...house, that thou hast brought me hitherto ? I am not worthy, said the humble Patriarch, I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou hast showed unto thy servant! The people of God need not be told that they have forfeited every favour. Much as they need the divine...

...prosperity with our beginnings, I am constrained to adopt the language of Jacob as applicable to myself, " For, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands." The testimonial of kindness which his led to this train of reflection, was presented to me on Thursday,...

...grace, and therefore never feel with the patriarch Jacob, when he said at Mahanaim, " I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant." And how many are not only unmindful of the special interposition of God in...

...Lord, shouldst mark iniquities : O Lord, who shall stand ?" Ps. cxxx. 3. " O Lord God, I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou hast shewn unto thy servant," Gen. xxxii.10. Stand in awe of the presence of the majesty of God Almighty...

...taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which -am but dust and ashes Gen. xxxii. 10. I am not < worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which trfou hast shewed unto thy '• • i • v »TL* ^servant. — m Luke xv. 17. And when he came to...

...me, Return to thine own country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee. lam not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant, Gen. xxxii. 9, 1O. And Hezekiah expresses himself thus in prayer, 0 Lord God...

...me, Return to thine own country, and to thy kindred, and 1 will deal well wilh thee. Jam not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant, Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. And Hezekiah expresses himself thus in prayer, 0 Lord God...

...me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands....

...lesson; " I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands." (n) He mentions the promise indeed, but not alone; he likewise adds the effect, that he may in future...

...his mind, filled his eyes with tears ; and, in the words of the venerable patriarch, he exclaimed, " With my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands." At length, in October, 1768, he took up his residence within the walls of Trinity College, Cambridge....