...the purposes of God are made known ; and this compels his creatures to say, " Who hath known the mind of the Lord, or, being his counsellor, hath taught him ?" It is evident, then, that the secret purposes of God ought never to be made the ground of action:—they...

...the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue." It signifies likewise will, design, purpose. "Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor, hath taught him." "It is evident, therefore, that the word spirit, when spoken of God, is to be understood always in one or...

...dust of tlie earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance"! Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him! With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught...

...becoming and worthy of himself; or what is most congruous and fit in itself to be done ; (Isa. il.) " Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor, hath instructed him !" &c. Surely the best reason we can exercise in this case, is to think -that course...

...asked him in anger, Art thou made of the king's counsel ?l When thy prophet Esaias asks that question, Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor^ hath taught him F2 it is after he had settled and determined that office upon thy Son, and him only, when he joins...

...the Book of Genesis. The language is not that of God taking counsel with angels. " Who of them has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him ? " " With whom took he counsel, who instructed him, and showed him the way of understanding?" Silence...

...the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?"* Now the word " who" in this passage does not mean absolute impossibility, but rarity, as in the passage...

...the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? . 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught...

...eternal and the divine. He insists upon the distance between the divine wisdom and human counsels: "Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?" (Isa. 40:13). He emphasizes the transcendence of God's power: "It is he that sitteth upon the circle...

...asked him in anger, "Art thou made of the king's counsel?"1 When thy prophet Esaias asks that question, "Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor, hath taught him?"2 it is after he had settled and determined that office upon thy Son, and him only, when he joins...