...minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In this dispensation, God has plainly declared that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. To human ap. pearance, the life and services of few men were more needed than Mr. Peck's. He had officiated...

...he did eat." It is not for man to attempt to vindicate the counsels or operations of God, for " his ways are not as our ways, nor his ** thoughts as our thoughts ;" but we may be permitted to say, that, in this narrative from holy writ, every thing is as consistent with...

...which the conduct of men is so generally regulated. Well, indeed, may it be said of him, that " His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." I speak not here of that fearfulness that is so general in the minds of men, of making known their...

...— a truth which, whether high or low, Britain or Hindoo, we should never forget, namely that God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; that it is with an equal eye, as Lord of all, he looks down on Brahmin and Bishop, Sikh and Queen,...

...his truth, dispise his grace, And sure distrnction find. PBOVD. For the Lord bath declared, that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, he maketh his sun to rise upon the evil, as well as the good— he is ever wailing to be gracious,...

...him."—No ; my friend has been a great unbeliever, yet hath the Lord, the sovereign Lord, " whose ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts," brought you out of a "fearful pit, and out of the miry clay; set your feet upon a rock, and established...

...Misery .is the road to Happiness, ^Suffering the way to Glory, and Death the way to Life. (Truly his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.) It 'is evident, from scripture, and also from experience, that these are the maxims of Heaven. Nothing,...

...and goodness; but the very need^for a solution of the seeming difficulty shows that the ways of God are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. But we should do injustice to Dr. Dwight, if we left it to be inferred that his illustrations are derived...

...of the 'marks of human wisdom, we are naturally led to say, '" Salvation belongeth unto God. — His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." Therefore, when conviction of sin makes us feel the necessity, and discovers the glory of our Saviour's...

...because his other perfections are infinite." Here she interrupted me, and said, " Yes, Sir ; but his ways are not as our ways ; nor his thoughts as our thoughts." " That sentiment," I replied, " is very true, and very pious, when rightly understood ; but it has...