...and having propofed their taking me on trials, they appointed me a piece of trial on James i. 5. " If any of you lack " wifdom, let him afk of God, that giveth to all men li" berally," &c. and that to be delivered at their next meeting in Dunfe. The which being reported...

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...is thy wickednefs, becaufe it is bitter, becaufe it reacheth unto thine heart. / James i. 2, 3, 4. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers...faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfeft work, that ye may be perfcct and 'entire, wanting nothing. g Ifa xxvii. 8, 9 In meafure idien...

...and fubduer of death. Prayer brings all the glorious perfections of Deity into our pofleffion. '•' If any of you lack wifdom, let him afk of God, that...and upbraideth not ; and it fhall be given him."* " When I am weak, then am I ftrong ;" " for I can do all things through Chrift which ftrengtheneth...

...third inftru&ion ? A. That prayer is the beft expedient to obtain faving knowledge ; > Junes i. 5. If any of you lack wifdom, let him afk of God, that...liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it fhall be given him. Q^io. What is the bft inftruftion ? 4. Learn hence the tranfcendent excellency of the knowledge of...

...passage in the Ephesians. Now, why should the phrase when used by Paul mean something very different ? " Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." (i. 4.) "If any man oflend not in word, the same is A PEKFECT MAN, and able also to bridle the whole...

...resignation. To produce these in the heart is e rideotly one of the most direct objects of affliction. " My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers...this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience." Now whoever consider* the condition of man upon earth, the variety of calamities to which he is exposed,...

...and receive not, becaufe " ye sfk amifs, that ye may confume it upon your lufts." James i. 5, 6, 7. " If any of you lack wifdom, let him " afk of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and up" braideth not; and it fhall be given him. But let him " afk in faith, nothing wavering...

...defireft truth in the inward parts : and in the hidden part thou fhalt make me to know wifdom. yam. i. 5. If any of you lack wifdom, let him afk of GOD, that...liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it fhall be given him. Eccl. ii. 26. For GOD giveth to man that is good in his fight, wifdom and knowledge. Pf. xxxii. 8....

...all Joy when you fall into divers Temptations. Knowing this, that the trying of y«ur Faith workeib Patience. But let Patience have her perfect Work,...that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing., . b Bleffed is the Man that endureth Temptation : For when he is tried, he fhall receive the Crown...