...everlasting arms. He is a God who hath all things in his hands, and does whatsoever he pleases : he killeth and maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up ; he maketh poor and makelh rich : The pillars of the earth are the Lord's. Their God is an infinitely...

...chap. ii. verse 6. where we find Hannah, in her song, praising God, and saying, " The LORD killed), and maketh alive : he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up." From all which, it is plain, that Jesus cannot in the least lay claim to the character of having first...

...that -were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waked feeble. The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth...the grave, and bringeth up. The Lord maketh poor, ana maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth...

...holiness and comfort through faith unto salvation. From God cometh down " every good and perfect gift ; he maketh poor and maketh rich ; he bringeth low and lifteth up. He killeth and he maketh alive ; he woundeth and he healeth ; he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth...

...Job xii. 10, and xxxiv. 29. Again. " The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down...maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifttth up. 1 Sam. ii. 3 — 6What seems to us more uncertain than the lot? Yet " the lot is cast into...

...givelh food to all flesh. In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich. He bringeth low and lifteth up. He killeth and maketh alive. He woundeth and healeth. By him kings reign, and princes decree justice,...

...thou shalt be a king all the days of thy life." Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of the Psalmist — "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill." And, agreeably to the prediction of St. Germanus, from a servant he became...

...wise in heart, and mighty in strength ; who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered ' ? The Lord killeth, and maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the grave, and c Eccles. vii. 2, 3, 4. * Job, xiv. 1. § 9. > Job, xxiv. 1 . b Job, xxv. 9, 3. « Job, xii. 13, 14,...

...Testament concur in teaching us that " The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed : the Lord killeth and maketh alive ; he bringeth down...and maketh rich ; he bringeth low, and lifteth up." (1 Sam. ii. 6, &c.) " Riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand...

...briii", down my gray hairs with sorrow unto hell," that is, " to the grave." And in this sense we say, " The Lord killeth, and maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up," 1 Sam. ii. 6. Now seeing the soul is sometimes taken for the body deserted by the soul, and hell is...