...become sensible of their crime with the brethren of Joseph, and say in the bitterness of their souls " we are verily guilty concerning our brother, " in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he be" sought us, and we would not hear, therefore have all " our evils come upon us." O think of this,...