...againft me? 2 1 Now behold, thou trufteft upon theStaffof this bruifed Reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a Man lean, it will go into his Hand, and pierce it : fo is Pharaoh King of Egypt, unto all that truft on him. 22 But if ye fay unto me, We truft in the...

...againft me? 21 Now behold, thou truftefl upon the Staff of this bruifed Reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a Man lean, it will go into his Hand, and pierce it: fo is Pharaoh King of Egypt, unto all that truft on him." 22 But it ye fay unto me, We truft in the...

...whole weight upon it. It is juft as the prophet defcribes " the ftaff " of the broken reed of Egypt, whereon if a man " lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it." Such are the principles of infidelity, to all that truft in them -, when they fhould ftand us in moft...

...to depart, and then purfued them as fugitives. Shifhak king of Egypt came up againft Jerufalem, (i Kings XIV. 25, 26.) and plundered it. And in all their...XXXVI. 6.) whereon if a man lean, it will go into bis hand, and pierce it. Upon all thefe accounts we might reafonably expert that Egypt would be the...

...trufteft, that thou rebelleft againfl me? Lo, thou trufteft in the ftaffof this broken reed, on Egypt, whereon if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it ; fo is Pharoah king of Egypt to all that truft in him j" (36. 4.) not meaning to defcribe the deceitful...

...human ftrength will fail, and without the Lord's aj/i fiance, are but as theftajfof Egypt, on ivbcb if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it. But if we will deteft our vain imagination*, and give up ourfelves to God, and diligently follow the...

...excellency be not wholly departed from us, it remains only like the jlajf of a bruifed reed, on 'which if a man. lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it h : even fo is the immortality of the foul with the defilement and guilt of Sin. Since then our own...

...were reproved, because they trusted on " the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him." Israel had been rendered tributary to Assyria,...

...tliou rebelltst against me ? Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Eg) pt ; wliuixon if a man lean, it will go into his hand* and pierce it : so [is] Pha7 raoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. But if thou say to me. We trust in the...

...the fiery darts of the wicked one.' Remember the whole armour is ' of God.' There is a spear on which if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it ; there is a sword which shall turn against him who uses it ; and there is a species of armour which...