...is afflicted pity thould be shewed from his friend ; but he forsakcth the fear of the Almighty. 15 ; Iß Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm,...

...themselves mi vuili idolatries, of which they muy with truth «ay, "they have dealt ilftoitfully ILS a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; which are bhdodl by reason of the ice, and wherein tlie enow is hid: what time they wax warm, they vanish...

...card-paper. I may say indeed of those in whom I trusted, what Job said of his friends VANITY CHURCH. 109 ' my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away.'" " Another proof," said Dr. Tarbet, when a silver salver thickly covered with cards was presented to...

...seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon t and rebuke it. Job 6.15. ause their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: 27. Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. Job 12.4. I am as one mocked...

...brooks that pass away— "Which are turbid by reason of the ice, and in which the snow hides itself; What time they wax warm they vanish, when it is hot they are consumed from their place. The caravans that go their way, turn aside, go up into the waste and perish ; The...

...and in the evidences they supply that you do not understand my case, they influence me (ver. 6). " My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, And as the stream of brooks they pass away; Which are blackish by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow is hid: What time they wax warm, they vanish...

...course. The rills of creature comfort may be likened unto " the streams of brooks, which pass away. What time they wax warm, they vanish ; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place." But the fountain that was opened for sin and for uncleanness is one that never fails—one whose streams...

...distress, " 0 that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together ; my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook; and as the stream of brooks they pass away." Need we refer to Joseph in captivity and in prison—to Daniel in the den of lions—to David ascending...

...before his cold ?" (Ps. cxlvii. 16, 17.) The book of Job contains the following allusions :—•" My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid " (vi. 15, 16). " If I wash myself with...

...and clear, as in the life of the great Exemplar. It is the language of experience and antiquity.—My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks have they passed away. Human friendship is too shallow to taste the root of our bitterness; it is too...