'Tis God disposeth all things, as he will: He raiseth those the wicked wish to fall.

He is a thing of more than ordinary judgment: for by virtue of that he buyeth land, buildeth houses, and raiseth the set roof of his cross-legged fortune.

For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind which lifteth up the waves thereof.

For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, and it lifteth up the waves thereof.

7. 8), "he lifteth the poor from the dust, and raiseth the beggar from the dunghill, to set them amongst princes, and make them inherit the seat of glory;" 'tis all as he pleaseth, how, and when, and whom; he that appoints the end (though to us unknown) appoints the means likewise subordinate to the end.

how the sow raiseth her bristles!

Before her great trial she had found her enjoyment more in her intellectual than spiritual life, but when every earthly prop was torn away, she learned to lean her fainting head on Christ the corner-stone and the language of her heart was "Nearer to thee, e'en though it be a cross that raiseth me."

As soon as he has said, "If I did despise the cause of my man-servant," &c., he follows it up with "What then shall I do when God raiseth up?

" "The Lord looseth the prisoners; the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down; the Lord preserveth the strangers.

it is said: "Pepi is the son of R[=a] who loveth him; and he goeth forth and raiseth himself up to heaven.

R[=a] hath begotten Pepi, and he goeth forth and raiseth himself up to heaven.

R[=a] hath conceived Pepi, and he goeth forth and raiseth himself up to heaven.

R[=a] hath given birth, to Pepi, and he goeth forth and raiseth himself up to heaven.

Mrs. says she never sings the verse containing "E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me," and that little children never talk in that way to their mothers, and, therefore, we ought not to talk so to God!

By doing this, one obtaineth the merit of the gift of ten thousand kine, and raiseth all his ancestors to higher regions.

Proceeding next, O son of the Kuru race, to Vansamulaka, a pilgrim by bathing there, raiseth, O king, his own race.

Bathing there, O bull among men, one obtaineth the regions of agni and raiseth his own race (from lower regions).

The celestials said, "Where is that Being who with pleasure raiseth up the Earth?

For my own part, I must confess that this opinion of the independent power of the Church, or imperium in imperio, wherewith this writer raiseth such a dust, is what I never imagined to be of any consequence, never once heard disputed among divines, nor remember to have read, otherwise than as a scheme in one or two authors of middle rank, but with very little weight laid on it.

Nay, with its lustings, it driveth constantly to that which is evil, raiseth evil motions and inclinations in the soul, ere the believer be aware; sideth with any temptation that is offered, to the end that it may destroy the soul, like a traitor within; as we see it did in David, when he fell into adultery; and with Asaph, Psalm lxxiii.

He raiseth up clouds and mists in the believer, so that he cannot see the work of God within himself, and so is made to cry out, that he hath no grace, and that all was but delusions and imaginations, which he looked upon as grace before.

2. He raiseth up in them jealousies of God, and of all his ways, and puts a false gloss and construction on all which God doth, to the end he may confirm them in their jealousies, which they have drunk in of God.

He cleareth to them their interest in the covenant, and their right to the promises of the covenant; and through their closing with Christ by faith, he raiseth up their heart in hope, and causeth them to expect an outgate, even remission of their sins, and turning away the displeasure in due time through him.

Satan endeavours mainly against this, raiseth up heresies, errors, and false opinions, and prompteth some to vent perplexing doubts and objections, and all to darken this cardinal point.

E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!