...goings are of the Lord : how ean a man understand his own way ?" Just after this he observes again, " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersocver he will." And the apostle Paul plainly taught, that God guides and governs...

...scriptures which speak of intelligent creatures, as under the influence of providence. Thus it is said, The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turncth it whithersoever he will, Prov. xxi. 1. and elsewhere the prophet says, 0 Lord, I know that...

...preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord." And we read again, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will." Pharaoh, as a man and as a king, was just as much dependent on God,...

...said to be filled with them : many articles are damaged before they can be used. Proverbs xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord : as the rivers of water [rather, as a water-course} he turneth it withersoever he will." This is probably an allusion to the...

...blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. CHAP. XXI. 1 HE king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the LORD pondereth...

...book reflects clear light upon that very important and comfortable text contained in Pi-ov. xxi, 1, The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of rvater : he lurneth it whithersoever he •mill. This does not mean, that the hearts of kings, to the...

...which speak of intelligent creatures, as under the influence of providence. Thus it is said, The ting's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, fie turneth it whithersoever he will, Prov. xxi. 1. and elsewhere the prophet says, 0 Lord, I know...

...but of the peculiar favour of God displayed in their performing their functions. When he says, that " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turaeth it (rf) Gen. xliii. 14. («) P»alm cvi. 46. (/) 1 Sam. ri. 6. (y) 2 Sam. xvii. 14. (A) 1 Kings...

...can consist with the secret impulses and infallible direction of God. Yet we are assured, that a " king's heart is in the hand of the " Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whi" thersoever he will."* Kings, those sovereigns of other men, whose wills give a beginning...

...said to be filled with them : many articles are damaged before they can be used. Proverbs xxi. 1. ' The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord: as the rivers of water [rather, as a water-course] he turneth it whithersoever he will.' This is probably an allusion to the...