...BARREN. A SERMON PREACHED TO HIS MAJESTY, AT THE COURT OF WHITEHALL, AUGUST 8. PSALM Cvii. 34. [He turneth~\ a fruitful land into barrenness, for the...barrenness; the author, God, the almighty arbiter of the world, Heturneth; the merit, the wickedness of the inhabitants, These three then must be the...

...of the inhabitants : He turnetk the rivers info a wilderness, and water springs info a dry ground ; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the •wickedness of them that dwell therein. How oft have we seen the same field both full and famishing ! How oft, the same waters both safe, and...

...the face of the world, " in the earth. He causeth them to come, whe" ther for correction or mercy. He turneth a " fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness " of them that dwell therein. The Most High " ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to " whomsoever he will. He is the Governor...

...count'its into a mere wilderness, and makes moist and fertile soils become dry and barren ground. Ver. 34. A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein,"] Where none of those fruits will grow, which before it plentifully yielded ; because of the ill disposition...

...assembly of the elders. 33 He tunieth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground ; 34 d by Greenough and Stebbins 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs. 36 And there...

...redemption. 33. He turneth the rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground. 34. A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 35. He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water springs ; 36. And there...

...strength " for thy sake" " He " turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water" springs into dry ground; a fruitful land into " barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell " therein."* These obvious and mournful facts, are designed to teach us the malignity of sin; for we inherit the...

...assembly of the elders. 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground ; 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there...

...pleasure shuts up heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her increase ; turning a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. That the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives to whomsoever he will. That he puts down...

...of redemption. 33. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the wqter springs into dry ground. 34. A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 35. He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water springs ; 36. And there...