...a man then understand his own way ? — Prov. xx. 24. A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul ; nor say, Is there not a lie in? &c. — Isa. xliv. 20. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that...

...reality what he pretends to be. " He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand ?" Isa. xliv. 20. ( To be concluded in our next.) (For the Spiritual Magazine.) AN ADDRESS TO A BACKSLIDING...

...fall down to the stock of a tree ? He feedeth of ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?* If God lets men alone, no light arises : but the darkness grows thicker and thicker. How is it now,...

...blind to its defects and evils. " He feedeth on ashes : a deceitful heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?"* The heart corrupfed, perverts the judgment. Hence there are men so infatuated as to "call evil good...

...ye therefore hear them not because ye are not of God." "A deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?" "If — thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light; but if thine eye be evil thy whole...

...fall down to the stock of a tree ? He feedeth of ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?* If God lets men alone, no light arises : but the darkness grows thicker and thicker. How is it now,...

...viii. 9.) Of the one we must say, "He feedeth upon ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand?" (Isai. xliv. SO.) Of the other, the Scripture saith, " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord :...

...afford no nourishment, but is very hurtful to the body ) a deceived heart has turned him aside, that be cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand ?" Thus carnal men are so blinded with their affections to these short-lived pleasures, that they cannot...

...and they shall be ashamed together. He feedah on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right tod r Isa. xliv. 1 1 and 20. The mighty work of God, wrought in the very centre of <he Roman Catholic...

...afford no nourishment, but is ?ery hortful to the body ) a deceived heart has turned him aside, that be cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in mj rizkt hand?" Thus carnal men are so blinded with their affections to these short-lived pleasures,...