 | John Gill - Theology, Doctrinal - 1796 - 570 pages
...to be without the providence of God, Matt. xxiv. 7. There are other calamities and afflictions which are of a more private nature, and are either inflicted...good men in love, and as fatherly corrections and chastizements ; for whom the Lord loveth, lie chasteneth, and scourgeth every son that he receiveth.... | |
 | John Gill - Theology, Doctrinal - 1796 - 498 pages
...are fatherly chasti/.cments, nor with wicked men, though they are punishments ; for ivhcrrforc doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? since it is less than he deserves, Lim. iii. 39. ii. What contentment of mind is, may be learned... | |
 | 1842
...when brought to his right mind. On the contrary, he lays his hand upon his mouth, and meekly says, " Wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins !" (Lamentations iii. 39.) He justifies God, and condemns himself; " Howbeit thou art just in all that... | |
 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...Come, thou Fount of every blessing,' &c. During one of the paroxysms, he exclaimed to a friend, ' Why should a living man complain ? a man, for the punishment of his sins ? I think I have not complained — have I, sir? — and I won't complain.' " Monday, February 21st,... | |
 | 1828
...kingdom. Shall a man receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall he riot receive evil. Wherefore shall a living man complain — a man for the punishment of his sins ? I will search and try my ways, and return unto the Lord. Perceiving how God ordinarily deals with... | |
 | Benjamin Jenks - 1803 - 382 pages
...I know 0 Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. O why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ! Great God, I humbly submit to thy hand, and will bear the effects of thy displeasure, which I have... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Sermons - 1804 - 372 pages
...men, there also is guilt, and consequently there must be also punishment. " Where" fore," then, " doth a living man complain, a " man for the punishment of his sins ?" There is a peculiar beauty in that question in the context ; it seems to imply this : — " Dost... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...commandeth it not ? Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good ? Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again unto the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...our iniquities deserve.' A thought this, which, if encouraged, will silence all our murmuring ; for wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his .tins ? when, under the heaviest afflictions, God deals not faith us after our sinst neither rewards... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion ' of faces as at this day, Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of ' his sins. Q. 21. What is the goodness of God? ' A. The goodness of God is his essential property, whereby he... | |
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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. 
