...increaseth the nations, and destroyeth ' them : He enlargeth the nations, and ' straiteneth them again. The king's heart ' is in the hand of the Lord, as the ri* vers of water he turneth it whithersoever * he will. He hath purposed, and who * shall disannul...

...it is he that giveth wisdom. Prov. ii. at the beginning : Compare Job. xxviii. with Prov. xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will." Here it is represented that the will of God determines the wills...

...it is he that giveth wisdom. Prov. ii. at the beginning : Company Jobi xxviii. with Prov. xxl. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will." Here it is represented that the will of God determines the wills...

...providence. What more free and arbitrary than the heart, mind and will, of a sovereign despotic prince; yet the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will ; as resolute and determined as it may be, it is in the hand of God...

...2. Does God design to do whatever he is able to do, for the salvation of all mankind. Every human " heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water '. he turneth it whithersoever he will." He has converted and saved some of the greatest and most hardened...

...that he makes them answer his ends, in all their opposition to him. A ;reeable to this, it is said, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water : He turneth it whithersoever he will."* If God does turn the heart of the king, whithersoever he will ;...

...unregenerate nature, produce sinful effects. 3. Judicially, or in a way of judgment. Prov. xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters ; he turneth it whithersoever he will :" And if the king's heart, why not the hearts of all...

...the creature, and the most casual things, fall under the divine decree. Free acts, as Prov. xx. 1 . ' The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will.' To this purpose are the foresaid instances of the Jews, Pharaoh,...

...any time have, to employ their superior abilities, in promoting the happiness of mankind. We read, "the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will." And we are told, "tke preparations of the heart in man, and the...

...by the interposition of divine agency. But while so suspended, responsibility is also suspended. " The King's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whethersoever he will. " (Proverbs xxi, i.) As rivers of water are turned not by moral,...