...experience is altogether peculiar to themselves:—* they are frequently " troubled on every side, jet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted,...not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed."- The short motto at the head of this essay, though primarily descriptive of -the state of the little chosen...

...•—feels as a man injured in the tenderest point,—his reputation,—"is troubled on OF PREJUDICE. *5 *< every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, « but...in despair; persecuted, but not ** forsaken; cast do\vn, but not destroyed." His strong hope is in the God of mercy and justice, who will not suffer...

...or contrariety, in the Christian character, is finely painted by the Apostle. — " We are troubled, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair : persecuted, but not forsaken : cast down, but not destroyed—- we are delivered unto death, that the life of Jesus might be made manifest in our...

...expressed : thou art my hope in the day of ei-%1. I. The grace exercised is that of hope. The prophet is " troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed,...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." He foreseelh the evil, and hidelh himself: trouble is coming, but his confidence is...

...cxxxii. 1. Dost thou not hear the Chosen Vessel, who was rapt up into the third heaven, complain, We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed,...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed? 2 Cor. iv. 8, 9. Of the Je&.vfae limes received I forty stripes, save one : Thrice,...

...stripes, loaded with chains, and surrounded with the darkness1 of midnight. The holy apostles were " troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not' in despair ;1 persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed." . • j t V$. Cheerfulness will produce...

...him experience, enliven his love to God, and confirm his . heavenly hope. The Apostle says, IVe are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair ; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ,. as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, yet possessing...

...also, Christ shall be magnified in my ' body, whether it be by life or by death." To the Corinthians, " Troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed,...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus." This train of reflection...

...contrariety, in the Christiai^i character, is finely painted by the Apostle. — " We are troubled, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair : persecuted, but not forsaken : cast down, but not destroyed — we are delivered unto death, that the life of Jesus might be made manifest in our...

...also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death." To the Corinthians, " Troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed,...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body the dying of th« Lord Jesus." This train of reflection...