...debasement, which in Hannah's song are ascribed to the sole Providence of God.* " The Lord (said she) maketh poor, and maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up * 1 Samuel ii. 7, 8. the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, &c. yea,...

...giveth food to all flesh. In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich. He bringeth low and lifteth up. He killeth and maketh alive. He woundeth and he healeth. By him kings reign, and princes decree justice,...

...they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! 1 Sam. ii. 6. The Lord killeth and maketh alive : he bringeth down to the grave, and briugeth op. 1 Sam. iii. 18. It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good. % Sam. xii. 23. I shall...

...flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.- The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.- There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit: neither hath he power in the...

...giveth food to all flesh. In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich. He bringeth low and lifteth up. He killeth and maketh alive. He woundeth and he healeth. By him kings reign, and princes decree justice,...

...Amphiaraus) vii. ad Theb. 589. où yàp ЪохеЪ oYxotioj, ¿ХЛ' Eivai 6=Л=г 1 Sam. ii. 8. He raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dimghill, to set them among princes, &c. Ovid. Trist, in. vii. 41. Nempe dat id, cuicunque libel Fortuna,...

...poverty, are assigned to his agency. "The LORD killeth and maketh alive," says the. devout Hannah, " he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. The...poor and maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up."a Thus also in the Text which I have read to you from the Book of Proverbs, Solomon says, The rich...

...of me," Is. xxxviii. 12. Hannah, the mother of the prophe,t Samuel, leaves no room for a doubt : " The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down " to the grave, and bringeth up," 1 Sam. ii. 6. And nothing can be more express to our purpose than these words of our Lord and Saviour...

...none beside thee ; neither is there any rock like our God, &c. The Lord killeth, and maketh alive j he bringeth down to the grave, and, bringeth up ; the Lord maketh poor, and inaketh rich ; he bringeth low, and lifteth up : he raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth...

...there any rock like our God, &c. The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed, &c. The Lord killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to the grave, and bring eth up. The Lord maketh poor, aud maketh rich ; he bringeth low, and lifteth up : he raiseth...