...should I have lain still and been quiet ; I should have slept ; then had I been at rest with kings, &c. there the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest, &c. they hear not the voice of the oppressor. — Job iii. 1 1. 13, 14. 17—19. vi. 8, 9. x. 13, &c....

...thoughts swell and dilate in sorrow, springing from the gloom of his fate, as the VOL. XI. PART II. Q eternal Sun arose out of darkness and chaos. What...cease from troubling ; and there the weary be at rest. . . i " There the prisoners rest together, they hear not the voice of the oppressor. " The small and...

...dotvn into the grave unto my son mourning. xlii. 36. Joseph is not. So also Job, ch. iii. 12 — 18. as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. Compare x. 21. xiv. 10. man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? v. 13. so man lieth down, and riseth...

...grave unto my son mourning.' xlii. 36. ' Joseph is not.' So also Job, ch. iii. 12 — 18. ' as air hidden untimely birth I had not been ; as infants which never saw light.' Compare x. 21. xiv. 10. ' man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?' v. 13. ' so man lieth down, and...

...For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should hare s/ept : then had I been at rest, 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves ; 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver : 16 Or as an hidden untimely...

...the parliament voted the establishment of the reformed religion. LINES ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND. " There the wicked cease from troubling and there the weary be at rest." JOB Hi. 17. Why weep for her whose spirit freed from every clog that bound it, Unfettered seeks the...

...at rest 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate place» for themselves ; 15 e dew. я 40 And God did so that night : for it was dry upon the f : 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been ; as infants «/¡it •'.never saw light. I 17 There...

...glory arises from the absence of evil, and the presence of the most exalted and satisfying good : " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at fest e ." None of these ills and sorrows which disorder this chequered scene, and embitter our existence...

...more. Though they are not yet pos-. sessed of the fulness of joy, yet all grief is done away. " For there the wicked cease from troubling ; and there the weary be at rest." Secondly, " There the weary are at rest," which was the second thing to be considered, not only from...

...earth, that build desolate places for themselves ; Or with princes that Iiad gold, and filled theif houses with silver ; Or as an hidden untimely birth...the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest; There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of THE OPPRESSOR* ! • The...