 | Robert Leighton (Abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson - 1825 - 492 pages
...the truth itself for both these ends, we find some print of both in the very way of expressing it, O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; so expressing both his own persuasion of the truth of it, / know, and representing it to God... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pages
...infinite and unerring wisdom, had mapped out in the councils of eternity ? Well may the prophet exclaim, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself:...not in man that walketh to direct his steps " (Jer. x. 23). Well may the wise man bear testimony, " Man's goings are of the Lord ; how can a man then understand... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pages
...this life tolerable ! How few are they ,who realize experimentally the declaration of the prophet, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.'' Or this, " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 1184 pages
...Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?" And Jeremiah x. 23, 24, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man. that walketh to ilirect his steps. () Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 566 pages
...Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?" And Jeremiah x. 23, 24, " O Lord, I know that 'the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me... | |
 | 1852 - 1174 pages
...contrarieties. I am almost tired of human reasoning. What does the word of the Lord say in Jeremiah, " I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." And does not the wise man say, "The disposing of the heart in man is of the Lord?"... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 376 pages
...to ask it of God, with simplicity and fervency ; saying, " O God, I am unable to guide myself; for I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man, that walketh, to direct his steps f ." Do Thou, therefore, undertake to instruct and lead me. " What I see not, teach... | |
 | 1847 - 660 pages
...relate, he does that very thing again and again ; he then conies into Jeremiah's experience when he said, "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in him that walketh to direct his steps " — as much as to say, Once, dear Lord, I did doubt it — once... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1826 - 412 pages
...influence upon their minds. They are always under a moral necessity of acting just as they do act. " The way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh, to direct his steps." Since men are the creatures of God, they are necessarily his dependent creatures,... | |
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O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 
