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j the life of Ft . AkiM . 5 |^|| the p ^ t | i s of tli e , Lorjl are m , ercy aud ( ^ ri ^ h ^ imtQ sjich as keep his covenants , anilhis testimonies . Psalm x ^ y * ,
; * & Man , wifch his boaated wisdom , is < blit a . shopfc-sighted creature ; and , with all has-pretended power , a weak and helpless being . * He knows not in one mbmeut what will happen to him in the next * Nor could s \ ich knowledge , were he to possess it , either prevent or retard erents over which he has not the least
cotitroui . The eminent faculties with which- he is gifted may indeed enable him t& see the immediate effects * t ) f' par « titular occurrences , but the remk ^ te con - sequences and final results , are hidden ftrotn > his confined view . Hence he often wishes for things , which , were they r « ; i-j | ,, , —| . — . , — , , ; , . i . ¦
* **• The futility of our endeavours without the assistance of Gddy is beautifully expressed in the 127 th Psalm . * Except the Lord build the house , they latour in vain that build it : except the Lord guard the city , the watchman waketh but in vain . ?
" Every man ' s own experience may fucuish him with examples to verify the tjruth ofthis position ; but none are more stroking than those which are ( bund in Script&rev No doubt , King David ^ like evdry othef parent , re > diced at the birth af ' jdbmlom ; t ^ at very son who drove his v&yato &w& frmh the throne , and embitter-^ ediithe ^^ ies ^' of his days . ~— 'Jacob deeply
li * m « iite < l iind , bewailed * he absence of f&skpff , ^ hitle tbirikinjg-, thkt that very ab-^ wtoe vrits the ' mt ^ iis of saving him and i » ta fariHlyi ^ oin famine ; a » d that it was a ^ aiece"lsai ^ linfc ia the ^ h&tn of those « 8 tbn isto * ug « j ^ eat&v * thfer » m % hty iufluence ^ fi vrto ^ ih ^ xtieuda even to own days ^ and wtobte finalsmhiltswc x iftm bidden tn the woinb of time /'
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WW < Mti ^ lkd »»^ i wmstome verv events which ultimately pu € WfiJg > hisr benefit . Thus circumstanced , he could not * p&m $ 3 lYimcaap& the numerous dangers that snrr ^ ujad him , nay , he would often rush on that veiy destruction \ friiich liev&ek $ to avoidj # ^ re Hsiwt ft > r ttie ^ nierdfUl providenee ( Of ? % t , supreme ^ Bei ng wb < $ g ave ua # ur existence , wiio watk ^ $ over our welfare , and who ouir
gi ^ de ^ steps ^ " it ; W , Hf ^ wjfo ^^ rer 4 | ns from * the noxious fp ^ sikufiiice iyhteV ° m &'&ief inthe dariu' ;> nl fronV ^ iie ifesiirnctioa wte £ ; Hies at ' jobo ^ ir-fs Hs ^ that turns our m 6 u ¥ nitfg int 6 5 &t 9 toi " who changes pte ^ ent evils- ipto- © verJ ^ ap ^ Bg gqo (}» € Happy t ^ en . the jftaja who ^ as the Clod of Jacojj ? for his helrr ^ andjwfyo trusts in the Lord his God ^ * ,
" So convinced was kaUi Mil > U to £ these divines truths ^ , so fu ^ y pe ¥ 4 d § d # d was he that from t \ i 4 { &ih ^ wbf- L ' ^^ rie ^ s H 6 real eV * T ban ' ^^ &iti $ % mi under the greatest affliet ^ na ^^^ s ^ f-
iri ^^—ami they were ^ maxfyj asrawarfOHs i-he was aecttstomed to * « ay ^ 1 ^ Wii 8 te 1 ^ € J © d xioes is for our good . ' i'fhe ^ an ^ j ^ fit Sages j € ( f Israel have recommended , u ^ to adopt the same maxim ; . and-they ^ ve illustrated it by the following narrative .
V , Conipelled by violent persecution to quit his native iand , Rabbi jlkiba wandered over barren wastes and dreary deserts . His whole equipage cousisted of a lamp , which he used to light at night , in , order fo study the Law ; a cock , which ser \? ed hiia instead of a watch , to annooiMce to him the rising dawn ; and an ass , on whicji he rode . si ^ a
, ^ TH ^ W 3 £ gradual ly sinking beoeath tlie horizon , night was fast apprtoaching , au 4 the . poor , wanderer knew not where to shelter his head , or whtjre to rest his weary limbs * Fatigued , and almost exhausted ,, he came at last near a village . He was glad to find it iuhabited >
thinking where huaaaa beings dwelt , there dwelt also humanity a , nd compassion ; but he was mistaken . B ^ asked for a night ' s , lodging—it was refused . Not one of the inhospitable iohfibjt ^ nts would accommodate him . tfe was th ^ efore obligee ! to seek sh ^ ier in a neigh-4
bouring wood .-r-ft is ^ r ^ , very ty&fr , said he , not to find a hospitable roof 40 protect me against the inclemency of the weather;—but God is jmt , and whatever he does is for the best . He seated himself beneath a tree , lighted his lamp , aijd
began to read the law . He had sctuc ^ ly read a chapter , when a violent , storaqk ^ ctinguished the light . * What , * exclaimed he * * niutftr 1 not rjte ^ efrtdfHtoKl ef& * to pursue my favourite study !—But God is
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\ % iM S * ¦****> ¦ ¦^ V ^ -r- ^ A > srw * Ai- ' fate * Review . —Heorew Tdles . 231
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/43/
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