...the earth and have taken nothing ? Shall a trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid ? Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?' Here was the true author of the judgments. He it was that had laid the snare. He that had as a lion...

...doing?' New translation thus. 'Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?' verse 6. In the first chapter of the Heb. iii. in the new translation it is said, ' Who being the brightness...

...election, though it refers to a moral law which constitutes a part of God's government of the world, " Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done it ?" God causes evil as the sun causes darkness, by withdrawing his light and his influence. The display...

...ravages abroad, and falls as yet, with a lighter rod on our own highly favoured, but sinful nation. " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?" In the midst of the judgment, we have experienced many special mercies and providences. We marvel alike...

...have taken nothing at all ? 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid ? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? •'• ^ Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets....

...own eyes ; fear the Lord, and depart from evil. frm. iii. 5. 7. Shall a trumpet be blown in the city; shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ? Amos iii. 6. . I ml my soul shall live.] See chap. xii. 13. Let my soul live, and it shall praise...

...willing to acknowledge, the unseen hand that permits and gives force to all the ills they endure. " Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done it ?" Romans iii. 6. " Who can harm you if ye be followers of that •which is good ?" Pet. iii. 13. They...

...government. By natural means he preserves the righteous : by natural means he punishes the guilty. " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" But why accumulate arguments to prove that the affliction which we deplore is not a chance, but...

...from the south ; but God is the judge, he putteth down one, and setteth up another." Amos iii. 6, " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" Ps. xvii. 13, 14, " Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword ; from men which are thy...

...calamities, that the attention is called, and called impressively, by the question in the text — " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?" We shall consider the Lord's agency in the infliction of evil, in contradistinction to three thing*...