...Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Prov. xiii. 12. Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee ; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments. Jer. xii. 1. Cast not away therefore thy confidence, which hath great recompence of reward, for ye...

...M'CRIE, DD, Author of the Life of John Knox, Life of Andrew Melville, ,v., &c. " Righteous art t/unt, O Lord, when I plead with thee, yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments" — JEREMIAH xii. 1. e prophet when he of a very distressTHE circumstances of the uttered these words...

...unchecked by calamity, is an event which has often perplexed even pious minds. Thus, Jeremiah exclaims, "Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee;...let me talk with thee of thy judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? "Wherefore are all they happy that deal very treachcrouslyf" Asaph...

...sacrifices of praise, which I now offer unto him with my lips." And then she added, " Righteous art thou, 0 Lord, when I plead with thee ; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments. Why dost thou keep upon thy premises that fierce and cruel dog, at the sight of which such, weak women...

...ungodly." Trials like these, led the holy prophet Jeremiah thus to address himself to Almighty God : " Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee,...let me talk with thee of thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper ? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously ? "...

...should be understood as insinuating the slightest reflection on that immaculate and bright attribute. " Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee ; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments." * Of the same import are the words of another prophet : — " Thou art of purer eyes than to behold...

...should be understood as insinuating the slightest reflection on that immaculate and bright attribute. " Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments." * Of the same import are the words of another prophet: — " Thou art of purer eyes than to behold...

...open rnto their prayers : but the lace of the Lord is against thcm that do ev.l. (1 Peter 111. 12.) Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee ; yet let me talk with tin e. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct...

...or to acquiesce with humility, in the dispensations he is pleased to order. " Righteous art thou, О In the temper of mind here expressed, we have meditated on the words read to you; and in this temper...

...for we are afraid he will bite us when we go hence. So at last he came down to them again, and Mercy fell to the ground on her face before him, and worshipped,...plead with thee; yet let me talk with thee of thy judg• Matth. xxiv. 41. * Ibid. xi. 12. * Mercy expostulates about the dog. Devil. ments."* Wherefore...