...ways and doings procure these things to you. Lay your hand therefore upon your mouth, and say, " Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sin? " And now I must turn to the Lord's people, who have the least reason of all men to be dissatisfied...

...to destroy.' 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...

...And in still 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...

...hearts, with poor 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...

...teach us to say: 7 will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned againtt 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 nil is vanity and vexation...

...are right, and that it is in very faithfulness thou causest us to be afflicted." " Why then should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ?" Let these considerations prevail with thy servants to submit to thy dispensations. Make him resolve...

...we should correct our rebellious feelings, and bring our minds to say with the Prophet, " why should a living man complain ; a man for the punishment of his sins ?" But when he came to his final address, believing from the scriptures " the effectual fervent prayer...

...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...

...comforts of religion, and cry, without relief, in prayer for their restoration, we would say, — " Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins," verse 39. Lay it down as an unquestionable truth, that it is of the Lord's mercies ye are not consumed...

...have incurred the penalty of transgressors, and our sufferings are less than our iniquities deserve. " Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ?" Surely, it is meet to be said unto God, " I will not oifend any more. It is of the Lord's mercies...