...humbled in me. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not". It is good that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because...

...consumed, verily they are inexhaustible ! 23 New are his compassions every morning, &c. Verse 26. — " It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait," &c. Rather, with Dr Blaney, " He is gracious, therefore let him wait with silent hope," &c. " He,"...

...may be under affliction of any kind, wait in submission the time of his gracious deliverance: for " it " is good that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the " salvation of the Lord." LAM. iii. 26'. " Now, unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to " present you faultless...

...us should seem destitute of the grace of God — but who can tell !• Tranent, 12/A June, 1798.— It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of God. The God whom I' serve is rich and- liberal ; his perfections, his promises, his ordinances, and...

...is good to him that waitelh for him, to the soul that seeketh him. And it is good for a man that he should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth ; he sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he...

...Ver. 18. " Ver. 19. » Ver. 30. 1 Ver. 21. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. It is good that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord z. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant...

...need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. (10 Heb. 36.) It is good that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. (3 Lam. 26.) 20. Are we required to be followers of the Saints now in bliss? Be not slothful, but followers...

...place their felicity in the fading and empty enjoyments of this present life. It is a good thing, then, that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord ; for, "he is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him0." He who is the God of...

...Matt..xii. 31. "Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out," John vi. 37. "It is a good thing that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord," Lam. iii. 26. If backsliders : " The Lord will not cast thee off for ever. But though he cause grief,...

...deeply interested auditory, from those words, " It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord" It is needless to say, that the reflections which were grounded on this passage were such as well illustrated...