 | William Mason - 1765 - 522 pages
...For I am 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... | |
 | 310 pages
...! The word is emphatic — " The same Anointing teacheth you of ALL things," not one thing only. " Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, that maketh ftesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord." (Jer. xvii.) " Now the Lord is... | |
 | John Flavel - 1801 - 218 pages
...daresl thou turn thy back upon 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... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - 422 pages
...public bodies; you are guilty of this second kind of idolatry ; you stand exposed to this malediction, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, Jer. xvii. 5. Were your confidence placed in God, you would endeavor to avert national judgments by purging the state... | |
 | Thomas Haweis - 1803 - 344 pages
...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 world is the enemy... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, [which] shall burn for ever, that is, till you are consumed. 5 Thus saith the LORD ; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh, that is, frail, mortal man, his arm, or confidence, and whose heart departeth from the LORD ; referring... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1805 - 258 pages
...not in 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... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1808 - 586 pages
...requires us 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
...on his almighty help, whose 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... | |
 | An inquirer - 1809 - 158 pages
...and sheep, camel and ass." The following passages appear to be quite as applicable to the subject : " Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm." — " Scatter thou the people who delight in war." — " The thoughts of the wicked are to lie in wait... | |
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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 the wilderness, in a salt... 
