| John Callaway - 1827 - 110 pages
...have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. Proverbs, xxi. 1. The king's heart is in the hands of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. " Rivers of water;"—rather " water-course." After all the ingenuity bestowed on these and similar... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...said ye are gods, &c. but ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. --Ps. Ixxxii. 6, 7. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord : as the...turneth it whithersoever he will. — Prov. xxi. 1. If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice, &c. he that... | |
| Joseph Fincher - 1829 - 442 pages
...experienced the loving-kindness of the Lord, in " staying his rough wind in the day of his east wind!" " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will."—When the set time had arrived, which had been predicted by the prophets for the restoration... | |
| 1829 - 396 pages
...blessing will rest upon us. Our hope is not in vain. " By him kings reign, and princes decree justice." " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; and he turnethit whithersoever he will." It is his prerogative to give success or defeat to the plansof... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 pages
...asking, and in the diligent improvement of common grace ! §20. Prov. xxi. 1. " The heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will." This shows, that the Arminian notion of liberty of will, is inconsistent with the scripture notion... | |
| William Ladd - 1831 - 890 pages
...defence.— • God is surely able to give safety. " The king's heart," however proud and warlike, " Is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will." And did he not fulfil this promise to ancient Israel .' " Neither shall an}- man desire thy land, when... | |
| John Kendall - 1831 - 410 pages
...and the influence of nature itself loses its sway, where it has all right to rule and govern ; but even the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as " the rivers of waters he lurneth it whithersoever he will." I was pleased to hear thou wast out on church service.... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 pages
...'guide their steps,' that even they who are acted by him cannot feel the least touch on them. For, ' the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters; he turneth it wheresoever he will ;' that is, by secret pipes, by obscure channels, God conveyeth... | |
| 1831 - 670 pages
...of defence. — God is surely able to give safety. " The king's heart," however proud and warlike, "Is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water: he turnelh it whithersoever he will." And did he not fulfil this promise to ancient Israel ? "Neither... | |
| 1831 - 416 pages
...this is but a proper reliance on the direct influence which God can exert on the heart? of rulers. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the risers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will." The thoughts and purposes of the mightiest... | |
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