Complaint Under Affliction
D. Conant. Lamentations 3:38-39 Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?… I. SOME COMPLAINTS ALLOWABLE. 1. It is lawful to express what we feel and suffer in those ways nature prompts us. 2. May complain to friends, relations, and acquaintances. 3. To God as well as to men. II. COMPLAINTS PROMPTED BY IMPATIENCE WITH GOD'S DEALINGS CONDEMNED. 1. It is long before God takes the rod in hand to correct. 2. He is soon prevailed with to lay it aside. 3. He lays no more on us than our sins deserve. 4. We enjoy many mercies in the meantime by which the bitterness of affliction is allayed. 5. God has a sovereignty of power and dominion to deal with us as He pleaseth. III. COMPLAINTS MAY BE SILENCED — 1. By keeping alive in your heart a sense of God's love in every dispensation. 2. By labouring to have a fresh remembrance of your sins. 3. By considering the extreme danger of quarrelling with and opposing God. (D. Conant.) Parallel Verses KJV: Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? WEB: Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?