...holiness and comfort through faith unto salvation. From God cometh down " every good and perfect gift ; he maketh poor and maketh rich ; he bringeth low and lifteth up. He killeth and he maketh alive ; he woundeth and he healeth ; he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth...

...Job xii. 10, and xxxiv. 29. Again. " The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down...maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifttth up. 1 Sam. ii. 3 — 6What seems to us more uncertain than the lot? Yet " the lot is cast into...

...bring eth up. 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketb rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raisetn d unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and staye mem among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory : for the pillars of the earth are...

...givelh food to all flesh. In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich. He bringeth low and lifteth up. He killeth and maketh alive. He woundeth and healeth. By him kings reign, and princes decree justice,...

...wise in heart, and mighty in strength ; who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered ' ? The Lord killeth, and maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the grave, and c Eccles. vii. 2, 3, 4. * Job, xiv. 1. § 9. > Job, xxiv. 1 . b Job, xxv. 9, 3. « Job, xii. 13, 14,...

...thou shalt be a king all the days of thy life." Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of the Psalmist — "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill." And, agreeably to the prediction of St. Germanus, from a servant he became...

...righteousness of God, in "raising up the poor out of the dust, and lifting up the "beggar" and the criminal "from the dunghill, to set them "among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of "gloiy." In his humiliation, humility appears amiable, marvellous, and exemplary. He himself urges...

...Testament concur in teaching us that " The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed : the Lord killeth and maketh alive ; he bringeth down...and maketh rich ; he bringeth low, and lifteth up." (1 Sam. ii. 6, &c.) " Riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand...

...briii", down my gray hairs with sorrow unto hell," that is, " to the grave." And in this sense we say, " The Lord killeth, and maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up," 1 Sam. ii. 6. Now seeing the soul is sometimes taken for the body deserted by the soul, and hell is...

...debasement, which in Hannah's song are ascribed to the sole Providence of God.* " The Lord (said she) maketh poor, and maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up * 1 Samuel ii. 7, 8. the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, &c. yea,...