...here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good to him." And as the afflicted church, (Mic. vii. 9,) " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." Even a Pharaoh, when affliction hath taught him a little to know himself, will say, "The Lord is righteous,...

...otherwise. He has again laid his chastising rod upon me, by afflicting me with sickness and pain. But " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." I have a renewed opportunity of examining my submission to God. And I do now, as in his presence, renewF...

...submissive patience, to bear whatever is inflicted on them, humbly saying with him in the prophet, • I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him.' Seeing, whatever our crosses or sufferings be, we cannot but confess to God, with those in Ezra, '...

...otherwise. He has again laid his chastising rod upon me, by afflicting me with sickness and pain. But " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." I have a renewed opportunity of examining my submission to God. And I do now, as in his presence, renewedly...

...deserve, rather than rebel against God, and reject his counsels, the language of our hearts would be, " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him. — It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. — The cup which my Father hath given me,...

...through his righteous judgments unto victory. "Wait, O wait in patience upon God, if it be all thy days ! 'I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him,' said the prophet Micah, Again, 'All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my charge come,'...

...felt, and therefore said, " why should a living man complain ; a man for the punishment of his sin ?" " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." Let the afflicted compare their sufferings with their guilt, and they wiil ,see that they have no right...

...the troubles which the marriage of his daughter had brought upon both her and himself, he says, " But I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." iM7. On receiving the sad tidings of her death, he wrote the following letter to her husband. — "...

...sins? Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement ; I will hot offend any more. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him. . . . * Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the tray : Nevertheless take heed, regard not...

...heart?" No ; he should rather have said, " It is the Lord ; let him do what seemeth him good1 ;" " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against himk." But in this conduct of his we have a lamentable illustration of that proverb, " The foolishness...