...himself: " Now no chastening for the present seeineth to be joyous, but grievous : nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness, unto them who are exercised thereby." These are the fruits of the Spirit : they arc all of his producing ; and they arc fruits of righteousness,...

...works," and that " no chastisement for the present is joyous, but grievous ; nevertheless, afterwards, it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby." This chastisement, or punishment is, therefore, designed, in the divine administration, to bring the...

...sin. The effect is the same in all, namely, a purifying from sin ; for we are told that " afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby," without distinction. As Job saith, (chapter xxxvi. vi.) " God is mighty, and despiseth -not any. He...

...sincerely loves you, and who I think sensibly feels for you, during the complicated trials with which your heavenly Father sees meet temporally to afflict you....joyous but grievous, yet at the end it yieldeth the peaceable_ fruits of righteousness, unto them who are exercised thereby ! many are the trials and the...

...? Nmv no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous — nevertheless afterward*, it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness, unto them who are exercised thereby. Heb. 12. Do Thou, therefore, O my soul, consider who chooses for Thee — and resign thyself to all...

...us with chastisement, " it is for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness ;" and that it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby." We are led to such a hallowed communion with the Divine Being, and as, when Moses descended from Sinai,...

...himself: " Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous : nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby." These are the fruits of the Spirit — they are all of his producing: and they are fruits of righteousness,...

...Lord." "Now no chastening ' for llu. present seemeth to be joyous but grievous, nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby."• Thus the believer,—though human nature in its weakness felt and dreaded the scourge which the Almighty...

...indeed, any thing but comfort in itself ; it " is not joyous, but grievous ; nevertheless, afterward, it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby." Thus, although not comfort, it is preparation for it, and the only way to it. This is not, however,...

...holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous : nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby. THE difference between the chastisements which we receive from God, and those we receive from earthly...