 | 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 - 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 - 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,... | |
 | Christian view - 1829 - 112 pages
...side of the picture. " I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do these things." (Tsa. xlv. 7.) " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?" (Amos iii. 6.) God is the doer of all things ; and that a people should have come into this condition,... | |
 | Robert Leighton - 1830 - 500 pages
...whatsoever be the 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 Ife doth them, are both good and well done. Actions, whether voluntary or casual,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1850 - 332 pages
...challengeth to himself. " I make peace, and create evil, I the Lord do all these things," Isa. xlv. 7. " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?" Amos iii. 6. Why do I not thus argue with myself in my sufferings ? Is it not the hand of my good God... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 618 pages
...bad. And there is nothing done by any of your afflicters, which is not governed by the will of God : " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?" Amos iii. 6. "So the king hearkened not to the people ; for the cause was of God, that the Lord might... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 616 pages
...bad. And there is nothing done by any of your afflicters, which is not governed by the will of God : " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" Amos iii. 6. " So the king hearkened not to the people ; for the cause was of God, that the Lord... | |
 | James Fisher - 1831 - 408 pages
...the world ye shall have tribulation." Q. 45. Is God the author of all outward afflictions? A. Yes: Amos iii. 6. " Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done it?" Though men may indeed have an instrumental and sinful hand in their own troubles and distresses, Jer.... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...to assert his dominion and influence over all the sufferings of nations, families, and individuals. "Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it! I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I the Lord do all these things."... | |
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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? 
