...doeft thou ? Dan. 4. 34, 35. Who worketh alî things after the counsel of his own will. Eph. 1. 11. The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing; thereof is of the Lord. Prov. 16. 33. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of them shall not fall upon the ground...

...the mouth of his proph3 which occurred in thn history i; and a tiI • . • I a H. Proverbs xvi. 33. The lot is cast into the lap ; but the. whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. The object of the lot is to supercede, in the disposition of property or dignity, Human design ; and...

...cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. Prov. xvi. 33. The lot is east into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Ecclcs. ix. II. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle...

...fortuitous, and which we therefore call accidents, are all under the direction of Supreme Intelligence. " The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord*." Nor is this all; as he is not only the preserver • Prov, xji. 38. server of the material, but the...

...thoughts perish. — Ps. xlvi. 3,4. A man's heart deviseth his way ; bat the Lord directeth his steps, &c. The lot is cast into the lap : but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.— Pro v. xvi. 9. 33. Man's goings are of the Lord: how can a man then understand his own way ? — Prov....

...fulfil his word.'' Solomon saya, " A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. The lot is cast into the lap: but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." God says, " O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the stall' in their hand is mine indignation. I...

...Father,1" and " the very" hairs of our " heads are all numbered." (Matt.x. 29,30.) Even in a lattery, " the lot is cast into the " lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of " .the Lord." (Prov. xvi. 33.) We readily acknowledge the hand of God in great events, but are apt to overlook it...

...for his name alone is excellent, his glory is above the earth and heaven. — Ps. cxlviii. 13. . . The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. — Prov. xvi. 33. . There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord. — Prov....

...may choose their own path in life, but who can tell to where that path may lead ? "The lot," indeed, "is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." Mrs. St. Clair had chosen that of ambition, and for thirty years she had dragged out life in exile,...

...slow to anger is better than the mighty ; and he that rakth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 33 W X Y Z O | } \ ] ^ _ ` (Q) EXPOSITION. CHAP. XVI. translation. The Hebrew rum literally (Q) Miscellaneous proverht continued.—...