...the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour," Isa. xliii. 1 — 3. JAN. 20. — Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. — Jer. xvii. 5. It is very remarkable, after the prophet pronounces the curse of confiding in the...

...let him learn, from the mouth of wisdom itself, what he is to expect from that quarter: "For cursed is the " man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh...and whose heart departeth from the !•': "Lord." " Lord.n And saith not every day's experience the same ? For what can be a greater curse than trust...

...the .very points ol such threatenings as those ? jer. xvii. 5, 6. ' Thus saith the Lord, cursed "be the ' ma-n that trusteth in man, and maketh ' flesh his arm, and whose heart depaiteih, ' from the Lord. For be shall be like ' the heath in the desart, and shall not ' see when...

...his burden upon the Lord, he may be resting on the creature ; but it is expressly declared, "cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm." How soon, when he pleases, can God confound the wisdom of the wise, and turn their counsel into foolishness;...

...One of Israel, thy Saviour."... .Isa. xliii. 1, 2, 3. Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man t hat trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord Ter. xvii. 5. IT is very remarkable, after the prophet pronounces the curse of confiding in the flesh,...

...shall we say when we consider farther, what God hath declared of such lovers of human honour : ' Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm. [Jer. xvii. 5.} The friendship of the world is enmity with God. Whosoever will be the friend of the...

...oppression : become not vain in robbery — He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool — Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord^ It is allowed that if God had never sent his Son into the world to save sinners, or if the invitations...

...Ixv. 11. Ff DEPARTING. FROM GUI). CXLVT. Dffiartinff from God. Jer. xvii. A. Cursed. be the nan (bat trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. Ver. 13. See Eze.k. xviii. 24— xxxiii. 12. See this sin confessed. Dan. ix. 5, 1 1. Isa. li\. 12,...

...he died with " that confidence in a creature, which he ought " to have placed in God alone. Cursed is the " man, that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his " arm."* If Jesus Christ be God, Stephen acted with propriety : if not, the same reasons, that keep us from...

...stirred up such mine anger and indignation against you, as will not be again appeased for ever. XVII. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh. but shall leave it, in the midst of his days, and, in the end, shall find that he hath been a fool. XVII. 12...