...fhall ftand V ' Man's go* ings are of the Lord, how can a man then underftand ' his own way 6 ?' * O Lord, I know that the way of * man is not in himfelf, it is not in a man that walketh * to direct his fteps 7. ' And herein we may obferve the moft...

...Lord that mall ftand V * Man's goings are of the Lord, how can a man then underftand his own way6?' ' O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himfelf, it is not in a man that vvalketh to direct hisfteps7.' And herein we may obferve the moft...

...language, such as of * " Shew me thy ways, O Lord; lead me in the truth." ' " I know, says Jeremiah, that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." The martyr Stephen acknowledges the teachings of the spirit, both in his own...

...the truth itself for both these ends, we find some print of both, in the very way of expressing it, O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, &c. so expressing both his own persuasion of the truth of it, / know, and representing it...

...left. Isa. xlv. 1. I will direct all his ways. Ixi. 8. I will direct their work in truth. Jer. x. 25. O Lord I know, that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Prov. xx. 24. Man's goings are of the Lord. Ps. xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good...

...to have a fool for his master." And a greater than Bernard could say, Oh Lord, I know that the tsay of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. (2.) That he had a sense of his need. This every one has not; for it is said,...

...your satisfaction I will quote a few passages, which I conceive fully imply it. The prophet says, " O Lord ! I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to dtrect his steps." Our Saviour says, " For without me, ye can do nothing." The apostle declares,...

...the series of uncommon dispensations, of which you desire a more particular account. So true it is, that "the " way of man is not in himself; it is not in \nan that " walketh to direct his steps." I am, affectionately, January 13, 1763. Yours in the best...

...sincerest resolutions are not,• of themselves, proof against temptation ; that " the 4* way of a man is not in himself : it is not in man " that walketh to direct his steps."| More deeply to impress on your minds the necessity of thus renouncing your own...

...desolate, a den of dragons. 23. O Lord, • the tihtle city thall fee."} Compare Zechar. xiv. 1, 2, !5, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 24. O Lord, correct me, but with judgment ; not in thine anger, lest thou bring...