...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 pronounces the curse of confiding in the...

...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 *'...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...

...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 wilderness, in a salt land, and not inhabited. But to what is that man like, whosoever's works are more than his wisdom? Unto a tree whose branches...

...Egypt and dependence upon it. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, a very worthless shrub, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit...the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited ; they shall not enjoy the good and tafety they hoptdfor, but be exposed to the 7 evils they feared....

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

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

...a man's hope from the 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...

...saints, angels, or any 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....

...to exercise towards the 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...

...of God. These are left, like the lapwing, upon the barren heath, t( Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his...in the desart, and shall not see when good cometh," Jer. xvii. 5, 6. God brings out those who are bound with chains, but the rebellious dwell in a dry...