...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...

...snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all ? 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the valley of Jehoshaphat : for there will I sit to judge all t LOUD hath not done if ? 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he rerealeth his secret unto his...

...should thereby be preserved from the impending ruin. The warning hath been given, who can but attend to it ? The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy? This last clause declares plainly the Prophet's mind in the whole passage,...

...the Author, let the words of the Prophet' Amos recur to your remembrance and rest on your mind : " The lion hath roared, who will not fear ? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy ?" (Amos ii. 8.) But you cannot prophesy, unless you be instructed by...

...Spirit of God, by his afflatus, constrained him to declare the fearful consequences of their sins. " The lion hath roared, who will not fear ? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy ?" If all are struck with fear when the lion roars, how much more ought...

...snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all ? 6 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? 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets....

...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...

...wilderness; an amazing spectacle of desolation and ruin ! " 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 1" " The lion hath roared ; who will not fear 1 With God is terrible majesty: men do therefore fear...

...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...

...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...