 | Sermons - 1833 - 652 pages
...calamities, that the attention is called, and called impressively, by the question in the text — " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?" We shall consider the Lord's agency in the infliction of evil, in contradistinction to three thing*... | |
 | Thomas Watson - Sermons, English - 1833 - 794 pages
...from the south ; but God is the judge, he putteth down one, and setteth up another." Amos iii. 6, " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" Ps. xvii. 13, 14, " Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword ; from men which are thy... | |
 | Origen Bacheler - Bible - 1833 - 388 pages
...in conformity with the text Isaiah xlv, 7 ; and with that, Amos, iii, 6, where the question asked " Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done if!" expressly implies that all evil originates, not in the Devil but in the Deity. One might prove... | |
 | Tyler Thacher - Free will and determinism - 1834 - 230 pages
...the Lord do all these things. Shall a trumpet he blown in the city, and the people not be afraid ? Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done it? The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he... | |
 | Southwood Smith - Future punishment - 1834 - 322 pages
...darkness. I make peace and create evil. I, the Lord, do all these things.' — ISAIAH, xlr. 6. — ' Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it t'— AMOS, iii. 6. 32 his permission. They allow that he permitted, but deny that he appointed, moral... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1834 - 410 pages
...amend our English version, some sense in the passage may at all events be attempted. Chap, iii, 6. Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done it? ' Shall there be any public calamity on the wicked that is not an effect of my [Jehovah's] displeasure... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Clergy - 1834 - 554 pages
...When the disease broke out in London, Mr. Watson preached in the City-Road chapel, on Amos iii, 6 : " Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it ?" and endeavoured to impress the congregation, and especially the pious part of them, with a conviction... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1838 - 456 pages
...as wisely designed or permitted, and as a merciful visitation from Ihe unerring providence of God. " SHALL THERE BE EVIL IN A CITY, AND THE LORD HATH NOT DONE IT ?" (Amos iii. 6.) This interrogation of the prophet mav surely be made in the present case. God has overthrown the idolized... | |
 | John Howe - Puritans - 1835 - 662 pages
...people, who had so long borne his name ; and with a city, wherein he had so long dwelt ! And yet, " shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it 1" Amos iii. 6. Are not we to acknowledge his own doing in the case 1 He is said to do, whatsoever... | |
 | William Maxwell - Educators - 1835 - 436 pages
...31.—This was the day appointed by the Synod of Virginia for a fast-day. Preached CC Amos iii. 5. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? 1. Particular Providence. 2. Evils which wo suffer a proof that the Lord is angry with us. 3. Urge... | |
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... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? 
