...might be, for their lives, that their consciences, so far as appears, for the first time, smote them: " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and would not hear." This is the natural and true effect of judgments in this world, to bring us to a knowledge...

...thy sting ? 0 Grave ! where is thy victory ? SERMON XIII. the POWER of -CONSCIENCE. , xl-ii. 2 r, 22, they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul., ivhen be besought us ; and we 'would not hear : Therefore is this distress come upon us. And Ruben...

...cooped up three days in Pharaoh's ward, now it bays at them, and flies in dieir faces : We are -eerily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, &'c. Gen. xlii. 21. What should I instance in that, w hereof not Scripture, not books, but die whole...

...brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 f And pay it : for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee ; and it would be sin therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you,...

...were confined and threatened with death in" a foreign land, then did better reflections arise ; " and they " said one to another, we are verily guilty "...soul, when he besought us, " and we would not hear ; therefore is this " distress come upon us." Afflictions, by thus awakening our attention, and quickening...

...the shade of Joseph. On their former visit to Egypt, when placed in temporary confinement, they had said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning...soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.'1 Now, their sin comes again to their remembrance. It seems...

...and they said one to another in their own language, (which they supposed he' did not understand,) " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...his soul, when he besought us and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us." They looked upon Joseph, as an austere man, and they well...

...expressive language of scripture, " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we " saw (he anguish of his soul when he besought us, and we " would not hear ; therefore is this evil come upon us." But although the people are disposed to accommodation, a mighty...

...anxiety and suspicion, in a strange land ; and shall say with the brethren of Joseph, ice are verity guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the...his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear : therefore is this distress come upon us*. God who found out the iniquity of Joseph's brethren, and...

...become sensible of their crime with the brethren of Joseph, and say in the bitterness of their souls " we are verily guilty concerning our brother, " in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he be" sought us, and we would not hear, therefore have all " our evils come upon us." O think of this,...