...things 1 SERMON II. OUR LOT IN LIFE NOT AT OUR OWN DISPOSAL, BUT ORDERED BY GOD. Proverbs, xvi. 9. A man's heart deviseth his way ; but the Lord directeth his steps 26 SERMON III. ON THE EVIDENCES OF A RETRIBUTION FOR SIN. Romans, ii. 16. In the day when God shall...

...a lifting up. The counsel of the Lord standeth sure, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps. My only wish is, that all may be for his glory and our good, and as he seems to answer what hath been...

...them, not suggested by that POWER who required not such agency to fulfil His purposes. Ecclus.. xv. " A man's heart deviseth his way, but the LORD directeth his steps." And now the world, immersed in sin and misery, had been proved incorrigibly addicted to evil, and even...

...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 his steps." Do you see adequate retributions made to those who injure or befriend the people of God? When you see...

...God. - Page 411 SERMON LXXXIX. On the Government of Human Affairs by Providence. PROVERBS, xvi. 9. A man's heart deviseth his way ; but the Lord directeth his steps. - - - - 424 SERMON XC. On Prayer. PSALM Ixv. 2. O Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall allfesk...

...under the whole heaven." " He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens when they cry." " A man's heart deviseth his way ; but the Lord directeth his steps." These are but a few of the numberless passages which teach us that God's providence extends to the...

...less, either contrary to, or different from, what God in his wise counsels had previously determined. " A man's heart deviseth his way, " but the Lord directeth his steps," says Solomon in this chapter, verse the 9th. The meaning of which is, that men may invent, design,...

...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 his steps." Do you see adequate retributions made to those who injure or befriend the people of God ? When you...

...provoke God are secure, it is the hand of the Lord that hath wrought this. Job xii. 6.— 0. I believe that " A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps." Pr. xvi. 9. I believe, that when a kingdom rises or falls, "this matter is by the decree of the Watchers,...

...under his government. " Fire and hail, snow and vapour; stormy wind fulfil his word.'' Solomon saya, " A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. The lot is cast into the lap: but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." God says, " O Assyrian,...