 | William Mason - 1765 - 522 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pages
...others, 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 *' his arm, and whose heart departeth from the !•': "Lord." " Lord.n And saith not every day's experience the same... | |
 | John Flavel - 1801 - 218 pages
...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... | |
 | 1828
...casting 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;... | |
 | Thomas Haweis - 1803 - 344 pages
...what 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... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1805 - 258 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 pages
...guilty ; 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... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pages
...the New Testament, is much the same as trusting, in the Old, is confirmed by comparing Jer. xvii. 5. "Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departcth from, the Lord ;" ver. 7. " Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, whose... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1808 - 586 pages
...to exercise towards the Lord Jesus, confirms the point in question. The prophet says,1 " Cursed be the man that trusteth in *' man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose *' heart departeth from the Lord ;" and the Psalmist1 cautions us in these words, "Put not "... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1809 - 446 pages
...strength is boundless and irresistible? Beware of the prophet's curse: " Thus saith the Lord, cursed be the man, that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord." " I am astonished," says St. Augustin,. " that, notwithstanding... | |
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Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched places in... 
