...struggling to regain the terra firma he had left, closes over his head, and entombs him yet alive. " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Give not thy strength, O youth, to these...

...dependence on their own wisdom. Believing the humiliating declaration of the prophet Jeremiah, — " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps," — they dare not rely on their own judgment,...

...commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. 23 IT O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: if is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment...

...lears, and joys, and sorrows, which have excited and influenced him ; and not be compelled to say, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct bis steps." Lastly, revelation. Here we have the testimony...

...grass. 18 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever. ^[19 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 20 Man doth not live by bread only; but...

...true ground of safety lies in divine guidance and teaching, and the careful study of God's word. ' 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 send out thy light and thy truth,...

...man hath power of himself to resist a temptation, further than God gives him strength, Jar. x. 23, " O Lord, 'I know that the way of man is not in himself!" If Peter who had true grace, and Adam who had perfect grace, could not stand against temptation,...

...the Lord, that shall stand." " A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps." " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." " Man's goings are of the Lord : how can...

...of health, Times of penury and wealth, Times of trial and of grief, Times 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...

...&c. " And Jeremiah x. after he had complained of the desolation of Israel, turns to God suddenly, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, &c." — Fourthly, hy frequent wishes of the people's good, and joying therein, though he himself were with...