...and stings of conscience ? And what bitter fruits do they produce in reflection : as holy Job says, " Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the sins of my youth." Sin is extremely hurtful and dangerous to ourselves and others. The sinner is like...

...be punished in the life which now is, both for their past and their future sins. Job says to God, " Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth." And this is the case, undoubtedly, with many good men. When David was brought, to repentance, and said,...

...honour by a contest 26 wit It such a mean, im/iotcnt creature as I am ? For thou writest bitter tilings against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth ; the -while score of my sins is brought against me, 27 and th'ni goest as far back as my youth to...

...sin, and on account of it to contend with him. Job, on another occasion, felt in the same manner. " Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth." chapter xiii. 26. There is not any thing which the believer wishes so much to enjoy, as the light of...

...by the conscience. The poor sinner hears and trembles : then the complaint of Job is understood : " Thou writest " bitter things against me, and makest me to possess " the iniquities of my youth*." Do you wonder that such a one can no longer take pleasure in worldly things ? It is impossible, unless...

...And treat me as thine enemy ? t5 Will thou shake a fallen leaf? Wilt thou persecute the dry stubble r 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, And...of my feet.'f' * Clog.— A punishment for a slave. CHAP. XIV. 1 MAN born of a woman, Short are his days, and full of affliction. 2 He cometh forth like...

...law is the dreadful discovery that the law makes of sin, and the judgment of an angry God upon it. " For thou writest bitter things against me; and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth." And again; " For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me,...

...that dangerous season of life, for he makes a heavy complaint in his addresses to God, Job xiii. 26. " Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth." The sooner we begin to be awake to holiness, the more of these follies and sorrows are prevented :...

...his innocence : and yet, to our surprise, we hear him , in one place, thus expostulating with GOD : Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the INIQUITIES OF MY YOUTH J. -This can be accounted for no otherwise than by understanding it of tlie PEOPLE : whose repeated...

...themselves ; but have no ground of complaint against God, when they cry out, in the anguish of their souls : Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. The words are peculiarly strong and energetic; and may be considered distinctly from the case of Job,...