 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...distress : the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. — Ps. cxviii. 5. cxxx. 1. cxlii. 1, &c. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will. — Prov. xxi. 1. The Church, in her low condition, prays earnestly ; Look down, &c. — Isa. Ixiii.... | |
 | Christian life - 1873 - 350 pages
...hearts ; He makes Naaman's servants reprove and advise him ; and He causes Naaman to listen to them. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water : He turneth it whithersoever He will Naaman's servants came near and spoke to him tenderly, respectfully, and urgently : " My father, if... | |
 | 1824 - 826 pages
...will serve as examples. " In him we live and move and have our being. The way 58 direct his steps. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the...rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he [ will. It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do t of his good pleasure. A new heart will 1 also... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1824 - 594 pages
...necessity of urging any further arguments on the subject. The Holy Spirit hath said (Prov. xvi. 1) " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the...rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." The following are instances in which God did actually turn the hearts of men to both good and evil:... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 570 pages
...themselves as to all around them ! God would not suffer Laban to hurt Jacob b, or Balaam to curse Israel c. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the...rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will d. He withdraweth man from his purpose e. And he sometimes disappointeth the devices of the crafty,... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. — Ps. cxviii. 5. cxxx. 1 . cxlii. 1, &c. -• The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoevev he will. — Prov. xxi. 1. The Church, in her low condition, prays earnestly ; Look down,... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1832 - 590 pages
...there is no consistent medium, or place of standing. It is such Calvinism as Solomon taught, when he said, " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters; he turneth it whithersoever he will. It is such Calvinvinism as Paul taught, when he said,... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - Theology, Doctrinal - 1824 - 314 pages
...eyes of him with whom we have to do." And ascertainly, " all hearts, as well as the king's "heart, are in the hand of the Lord : as the rivers of water, he turneth them whithersoever he will." " .Thou understandest my thoughts afar off," says the Psalmist. From the... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bible - 1825 - 596 pages
...less amazed at the loving munificence of Ahasuerus, than she was before afraid of his austerity : " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the...rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." It is not good to swallow favours too greedily, lest they either choke us in the passage, or prove... | |
 | Missions - 1824 - 408 pages
...exertions to retain him, I had but little hope that an event so desirable would soon take place. But, " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it withersoever he will." We were not a little pleased yesterday to see this Chief, with his wife and... | |
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The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. 
