...It is evidently with reference to this mercy, that God makes that promise, Isa. xli. 17, 18, 19. " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water ; I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle and the oil tree,...

...It is evidently with referen.ee to this mercy, that God makes that promise, Isa. xli. 17, 18, 19. " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...fountains in the midst of the valleys ; I will make the wilder. fless a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water ; I will plant in the wilderness the...

...fire (hou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee;"* — "When the poor and the needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue...faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them;"-|- — "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up;".];—" When I fall I...

...poor and needy seek for water, and tfceVe is none, and their tongues faileth ibr thirst: I the LOUD will hear them. :-I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers iw high-places, and fountains in the midst of vallies*.' And the high value of those promises, 4s that...

...needy seek for water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst. Then the Lord saith, I will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them," Isa. xlvii. 17. From hence we may account for a very surprising fact ; I mean, that some of the. most...

...just as I came. This is the state of those who are spiritually poor and needy; as it is written, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water," Isa. "xli. 17, 18. And indeed, if the Almighty had not performed this promise, I might have...

...they are sure of a supply ; as it is written, " when thejr are sure of a supply ; as it is written, " when the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them," Isaiah xli. 17. The shaking of this apparent column has filled many with filial fear ; it has brought...

...their help, their shield, their kind provider ; so that, both in a temporal and spiritual sense, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...for thirst, I the Lord will hear them ; I the God of Jacob will not forsake them." He puts himself down as surety in the poor man's bond, and declares,...

...God. " I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread," Psalm cxxxii. 15. " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them,'' Isai. xli. 17. These poor souls are seeking the Holy Spirit of promise as a comforter, and his grace....

...the word of God to such poor souls; " Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night?" " When the poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them." " Wait upon...