DISCOURSE: 449 JOB’S ANXIETY FOR HIS CHILDREN Job 1:5. _And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for M said, It may be that my sons have sinne... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 450 UNCHARITABLE JUDGMENT REPROVED Job 1:9. _Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?_ WELL has it been asked, “Who can stand before envy?” This vile principle is as ingenious as it is malignant. Never is it at a loss for an occasion to display its hateful pr... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 451 TRIALS AND RESIGNATION OF JOB Job 1:20. _Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be... [ Continue Reading ]