 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...complain ? a man fop the punishment of his sins. James iv. 7. Submit yourselves to God. Ps. xxxix. 9. I was dumb and opened not my mouth because thou didst it. Threats. Isa. xlv. 9. Woe to him that strivrth with his Maker. RELYING UPON GOD. CXXVIII. Relying upon... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 704 pages
...appointed lot of suffering with resignation, according to the language of David in a time of affliction, " I " was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou " didst it." The other is, tenderness of spirit towards his fellow Christians. He cannot but judge of their conduct... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1812 - 188 pages
...in all that is brought upon us. Jesus said, even so Father, for so it seemei good in thy sight. Ps. I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it O Lord. Prayers and confessions, which will well become all rulers, magistrates, and ministers of religion... | |
 | John Newton - 1814 - 324 pages
...appointments ; so that, when his will is manifested by the event, you are enabled to say, " All is well." " I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." She is gone a little before you ; and after a few more changes, you will meet her again to unspeakable... | |
 | William Guthrie - 1815 - 266 pages
...deservings maketh him silent, and K to lay his hand on his mouth whatsoever God doth unto him? Ps. xxxix. 9. "I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." Ezra ix. 13. " God hath punished us less than our iniquities. Micah vii. 9. " I will bear the indignation... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 508 pages
...have reason to give check to the excess thereof, by the exercise of self-denial, am say with David, I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it, Psal. xxxix. 8. or follow the example o:~ Aaron, cbncerning whom1 it is said, that, when he lost two... | |
 | William Bates - 1815 - 544 pages
...and passions would be presently scattered. David had a blessed experiment of this in his distress: " I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." Psal. 39. 8. Such an awful apprehension he had of God, as transcendently superior to him, and unaccountable... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 pages
...Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord: or when we are taught to say, with holy David, I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it: or when, under reproaches, we again say, with David, So let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto... | |
 | John Willison - 1821 - 316 pages
...thart by any other means saying, " Let me fdfl into the hands of the Lord for his mercies are great." I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it. Glory to God, that I am fallen into his mer^ ciful h:ind. Hath God appointed that man's coming into... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 738 pages
...So far as we are enabled to say, when we are exercised with poverty, or heavy losses or crosses, " I was dumb and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it," so far, and no farther, are we truly convinced that God has a sovereign right to dispose of us, and... | |
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I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it. 
