...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,...rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys ; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water ; I will...

...the spirit be poured from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field." And chap. xli. 18. " I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys ; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water : I will...

...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,...rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water," Isa. "xli....

...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...