 | Ambrose Serle - 1806 - 502 pages
...own wise purpose and design." Serm. before the King and Queen, ix. and xpp 12, and 6. Solomon says, the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turncth it whithersoever he will. Prov. xxi. I. If the heart of kings be thus in the hand of the Lord,... | |
 | David Savile - 1807 - 426 pages
...increaseth the nations, and destroyeth ' them : He enlargeth the nations, and ' straiteneth them again. The king's heart ' is in the hand of the Lord, as the ri* vers of water he turneth it whithersoever * he will. He hath purposed, and who * shall disannul... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1803 - 572 pages
...it is he that giveth wisdom. Prov. ii. at the beginning : Compare Job. xxviii. with Prov. xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will." Here it is represented that the will of God determines the wills of men, and that when God pleases... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 520 pages
...it is he that giveth wisdom. Prov. ii. at the beginning : Company Jobi xxviii. with Prov. xxl. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will." Here it is represented that the will of God determines the wills of men, and that When God pleases... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 540 pages
...no 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 turnethit whithersoever he will. It is not good to swallow favours too greedily ; lest they either... | |
 | Robert Leighton - 1808 - 360 pages
...the Lord rule ; this is very clear from the words of Solomon"1, " The king's heart is in the hands of the Lord ; as the rivers of water he turneth it, whithersoever he will ;" this holds true in reference to good kings ; hence the king and prophet David", Incline my heart... | |
 | John Gill - 1810 - 626 pages
...providence. What more free and arbitrary than the heart, mind and will, of a sovereign despotic prince; yet the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will ; as resolute and determined as it may be, it is in the hand of God ; and it is in his power to turn... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1810 - 244 pages
...2. Does God design to do whatever he is able to do, for the salvation of all mankind. Every human " heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water '. he turneth it whithersoever he will." He has converted and saved some of the greatest and most hardened sinners. And he can, and will cause... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 506 pages
...that he makes them answer his ends, in all their opposition to him. A ;reeable to this, it is said, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the...of water : He turneth it whithersoever he will."* If God does turn the heart of the king, whithersoever he will ; then his heart, his will and choice,... | |
 | Girolamo Zanchi, Augustus Toplady - 1811 - 312 pages
...unregenerate nature, produce sinful effects. 3. Judicially, or in a way of judgment. Prov. xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters ; he turneth it whithersoever he will :" And if the king's heart, why not the hearts of all... | |
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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. 
