...in the hands of his enemies to do unto him what they pleated. And when Jefus fuffers and dies, fhall a living man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ? When he fuffers to expiate the fins of others, mall I not be contented to fuffer the pains and afflictions...

...haft flain them ' in the day of thine anger, • thou haft killed and not pi• tyed.whereforedoth a living ' man complain ; a man for the ' punifhment of his fins?' f V. 5.6. ch. ii. i. 3-.4. 8. proud Nineveh fall under the rage of an invincible army, we fancy that...

...deferve^ the very fevereft of his inflictions is milder than our crimes in ftrict juftice demand j why then doth a living man complain, a man for the...How many are poor through extravagance or indolence, lence, how many fick through debauchery and intemperance ; and fo with many other afflictions, which...

...is more than we deferve, the very fevereft of his inflictions is milder than our crimes in a ftrifl juftice demand ; why then doth a living man complain, a man for the punifnment of his fins ? Laflly, let us confider the nature of the fufferings themfelves. Great part...

...our unqueftionable duty; and murmuring againft God, is a great fin and evil ; Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ? Of Cotff Goodnefs. Queft. i. "\T7"Hat is the goodnefs of God ? VV 4V, It is an . cileatiiU property...

...adore, and fay, I have finned, what fhall I do unto thee, O thou preferver of men ? And, wherefore doth a living man complain ? A man for the punifhment of his fins ?" Efpecially fince, in this judgment, God gives me great reafon to fing of mercy ; for fhe had the...

...illill-difpofitions, malice, revenge, envy, and the like, which never fail to excruciate the guilty mind. Wherefore then doth a living man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ? And though the. more fubtle methods of iniquity and fraud do fqmetimes not only efcape unpunifhed,...

...thou haft thy life for a prey. Remember that word of the afflicted church, Lam. iii. 39. " Wherefore d'oth a living man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ?" A man living, a man upon the earth, a man out of' hell, hath no caufe to complain, whatever be his...

...cenfure fuch difpenfations as fevere and unjuft. " Can the Judge of all the earth do wrong ? Shall a living *' man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ?" He hath learned in his meafure to bear the yoke, to deny, himfelf, and to make account of pain and...

...feafon, be fubjeft to tome painful inconveniencies, from which you eagerly defire to be freed ; " fhall a living man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ?" Many, who probably were wifer and better men than you can pretend to be, have gone through trials...