 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...forsake for ever. So saith the prophet in the Lamentations, " that" his compassions fail not, that though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies." And the Church in Micah, she resolvethb to bear the wrath of the Lord for awhile, assuring herself... | |
 | Richard Alleine - Christian life - 1852 - 402 pages
...they can bear, and no less than their need requires. The Lord delights not in his children's tears, he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men ; but yet he would rather have them cry than perish. .Wonder not, Christians, that your tender Lord puts... | |
 | John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1700 - 446 pages
...To afflict or punifh is a Work that God is unwilling to, that he takes no pleafure in ; Lam. j. 35. He doth not. afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. But mercy is a Work that he dedelights in, Mic. 7. 18. He delighteth in mercy. When God fhews mercy, he... | |
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...Donald Cargill before the Torwood Excommunication, and the sermon afterwards on Lam. iii. 31, 32, " For the Lord will not cast off for ever. But though He...compassion according to the multitude of His mercies." In Wilson's manuscript sermons, already referred to, there are also notes of the whole. They show that... | |
 | John Sharp (abp. of York.) - 1722 - 466 pages
...• I I- JM-l8.lI. Work.. And Mercy and Loving.Ktndne\su the thing Mic.y. \ ?.. wherein he delights. He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the Children of Men. But fometimes it is neceffary that Nations fhould be fcourged 5 yet even that is for the greater Good of... | |
 | Cheyney Hart - 1761 - 274 pages
...for the Lord will not caft off for ever. 37. But though He caufe Grief, y«t will He have Compnilion, according to the Multitude of his Mercies: for He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the Children of Men. 38. Let us fearch and try our Ways, and turn again to the Lord, 39. Let us lift up... | |
 | John Leland - 1769 - 526 pages
...of doing any Thing needlefsly to vex and give them Uneafmefs, only to fhew his Dominion over them. He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the Children of Men, but always for wife and good Ends ; and is not therefore the proper Caufe and Author of their Mifery and... | |
 | Robert Nares - Christian life - 1794 - 366 pages
...God are afferted together: *'' Though he caufe grief," fays Jeremiah, " yet will he have compaffion according to " the multitude of his mercies : for he doth " not afflict willingly, nor grieve the chil" dren of men *." And though it is declared that he is " long-fuffering, full of " compaffion,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1794 - 356 pages
...** The Lord will " not caft off for ever. But though he caufc " grief, yet will he have compafiion, according " to the multitude of his mercies ; for he doth not ** afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men." The prophet Hofea draws a moft affecting picture of the painful reluctance with which... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Authors, English - 1799 - 338 pages
...Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him.' • " Help me to be patient under trials and afflictions. 'The Lord will not cast off for ever : but though...compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies.' ' Ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.'... | |
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For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 
