 | Christianity - 1825 - 790 pages
...unhappy in our remarks upon that than we consider you to have been, you, and your readers must judge. " Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done it ?" Amos iti. 6. All men, who are not infidels, must answer this questionin the negative; for the Lord... | |
 | Robert Leighton (Abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson - Theology - 1825 - 492 pages
...nature of the action as from him, the sovereign hand of God is in them, and chief in them. Amos iii. 6. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ? And yet all evils, as He doth them, are both good and well done. Actions, whether voluntary or casual,... | |
 | Hugh McNeile - Sermons, English - 1825 - 472 pages
...snare upon the earth where there is no gin for him ?" And they are words not to be disregarded : " Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid ?" God, therefore, hath with good cause, and in his deliberate and wise counsel, addressed these important... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...where no gin is for him ? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all ? 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people...evil in a city, § and the LORD hath not done it? 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.... | |
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 640 pages
...declaration, as the church wherein he liveth (if a right church) doth allow. Farther, see Amos iii. 8. ' The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy? And Jer. xx. 9. ' Then said I, I will not make mention of hie name. But his word was in mine heart,... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1826 - 420 pages
...love, thy last end shall be like his. . SERMON CXXXV. ON PUBLIC DIVERSIONS. •' .s /.•!••// the Trumpet be blown in the City, and the People not be afraid? Shall there be evil in the City, and the Lord hath not done it ?'' AMOS iii. G. IT is well if there are not top many here,... | |
 | William Ford Vance - Christian life - 1827 - 376 pages
...EARTH, EARTH, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD." Or, again, with those of Amos, 3d chapter, 29th verse, " The Lion hath roared, who will not fear— The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophecy." Similar majestic declarations of " God's Word" are to be found in almost every page of the... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...sorrow, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger? — Lam. i. 12, &c. iii. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ? — Amos iii. 6. Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel ; and because I will do this unto thee,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1828 - 560 pages
...prosperity, " and create evil," or adversity. " I the Lord, do all these things." Isaiah xlv. 7th. " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" Amos in. 6th. " Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1828 - 520 pages
...peace or prosperity, and create evil or adversity. I, the Lord, do all these things, Isaiah xlv. 7Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ? Amos iii. 6. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground,... | |
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... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? 
