| 1819 - 948 pages
...bluenes3 of a wound cleanseth away evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. • CHAP. XXI. ur God. 11 If And it came to pass on the 2 Every way of a man is right in his own / eyes : but the LORD pon<iereth the hearts. 3 To do justice... | |
| 1819 - 488 pages
...grasshoppers ; that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity f. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will8. He Icadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. He looseth the bond of kings,... | |
| Thomas Andros - 1820 - 144 pages
...adduced: — "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain." "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it withersoever he will." Prov. xxi, 1. '<He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with... | |
| George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pages
...king when he reviewed the providences of God towards him *. * Ps. cxix. 65. 71. CHAPTER XXL Verse 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. IT is men's ordinary way to court the favour of princes and great men, as if their happiness depended on... | |
| 1821 - 392 pages
...— " The preparations of the heart, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord," Vol. ip 203. "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as...rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." P. 386. To these may be added, the passages in which God is said to have sent Joseph into Egypt; to... | |
| Otis Thompson - 1821 - 156 pages
...'' an effort and refinement," puts a construction upon it, which renders it absurd. Prov. xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he wiil." Here it is asserted, that the king's heart is in the hand, not of some second cause or instrument,... | |
| 1821 - 400 pages
...— " The preparations of the heart, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord." Vol. ip 203. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he torneth it whithersoever he will." P. 386. To these may be added, the passages in which God is said... | |
| Samuel Pelton - 1822 - 294 pages
...of man, and whether He is not the best judge of what wjll be most for his own glory. Prov. xxi. 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the...rivers of water, He turneth it whithersoever he will. Psalm cv. 25. (of the Egyptians, he saith) He turned their hearts to hate his people ; to deal, subtlely... | |
| 1822 - 184 pages
...darkness. Mercy and truth preserve the king : and his throne is upholden by mercy. r 1ST CHAP. XXI. THE king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud... | |
| 1839 - 1092 pages
...changeth the times and the seasons : he removeth Kings, and setteth up Kings." The heart of your Sovereign is " in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will." In confidence of this, every Christian subject, paying his homage to the earthly throne, will at the... | |
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