...that may be upon his mind, whether occasioned by affliction or by guilt. The wise king tells us, that the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear hf We all find the weight to be insupportable when it is upon us, and would give any thing in the world...

...if we consider them to have consisted, either merely, or mainly, in an outward and bodily passion. " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear ? " The intensity of our Lord's agony on the cross, as well as in Gethsemane, arose from the oppressive...

...ease of circumstances, and even health of body, if the mind be perplexed, distracted, tormented ? " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear ?" Now Isaiah tells us how we may obtain and preserve a blessed composure in a miserable world. " Thou...

...in bitterness for his first-born."* Other calamities are supportable in comparison with this ; for " the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear?"f " Surely there is no sorrow like unto this sorrow;1' when the heart bleeds for sin, and the...

...all of these sufferings taken together, are not worthy to be compared with the loss of reason. — ' The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit,' and may it not be added, a distracted mind, 'who can bear?' Have you ever, my friends, heard the ravings...

...temperance, and judgment to come," is another, and if possible still more striking. Further, it is written, " the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear." And this wounded spirit whose anguish is unsupportable, seems to be but another name for remorse of...

...everlasting arms. But the sinner has nothing under him for support. This is what is meant when it is said, " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear?" May you never know how insupportable such a spirit is ! A soul stung by itself — a Boul its own accuser,...

...everlasting arms. But the sinner has nothing under him for support. This is what is meant when it is said, " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear?" May you never know how insupportable such a spirit is ! A soul stung by itself — a soul its own accuser,...

...arises from our corruption. Which is the greater evil, that which is natural, or that which is moral ? The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ?J Whither was our Lord * Luke xxi. 37. In all probability Gethsemane ; for it is written, Jesus oft...

...CAUSES AND CURB OF A WOUNDED SPIRIT: A DISCOURSE. Вт THE Rev. WILLIAM BURNS, Minuter of Kilsyth. " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity: but a wounded spirit who can bear?" — PROV. xviii. 14. THE text expresses this sentiment, — that outward evils are nothing comparecí...