...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 the curse of confiding in 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 ? For what can be a greater curse than trust...

...against it, and teareth it up, and turneth it upside down : as it is written, ( Jerem. xvii. 6.) For lie 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 land, and not inhabited. But to what is that...

...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 to save sinners, or if the invitations...

...Ff DEPARTING. FROM GUI). CXLVT. Dffiartinff from God. Jer. xvii. A. Cursed. be the nan (bat trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. Ver. 13. See Eze.k. xviii. 24— xxxiii. 12. See this sin confessed. Dan. ix. 5, 1 1. Isa. li\. 12,...

...stirred up such mine anger and indignation against you, as will not be again appeased for ever. XVII. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh. but shall leave it, in the midst of his days, and, in the end, shall find that he hath been a fool. XVII. 12...

...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 " your trust in princes, nor in the son of...

...Lord, and fix it on himself. Is not this to fulfil that Scripture? "Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord."f It is the very sin of the devil, which ejected him from heaven. And he drew our first parents...

...other creatures z ; all compacts s Jer. xvii. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. t 2 Tim. iii. 4. Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. u Gal iv....

...Lord Jesus, confirms the point in question. The prophet says,* " Cursed be the man " that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and "whose heart departeth from the Lord;"\and the Psalmistf cautions us in these words, " Put not your " trust in princes, nor in the...