 | John Macgowan - 1816 - 742 pages
...religious and civil. Sometimes crossing our inclinations to bring about his own purposes. ' O Lord, 1 know that ' the way of man is not in himself, it is...not in man that walketh ' to direct his steps,' Jer. x. 23. ' And she came and gleaned :' — a mean but honest employment. — Mean, not suited to her... | |
 | John Allen - 1816 - 460 pages
...this evil principle in the heart of man was created by God. On that passage of Jeremiah, (x. 23.) " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in " himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct " his steps :" Jarchi says, ' The evil principle ' which God has created in him, causes htm... | |
 | John Allen - 1816 - 726 pages
...very needful to our guidance aud direction. We are full as defective in wisdom as in strength ; " The •way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps," Jer. x. 23. We are often at as a great loss how to conduct ourselves under difficult circumstances, as wu... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 606 pages
...of mankind, we must also observe this end in the government of it. The Prophet Jeremiah exclaims, " I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." (/) And Solomon: " Man's goings are of the Lord: how can a man then understand... | |
 | John RYLAND (D.D.) - 1816 - 746 pages
...kept from evil, even from presumptuous sins — (Psalm xix. 13.)— The declaration of the prophet, that ' the way of man is not in himself: it is not in him that walketh to direct his steps.' — (Jer. x. 23.) — The case of Hezekiah, whom the Lord /(.//,... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1816 - 194 pages
...why should you not make your particular and solicitous application to heaven for direction : — " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, nor is it in man that walketh, to direct his steps ; nor in man that healeth, to perform his... | |
 | William Stern Palmer - 1817 - 178 pages
...Jesus Christ ! l " Beloved in Christ Jesus, " In all our various stages through life, we are reminded, that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.2 The force of this assertion I feel in a peculiar manner, under existing circumstances.... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1817 - 806 pages
...true. For our will is froward, and our understanding blind ; therefore saith the Prophet (Jer. x.), " O Lord,, I know that the way of man is not in himt self, neither is it in man to walk ami direct his steps." And Solomon (Prov. xx.), " The steps... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 650 pages
...alarm ; I shall esteem my labours amply rewarded. SERMON XVI. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD. JEREMIAH x. 2S. 0 Lord, I know, that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man, that walketh, to direct his steps. IN this passage of Scripture, the prophet, after uttering a variety of sublime... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1831 - 516 pages
...all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdom there is none like unto thee. —Jer. x. 7. 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... | |
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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. 
