...state of health of his father made us look on the latter as an uncertain prop : but the Lord, whose ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, has seen fit to dry up this pleasant stream, that we may depend entirely on the fountain. We must say...

...hath said, only return ; and he himself hath turned me, chastened, convinced, restored, 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...

...infidel hypothesis, by adverting to this great principle in the government of God, viz. that " his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts," and consequently, that unless we could look through the whole course of events, and view each event...

...cruel (even if it were lawful,) to wish her back again in this state of sin and suffering ? " God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, but are as high above them as the heavens are above the earth." The dispensations of divine providence...

...their companions, their life is " right dear ;" they would protract the little span, but " the Lord's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts;" and, inspired by him, his people can understand that to "depart and be with Christ is far better."...

...intimate attachment; all which it were highly improper in us to affect towards the Supreme Being, whose ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our...thoughts. I am afraid that the application of Love in a strict sense, and sometimes in too fervent and passionate a strain towards God, has, among some serious...

...reestablished throughout England — Dispute at Oxford — Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley condemned. THE Lord's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. Had the rising church been left to decide, Edward would have continued on the throne of England until...

...unpromising candidate for that station which he has since filled to such general acceptance. But •• God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." It pleases sovereign grace, now and thtit, to arrest one of the chief of sinners, a veteran in the...

...remain difficult; and we see not why we should be unwilling to acknowledge its difficulty. " God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts:" we can only know in part, for the subject is far too mighty to be comprehended by the limited grasp...

...would mercifully spare her to his church and myself, in all probability fora few years longer. But his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. After the decease of our dear child she had sufficient strength afforded to enable her to go and pay...