...our mortal state, the grief of a mind diseased admits of little or no alleviation:—" The spirit of man 'will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ?" In this case the very pinion on which the soul would rise is injured; and the whole man sinks down...

..."There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding," Job xxxii. 8. "The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?" Prov. xviii. 14. The same wise man speaks of " the spirit of a man that go. eth upward," ЕççГ....

...in its capacity of suffering all the sensibility of the body — "was made an offering for sin." " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear?" Yet the spirit of Christ was wounded when, while " his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling...

...whilst, in others, rather than endure it, they have rushed unbidden into the presence of their Judge. " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear ?" And who can conceive the anguish of the spirit when it is not only wounded by remorse, but also...

...But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 2 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity : but a wounded spirit who can bear ? 3 They that are in the flesh cannot please God. If ye forsake the Lord, he will cast you off for...

...that is in man, as he is a reasonable creature. This will hold out, till all probabilities be spent. "The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?" Prov. xviii. 14. Till a man be struck at the heart, his reason will support him. Spiritual, arising...

...; with the agony of misery, and with the horrors of hell : these sensations are worse than death. " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ?" Though I do not desire a personal interview with my beloved pastor, still I long to have his counsel,...

...i* humility. 13 He that ' answereth a matter before he heareth it, It û folly and shame unto him. M saying, God make thec as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he art Ephraim befor ? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 16 A man's...

...and those even deeper and more difficult to be borne than what affects merely the body. The sliirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit, who can bear? Prov. xviii. 14. Worldly cares and anxieties, disappointed hopes and expectations, mortified pride,...

...art with success. But are wounds, or bruises, or broken bones, to be compared with a broken heart ? " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear." Prov. xviii. 14. Hath God endowed a physician with skill to heal this most dangerous of all diseases...