...than to follow it, to foresee danger than to prevent it : which made the prophet to say, " O Lord, the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in man to walk and to direct his steps." He was some time pastor to a company of honest and godly men which...

...being, for we are thine offspring./ In thy hand our breath is, and thine arc all our ways ;m for the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in man that walketh to direct his steps,n but our times are in thy hand.o Thou art the God that has fed us all our life long unto this...

...the wilderness, it is a light to our feet, and a lamp to our paths. Such a guide we need : for the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in man that walketh to direct his steps. It is a plain rule, and a sufficient one, and there is no other that is so : it is also an abiding...

...than in being, and no more capable to act from a principle of life of ourselves, than to exist : " The way of man is not in himself, neither is it in man that walketh to direct his steps. What hast thou, О man, but what thou hast received : How to perform that which is good I find...

...being, for we are thine offspring. A In thy hand our breath is, and thine are all our ways; z for the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in man. that walketh to direct his steps \k but our times are in thy hand.£ Thou art the God that hast fed us all our life long unto...

...: how loudlyietoiisachiprovidences proclaim the truth and certainty of.' the scriptures, which tell us, that " the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in him that walketh to direct his steps ;" that " a man's heart • deviseth his way ; but the Lord directeth...

...evil : how loudly do such providences proclaim the truth and certainty of the scriptures, which tell us, that " the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in• him that walketh to direct his steps ;" that " a man's heart deviseth his way ; but the Lord directeth...

...guidance " comes first. It is not in the power of any among us to tell " what a day may bring forth." Neither is it " in man that walketh to direct his own steps." Hence the necessity for this guidance, Hence its blessedness too. " Where Thou art guide, no ill can...

...in working than in being, and no less capable to act from a principle of life, than to exist ; " the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in man that walkrth to direct his steps. What hast thou, O man, but what thou hast reteived .' How to perform that...

...be good, conducible to God's honor and our own true advantage. For, as the prophet tells us, ' The way of man is not in himself, neither is it in man that walketh to direct his steps ;' and, as the wise man adds, ' Man's goings are of the Lord ; how then can a man understand...