...youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child ; and...

...anguish. Joseph's brethren, when they were accused as spies, and threatened to be severely dealt with, " said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us'' (Gen. xlii. 21); though we do not find that they ever had one relenting thought before. So the widow...

...spared him from the pit; and they were finally constrained to acknowledge the force of those reasons. "They said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...s'oul, when he besought us; and we would not hear." The cries of the poor and needy are proper reasons, why we should grant them relief. And the ardent...

...be, for their lives, that their consciences, so far as appears, for the first time, smote them ; " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear." This is the natural and true effect of judgments in this world, to bring us to a knowledge of ourselves...

...and almost forgotten. Take an instance of this. We are verily guilty, said the brethren of Joseph, we are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear: therefore is this distress come upon us. What language is this ? We are guilty ! we are verily guilty ! How strange, that the sons of a pious...

...adopt, Sir, the language used by the sons of Jacob. We may say, with respect to the heathen world, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. We have seen,. Sir, the anguish of the unhappy widow, laid and confined hy the. influence of a bloody...

...freely acknowledge their own criminality. Joseph's brethren said one to another, " We are verily guilly concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish...soul, when he besought us; and we would not hear." When Pharaoh had called for Moses and Aaron in haste, he said, " / have sinned against the Lord your...

...guilt and horror; and they mutually upbraid, and reproach each, other with their barbarity, " saying one to another; We are verily . guilty concerning...brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he be sought us, and we would not hear; therefore also his blood is required." Perhaps never before, were...

...and kindly done. As they reflected on passing events, and felt the pressure of their present trial, they said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning...would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon usf." Now what should bring them to this confession ? Why * John viii. 7—9. t Gen. xlii. 21. think...

...humanise our hearts. — The many ynsaatf ready to exclaim, in the expressive language of scripture-,, " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is t his evil come upon saA*: r '>•* But although the people are disposed to accommodation, » -mighty...