...benefits, and looking only at present and visible advantages, ask, with a most deplorable unceneern, what is the Almighty, that we should serve him, and what profit shall we have, if we pray unto him ? If you think it nothing then to have those about you impressed...

...indulge their ridicule. Too much like some in the days of Job, They say unto God, Depart from us : for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What...and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him. (Job xxi. 14, 15.) This is that spirit of infidelity which pervades the minds of too many in the present...

...Therefore they say unto GOD, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "Whatisthe Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? Ye have said, it is vain to serve GOD : and •what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances,...

...superstitious fools adore. So Job represents the atheistical impiety of prospering sinners ; - — " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and •what profit shall we have, if we pray unto him i" — Job xxi, 15t 138 ti • • i• • f * lion. *' The Lord...

...it ! I have said to God, it has been the language of my heart and conduct j Ltefiart from me ; for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that I should serve him ? and what profit shall I have if I firay to him ? Can I doubt, then, can I question...

...Ixv. 2, which said unto God, depart trom u» ; and what can the Almighty do for them. Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What...and what profit should we have if we pray unto him; Job xxii. 17, chap. xxi. 11, 14. We will not have this man Jesus to reign over us. The result of their...

...that speaketh uprightly. They set their mouth against the heavens. They say unto God, depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What...serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray untohim ? He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten. The fool hath said in his heart, there is...

...grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and...what profit, should we have, if we pray unto him? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand : the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 17 How oft is the...

...or of their instructions being effectual, and they become discouraged ; they are disposed to a*k, " what is the Almighty, that we should serve him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto him ? Verily we have cleansed our hearts in vain, and washed our hands in innocence." Owing to these and...

...very time, and in the very manner, they expected, grow peevish and fretful, and say in their hearts, " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ; and...what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?" But surely, Christians, when we consider, that, when we have done all, we are unprofitable servants...