...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...

...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;...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...the Romanist\ who trust in the church unreservedly for their salvation i " For thui sauh the Lord, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm," John xvii. 5. But we believe the church, which we do, (a) wiien we assure ourselves, that the Son of...

...contrasted with the miserable state of those who live without God in the world. " Thus saith " the Lord, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and " maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth trom " the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the de" sert, and shall...

...true, and every man a liar, adhere to the former, but pay no regard to the latter: for it is written, " Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm; and whose heart departeth from the Lord." LETTER XXIX. To Mr. B. 1 HAVE been this morning begging of...

...to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in princes. (V) Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. But happy is he whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made...

...stronger than we, then, indeed, there would have been sufficient ground for doubts and fears ; "for cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm." Let him be ever so much exalted above us, or above the angels, yet, if his powers were limited, we...