| Matthew Hale - 1699 - 638 pagine
...20. 24. Mans goings are of the Lord, how can a mem then understand his own ways ! Jeremiah 10. 33. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himfelf j it is not in a ma,n that walketb to dirett his fteps. And herein we may obferve the moft... | |
| John Tillotson - 1757 - 484 pagine
...fteps." Let cixrx. us then addrefs ourfelves to GOD, in the words of the holy prophet, Jer. x. 23. " O LORD, I know ** that the way of man is not in hifnfelf, and that it " is not in man that walketh, to direct his. fteps.** And let us beg of him,... | |
| Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 526 pagine
...man underftand his own way? To which the prophet Jeremiah does alfo fet his feal, faying, chapter x. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himfelf; it is not in man, that walketh, to direct his own fteps. The hiilorical part of Scripture... | |
| 1806 - 500 pagine
...Thanks^iting. Ps. xcvi. 2. Against evil council. Prov. ii. 11. For Direction in Walking. O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his own steps. (Jer. 10, 23.) Therefore, O Lord, I beseech thee make me know my way, and... | |
| William Jones - 1801 - 302 pagine
...chap. x. is not like them, for Tie is //^'FORMER OF ALL THINGS' — the Lord of Hosts is his name. — O Lord, I know that the WAY OF MAN is not in himself. That the Gentiles preferred the creature to the Creator, is a fact so notorious, that we cannot... | |
| 1842
...prayer to our Almighty God and Father, we ought to feel how weak, helpless, and unworthy we are. " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." We depend wholly on the providence and on the grace of God. Without these safe-guards,... | |
| 1832 - 852 pagine
...convinced of the design of God in affliction, yields himself into his hands. He says in humble prayer, " Correct me, but with judgment ; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing." He recognizes the hand of God as afflicting; he looks beyond the instruments, the injustice or unkindness... | |
| William Mason - 1803 - 402 pagine
...corrupted his way upon the earth. "....Gen. vi. 12. From sad experience of this, Jeretniah confesses, "O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.".... Jer. x. 23. " ALL we like sheep have gone astray : we have turned every one... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pagine
...and seest the reins and the heart ; be not a terror unto me : thou art my hope in the day of evil. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself...not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Thou, O Lord, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee. Heal me, O Lord, and... | |
| 530 pagine
...health, Times of penury, and wealth, Times of trial, and of grief, Tii HI'S of triumph and relief." <( O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Jer. x.23. In meditating on these passages, I had been strongly impressed with... | |
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