...said, only return ; and he himself hath turned me, chastened, convinced, «• stored, comforted. ' His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; but as the heavens are above the earth, so are his ways above our ways, and his thoughts high above our thoughts,' and his...

...and he did eat." It is not for man to attempt to vindicate the counsels or operations of God, for " his ways are not as our ways, nor his ** thoughts as our thoughts ;" but we may be permitted to say, that, in this narrative from holy writ, every thing is as consistent with...

...Pervert his truth, dispise his grace, And sure distrnction find. PBOVD. For the Lord bath declared, that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, he maketh his sun to rise upon the evil, as well as the good— he is ever wailing to be gracious,...

...by which the conduct of men is so generally regulated. Well, indeed, may it be said of him, that " His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." I speak not here of that fearfulness that is so general in the minds of men, of making known their...

...short, Misery .is the road to Happiness, ^Suffering the way to Glory, and Death the way to Life. (Truly his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.) It 'is evident, from scripture, and also from experience, that these are the maxims of Heaven. Nothing,...

...him."—No ; my friend has been a great unbeliever, yet hath the Lord, the sovereign Lord, " whose ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts," brought you out of a "fearful pit, and out of the miry clay; set your feet upon a rock, and established...

...— a truth which, whether high or low, Britain or Hindoo, we should never forget, namely that God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; that it is with an equal eye, as Lord of all, he looks down on Brahmin and Bishop, Sikh and Queen,...

...stagger faith, and cause the believer to say, 'Can such a thing be?' But, O it is true, it is true: Ilia ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our...thoughts ; but as the heavens are high above the earth, so are his ways above ours, and his thoughts above ours. I rejoiced to think of the truth af it, that...

...any of the marks of human wisdom, we are naturally led to say, " Salvation belongeth unto God. — His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." Therefore when conviction of sin makes us feel the necessity, and discovers the glory of our Saviour's...

...How forcibly we are reminded of the Scripture declarations, concerning the divine mercy, that " God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; but that as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are his ways higher than our ways, and his thoughts...