...declare, that ' the lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.' And again, 'that the lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.' And considering also that we have the example of the Apostles themselves, in a matter, which we thought,...

...future we should rest our best hope in God our most faithful Father," assuring ourselves that there » The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. Affliction cometh not forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the...

...Lord, for his name alone is excellent, his glory is above the earth and heaven. — Ps. cxlviii. 13. The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. — Prov. xvi. 33. There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord.— Prov. xxi....

...whatsoever. Nothing can be more a matter of chance than a lot. Yet of this it is explicitly declared — " The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." This, surely, is a most cheering doctrine. What could be more gloomy, than to believe that our dearest...

...mountains ; thy judgments are a great deep ; O Lord, thou preserves! man and beast. Psal. xxxvi. 6. The lot is cast into the lap : but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. And Job said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither...

...God, they should feel no anxiety for the result. Obedience is ours, the blessing comes from God. " The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." The civil and religious privileges which we enjoy, and the distinguished place we occupy among the...

...hem and spak to raoises, that he schuldc make it aftir the fourme that he saigh. Wiclif. Dedis. vii. The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs. These when the knights beheld, they fgan disjmie Themselves to court, and each a damsel chose....

...Mordecai to acquaint Esther with the plot, and for her to intercede with the king ! So true is it " that the lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." How did he broach the matter to the king, and with what success ? v. 8 — 11. What measures were then...

...me, both spiritually and temporally, to pursue those things that make for peace. 26fA, 6th M°.—" The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of tit Lord."* This consideration may have sow tendency to tranquillise our minds, and calu our spirits,...

...the moon for seasons, and the sun knoweth his going down." In Proverbs it is said : " The lot is ca?t into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord ;" and that though " a man's heart deviseth his way, the Lord directedI his steps." Paul tells us,...