...doth his heart " think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut " off nations, not a few."8 " Shall there be evil in " the city, and the LORD hath not done it?"-3 " Who " worketh all after the counsel of his own will."* In every -part of Scripture, the purpose,...

...PUBLIC DIVERSIONS. AMOS III. 6. " Shall the Trumpet be Mown in the City, and the People not be afraid? Shall there be evil in the City, and the .Lord hath not done it ?" IT is well if there are not too many here, who are nearly concerned in these words of the Prophet...

...therefore may be considered rather permissively than decretively, agreeable to Amos. iii. 6, " there shall be evil in the city and the Lord hath not done it ;"or judicially, for certain it is men may go on in a course of evil till their consciences become...

...38. " He formeth light, and createth dark" ness ; he maketh peace, and createth evil," Isa. xlv. 7. " Shall there be evil in the city, and the Lord " hath not done it ?" Amos iii. 6. Religion tells you, that if God afflict you it is for your own advantage ; it is, that,...

...of trials; yet, God's voice to you, is, Be still, and know that I am God ! The Prophet Amos saith, " Shall there be evil in the city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" It: b the evil of affliction, undoubtedly, to which he has reference. God is, in a sense, the cause...

...wretched sufferers; ought we to forget, I say, the words of God by the prophet: — " Shall ithere be evil in the " city and the Lord hath not done it?" Though he * protecteth men continually from mischief and danger,' yea, " openeth his hand, and satisfieth...

...sovereignty of God appears in every thing. To this is owing all our prosperity, and all our adversity. " Shall there be evil in the city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" To him it belongs to wound and to heal, to kill and to make alive. "For of him, and through him,...

...the operation. While I waited in calm and peaceful resignation, that word occurred to my mind, " Can there be evil in the city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" 1 said, No! it is all in his hand. It can rise no higher than he pleases. I thought also, If my...

...and create darkness ; I make peace and create evil ; I the Lord do all these things." Amos iii. 6. "Shall there be evil in the city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" From the above, and similar expressions of the scriptures, it appears evident that the divine government...

...know their ends, and have them in my power ; and what my soul desireth, even tbat I do. Amos iii. 6. " Shall there be evil in the city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" were two beings nearly equal in power; the one the author of good, and the other of evil: It is...