...Isaiah xlv. 7th. " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" Amos iii. 6th. " Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground." Job v. 6th. The consideration, that God is the source of our afflictions, furnishes us with many useful...

...he loveth. In both cases, nay, in all cases, they are not without an object. They have a 'purpose. " Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground." And, let me add, in both cases, and in every case, effectual fervent prayer will avail much in alleviating...

...possessions, to the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things'. Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust; neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward 2 . For what hath man of all his labour, and...

...us, that the affairs of men are ordered by a Divine interposition; and when we are persuaded that " affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground," we shall surely be disposed to bow with submission to the severest appointmentsof God's Providence,...

...trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. Although afflictien cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Man that is born of a woman is of few days,...

...travaileth in pain together until now. Rom. viii. 20. 22. In sorrow, &c.] Although affliction cornetti not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground, yet man is burn unto trouble (or " labour") as " the sparks fly upwards" (or " the toni of the burning...

...consult our reason and our faith, they will soon bring us to the acknowledgement of this truth, That affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground. The crosses we meet with, are not the effects of blind chance; but the results of a wise and unerring...

...I thought at the time, than most others of my age ; but now I felt the truth of the Scripture, that affliction cometh not forth of the dust; neither doth trouble spring out of the ground. The evils of my lot seemed plainly the descending influences of Heaven, to produce in my fallow soul...

...a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth Job v. 6, 7. 17, 18. Although atlliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upwarn. Behold, happy is the man whom God corrccteth...

...conies by chance : all, and every thing which can happen is either by Divine appointment or permission. "Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground." Not a hair can fall from our head without a Providence; and surely if the smaller things are thus ordered,...