...rather in this case to " humble1 themselves under thejnighty hand of God," saying with David, " IT was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it:" and with the Church, in the prophet Micali: "I1 will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned...

...sovereign hand, which holds your souls, bodies, and all your comforts ; how quiet would your hearts be ! "I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." Ps. 39 : 9. " It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good." 1 Sam. 3 : 18. Oh, when we have to...

...consideration and belief of this struck holy David dumb before God when under the afflicting rod of God? " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it," Psalm xxxix. 9. As hath been already observed, there is neither good nor evil that can fall out without...

...case, to say it is well, — because God doth it. This passed for an unanswerable reason with David, / was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it \., and with good old Eli, under a severer trial than ours, // is the Lord, let him do as seemeth good in his sight...

...former expresses himself thus: It is the Lord ; let him do what seemeth him good : and, the latter said, I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. Both of them were exposed to great afflictions; both of them •were oppressed with a sense of their...

...case, to say it is well, — because God doth it. This passed for an unanswerable reason with David, I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it I, and with good old Eli, under a severer trial than ours, // is the Lord, let him do as seemeth good...

...there can be no patience. Consider it as the hand of God, and thence argue the soul into submission™. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it. But this heaviness is mitigated, and set. as it were within its banks, betwixt these two considerations,...

...Job i. 21. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Psal. xxix. 9. I was dumb I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it, Psal. cxix. 75. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right ; and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted...

...expressed in those pious sentiments of ancient good men : * Ecclcs. xi. 8. I was On Patience* SERMON I was dumb ; I opened not .my mouth, because ' • thou didst It. It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth good in his eyes. Shall 'we receive good at the hand of the...

...hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me : I »m consumed by the blow of thine hand. 11 When thou with rebukes...