...in thee; behold here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good to him." And as the afflicted church, " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." Even a Pharaoh, when affliction hath taught him a little to know himself, will say, " The Lord is -righteous,...

...that we so often escape ; and that our chastisements are not only so few, but so gentle and tender. " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." "Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more : that...

...bind us up. — Hosea vi. 1. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy ! when I fall, I shall rise, &c. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, &c. he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness....

...comfortest me." And when the child of God is under the chastening hand of his heavenly Father, he says, " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." At other times, with David, the cry of his heart is, " rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten...

...misery of the wicked stated; and, also, the deliverance from that misery, very plainly pointed out. " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgement for me; he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall...

...to the troubles which the marriage of his daughter had brought both upon her and himself, he says, " But I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him" iM7. On receiving the sad tidings of her death, he wrote the following letter to her husband. — "...

...resignation to the will of God. He used to express the sense of his heart in these words of the Psalmist, " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, I will lay my mouth in the dust." In his greatest extremities and agonies he was wont to set before him...

...yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Heb. xii. 11. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him. Mic. vii. 9. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, *and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Heb....

...telleth the sufferer that God doth afflict him much less than he deserveth ; and causeth him to say, " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." (Micah vii. 9.) It teacheth us a cautelous suspicion of our own understandings, and a just submission...

...dwelleth on high is mightier !" • Rejoice not against me, 0 mine enemy - when I fall I shall arise. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him, until He plead my cause and execute judgment for me." There U need of prayer, aye, of most fervent...