...in nature can more fully illustrate the growth of grace in the heart. " The righteous," saith Job, " shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger." This is the prominent feature in the character of the good man ; " he shall...

...not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholdeth him with his hands." Job, xvii. 9. " The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger. Col. iii. 3, 4. " For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in...

...knowledge of their Lord and Saviour — as if God himself mocked or trifled when he said, " The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger !** We are not to deny what God has done for our souls ; yea, we ought to...

...on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. But as for you all, do ye return and come now, for I cannot find one wise man...errors and irregularities that attend this work may he accounted for, from the consideration of the infirmity and common corruption of mankind, together...

...8 — 10. " Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite : The righteous also shall hold on his...shall be stronger and stronger. But as for you all, do ye return and come now, for I cannot find one wise man (ie one good man) among you." Thus, I think,...

...in old age ; they shall be fat and flourishing." The patriarch Job thus testifies : " The righteous shall hold on his way ; and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger." The prophet Hosea, after earnestly exhorting God's backsliding people to repentance, encourages them...

...uprightly shall not be withheld from them; which deduction is also warranted by this; " that the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands, shall be stronger and stronger," Job 17: 9. as also from Prov, 4: 18. " The path of the just is as the shining light, which shineth...

...Far hack in the comparatively dim light of the old dispensation it was proclaimed — "The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger." " The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he...

...with his sense of his own unworthiness. In him the declaration seemed to be fulfilled, " The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger." 8 During the last few weeks of his life, the Christian graces of meekness, lowliness, and charity,...

...the ancients, " Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked," 1 Sam. xxiv. 13. but "the righteous sha'.l hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger," Tob xvii. 9. The Pilgrims arrive at the Home of Olio*. continued he, we are ready for them : so they...