 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 time and in that of his ancestors.  A portraiture of Quakerism - Page 124by Thomas Clarkson - 1806Full view - About this book
 | William Mason - Calendars - 1803 - 402 pages
...upon the earth."....Gen. vi. 12. From sad experience of this, Jeretniah confesses, "O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps."....Jer. x. 23. " ALL we like sheep have gone astray : we have turned every one... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...reins and the heart; be not a terror unto me : thou art my hope in the day of evil. O Lord,, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...north country, to make the cities of Jud¿h desolate, [and] a den of dragons. / 23 О LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself : [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps ; a* if he had said, It in neither in our enemy's ¡tower to o/ifiress us, nor... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1807 - 454 pages
...also full of the same language, such as of " $ Show me thy ways, O Lord ; lead me in the truth." " I know," says Jeremiah§, " that the way of man is...not in man, that walketh, to direct his steps." The * Ji)b xxxii. J. % Psalm xxv. 4. t Nehemiah ix. 20. § Jeremiah x. 23. martyr Stephen acknowledges... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1807 - 282 pages
...which •would have been his ruin, and dreaded things which had proved some of his chief mercies ; " that the way of man is not in himself, it is " not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Hence he referred himself to God, as to one who knew what was best for him, saying,... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 704 pages
...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 Tnan that " walketh to direct his steps." I am, affectionately, January 13, 1763. Yours in the best... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1809 - 412 pages
...a den of dragons. 23. O Lord, • the tihtle city thallfee."} 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... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.), Samuel Clapham - 1810 - 470 pages
...Reject me not, O my God, but do thou work all my works within me. My heart is in thy hands, and I know that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. But do thou guide me into the way of righteousness ; work in me an excellent repentance,... | |
 | John Newton - Church history - 1810 - 688 pages
...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 man thut " walkcth to direct his steps." I am affectionately, January 13, 1763. Yours in the best bonds.... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 pages
...grace throughout this mortal life, and after it shall be advanced to a state of eternal glory. But the way of man is not in himself: "it is " not in man that walketh to direct his steps." To regulate the state of our own hearts, and the course of our own lives, is... | |
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