...reviewed the providences of God towards him *. * Ps. cxix. 65. 71. CHAPTER XXL Verse 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. IT is men's ordinary way to court the favour of princes and...

...preparations of the heart, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord." Vol. ip 203. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he torneth it whithersoever he will." P. 386. To these may be added, the passages in which God is said...

...petitions, buta powerful encouragement to prayer ; for, as we are elsewhere told, " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turnetb it whithersoever he will ;" so that our prayers for our monarch thus return upon ourselves...

...and truth preserve the king : and his throne is upholden by mercy. r 1ST CHAP. XXI. THE king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than...

...whether He is not the best judge of what wjll be most for his own glory. 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. Psalm cv. 25. (of the Egyptians, he saith) He turned their hearts...

...changeth the times and the seasons : he removeth Kings, and setteth up Kings." The heart of your Sovereign is " in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will." In confidence of this, every Christian subject, paying his...

...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 favors too greedily ; lest they either...

...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...

...but ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. — Ps. Ixxxii. 6, 7. 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. If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent...

...subtilly with his servants." In equally plain terms, Solomon declares the same truth. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." And again, " The preparation of the heart in man, and the answer...