...He a good God, who turns all to good ? He works out sin, and works in grace ; is not this good ? " We are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world " (1 Cor. xi. 32). The depth of affliction is to save us from the depth of damnation. Let us always justify God ;...

...here, helps them on 6 to a severer vengeance hereafter.' As Paul declares when he saith, " But now that we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world " ( i Cor. xi. 32) ; for the punishments here are for warning, there for vengeance. " What then," saith...

...art required to do judgment on thyself, not on others. '' For if we judged ourselves," it is said, " we should not be judged, but when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord." * But thou hast reversed -the order, of thyself requiring no account of offenses great or small, but...