...For I am 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...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...

...not in 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...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...

...requires us 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...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...

...whose strength is boundless and irresistible? Beware of the prophet's curse: " Thus saith the Lord, cursed be the man, that trusteth in man, and maketh...his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord." " I am astonished," says St. Augustin,. " that, notwithstanding the apostleSJeclares, ii is of faith,...

...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...

...worship, to 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...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....

...recjuires us 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...

...the wrath 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...heart departeth from the Lord : for he shall be like the heath in the desart, and shall not see when good cometh," Jer. xvii. 5, 6. God brings out those...

...every man a liar, adhere to the former, but pay no regard to the latter: for it is written, " Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm; and whose heart departeth from the Lord." LETTER XXIX. To Mr. B. 1 HAVE been this morning begging of the best of all benefactors to remember...