...afflictions 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...

...private nature, and are either inflicted on wicked men by way of punishment for sin ; Wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Lam. iii. 39. or they are inflicted on good men in love, and as fatherly corrections and chastizements...

...I will do no more. To reflect upon our ways and spirits, to complain of sin, and not of punishment, Wherefore doth a living man complain ? a man for the punishment of his sin ? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord, To think the present condition the...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...when the Lord 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...

...are 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...

...righ- ' teousness 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...

...with their sins, as the meritorious cause of all their sorrows and sufferings, Lam. iii. 39, 40. " Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sin ? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Job xl. 4, 5. Behold, I am vile,...