...by the interposition of divine agency. But while so suspended, responsibility is also suspended. " The King's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whethersoever he will. " (Proverbs xxi, i.) As rivers of water are turned not...

...goings are of the Lord : how ean a man understand his own way ?" Just after this he observes again, " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersocver he will." And the apostle Paul plainly taught, that God guides...

...scriptures which speak of intelligent creatures, as under the influence of providence. Thus it is said, The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turncth it whithersoever he will, Prov. xxi. 1. and elsewhere the prophet says, 0 Lord, I...

...said to be filled with them : many articles are damaged before they can be used. Proverbs xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord : as the rivers of water [rather, as a water-course} he turneth it withersoever he will." This is probably an allusion...

...preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord." And we read again, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will." Pharaoh, as a man and as a king, was just as much dependent...

...blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. CHAP. XXI. 1 HE king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the...

...which speak of intelligent creatures, as under the influence of providence. Thus it is said, The ting's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, fie turneth it whithersoever he will, Prov. xxi. 1. and elsewhere the prophet says, 0 Lord,...

...but of the peculiar favour of God displayed in their performing their functions. When he says, that " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turaeth it (rf) Gen. xliii. 14. («) P»alm cvi. 46. (/) 1 Sam. ri. 6. (y) 2 Sam. xvii. 14....

...can consist with the secret impulses and infallible direction of God. Yet we are assured, that a " king's heart is in the hand of the " Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whi" thersoever he will."* Kings, those sovereigns of other men, whose wills...

...said to be filled with them : many articles are damaged before they can be used. Proverbs xxi. 1. ' The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord: as the rivers of water [rather, as a water-course] he turneth it whithersoever he will.' This is probably an allusion...